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December 7, 2012 at 2:37 pm #18478
Is it possible to change the current product details page layout so that the tabbed area spans the full width of the page? Or, can you add an option in a future theme update so that the product page layout can be configured in the theme options panel?
Here's an example full width layout:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+-+Galaxy+Tab+2+7.0+with+8GB+Memory+-+Titanium+Silver/5064393.p;jsessionid=B985AC7097FA4B302841D3FA8D2B7F94.bbolsp-app01-16?id=1218604366681&skuId=5064393&st=5064393&cp=1&lp=1December 9, 2012 at 4:03 pm #99607
You mean like this http://i.imgur.com/X41m8.jpg
NickDecember 9, 2012 at 4:25 pm #99608
Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking to do.December 9, 2012 at 5:10 pm #99609
see next to last post
NickDecember 18, 2012 at 3:02 pm #99610
I have followed the directions exactly as you have provided above. However, the 'Product Description' area now appears twice…once where it supposed to, then the 'Related Products' area appears, then the 'Product Description' area appears again.
I am using the WooCommerce Product Add-ons plugin, could that be part of the issue?December 18, 2012 at 7:14 pm #99611
I am not sure as I don't have that plugin. Can you take it off and see if things change? This way can rule out the plugin.
Are you sure you commented out the two lines in the first step above – meaning , your lines 720 – 721 each has two slashes before them // ?
Can you do a screen grab please and you can paste it on imgur.com or elsewhere. Better yet if you have a url i can look at, so can provide you with a solution on the spot?
NickDecember 18, 2012 at 10:25 pm #99612
Hi Nick,
Yes, I commented out lines through 720-721.
I deactivated the WooCommerce Product Add-ons plugin, and the duplication was still there, so I reactivated the plugin.
Then, just for the heck of it I commented out lines 728-730…and that eliminated the duplication of the "Product Description" area. But as a result it knocked down the number of related products from 4 to 2.
I don't have a URL to give you as the website needs to remain hidden. However, if we are able to communicate privately I'd be happy to provide you with credentials.
Thanks!December 19, 2012 at 1:02 am #99613
I just looked , updated the Woocommerce plugin and updated to 3.5 and same thing is happening to me. Please hold on I am reinstalling the theme again to see what modifications Woo made to the plugin .
Ok. This is what needs to get done. Paste this chunk below over lines 720-750 of the fresh config.php file the end points (lines 720 and lines 750 should match up to the starting and ending line below.
remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_output_product_data_tabs', 1 );
//add_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_output_product_data_tabs', 1 );
# display upsells and related products within dedicated div with different column and number of products
remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_output_related_products',20);
remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product', 'woocommerce_output_related_products',10);
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'avia_woocommerce_output_related_products', 20);
function avia_woocommerce_output_related_products()
global $avia_config;
$output = "";
woocommerce_related_products($avia_config['shop_single_column_items'],$avia_config['shop_single_column']); // X products, X columns
$content = ob_get_clean();
$output .= "
";
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_output_product_data_tabs', 10 );
//$output .= "
".(__('Related Products', 'avia_framework'))."
";
$output .= $content;
$output .= "
";
} else {
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_output_product_data_tabs', 1 );
$avia_config['woo_related'] = $output;
You can take a look at this image to see what's going on. http://i.imgur.com/tVzKs.png
NickDecember 19, 2012 at 2:50 pm #99614
Excellent, that change worked perfectly for me as well.
Thank you very much for your help!December 19, 2012 at 7:54 pm #99615
Glad Nick could help :)
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It has a long, whip-like tail, a conical snout coming to a sharp point and a spine on its dorsal fin that is venomous.
It's safe to say the fish reeled in by fishermen in Canada's northernmost territory is strange.
It turns out the rarity caught recently in Davis Strait off the coast of Nunavut is a long-nosed chimaera, a member of the Rhinochimaeridae family.
"Only one of these fish has previously been documented from the Hudson Strait," Nigel Hussey with the University of Windsor and researcher for the Ocean Tracking Network told CBC News of the rare discovery. "Potentially, if we fish deeper, maybe between 1,000 and 2,000 metres, we could find that's there's actually quite a lot of them there. We just don't know."
As a relative to sharks and stingrays, the long-nosed chimaera is a cartilaginous fish, meaning it doesn't have a boney skeleton and is considered by scientists to be a more primitive species.
Check out this footage to see a look at a long-nosed chimaera alive and swimming:
A news release about a new species in this fish family, discovered a few years ago, called them one of "the oldest and most enigmatic groups of fishes alive today."
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This festive season, the armed forces and their families have been forced to accept the handouts of the government and their bureaucratic masters from the civil services and are expected to feel grateful for it.
After the put down by the Ministry of Defense over non-submission of salary vouchers according to the revised pay grades recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, the three uniformed services sent in their revised vouchers ensuring payment of ad hoc arrears to armed forces personnel. The forces had earlier decided to withhold the implementation of the Commission's report, which many in the armed forces have called discriminatory.
This means that, India's soldiers, sailors and airmen and their families will have to take what they're getting and can only hope for parity from the committee set up by Prime Minster Manmohan Singh to look into the issues that have left the forces and their families seething.
The Defense Minister had rubbished reports of disaffection. He said, "There is no difference between the government and the Services, because they are also part of the government."
And while the three service chief discussed the issue with the Defense Minister on Tuesday, there is still discontent amongst armed forces personnel and their families.
Priya, the wife of a Special Forces officer deployed in counter insurgency operations calls this 'Diwali gift' 'Total nonsense'. "It was long overdue and I am very disappointed. But this is expected from the government. They just look at their votebanks and act accordingly." Married two years, she points out, "Even after the Fifth Pay Commission whatever pay hike they made became meaningless because of inflation. I expect the same to happen now," adding, "It's not just pay. They call us officers but look at the living conditions. The conditions of the accommodation given us are so bad."
Colonel M S Rathi, retired from the Sikh Regiment is livid. "The civilian leadership has been doing this right from the beginning. This bias against the armed forces has been there for a long time."
"The bureaucrats have cheated the armed forces in connivance with the politicians," says Colonel R C Kapoor, retired from the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
He also thinks this is the reason the quality of the recruits in the army has gone down. "We're not getting good people any more," he says, adding, "This is not about money, just equality with the officers of the other services."
While there are several points of dispute, the fact is that bulk of the officer cadre comprises officers of the ranks of Majors and Lt Colonels and their equivalent. Officers of this rank actually run the armed forces. And the major point of dispute is the standing of officers of the rank of Lt Colonels and their like.
Col Rathi thinks this is going to lead to trouble for the forces. "First of all, these officers will just leave the forces. There are good opportunities available outside. As it is there is a shortage of officers. Why should they stay? They will just go out," he says.
The second problem arising from this disparity is that in joint paramilitary and armed forces operational assignments, a paramilitary officer placed under the command of the military might simply refuse to take orders from the military commander if he draws a higher pay, even though they be of equivalent ranks.
Col Rathi says this is because although the forces had been asking for equivalent pay according to the number of years of service, the civilian bureaucracy has consistently forced them to accept pay according to rank. Since the number of ranks in the armed forces is greater, the subsequent promotions and increases in pay, in comparison to the civil services, are lesser in scope.
"Whenever there is a problem – floods, riots or anything – they send out the army, but otherwise the forget them," points out Col Kapoor.
Priya's husband is on his second tour of a counter insurgency area and they've been separated for the past year and a half. "I can't even think of sitting at home and have him working. I can't 'not' (sic) have a career of my own. I have to be working," she says.
In the meantime, there are reports that the UPA government is delaying any action by the ministerial committee looking into the grievances of the armed forces till the Election Commission's announcement of the general elections. Under the model code of conduct that comes into operation once elections are announced the government will just wash it's hands off the entire affair saying it can't announce any 'largesse'.


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With one heroic touchdown on the last play of the game last year, Winnipeg's Milt Stegall clearly defined what we mean by the term game breakers.
And Stegall is not the only player capable of such drama whenever the Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos take on each other. In fact, it is often a completely different player who has been a danger to the opposing side whenever the two meet.
The following players are those who have proven to be the most dangerous threats whenever Winnipeg plays Edmonton:
- The 14-year veteran showed no signs of age as he not only tied the CFL record for most touchdowns scored (137) when these two teams met in Edmonton during the first week of the season, but Stegall led all receivers with 126 yards on seven receptions. The record-tying TD sent the game into overtime and it finished in a 39-39 tie. And, while everyone was being reminded of his last-minute TD in Edmonton last year, many have forgotten that the 6-foot, 189-pound Miami product was almost as dangerous the week before. Stegall, 37, caught seven passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns as Winnipeg whipped the Eskimos 46-10 on Canada Day. And that just warmed up Miracle Milt. We enjoy this replay so much that we will describe it yet once again here. On July 20 in Edmonton, the Bombers scrimmaged the ball on their own 10 and many had already conceded defeat. But Winnipeg quarterback Kevin Glenn stepped back, reared back and completed a Hail Mary to Stegall between two Eskimo defenders. As those two stumbled, Stegall raced to the endzone accompanied by Chris Brazzell, who had no one to block and with Bomber head coach Doug Berry racing down the sidelines screaming deliriously. When Brazzell jumped on Stegall in the endzone, Stegall said it was the hardest he had ever been hit. The play made ESPN highlight reels and some Eskimos have even suggested that it was the defining moment in their losing season last year. Unforgetta-Milt.
- Clearly overshadowed in all of the above contests was the work of Winnipeg's signal-caller. But Glenn completed 29 of 44 passes for 416 yards and one touchdown in the 39-39 tie. Last year, Glenn completed 15 of 24 passes for 386 yards and three majors in the 46-10 rout of the Eskimos. In the second contest, Glenn went from goat to hero in mere moments. Nursing a small lead, Glenn had fumbled the ball away, allowing Edmonton to score what looked to be the winning points as time ticked rapidly off the clock. The Bombers were nailed for a penalty on the ensuing kickoff, forcing Winnipeg to scrimmage the ball on its own 10. On first down, Glenn, 28, just missed Stegall, then called the same play, which resulted in the 100-yard miracle. The 5-foot-10, 193-pound pivot finished 20 of 35 for 374 yards and one TD, with one interception.
- Although the ex-NFLer was held in check during the 39-39 tie, he proved to be a danger most times he fielded either a punt or kickoff last year. In the 2007 season-opener in Edmonton, Johnson was held to 81 yards on five kickoff returns and eight yards on one punt return. Last year, in the 46-10 drubbing of Edmonton, the 5-foot-9, 199-pound import gained 50 yards on five punt runbacks and added another 53 on only two kickoff returns. During the 25-20 victory, Johnson ran back six punts for 53 yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for another 36. More importantly, he was close to breaking several of those returns in both outings. And with the new rules on punt returns, Johnson, 29, could prove to be even more dangerous.
- During the tie, the most impressive offensive players on the field were Winnipeg quarterback Kevin Glenn and Ray. The Edmonton ball tosser completed 33 of 42 attempts -- including his first 10 straight passes -- for 394 yards and five touchdowns. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Happy Camp, Calf., product also scrambled for 34 yards on four tries. The Eskimos may have only scored 10 points when the Bombers bombed Edmonton but the signal caller still had some pretty impressive stats. Ray, 27, completed 25 of 33 passes for 352 yards with one interception in the losing cause. Ray, in fact, has long been a thorn in the Winnipeg side, win or lose. He just seems to be able to find holes in whatever defence the Bombers employ. And it looked like he was going to be the hero in the second meeting with Winnipeg, leading the Eskies to what seemed like the winning points in the waning moments. Ray completed 26 of 38 passes for 342 yards and one touchdown, with one pick, only to watch Stegall score the winning TD in the 25-22 loss.
- The veteran pass catcher proved to be a threat in all three outings with the Bombers. In the 39-39 draw, the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Texas Christian product caught five passes for 48 yards and two majors. Last year, even when Edmonton fell 46-10, Tucker latched on to six passes for 94 yards. And the speedster was even more impressive in the second loss. Tucker, 31, caught five passes for 92 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the 25-22 loss.
- The 5-foot-8, 165-pound speedster clearly outshone Winnipeg's Johnson in the CFL season-opener. Tompkins, 24, returned six kickoffs for 122 yards, five punt returns for 73 and almost broke a missed field goal return. Last year, Tompkins proved to be even more effective than Johnson in the first match. Then again, when your team loses 46-10, you get lots of chances to return kickoffs. Tompkins returned seven of them for 119 yards and added another 30 on a pair of punt returns. Although he was still dangerous in the ensuing contest, Tompkins was held in check a little better. He was held to 37 yards on two kickoff returns and 36 on five punt returns.


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FEI Clarifies Procedures in Anti-Doping Cases
- Mar 7, 2014
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In response to recent discussions in the equestrian community about the length of time that Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) anti-doping cases can take to prosecute, the FEI is keen to clarify its procedures.
"It is the FEI's role to ensure the full integrity of competition and fair play, while at the same time ensuring that the rights of the athlete are fully protected," FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said. "As an international governing body, the FEI cannot allow that athletes would ever be condemned or sanctioned without having the proper opportunities to defend themselves. It is of course regrettable, on every level, whenever there is a positive finding, but the FEI has to follow due process in the interest of all parties involved."
Following the confirmation of a positive sample, it is the FEI's duty to prove to the tribunal that there has been a violation of the "Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations." A positive finding is simply the start of the process.
In the event of a provisional suspension being imposed following a positive finding, the person responsible (PR) can apply at any time for a preliminary hearing to request lifting of the provisional suspension.
The PR has the right to contest the positive finding, including challenging the sample collection and analysis procedures to the tribunal. The PR also has the right to provide an explanation for the presence of the prohibited substance in order to reduce or eliminate the applicable sanction.
Whether or not there has been a rule violation can only be determined once the case has been heard by the FEI tribunal. It is only when the tribunal confirms in its final decision that there is a rule violation that the automatic disqualification from the competition can be applied. Other sanctions can also be imposed by the Tribunal.
The FEI is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and has to respect WADA's principles, which include the right to a fair hearing. All parties involved have to be given time to prepare their submissions in order to properly defend themselves. Signatories to the WADA code apply the same principles, and sports involving animals have to be consistent with the WADA code.
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Data Model (Entity Relation Diagram)
Logical Data ModelAn entity-relation diagram (ERD), also referred to as a data model, typically shows the name of each entity, its list of attributes and relationships with other entities. An information system can be represented as a logical or physical data model. A logical data model typically uses longer more expressive names for entities and attributes but hides other details.
Physical Data ModelA physical data model can identify primary keys for each entity and foreign keys used to express referencial relationships between entities. Attribute names in the physical model are usually more concise and sometimes predetermined by the existing database schema.
Data types, trigger definitions and other details can be assigned to each element of the data model. An SQL schema customized for a specific database can be generated from the data.
Often the data model is later implemented by generating SQL for an RDBMS where entities become tables and attributes becomes columns. Martin's Information Engineering notation is illustrated in the ERD below.


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Due largely to their Capital One Cup, FA Cup and Champions League commitments, City have fallen off the pace at the top - with Brendan Rodgers' side taking full advantage to move four points ahead of the 2011-12 champions.
|Southampton are 11/4 with Paddy Power to score first but fail to beat Man City
City, who have also dropped below Chelsea but have two games in hand on the sides above them, meet Liverpool next weekend in a crucial fixture at the top, and Pellegrini will want to head into that game with a win behind them.
With Liverpool not in action until Sunday, City have a chance to apply some pressure on the Merseysiders and they boast an impressive home record.
Pellegrini's men have made the Etihad a fortress this season, winning 13 of their 14 league games on home soil.
The solitary defeat came against Chelsea in February, but City's response has been to take 14 points from six league games since then.
Pellegrini could be without leading goalscorer Sergio Aguero this weekend, with the striker not having featured since limping out of their Champions League defeat to Barcelona in March.
Pochettino's charges - who earned a 1-1 draw at home to City, when Aguero was on target for the visitors - have found their goal-scoring touch lately, hitting 10 in the last three games.
English trio Jay Rodriguez, Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert have been Southampton's main source of inspiration, with all three having found the net in Saturday's 4-0 win over Newcastle as they moved back up to eighth.
And defender Luke Shaw - who could join the likes of Lallana, Rodriguez and Lambert in England's World Cup squad - feels the sky is the limit for Southampton.
"I think in the next year or so we can be challenging the top five teams," he said.
"They've got to get the manager down on a long-term contract, which will probably be the first thing they try and do."
Victor Wanyama could return for Southampton following a calf problem, although Kelvin Davis (back), Nathaniel Clyne (groin) and Maya Yoshida (knee) remain sidelined.
As well as Aguero, Pellegrini also has doubts over Micah Richards and Matija Nastasic (both knee).


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Chevron Nigeria Limited Lifts Force Majeure
This is news concerning ChevronTexaco but issued by a ChevronTexaco subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., and archived here for record purpose.
LAGOS, April 24, 2003 -- The force majeure declared by Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) about one month ago as a result of the unrest in the Escravos area has been lifted. In effect, crude oil lifting activities at the NNPC/Chevron Escravos terminal have resumed.
Announcing this today, the company's Chairman and Managing Director, Jay Pryor, thanked all its customers for their understanding and support during the period, adding: "Though the decision to declare a force majeure was a difficult one, it was the only honest and ethical option open to us if we were to maintain our world class standard in safety, reliability and environmental stewardship."
Following the return to production at Escravos on April 4, CNL gradually increased output to the current plateau rate of 310,000 barrels of oil per day. No timeframe has been set for a return to full production -- a decision on that will be made in due course, based on CNL's ongoing assessment of the security situation in the area.
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Renewable Energy in the 50 States: Midwestern Region
The Midwest's remarkable renewable energy resources, vast agricultural land, strong manufacturing base, and leading research institutions have propelled the region to become a hub for renewable energy development. It is home to over a third of U.S. wind power capacity and 80% of U.S. biofuel production capacity. However, uncertainty about federal policy – like the production tax credit (PTC) and renewable fuels standard (RFS) – as well as transmission constraints could hinder Midwestern renewable energy capacity additions in the near term, with 2013 expected to yield only a fraction of the installations seen in previous years. Nevertheless, increasingly affordable project costs and state renewable energy targets will continue to drive market momentum in the region, as indicated by recent, positive signals given by renewable energy companies and utilities.
Silly Pollsters, Tricks are for Kids! Fact Check: API Poll Skews Numbers
In a recent poll commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, Harris Interactive found that 77% of Americans are "concerned" about putting ethanol - particularly E15 - in their vehicles. It's sad to hear that, considering vehicles made beginning in 2001 have been approved by the EPA for E15 ethanol blends. These blends provide important benefits to American consumers and our environment. But here's the thing about the API poll: outside the world of skewed polling, you will not find that 77% of Americans are concerned about putting E15 in their vehicles.
American Ethanol: Power And Performance For Your Engine
By Bill Holmberg and Contributing Authors 10/2/13
America has always been the vanguard for innovation in the automobile industry, particularly in regards to the development of high octane alcohol fuels. Unfortunately, the oil industry has been successfully able to suppress the wider implementation of many of these high octane blends including ethanol dating back to the 19th century.
Boosting Renewable Energy to 25% of Electricity Supply in Western U.S. Would Cut Pollution, Save Consumers Billions
By Michael Goggin 9/30/13
The Western U.S. could reap huge benefits in pollution savings and reduced spending on fossil fuels by installing more wind and solar power plants, according to a comprehensive new analysis released today by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The study found that obtaining 25 percent of electricity in the Western U.S. from renewable energy will reduce carbon dioxide pollution by up to 34 percent and save $7 billion annually in fossil fuel costs.
Renewables for a Sustainable Future
By Sylvia Qi 9/27/13
As we move into a future of limited natural resources, the need for sustainability has become more apparent. The second day of REFF-West had an engaging panel of experts including- Neil Black, President of Califonia BioEnergy, Dan Oros, Partner of Kleiner Perkins, Ari Swiller, President of Renewable Resources Group, Michel Gelobter, Founder and Chairman of Cooler, Damon Yuzon, Principal CFA of Wastewater Capital Management, and Paul Owen, National sales manager of Caterpillar Financial Australia – highlight the role of renewable energy in addressing resource scarcity and opportunities generated by it.
Power at the Pump, Power to the Nation
By Bill Holmberg 9/26/13
America's dependence on oil as a main source of transportation fuel is a problem. When people are compelled to use oil for almost all of their transportation needs, the situation leaves them unable to freely choose more economically rewarding and environmentally better fuel selections at the pump. Oil's grip on the market hampers competition and fuel diversity. This hold on consumers often seems unbreakable. However, there are options available to break oil's monopoly in the fuel market and now is the time to pursue those options.


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Want a 750+? Think Your Way Through This Challenge Problem!
A few months ago, I wrote a couple of articles targeted toward those students looking for a super-high score (one for quant, one for verbal). I challenged students to answer those questions in much less time than we typically average on test questions.
Well, I'm back with another one in the series. This problem is a bit different though: it's from our Challenge Problem archive, a question bank consisting of what we call 800+ level problems. (Some might qualify as 750+ but most are harder than anything you'll ever see on the real test.)
Do you need to be able to answer a question like this in order to score 750+? Absolutely not. (In fact, after my colleague Ron Purewal submitted this question, I tested it out on several of my fellow instructors, all of whom have scored 760+ on the test. Not everyone answered correctly.) Mostly, I'm offering this to stretch your brains, drive you a little crazy, and make one important point (see my second takeaway at the end).
If, however, quant is your strength and you're hoping to score 51 in that section"you can certainly score 51 without getting this one right, but if you do get this one right in 2 minutes, then you know you're ready for the quant section.
One more tidbit before we dive in. I chose this question because it is SO very hard. As of right now (as I'm typing this), 254 people have tried this problem and 44 have answered it correctly.
Do a little math here. What percentage of people answered the question correctly?
17%. Random guess position is 20%. Wow.
All right, enough with the build up. Are you ready to try? The below problem is copyright ManhattanGMAT, originally published in April 2013. Kudos to Ron for thinking up this devilish problem!
* If x is positive, what is the value of |x – 3| – 2|x – 4| + 2|x – 6| – |x – 7|?
(1) x is an odd integer
(2) x > 6
I'm not listing the five data sufficiency answer choices here. If you don't already have them memorized, then put this article away and come back to it when you're further along in your studies.
Okay, so what did you get? I'm going to share two solutions with you. One is the official solution published with the problem. The other is the way that I did the problem when I first saw it. My solution method is faster and mostly only involves thinking about the problem"but I chose not to write that up as the official solution because I think most people will have trouble following it, even those who are going for a 51 on quant. I have more room here, though, so I'll show you that method too.
Here's the official solution:
(1) SUFFICIENT: It's impractical to take an algebraic approach to this statement; doing so would entail a large number of cases. For instance, |x – 3| is equal to 3 – x if x < 3, but is equal to x– 3 if x > 3; similarly, the other three absolute-value expressions switch at x = 4, 6, and 7, respectively.
Instead, it's more efficient to consider the first three positive odd integers (1, 3, and 5) individually and then to consider only one algebraic case, the case in which x >7 (because when x > 7, all values are positive so we can ignore the absolute value symbols).
If x = 1, then the value is (2) " 2(3) + 2(5) " (6) = 0.
If x = 3, then the value is (0) " 2(1) + 2(3) " (4) = 0.
If x = 5, then the value is (2) " 2(1) + 2(1) " (2) = 0.
If x > 7, then drop the absolute value symbols and simplify:
(x – 3) " 2(x – 4) + 2(x – 6) " (x – 7) =
x – 3 – 2x + 8 + 2x – 12 – x + 7 =
(x – 2x + 2x – x) + (-3 + 8 – 12 + 7) =
Therefore, the value of the expression is also 0 for all values of x greater than or equal to 7, including the odd integers 7, 9, 11, and so on. The value of the expression is thus 0 for all positive odd integers. The statement is sufficient.
(2) NOT SUFFICIENT: As determined during the discussion of statement 1, the expression is equal to 0 when x > 7(whether odd integer, even integer, or non-integer). We still need to test the non-integer values of x between 6 and 7.
If x = 6.5, then the value is (3.5) – 2(2.5) + 2(0.5) – 0.5 = "1, which is not equal to 0. The expression can thus have multiple values, so the statement is insufficient.
The correct answer is A.
Wow. Some serious work there. Take your time and go over it carefully"it might help to write out the steps yourself. You'll find it easier to understand my thinking solution below if you understand how things worked above. (Though you still won't find it easy!)
Alright, are you ready? The first thing I noticed was some interesting symmetry in the expression |x – 3| – 2|x – 4| + 2|x – 6| – |x – 7|. The problem uses four terms but skips the middle term x – 5. The other terms are all symmetrical around this middle term: x – 4 is one more and x – 6 is one less, for example.
Further, the pairs we're discussing have constant relationships. The term x – 3 is always 4 larger than x – 7. This four-units-apart relationship will always be true, no matter the value of x.
Likewise, the term x – 4 is 2 larger than x – 6; these two terms are always 2 units apart. Also note that, in the expression given in the problem, these two terms are both multiplied by 2. This multiplication will actually preserve the symmetry and the two terms will be 4 apart rather than 2 apart.
Finally, notice the relationships between the addition and subtraction in the given expression. We add the largest term (x – 3) and subtract the smallest (x – 7). Conversely, of the other pair, we add the smaller term (x – 6) and subtract the larger (x – 4). In other words, even though the problem at first makes everything positive using those absolute value symbols, it then turns two of the terms negative again (by subtracting them instead of adding them).
Basically, everything's symmetrical! Wait, so does that mean that the value will always be zero no matter what? Not quite (if that were the case, we wouldn't need any statements at all to answer the question and that's not how data sufficiency works). Everything looks symmetrical so far, but there's still some key info missing.
Let's go back to that missing middle term: x – 5. If x equals 5, then this term would equal 0. The values of the two terms x – 3 and x – 7 would be symmetrical about zero (one positive and one negative). Likewise, the two terms x – 4 and x – 6 would be symmetrical about zero (one positive and one negative). (Again, the absolute value signs make all of these values positive at first, but then the x – 4 and x – 7 terms turn negative again.)
Not sure about the above case? Write out the real numbers to see how it works.
With a starting point of x = 5, then, the value of the expression has to be zero. This won't work the same way for every possible value for x, though"those absolute value symbols do mess things up. We need symmetry.
Either the terms need to balance perfectly (in the case x = 5), or the values of the four terms need to be all non-negative (0 or positive) or all non-positive (0 or negative). The four values can't cross the positive / negative barrier (except in the one perfectly balanced case, x = 5) or the symmetry will be messed up.
The problem told us x is positive. Any value of x < 3 would make all of the terms (x – 3, x – 4, x – 6, and x – 7) zero or negative. Therefore, those ones will return a final result of zero.
For 3 < x < 7, the only number that provides perfect symmetry is x = 5. The others mess up the symmetry and therefore won't provide a final value of zero.
For all x > 7, all of the terms (x – 3, x – 4, x – 6, and x – 7) will be zero or positive. Therefore, those ones will also return a final result of zero.
Take a look at the statements. Statement 1 says that x is odd. We know that all odd integers 3 and below will result in a final value of 0. The same is true for 5 and for all odd integers 7 and above. Statement 1 is sufficient.
Statement 2 says that x > 6. Anything 7 or above will result in a final value of zero"but this statement doesn't say that x is an integer! Any decimal between 6 and 7 will not result in a final value of zero. Statement 2 is not sufficient.
Whew. We're done. If you find that second explanation way too crazy to follow, don't worry about it. In fact, even if you think you'd never get the first solution, that's okay, too. As I said, this problem is harder than anything you'd see on the real test"it's one of the hardest in our Challenge Problem pool, and every question there is already really hard!
Key Takeaways
(1) You don't really need a 99th percentile score. (Well not unless you want to work for us!) I'm offering the above in the spirit of fun and intellectual curiosity; please don't feel that you really need to know this for the GMAT!
(2) If you are going for a super-high score, the take-away isn't that you need to be able to do problems just like this one. You should, though, be able to think or theorize your way through some problems"in a similar fashion to what I did in the second solution above, but for easier (though still hard!) problems.
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Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Rising sea levels along the US coastlines have threatened NASA's launch sites and facilities — including Kennedy Space Center in Florida — of being submersed under the water in near future.
Nearly half to two-thirds of NASA's infrastructure and assets stand within 16 feet of sea level.
With at least $32 billion in laboratories, launch pads, airfields, testing facilities, data centres and other infrastructure spread out across 850 sq. km with 60,000 employees — the US space agency has a lot of people and property in harm's way.
"Every NASA centre has its own set of vulnerabilities, and some are more at risk than others. But sea level rise is a very real challenge for all of the centres along the coast," said NASA climatologist Cynthia Rosenzweig in a statement.
As the ocean has warmed, polar ice has melted, and porous landmasses have subsided, global mean sea level has risen by eight inches (20 centimetres) since 1870.
The rate of sea level rise is faster now than at any time in the past 2,000 years, and that rate has doubled in the past two decades.
For Rosenzweig, the urgency of the problem was crystallised in the summer of 2009.
As part of a climate change preparedness workshop, she joined other scientists, engineers, facility managers and administrators on a tour of launch pads 39A and B at Kennedy Space Center.
Since the Apollo-Saturn rocket days, and through 25 years of space shuttles, those two launch pads have been critical to NASA's mission.
But when Rosenzweig looked around, she could see that the shrinking dunes and damaged shoreline were just a stone's throw from the launch pads.
At Kennedy, the launch pads are just a few hundred feet from the Atlantic Ocean.
The Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is also within the threat zone.
Langley Research Center is situated on the Back River in Hampton, Virginia.
While Ames Research Center borders the south end of the San Francisco Bay, Johnson Space Center in Houston sits on Clear Lake, an inlet of Galveston Bay.
Nearly 55 to 60 percent of US citizens live in counties touching the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico or the Great Lakes.
A recent study found that $66 billion to $106 billion worth of coastal property is likely to sit below sea level by 2050, the NASA statement stated.


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International Flight Cancelled Due To Mouse Sighting
A flight from Katmandu to Bangkok was cancelled when a mouse scurried out of the plane's pantry. Luckily, this happened while the plane was still on the ground, so the rodent did not cause havoc in the air. However, the plane will not be able to take off again until the mouse is found.


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Russia: swimming body at risk after doping cases
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says the country is at risk of being suspended from international swimming competition following a series of positive doping tests.
Last month, world record-holder Yuliya Efimova was banned for 16 months after testing positive for a banned steroid. Two other Russians are suspended after failing drug tests and at least five were banned last year.
The cases come as Russia prepares to host next year's world swimming championships in Kazan.
Mutko tells Russian media that "the number of breaches of anti-doping rules in the international arena is on the brink."
He says that "one or two more breaches and the federation could be suspended altogether."
Mutko says the Russian Swimming Federation is one of "several" Russian sports bodies at risk. He did not name any others.


text: Skibinski, who blogs at The Country Cook, uses very simple ingredients for her at-home Frosty's recipe: chocolate milk and condensed milk. Yes, that's really it. But use a very rich chocolate milk, Skibinski says. "Yoo-hoo or a thick, rich chocolate milk is going to provide the best, most authentic flavor for this," she says.


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Tijuana's top cooking styles come knocking next week.
On Friday, Dec. 14 there's the hunter-chef behind cocina de recolección sustainable : Miguel Angel Guerrero totes his sustainable kitchen practices from La Querencia to San Diego's East Village, where he'll co-chef with Toast Enoteca 's Martin Gonzalez.
One will do four Baja California dishes (aka Baja Med-cuisine). The other will prove he's a Tuscan-food acolyte. The wine is…from Argentina.
Gonzalez and Guerrero met at the recent Tijuana Innovadora ideas-exchange conference, which connected a number of San Diegans with Tijuanenses.
For this eight course (technically) meal, I imagine a cook-off a la New York Times writers Julia Moskin and Kim Severson: Chef Gonzalez's pasta casserole with a white shrimp sauce will be answered by chef Guerrero's marinated duck breast plus a portobello and blue cheese taco. Get into the international flavor fray: This dinner starts at 7 p.m. is $50 get reservations at (619) 269-4207.
And there's a reason I didn't lead with this dinner on Monday, Dec. 10.
The only way you're getting into that Erizo pop-up dinner with Javier Plascencia is to call in food-industry favors. Or dash out pleading emails to the host/owner of El Take It Easy . Or walk up to that North Park restaurant (so like a converted barn), hoping some last minute cancellation let's you into that 89-person-capacity room.
The first seating is at 5:15 p.m. Right now all of the stools and chairs inside are spoken for, and have been for about a month. Turns out people want to behold the face (guapo, as the best spokesperson's seem to be) of a new gourmet Tijuana. He has regularly appeared in Big Media (Bourdain's old "No Reservations" show; a very great New Yorker piece;). Plascencia made a cooking cameo at El Take earlier this year, repping his high-minded Misión 19 restaurant. Read more about that appearance here.
This time, Plascencia is channeling another one of his restaurants, Erizo Baja Fish House & Market.
It's a brightly welcoming cebicheria in Tijuana. A comfortable clientele parks it on picnic tables inside. I had a memorable encounter with its display case – those crazy geoduck clams look like elephant trunks overflowing tiny shells – and with the clean-flavored tostada ceviche and beer.
Should you try crashing this Erizo dinner? I might.
It's $45 for a tostada trio (shrimp, octopus, sea scallop with chicharon), grilled oysters, swordfish pibil cazuelita, salmon trout grilled Zarandeado-style, and a pumpkin spice tamal with candied-sweet-potato ice cream. Plascencia describes the menu as "Baja seafood, simple, delicious, original!!"
You can beg the event's host, El Take It Easy owner Jay Porter, for a spot at email@example.com (he also owns the Linkery) -- I hear after 9:30 p.m. walk-ins. Or just go down to Tijuana already, sheesh.
(This Plascencia dinner is part of a Baja Chefs Pop-Up Dinner series, it had been originally scheduled for November.)


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Cannot pin two firefox shortcuts to the taskbar - win7 home
Using Firefox 7.0 now after the latest upgrade and this all worked in version 6 but now with version 7 I cannot pin both of my shortcuts for my wife and I to the taskbar at the same time. Each shortcut is launching FF with different profiles. But windows seems to think they are the same program which they are of course but with different arguments.
I did this in FF6 but can't now. If I pin one of them, they both show on the right click as "unpin from taskbar". Same for the start menu. And if I try dragging the unpinned shortcut to the taskbar, I get the icon indicating I can't do it. I've even tried making copies of the icon in the roaming folder but only one shows up.
There was a hint to pin any other program to the taskbar then go into properties and change the target string and name to turn it into my shortcut, but the minute you save the properties that 2nd new shortcut disappears, I guess the OS sees the fault and removes the duplicity.
It's driving me crazy. I did make a shortcut running cmd /C firefox.... etc and this works but the cmd window stays till I exit. A minor flaw but none the same.
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The problem is not solved so much as addressed. After much research / attempts etc, I backloaded the last version 6.0x version and this works fine. I'm now assuming its version 7.
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If Eric Tillman is as good at picking quarterbacks as he is at media relations, the Edmonton Eskimos will be fine.
The general manager went directly to the Eskimos beat reporters Sunday night after starting quarterback Steven Jyles was pulled twice during a 17-1 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He told them to ask him anything.
Smart move, because if the scribes are upstairs talking to the GM they're spending less time downstairs grilling the two quarterbacks who would have had trouble moving the football in a Brinks truck against the Roughriders.
Tillman said his team's offensive struggles so far are on him, and rightly so. He made the decision to trade veteran quarterback Ricky Ray to Toronto, and with Jyles struggling that makes it Tillman's fault.
It's early, but it looks as if Tillman may have taken too big of a risk this time. Jyles has always had OK numbers in the CFL, but he has never been able to get over the hump.
Four years ago when Tillman was the Saskatchewan GM he traded quarterback Kerry Joseph, but he had three familiar names behind new starter Marcus Crandell: Darian Durant, Drew Tate and Jyles. The Riders somehow won 12 games during that season, but Crandell got hurt, Durant and Jyles weren't quite ready, and Michael Bishop ended up being the reason the Riders flamed out in the West Division semifinal.
The way Jyles and Joseph are playing in Edmonton, the West Division semifinal is dreamland for the Eskimos right now.


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The resizing capability of the Propulsion theme does not seems to be working on IE8, it is working fine on Chrome and Firefox. Are there any solution to this as IE is still one of the more popular browser?
Kriesi uses media-queries for his responsive framework and IE7,IE8 don't support media-queries (css3 code). That's why the resizing capability doesn't fully work thwi IE8/7. However it won't affect many users anyway because the resizing capability only makes sense if the display resolution is low (< 1024px) – I can't imagine situations where users would use IE8 on a smart phone or on a 800px monitor.
is it possible to include e.g. this script in the theme to make media queries for IE7,IE8 availabe?
If yes, can you give instructions how to to this?
If not, can you give advice how to disable the rsponsive layout for IE7, IE8 completely? Now the navigation bar changes to the dropdown when resizing the window, but as no other elements get re-aranged this dosn't make sense and just makes the layout look wrong/messy.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
I just figured out that there's a pluginsupporting the resizing for IE7,IE8
I tested it and it seems to work great with the theme
I think this should be part of the theme by default.
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When Wes Cope arrived in Tahoka last spring, he found a football program in the best shape it's been in since 1978.
But that didn't stop the new Bulldog coach from quickly applying his own stamp.
After taking over a Tahoka program that ended a 22-year playoff drought last fall, Cope installed a spread offense and also changed the defensive front from a five-man front to a four-man scheme.
"We have changed some things, but the kids have adapted really well to what we've asked them to do," Cope said. "The big thing for us is that we've got eight kids back who experienced the playoffs last year and understand what it's going to take to compete at that level again."
Twelve seniors dot the Bulldog roster, including returning quarterback Brandon McCord, three two-way returning starters and four returning lettermen.
McCord will play a key role as the engineer of Cope's spread offense, which will also feature slotback Adrian Moore. McCord led South Plains-area Class 2A passers in 2001 with 1,325 yards in the regular season, while Moore grabbed an area-best 37 receptions for 502 yards.
Ty Gardner, a two-year starter at Class 1A Memphis before transferring to Tahoka, will bolster Moore's production, along with seniors Trey Price and Warren Baker and junior Michael Nance. Matt Wells and Landon Bartley will split time at fullback.
On the line, Zach Lindsey moves to center from tight end to anchor a unit that includes returning starter Ben Stroope at left tackle, senior Stephen Brookshire at right guard and bulky sophomores Josh Schwartz and Lance Lankford at right tackle and left guard respectively.
Lindsey and Stroope returning starters at end and middle linebacker will key the defense. Brookshire will man the strong-side end spot, with Schwartz and Bartley inside.
Wells and Brent Stone round out the linebacking corps, while Baker, Moore, Nance and Price filling out the secondary.
After breaking a 22-year postseason drought last year, the Bulldogs open this season with a new coach and new offensive system in place. Wes Cope took over for Bryan Gerlich last spring and installed a spread attack, which should will feature senior quarterback Brandon McCord and senior receiver Adrian Moore.
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Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's best airline, in cooperation with the Egyptian Embassy in Kuwait and travel agents, has launched a tourism initiative called 'We Love Egypt' to encourage tourism to Egypt following the revolution on 25 January. The initiative was launched with a special visit by tourists flying with Watanya Airways from Kuwait to Sharm El Sheikh and Cairo.
The Egyptian General Consul to Kuwait Ambassador Salah Al-Wasaime said: "We are touched by the love of Kuwaitis for Egypt and their concern during the past times and how eager they are to revisit Egypt, now that the situation is back to normal. This demonstration of love for Egypt is truly genuine, and we feel and appreciate the love of Kuwaitis for Egypt.
"We thank the Kuwaiti people for the wonderful expression of their love for Egypt, and assure you that this love is mutual. As representatives of the Arab Republic of Egypt, we will be holding a range of festivities to celebrate with our Kuwaiti brothers and sisters Kuwait's 50th anniversary of independence, and 20th year since liberation to express how much the Egyptian people love the Kuwaiti people too."
Jassim Al Qames, Wataniya Airways' Head of Public Relations said: "As a national Kuwaiti carrier, we are proud to take part in this Arab show of support and help build a new bridge of love and communication between the Kuwaiti and Egyptian peoples.
"This initiative is to support the tourism industry in Egypt and help it return to normal, especially in key tourism areas such as Sharm El Sheikh and Cairo. Egypt always attracted many visitors from Kuwait and it is now open and ready to welcome them again."
"Our top priority at Wataniya Airways is the safety and security of our guests, and we would not have invited Kuwaitis to visit Egypt and supported this initiative if we believed the security situation was not fully resolved."
Mr. Al Qames added: "We are already seeing an increase in the number of tourists and visitors from Kuwait and other countries. It is known that the majority of tourists visiting Egypt are from Europe, and the number of European tourists is currently starting to return to where it was before the revolution. We would like to support our Egyptian brothers and help them promote the tourism industry between Kuwait and Egypt through such activities and trips."
Several Kuwaiti families and members of the Kuwaiti Diving team, who will diving in one of the best diving sites in the world in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh, were onboard the flight. After spending some time in Sharm El Sheikh, the group will visit Cairo in order to enjoy the antiquities and unique cultural heritage and hospitality the city has to offer visitors.
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Prof. Diana Nixon to Perform Sunday in Wabash, IN
January 5, 2009
January 5, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — "A former Wabash resident and current professor of clarinet at DePauw University will present a program of Spanish and Latin American music for clarinet at 2 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Honeywell House," begins an item in Indiana's Wabash Plain Dealer. "Diana Nixon, is a candidate for a doctorate in music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She has studied Spanish and Latin American music for the clarinet, having completed two compilations for the Jacobs School of Music Latin American Music Center. She spent a summer in Spain, researching clarinet performance at the Royal Conservatory in Madrid."
The text continues, "Nixon performs in several orchestras in the Bloomington area, including the IU Festival Orchestra, Bloomington Camerata, Bloomington Pops, Columbus (Ind.) Philharmonic, and the IU Philharmonic, playing soprano and bass clarinets."
You'll find the complete article at the newspaper's Web site.
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In the past two decades almost every performance-focused car on the market has inflated in size, which goes against the very ethos of the performance car. Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars, famously said, "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere." Chapman may have coined the phrase, but every designer who has put pencil to paper with intentions to draw up a sporty car can't deny those words.
Of course the NHTSA has tightened its grip on car design by introducing more stringent requirements and restrictions governing every car that hits the road, such as larger crumple zones and massive pedestrian crash clearances. The latter produces the biggest effect on overall design and weight. A minimum distance of 0.8 inches is required between the underside of the hood and the highest hard point in the engine bay. If that seems like a quick fix, it's not. Once the general shape of the front of the car has changed, it has a trickle down effect through the rest of the car. The higher hood means a higher windshield; the higher windshield means a higher roof; the higher roof means a higher beltline and a higher beltline means bigger doors, bigger wheel arches and bigger wheels. More metal means more weight.
A single car proves a car company can keep a car small and exciting: The Mazda Miata.
BMW are the biggest culprits in taking an iconic sporty sedan — specifically the 3-series — and inflating it to comical proportions, all the while insisting it has the DNA of the original. The third generation of the 3-series, made in the '90s, had a 106 inch wheelbase, was about 174 inches overall, and weighed around 3000 lbs. The current production 3-series has a wheelbase of 115 inches, measures 186 inches overall and weighs in at 3571 lbs. For further context, this year's 3-series has a longer wheelbase and weighs around the same as the previous generation 5-series. But, take a look in any direction in the segment: at Audi, Mini, even the Acura NSX: the size and weight gain seems contagious. Sure, each of theses cars' newest iterations are faster than the past generations, despite the weight gain, but each new version has gotten a bump in power. The first generation 3-series had 89 horsepower, the current generation has over 300.
If the reason for some of the the last century's most iconic sports cars becoming bloated is for safety, than it would be hard to argue. Safety should come first. After all, we're out there to have fun and enjoy the drive and it's better to arrive late than not at all. But if there's a shining example of a company can keep a car small and exciting it's the Mazda MX-5 Miata. The newest generation Miata is only one inch longer than the original and is actually lighter than the second generation Miata. Yet it's still a safe car to drive down the highway. Mazda went so far as to lower the horsepower of the newest generation Miata, just so they could keep the right power-to-weight-ratio, which is the crux of any true performance car. BMW seems aware of their misdeeds, insofar as the M2 is, dimensionally, almost dead-ringer for the E46 M3.
So it is possible, when you're not chasing volume sales or that extra inch of legroom every year, to engineer your way around the safety regulations and make a fun, quick car. Mazda has gone great lengths to keep MX-5's footprint close to the original and the scale tipping to the minimal. And unsurprisingly, the Miata has gained universal praise. There are bigger cars out there that move quicker than the Miata in straight line, but they also have hundreds more horsepower to move the extra metal. The extra heft just ruins performance in turns, destroys tires faster and necessitates burning more fuel. Colin Chapman knew it, Mazda knows it, you should know it: size matters.


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Milwaukee balancing playoff push, young players
Milwaukee balancing playoff push, young players
"For the next week, I think it will be easy," manager Ron Roenicke said. "After that, if we're really making a push, we're going to have to sit down and really talk about this."
The Brewers are 11-3 over their last 14 games and have won 13 of their last 18 dating back to Aug. 16. Entering Tuesday, they were 7 1/2 games behind the second NL Wild Card spot, with four teams still in front of them.
It's a position the Brewers didn't expect to be in when they traded Zack Greinke to the Angels on July 27, and were 12 games behind second NL Wild Card spot and 15 games back in the NL Central at the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
"At that time, the way we were playing, it wasn't good baseball," Roenicke said. "It was good series, bad series. It wasn't good. Wasn't good enough to lead anybody to believe we were going to make that push. We got a tremendous amount of work to do to get back. ... We've got some work to do."
While the Brewers still have a tall task ahead of them and a daunting September schedule that includes the Cardinals, Braves, Pirates, Nationals and Reds, Roenicke plans to stick with what's working for the club, at least for the next week or so. He added that the Brewers are unlikely to start up righty Mark Rogers again, but if they do, it would "probably be for one or two starts."
"We're going to go for [the Wild Card]," Roenicke said. "We're going to win as many games as we can. We're not just going to put a guy in to see him right now. We're trying to win."


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So, You're Multi FacetedThis would explain why I have 170 experiences I collected. Everyone has a large personality, some just don't know it. I also have alot of various interests, hobbies, opinions, beliefs, thoughts. I like to be a well-rounded individual. Although I feel sometimes people think I'm...
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From Sevilla-based web and graphic designer Jesús Prudencio comes this truly beautiful poster series. Paying homage to some of the most iconic movies including Ghostbusters, Taxi Driver, Back to the Future and The Shining, each poster features the side shot of the respective vehicle used in them. The entire series can currently be purchased via the artist's Etsy Shop.
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2012-13 Primer
As opener nears, here's a capsule look at season ahead for Pistons
Who's New? – The Pistons have five rookies and one trade acquisition amid a full roster of 15 players.
They drafted Andre Drummond with the No. 9 pick after he spent just one season at Connecticut. Drummond, 19, was fourth on the team in scoring (9.0), second in rebounding (5.9) and first in blocked shots (1.4) in eight preseason games despite being ninth on the team in minutes per game. Drummond doesn't come to the NBA as polished as Greg Monroe and Brandon Knight, No. 1 picks in the two preceding seasons, and management and coaches are prepared to be patient. Drummond, though, enters the season firmly in the playing rotation.
Kyle Singler, their 2011 No. 2 pick who played in Spain last year due to the lockout, also had a strong preseason. Khris Middleton and Kim English, taken 39th and 44th last June, join Singler to bring elements of size, shooting and athleticism to the perimeter.
The fifth rookie is Slava Kravtsov, a 7-footer from Ukraine who – much like Drummond – brings tremendous athleticism and shot-blocking potential to the frontcourt. The Pistons wanted to get bigger and more athletic up front; Drummond and Kravtsov allowed them to do so dramatically.
The other newcomer is Corey Maggette. The Pistons traded Ben Gordon to Charlotte last June to get him. The deal was motivated not only by Maggette's aggressive scoring mentality that has had him among the NBA's free-throws leaders for the past decade, but also by the fact Maggette's expiring contract will allow the Pistons to have as much as $25 million in cap space next July.
Who's Gone? – The biggest absence from last season, besides the departed Gordon, is Ben Wallace. He emphatically stated the 2011-12 season would be his last in the NBA, but softened his stance by late in the season. The Pistons, after drafting Drummond and signing Kravtsov, no longer had a void in their frontcourt. And after signing Singler, English and Middleton, they had 15 guaranteed contracts – a full roster.
The frontcourt restocking also pushed out Vernon Macklin, who signed to play in Turkey. Veteran Damien Wilkins signed with Philadelphia as a free agent. Walker Russell Jr., signed by the Pistons out of the D-League last January when injuries washed over their backcourt, was cut coming out of camp by Oklahoma City.
Who's Playing? – The starting five throughout the preseason was the same as the group that went 21-21 down the stretch last season: Greg Monroe, Jason Maxiell, Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey and Brandon Knight.
Lawrence Frank proclaimed all jobs open when camp began, but the only race that didn't have a heavy favorite was at power forward. Maxiell solidified the rotation when Frank turned to him last February, though, and reported to camp in tip-top shape. The most physical Piston, Maxiell is a defensive anchor whose refinement of the 15-foot jump shot has made him a scoring threat, as well.
The substitutes most certain to be rotation staples at this point are Will Bynum in the backcourt and Jonas Jerebko, who is likely to virtually split time with Maxiell. Drummond's strong preseason makes him the odds-on choice to be Monroe's backup at center, but Frank believes Kravtsov will make a run at playing time as his cultural adjustment kicks in. Singler, a heady player whose hustle plays affect outcomes more than box scores, appears very likely to grab minutes available behind Prince at small forward.
English, whose perimeter shooting and defensive tenacity are his tickets to playing time, figures to play on nights Frank opens the rotation to a fourth guard. Stuckey's ability to play point guard could give English a greater opportunity for minutes if his play warrants such consideration.
Maggette is the wild card. He's missed the past two weeks with a left calf strain. When he's cleared to return, he'll be an option behind both Prince and Stuckey.
Who's the Competition? – Frank doesn't predict how many wins his team will rack up or dabble in playoff prognostication, focusing only on the next practice or game and making certain the collective work habits stay on course.
If the Pistons can maintain the .500 pace they played at over the final two-thirds of last season, though, they'll stay in the playoff race down to the wire.
In their own division, reigning power Chicago must deal not only with the prolonged absence of Derrick Rose – the devastating knee injury suffered in last spring's playoffs will keep him out for a major chunk, if not all, of this season – but also the almost complete revamping of perhaps the league's best bench. Indiana is poised to break through and could be the dark horse to challenge defending NBA champion Miami in the East.
The Atlantic Division is loaded. Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Brooklyn all have lofty expectations, though age and injury concerns are very real in both Boston and New York, while the 76ers open the season with Andrew Bynum – acquired over the summer in the three-team deal that saw Dwight Howard land with the Los Angeles Lakers – sidelined with another knee issue.
The one playoff team in the East from a year ago unlikely to return is Orlando, rebuilding from the ground up after the Howard deal. Atlanta traded Joe Johnson to Brooklyn but still returns Al Horford and Josh Smith.
That makes eight teams that feel strongly they will be in the playoffs. The Pistons will have to beat out one of them to crack the field.
One major challenge in that quest: the schedule. After opening at home, the Pistons head out for the season's longest road trip, 10 days and six games.
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Interest NY's Museum of Modern Art Adds Video Game Collection with Katamari, Pac-Man
posted on 2012-12-01 01:15 EST by Crystalyn Hodgkins
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has announced that it will set up a video game collection starting next March in the museum's Philip Johnson Galleries. The museum has acquired an initial lineup of 14 games for the collection, and it plans to extend the list to about 40 games. The initial lineup includes:
- Pac-Man (1980)
- Tetris (1984)
- Another World (1991)
- Myst (1993)
- SimCity 2000 (1994)
- vib-ribbon (1999)
- The Sims (2000)
- Katamari Damacy (2004)
- EVE Online (2003)
- Dwarf Fortress (2006)
- Portal (2007)
- flOw (2006)
- Passage (2008)
- Canabalt (2009)
The museum hopes to complete its collection over the next five years, and its wishlist for future games to add include Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter II, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, and Animal Crossing, among others.
The museum's goal is to "study, preserve, and exhibit video games as part of its Architecture and Design collection." The museum's curators spent a year and a half selecting games for the collection, consulting scholars, digital conservation and legal experts, historians, and critics. Earlier this year, the museum already featured Katamari Damacy in a "Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000" exhibit with Astro Boy.
Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian American Art Museum previously hosted "The Art of Video Games" exhibition from March 16 to September 30.
Source: New York Times


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For a dining experience with a twist visit The Baby Grand, a popular eatery and piano bar in Glasgow. Situated just opposite Charing Cross railway station and less than 5 minutes' walk from The Kings Theatre, this is a great spot for you to leave the car at home and enjoy a night out with a loved one. Since opening over 30 years ago, they have become one of the most popular eateries in the area, offering diners a delicious extensive menu accompanied by soft jazz music.
The Baby Grand has been serving food since the day they opened, and have always aimed to offer beautifully presented gourmet cuisine. Try the delicious confit chicken, pancetta and pistachio terrine. Served with asparagus, a pea and mint salad and a honey and mustard dressing, this fantastic blend of flavours and ingredients makes for very tingly tastebuds! Another option is the tasty pork tenderloin, stuffed Stornoway black pudding, wrapped in parma ham and served with a pulled pork croquette, asparagus and white wine and garlic cream.
Make sure you visit The Baby Grand when in the Glasgow area, and look forward to a one-of-a-kind night to remember.
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Federal Trade Commission's Google antitrust probe includes Android as well
While the mobile industry can hardly be called uncompetitive in this very moment, Android went from zero to hero and almost fifty percent of the smartphone market worldwide in just three years, so the FTC is looking into how much power Google has to exert pressure on app developers and device manufacturers to get its way.
Compared to the other mobile operating systems Android is pretty open, free and popular, plus there are a number of handsets that use generic Android without Google Services on it - no Android Market, no Maps, no Gmail, and so on. Moreover, companies are often installing their own software, like Sprint with its ID packs, Verizon using Bing, and manufacturers have their own skins like Sense UI.
The FTC, however, is apparently not satisfied, and is issuing inquiries into third parties whether Google is flexing muscles when it comes to replacing its core services with something foreign to the ecosystem. A case in point has been the lawsuit filed by Skyhook, which accuses El Goog in applying pressure on manufacturers to drop its localization technology from their handsets, and keep Google's service. "Baseless" has been the only comment by Mountain View regarding the accusation, but it definitely looks like Android is being pressured on many fronts right now - whether this is a concerted campaign, or just that success always attracts the spotlight, remains to be seen.
For all we know, the Justice Department has launched a probe whether the Nortel patent bid by Apple, Microsoft, RIM, Sony and others, has been purposefully won by these cutthroat competitors for the patents to be used against Android's domination. Google is not sitting still too - it bought more than a thousand patents from IBM, spent record amount of $2.06 million on lobbying in Q2 2011, and is hiring 12 more K street firms to protect its interests with Uncle Sam.
source: WSJ
12 Comments
1. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
the road looks tought ahead.. Google,... good luck...
6. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
when the going gets rough the though get going.... Google got into the mobile market foreseeing PC market may not be of much revenue anymore, and its true that with their own OS they have more chances of becoming relevant on the market (specially with bing among other services trying to buy themselves to customers) Google with its 40% smartphone OS share may become a target for everyone's eye and they could be taken down.... I don't see Google offering as many services from them as possible on their android phones being any different that what Microsoft is doing with Bing, Xbox and live services on their WP7 handsets
2. sunilmathew (Posts: 5; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
best wishes google. on trying to keep the smartphone market from being a monopoly.
3. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
Lol, Android fans so quick to defend Foogle, they don't realize that Google itself acts like a monopolistic beast. Google's just mad because it lost those patents. Suck it up and shut up and come out with a better OS
4. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
lol android can do more than your precious ios...maybe apple who are sooo ''originial'' should stop taking other peoples idea point in case ios5 how many of the sooo called amazing new features have been apples ideas lol you apple fanboys are really deluded
5. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
Ya it is a monopoly with freedom. There are tablet like the nook color that don't use any Google service including the market place. Verizon phone have bing search as the default. I guess you did not read the article did you. God you are a troll.
7. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
because that's your best argument.......
11. droidnator (Posts: 90; Member since: 10 Mar 2011)
You are partly right, Google is huge and it is overtaking the internet, as is other areas. It could become a monopolist, and is close to it even now. Still, it's much better than apple (never with a capital letter!), which imposes way too many restrictions on its customers. With Google you have much more choice and much more freedom. And you are just a hater and a little troll, hungry for attention. Get a life, you keyboard bangin' wannabe wrestler :)
8. saiki4116 (Posts: 413; Member since: 31 Mar 2011)
why the hell they dont look from the consumer point of view.........google is using its power to reduce crapware coming along with the device
9. stealthd (unregistered)
If Google is financing Android with money made from search and ads and then just giving it away, that could be considered anti-competitive. ~50% market share makes them big, the possibility of their free product keeping other mobile OS's out of the market can make them bad. Being big and bad gets you the attention of the DOJ.
For comparison, Apple doesn't have enough dominance in mobile to be considered "big" in terms of antitrust, and while their legal proceedings might be called anticompetitive, their market activities wouldn't be considered "bad".
10. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
are you kidding. the exact things that the DoJ is looking into google for, apple has done. flexing muscles at app makers? yea, apple does that 24/7.
Google might be getting attention because its so big, but nothing will come of it. The OS is too open and Big G is very hands off as much as possible... especially when you compare them to MS and Apple's highly controlled OS's
Google isnt exerting its muscle. Consumers are. Android is destroying iOS because consumers want it. "iPhone" may be synonymous with "smartphone" to many people, but most of them still buy android when they see the difference.
12. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Apple pays FTC or soneone behind doors to stop GOOGLE and Samsung plus few other companies too (just a thought). Apple is VERY AFRAID OF ANDROID and thats why their suing. Only thing I HATE bout APPLE is their BIG GREEDY EGO. They think their number one and they plan to stay that way and as long their stock is up too. Thats why their suing every one in the industry.l which makes me sick to my stomach that APPLE thinks they have a right to sue every body just because Android copies the iPhone


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Research Regarding Children's Learning from Summer Learning Loss Researchers
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The Global Challenge Makes Summer Learning Loss a Problem That Can Affect Future Earnings
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Staff Writer
CAMP PENDLETON -- In the latest effort to link the civilian world with troops at this Marine Corps training base, officials are opening base gates to large corporations and small firms for a mix of military education and business fun.
The program, called "Cutting Edge Special Events," brings convention-going groups to the base to talk with Marines and sailors and to see up close the Marine Corps' and Navy's combat aircraft and equipment. The program also gives groups the chance to use the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base beach, training or recreation facilities for team-building events.
A handful of corporations have taken advantage of the program since it began last year, and officials said they hope to entice more firms and conventioneers to the base this year.
"Our goal is to have a couple (of groups) a month," said Carrie Ellwood, who owns Out-of-the-Ordinary Adventures in Rancho Bernardo and is helping market the program for the Marine Corps.
Local convention and visitors bureaus recently have received new posters -- with the slogan "Our Troops Will Host Your Troops" -- offering a "bird's-eye view" of amphibious vehicles, military watercraft and aircraft.
The latest San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau guide includes a full-page advertisement touting the program.
The base has hosted 1,019 corporate visitors with six groups, said a Camp Pendleton spokeswoman, Capt. Patricia Restrepo.
The military experience
For many years, outside companies have visited the 125,000-acre base "to get a flavor of the military experience and (to see) what their tax dollars are doing," said Hugh L. Cooper, an assistant chief of staff for Marine Corps Community Services at Camp Pendleton.
So base officials patterned their program after a long-running program done first by the Navy and then by the Marines at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station. "We saw that Miramar had a very successful program," Cooper said.
Corporate groups visiting Camp Pendleton are able to hold a company event, usually a team-building outdoors exercise or play, at the on-base facilities, which are provided at no extra charge by the military.
Miramar's program, called "Semper Fi Special Events," is more oriented toward basic air station tours and catered events, ranging from small groups of 50 to large conventions up to 5,000. The air station hosts two to six groups each month, averaging 600 people for non-catered tours and four large groups of visitors, said Marine Capt. Rebecca Goodrich-Hinton, a Miramar spokeswoman.
Community-relations programs at military installations are designed to link visitors with troops without interfering with units' training or operations, Marine and Navy officials say.
Tourism officials say these military-oriented programs are growing in popularity.
"We'd like to see these types of programs become available to civilians," said Dale Vandergaw, director of military and defense services for the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau. "It's a great cooperative effort between the tourism industry and the military."
Alternative events for groups
Ellwood said the military-style special events are pitched as a "different kind" of outdoors or team-building experience during business meetings or conventions.
"They're all looking for something different," she said. "I think that the whole military thing is interesting to many people, because most of them haven't been on a military base."
Arrangements usually include a dose of the military "pomp and circumstance" such as color guards or Marine musicians, and guests get to talk to troops or sailors and see some part of the military's combat hardware.
"It's really a unique experience for a lot of people," she said.
The program requires some time and work from Marines and sailors with units that help support the events, which usually are held from midafternoon until later in the evening.
Businesses pay any charges to private meeting planners and must cover the costs, such as food and drinks, charged by the base's commercial services. But there is no charge for use of hangars or other strictly military facilities that are supported by appropriated defense funds, officials said. Portions of the base food and hospitality profits may go to the supporting unit's recreation fund, they said.
Cooper said the base gives the businesses a unique military experience they won't find elsewhere in the area. "We don't see this as a big competition with the outside," he said.
Team-building on base
According to Out-of-the-Ordinary, a handful of companies have participated in the program.
About 120 workers with a Massachusetts company spent a half-day at Camp Pendleton on Oct. 10, playing team-building games at the base's Del Mar Beach, observing amphibious assault vehicles and talking with some of the Marines. The company was holding a five-day sales meeting at the Rancho Bernardo Inn that week.
"We were looking for something to do for team-building," said Maureen Hart, communications director with Axcelis Technologies, a semiconductor-maker in Beverly, Mass.
Among events recommended was "a little bit of boot camp" exercise at the base.
The event, held from 3 to 10 p.m., began with calisthenics and a jog on the beach as a surprise to the two busloads of employees, Hart said.
"We didn't tell them where we were going," she said. "It was a really good team-building experience."
Hart said the day concluded with a small reception in an Amphibian Assault Vehicle Battalion hangar with beer, wine and hors d'oeuvres. She wouldn't say how much the company paid for the event, but said the money covered the costs for the reception.
"They absolutely loved it," Hart said. "They just got so into it."
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