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The state action exemption doctrine applies to the anticompetitive activities of private parties. But where a private party is engaged in anticompetitive activity, courts recognize the potential danger that private parties will act to further their own financial interests, rather than to promote state policy. Therefore, private parties must show—in addition to a clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed state policy—that their challenged conduct is "'actively supervised by the State itself.'"[1]
In its Town of Hallie decision, the Supreme Court held explicitly that the active state supervision requirement does not apply to the actions of local political subdivisions of states such as municipalities.[2] The Court reasoned that no such requirement was necessary because those entities could be expected to act in the public interest and, if they failed to, they were subject to voter reaction. An open question at present, however, is whether the actions of hybrid state entities (e.g., state agencies comprised of private actors who compete in the market they regulate, such as state boards regulating professionals) must meet the active state supervision requirement in addition to the "clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed state policy" requirement (i.e., both Midcal requirements).[3] The Court in Town of Hallie stated in dicta that the active supervision requirement "likely" would not apply to the actions of "state agencies."[4]
North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners: The FTC's Position
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), however, disagrees—at least in the case of state agencies controlled by board members who compete in the market of a profession that they regulate. In North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners,[5] the FTC sued the Board of North Carolina Dental Examiners ("Board") for conspiring to restrain competition between those it regulates, dentists, and non-dentists providing teeth-whitening services in competition with dentists. The Board was comprised of eight persons, six of whom were practicing dentists and some of whom provided teeth-whitening services themselves. Based on complaints from dentists in the state about non-dentists providing teeth-whitening services, the Board issued cease-and-desist letters to the non-dentists, which had the intended effect of stopping them from providing the service, thus restraining competition. The Board's first line of defense was a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the state action exemption protected its issuance of the letters, even if they had an anticompetitive effect. It was relatively clear that the Board's action was not actively supervised by the state (although the Board argued otherwise), but the Board argued that, as a state agency, no active state supervision was required for the exemption to apply.
The FTC disagreed. It explained that "when determining whether the state's active supervision is required, the operative factor is a tribunal's degree of confidence that the entity's decision-making process is sufficiently independent from the interests of those being regulated. As the [Supreme] Court emphasized repeatedly, the 'real danger' in not insisting on the state's active supervision is that the entity engaged in the challenged restraint turns out to be 'acting to further [its] own interests, rather than the governmental interests of the State.'"[6] The FTC believed that because the six dentist members of the Board had private economic interests in preventing competition from non-dentists, the Board's conduct required active state supervision for the exemption to apply. The FTC suggested, for example, that had the Board sued the non-dentists in state court to enjoin their provision of teeth-whitening services, the exemption would have applied because an independent state actor would review the Board's determination that teeth-whitening services constituted the practice of dentistry.
The Board recently has appealed the FTC's decision to Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.[7] In its appeal, the Board rehashed its argument that the state action exemption shields its actions from antitrust scrutiny regardless of whether it can show active state supervision of its activities. In addition, the Board points out that every court since Parker v. Brown has held that state agencies acting pursuant to a clearly articulated state law are not subject to antitrust scrutiny.[8] Whether a state agency controlled by participants in the industry it regulates must show active state supervision to cloak their activities from antitrust scrutiny is of supreme importance to the medical community as a whole, as evidenced by the amicus filings of the American Medical Association and American Dental Associations, both of which support the Board's position.
No federal court decision provides a clear answer to the question whether the activities of state boards require active state supervision for the exemption to apply. The Fourth Circuit likely will be the first, and both the Board and the FTC have cited colorable legal and policy arguments supporting their positions. But the open question will remain unless and until the Supreme Court affirmatively decides the issue. Until the open question is resolved, individuals serving on a state board, and practitioners representing them, should be keenly aware of the doctrine and the FTC's position on the doctrine as it applies to state agencies controlled by board members who compete in the market of a profession that they regulate.
[1] Cal. Retail Liquor Dealers Assoc. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980).
[2] Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire, 471 U.S. 34 (1985).
[3] The Midcal requirements came from the Supreme Court's opinion in Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97.
[4] 471 U.S. at 46 n.10 ("In cases in which the actor is a state agency, it is likely that active state supervision would also not be required, although we do not here decide that issue.").
[5] The N.C. Bd. of Dental Examiners, Dkt. No. 9343 (Op. of the Comm'n, Feb. 8, 2012) (quoting Hallie, 471 U.S. at 47).
[7] N.C. State Bd. of Dental Examiners v. F.T.C., Appeal No. 12-1172 (2012).


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On the scene
Highly skilled paramedics, 'flying doctors' and helicopter crews can make a big difference to survival chances. BBC News Online looks at the professionals involved.
The UK has some of the most sophisticated facilities available to help accident victims.
The health service funds local ambulance services, training paramedics and drivers to a high standard.
But the so-called "flying doctors", who are loosely organised by the British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS), give up their spare time, and their money to offer skilled assistance.
The lack of public money for BASICS continues to amaze those who run the service.
Dr Iain McNeil used to be a GP who was called out to attend road accidents - now he is medical director for the Surrey and Kent Ambulance Services, and a pivotal figure in BASICS.
He said: "BASICS doctors get not money - it costs us money for equipment, clothing, even the extra costs of car insurance because of the work we do.
"It should be paid for separately through central funds."
The argument is strong - the estimated cost to society of one fatal road traffic casualty is �1,207,670.
At present, only a third of the country is covered by local BASICS schemes, and some 1,500 doctors are involved.
There are qualifications in immediate care - the skills needed to both save lives, and keep the doctor safe in dangerous situations.
Changing face of accident care
Both the foundation of BASICS, some 20 years ago, and the replacement of stretcher-carrying ambulancemen with more highly skilled paramedics recognises the importance of giving certain degree of treatment to casualties on the scene.
Paramedics can perform various life-saving treatments, such as inserting drips, and using defibrillators to restart the heart.
But recently, there has been a shift in emphasis from carrying out lots of treatments on the scene to getting the patient to A&E as quickly as possible.
"Basically, you do whatever you have to do to keep the patient alive at that moment and get them in the back of the ambulance.
"The problem is, many of these paramedics have so many skills, and in a lot of cases putting up drips and administering pain relief on the roadside is entirely the wrong thing to do."
The helicopter services are part of that recognition that "the golden hour" is a rough limit between accident and and emergency room which greatly reduce disability and increase chance of survival.
In a road accident, the emergency services may take five to 10 minutes to arrive, it may take another half hour to make the scene safe and cut the victim free, leaving only a short time to make the transfer, often through congested streets.
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Since we talked about Ford's European future in our previous posting, how about go across the Atlantic and look at the Blue Oval's recent past and how it viewed its future in North America at the time? Enter the world of concept cars and Ford's Mustang Convertible study from the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
The reason why we're bringing back automotive memories from Ford's ventures in the previous decade is because the open-top concept has been listed for sale - again, just four years after the automaker auctioned it off together with its coupe sibling at the 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach, all in the name of charity.
The 2003 Mustang GT Coupe and Convertible concepts brought the styling spirit of the classic Mustang back to life after several decades of decay for famed nameplate, and previewed the production models that would arrive the following year, kicking-off the muscle car craze of the 21st century.
In contrast to the production 2005 Mustang Convertible, the concept sported only two seats and a fixed roll bar behind the front passengers. It still looks good on the outside, but this author finds the interior kind of toyish.
It is a working prototype, but it's not certified to comply with any federal or state laws and does not have a VIN, so you can't jump in and drive it back home. Under the body, you'll find a shortened version of the late Thunderbird's platform as well as an unspecified engine.
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Mr. Huerta attended the College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, before attending the Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was conferred the title of Juris Doctor with a concentration in Litigation.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Huerta was hired by the United States Federal government as a Disaster Reservist where he acted as a public trust and advised attorneys and staff on Federal laws regarding the assistance of natural disaster victims through commercial and residential low interest government loans. Mr. Huerta has also acted as a consultant with teams of attorneys on numerous large scale litigation cases that have resulted in billions of dollars in settlements and savings. Some of those cases included:
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We model the links between skills and changes in work organization. As the proportion of skilled workers increases, the economy travels through a sequence of organizational equilibria. We show that as the relative supply of skills increases the organization of work becomes more decentralized. Both skilled and unskilled workers become more autonomous and perform a wider range of tasks: decentralization spreads across firms at the expense of the old centralized organization based on a strict division of labor. Moreover, as firms switch to decentralization, their employment structure becomes more homogeneous and wage inequality stops decreasing. These predictions are compared with empirical evidence based on French establishment-level data and we find support for both of them. This suggests that the long-term increase in the skill level of the workforce may have been one important factor driving the recent introduction of new work practices by a large number of firms. Copyright 2001 by Oxford University Press.
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Hi everyone!
So, I have determined that I am a bad blogger. It is my new goal to have more frequent updates and also find exciting things to talk about!
Life has been hectic the last month and a half, and I am excited to say I have found a new day job! I am employed with Restoration Hardware and I love EVERYTHING about my job. The people, the stories, the furniture and accessories...it is all very exciting and wonderful. If you ever swing by Nashville, stop in and check us out.
I haven't made it to refinishing our dining table and chairs yet. We have started a tradition of hosting game night every Wednesday, and I know I would take my time working on the table. Also, I haven't figured out the logistics of refinishing the table at our apartment. Do I take it to our patio? Will I get in trouble? So, it has become a project on hold for the time being.
My new obsession is seeing all the configurations people have made for shelving units created out of pipes and boards. I love all the ideas and methods and would love to free up some floor space in my living room!
Manhattan Nest.
Geek Details.
Brick House. What I understand to be the original blog source for the project.
All of the sites linked have their versions of the DIY steps to complete this project. What do you think of the pipe shelving? Is this a project you would be willing to try in your home, or do you prefer shelving that looks more finished?
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Learning to Blog...
Posted by Amber Bay at 8:57 PM
Labels: Design, DIY, Inspiration, Life, Living Room, Pipe Shelving, Shelving, Work
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I think it's obvious I like them lol! They do tend to look um craptastic if you put too much stuff on them though. It seems to work better if you're just displaying stuff. I found that mine no longer work for me in my office but they look great in my son's room. We rearranged it a bit.ReplyDelete
As I had more stuff to put on them, I found myself wanted cabinets instead of shelves just because it was super cluttered looking.
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Book Reviews
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- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 259-267
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1988.tb02601.x
Book reviewed in this article:
Theory of Financial Decision Making. By JONATHAN E. INGERSOLL, JR.
Real Estate Finance. By SHERMAN J. MAISEL.
Duration Analysis: Managing Interest Rate Risk. by GERALD O. BIERWAG.


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Developmental and pathological biomineralization - an essential role for ENPP 1
Hubrecht Institut
01.01.2012 - 01.01.2015
As a consequence of disease, injury or aging, ectopic mineralizations can occur in almost every tissue of the human body, and Diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease are the most prominent conditions associated with ectopic mineralizations. In any of the pathologies mentioned aberrant extracellular mineral levels play a role. Cardiovascular tissues are particularly prone to ectopic mineralization, the clinical consequences of which are stiffening of the blood vessels and altered hemodynamics leading to increased mortality due to cardiovascular failure. In a forward genetic screen we have isolated dragonfish as a zebrafish mutant showing a broad range of ectopic mineralizations. Mutant embryos not only display fused vertebrae but also show ectopic mineralization around perichondral bone, in the craniofacial skeleton, as well as, remarkably, in the brain, the neural tube and the heart. Using positional cloning and sequencing we could identify a premature stop-codon in the zebrafish orthologue of ENPP1 as the cause of this phenotype. ENPP1 is associated with the rare but very severe autosomal recessive disease idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC). ENPP1 has been described as a key regulator of extracellular pyrophosphate levels in mouse and human by metabolizing extracellular triphosphonucleotides to supply pyrophosphate, a well-known inhibitor of hydroxyappatite formation and a central factor in regulating biomineralization. However, beyond the mere regulation of pyrophosphate, some degree of cellular plasticity is involved in (pathological) biomineralization, e.g. through expression of osteo-/chondroblast specific genes in differentiated previously non-osteogenic cells. In my project, I aim to obtain a better understanding of biomineralization by studying the role of Enpp1 in zebrafish. A careful analysis of the Enpp1 phenotype with a particular focus on the aspects of ectopic mineralizations in the brain and in the heart will be conducted. Importantly, we have a number of transgenic lines available that allow, for the first time, in vivo observation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts in the context of ectopic mineralization. This unique opportunity to follow cell behavior with single cell resolution in wildtype and mutant contexts will shed new light on developmental osteogenesis as well as pathological mineralization.
A zebrafish enpp1 mutant exhibits pathological mineralization and features of generalized arterial calcification of infancy and pseudoxanthoma elasticum.


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wikiHow to Grow Flowers from Seed
Four Parts:Prepare the ContainerPlant the SeedsCare for the SeedlingsTransplant the FlowersCommunity Q&A
Growing flowers from seed can be a difficult task for beginning gardeners. Seeds and seedlings are delicate, and the wrong conditions can ruin them fairly easily. In order to achieve the best results, plant your seeds indoors into a small, sterile container using professionally packaged potting soil. Follow the instructions on the back of your seed packet and provide plenty of light and water to your growing seedlings. Once the flowers have developed strong enough roots, transplant them into your garden.
Part 1
Prepare the Container
1Choose a container. There are a variety of inexpensive options available. Germinating flats are cheap and specifically created for the purpose of germinating seeds. Plastic drinking cups and recycled egg cartons are other inexpensive options, however. Small flower pots will also work.
2Make sure your container provides enough room for your seeds to develop. The best containers are four or more inches deep. This allows the root system to develop.
3Sterilize the container. If using an old plastic pot or tray, soak it in a solution containing one part bleach and nine parts water, and rinse thoroughly. If using a new container, sterilization may not be necessary.
4Provide adequate drainage. Most plastic pots and germination trays already have holes in the bottom for water to drain through. If using a plastic cup, egg carton, or another container without any holes, punch a small hole or two in the bottom of the container before filling it with soil.
Part 2
Plant the Seeds
1Start your seeds indoors 4 to 8 weeks before you plan on transferring them to your outdoor garden. Typically, this means starting them 4 to 8 weeks before the expected last frost. Doing so gives your seedlings plenty of time to develop prior to the transfer, making them strong enough to withstand winds, insects, and other pests.
2Select your soil. Peat moss pellets work well with germination trays, but a good soil might be necessary if using a larger container. Purchase a pre-packaged soil from a garden center to ensure a high-quality "sterile" mix. Many stores even sell special "seed starting" blends.
3Fill your container three-quarters full with your selected soil. Do not pack the soil down. Instead, allow it to remain loose.
4Moisten the soil before adding the seeds. Add enough water to get a spongy wet consistency, but do not completely saturate the soil.
5Follow the instructions on your seed packet to plant the seeds. Some flowers require you to cover the seeds with up to an inch of soil, while other small seeds may only need to be sprinkled on the surface of the soil. Do not pack soil on top of the seeds, however, since doing so will smother them and make it difficult for sprouts to break through.
6Drop two or three seeds into each container. Space them 1⁄4 inch (0.6 cm) apart to prevent them from interfering with each other if more than one seed grows.
7Water again. Only add a small sprinkle of water to moisten the seeds and the new soil. Do not drown your seeds.
8Cover your container. If using a germination tray, it likely came with a clear plastic cover. Otherwise, use clear plastic wrap. The cover prevents your seeds from drying out, but it must be clear to allow adequate sunlight through.
Part 3
Care for the Seedlings
1Place the planted seeds in a draft-free location. The location should also be well-ventilated, however. If you want to prevent the air from getting too stagnant, run an electric fan in the same room near the seeds, but do not point it directly at the container. Only run the fan for a few minutes at a time.
2Follow the instructions on the back of the packet regarding temperature and sunlight. Typically, you should place the seeds near a window but not in direct sunlight.
3Supplement sunlight if necessary. Some seedlings need up to 16 hours of light a day in order to develop. If so, shine a fluorescent light a few inches above the tallest leaves during the hours when no sunlight is available.
4Remove the covering once the seedlings show two complete sets of leaves. Relocate the seedlings to a location with better sunlight.
5Rotate the container every two or three days. This prevents the seedlings from bending in any one direction to reach the light.
6Water your seedlings with gentle spritzing instead of heavy drops or streams of water. Use a spray bottle if possible. Gentle watering prevents damage to delicate, developing root systems.
7Test the soil with your finger to determine whether or not it needs watering. If you press your finger into the soil and feel moisture, you may want to wait before watering again. Keep the soil moist but not soaked.
8Add fertilizer once your seedling develops a few leaves, if desired. Use a mild fertilizer. If possible, purchase one designed for young shoots.
Part 4
Transplant the Flowers
1Harden seedlings before transplanting them. Expose them to direct sunlight and outdoor air for a few days in their current containers. Keep them moist and protect them from the wind. Bring the plants in at night, especially if the nights are still cold.
2Dig a hole in your garden twice as deep as the pot. Refill the hole to the same depth as your pot or container using loose soil. The purpose of digging out the soil and refilling it is to ensure that the soil remains loose enough for your flower's roots to adapt.
3Add water inside the hole. You don't want to completely saturate the hole, but you should add enough water so the soil is a bit spongy.
4Turn the pot with the flower in it on its side. Tap on the bottom and sides lightly until you can remove the soil from its container without forcing it.
5Place the plant into the hole. The root structure should be solid enough that the plant retains the shape of the container it was in.
6Hold the plant down with one hand and use your other hand to fill in the rest of the hole with dirt. Make sure that your plant is firmly seated, but do not pack the soil tightly.
7Add more water. Do not soak the flower, but make sure that it is moist.
Community Q&A
What is the best time for planting flowers?wikiHow ContributorIt's different from plant to plant and location to location, so you will have to do some more research about your area of the world and when you should plant specific things.
The seedlings of my pansies have started to grow but the stems are skinny, what can I do?wikiHow ContributorThis is probably due to a lack of sunlight. Try putting your pansies in a well lit area, like on a windowsill that's facing south.
Every time I try to grow flowers, my plants die after the growth of the leaves. What's wrong?wikiHow ContributorProbably you are watering the plants too much or too little. Make sure you are counting to 5 Mississippi for medium plants and to 10 for big plants as you water them. Water them from the roots, not on top of the plant.
How do I start emerald fluorescent flower seeds?wikiHow ContributorMix the soil and cocopit, then drop seeds 1/2 inch deep. Cover with the mixed soil, and water.
How do I plant orchids and roses?
- If you want an easy annual you can plant directly in your garden outdoors, consider sunflowers, marigolds, morning glories, bachelor buttons, calendula, castor bean, cosmos, nasturtiums, sweet peas, sweet alyssum, larkspur, poppies, zinnia, or hyacinth bean.
- Transplant your flowers once the roots begin growing through the bottom of the container. Usually, plants should have their third complete set of leaves at this point.
- If you want an easy perennial to start indoors before transplanting, try black-eyed Susan, catmint, perennial geranium, centranthus, aster, purple coneflower, armeria, snow-in-summer, or yarrow.
- If you want a relatively easy annual that you must start indoors, try cleome, coleus, snapdragon, ageratum, amaranth, nicotiana, lavatera, petunia, impatiens, salvia, or statice.
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Belfast boxer Conlan's shock win seals Olympics spot
Just nine months ago Michael Conlan was standing in the Ulster Hall bewildered as to how he had lost the Ulster flyweight final. Yesterday he booked his ticket to the Olympics.
It has been a quite incredible rise for Conlan, who put that bitter, controversial Ulster title disappointment behind him to win the Irish title a month later and since then he has grown into a truly world class amateur boxer.
In winning the Irish flyweight title he became the first boxer from St John Bosco in over 40 years to record such a feat and now he has emulated Marty Quinn who boxed at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.
The 19-year-old will be joined in London by Mullingar bantamweight John Joe Nevin and Kilkenny middleweight Darren O'Neill who also made it through to today's quarter-finals.
At the World Championships in Baku, Conlan has now delivered three stunning performances and the best yet came just at the right time as he overcame the number two seed Nordine Oubaali of France 20-17.
Oubaali, a bronze medallist at the World Championships in Chicago four years ago, was left stunned by the class and tenacity of Conlan who was 5-2 down after the opening three minutes.
In a barnstorming second round he levelled it up at 11-11 going into the equally exciting third round, which he just edged.
Conlan will now meet Wales' reigning European champion Andrew Selby in today's quarter-final to secure at least a bronze medal.
"I'm so glad, so happy, I put my heart and soul into it and gave it everything," he said.
"I was behind in the first round and I had to pull it back, it was close. The second round was tough, I gave it everything.
"I've had three tough fights out here, nothing has come easy but I'm absolutely delighted to have qualified for the Olympics — the quarter-final is going to be another big day," said Conlan.
Nevin, who boxes out of Cavan, defeated Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu from Mongolia on a countback after the judges had the pair level at 18-18 .
Nevin, who won bronze at the 2009 World Championships, will now face Orzubek Shayimov from Uzbekistan to at least repeat that feat of two years ago.
Nevin said: "I'm over the moon. I'm through to my second Olympics and the man who beat me in the Beijing Games three years ago was a Mongolian — Enkhbat Badar-Uugan — who went on to win the gold medal.
"The Uzbek beat me 7-3 before but I was down with the flu at the time, so hopefully I can get the win against him and make it one apiece."
O'Neill qualified for London with a well deserved 19-12 victory over Bulgaria's Mladen Manev.
The Kilkenny southpaw, who beat Manev 6-0 en route to silver at the 2010 European Championships in Moscow, will meet Ryota Murata of Japan in the quarter-finals today.
O'Neill said: "It's a dream come true, it's brilliant.
"This is the stuff I have been dreaming of since I was a young age.
"My two dreams were to medal at a major competition — I did that in Moscow — and to qualify for the Olympic Games.
"We had a game plan. We knew that Manev was very strong. He hits very hard with both hands. I'm a big puncher myself, but even at that I was thinking there is no need to get involved here because I have the boxing skills.
"I haven't seen this Japanese guy, Murata, but he's after stopping the world champion."
There was, however, disappointment for four other Irishmen as light-heavyweight Joe Ward, lightweight David Oliver Joyce, welterweight Roy Sheahan and super-heavyweight Con Sheehan all suffered defeat.
Ward, the reigning European champion, suffered his first ever senior defeat after 11 successive wins, going down on a countback after his clash with Ehsan Rouzbahani from Iran finished 15-15.
Joyce, from Athy, slipped to a narrow 32-30 defeat to Jai Bhagwan from India after somewhat harshly being given a public warning for holding with just four seconds remaining.
Meanwhile, RTE2 will tonight show highlights from today's quarter-finals in Baku from 5pm.
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Early in 2011, I wrote a piece here on SemanticWeb.com which explored the relationship between Semantic Technologies and super-computing's venerable rock star, Cray. Then, earlier this year, Cray spun out a new division to focus upon exploring massive graph databases; something which should resonate with the semantic technology community. The new division — YarcData — differentiates itself […]Read More →


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New Orleans Mini Maker Faire
New Orleans Mini Maker Faire
Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
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New Orleans Mini Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker Movement.
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 07:30:06AM -0700, Shandar Ahmad wrote: > I installed mpich using the debian package on my new > debian SPARC cluster. It makes three copies of mpicc This sort of thing isn't really Sparc-specific - you'd probably get a better response by asking a list like debian-beowulf or the package maintainer (if things are breaking you should probably file a bug report). > /usr/bin/mpicc > /etc/alternatives/mpicc > /lib/mpich/build/LINUX/ch_4/bin/mpicc > and /lib/mpich/bin/mpicc > (This is also true for other mpi directives e.g. > mpirun). > Can one tell me what are these four copies meant for > and how to make a better install. That looks roughly like what it did when I used to maintain MPICH (assuming the /lib directories are really under /usr/lib) but this may not be the case. Anyway: If you look you'll probably find that all those copies are the same thing symbolically linked. The files in /usr/lib/mpich are there because that's where the MPICH upstream source wants to put them (both copies). /usr/bin/mpicc is there because that's where users expect to find their executables. Since there are multiple MPI implementations in Debian, each of which can provide things like mpirun, mpicc and mpif77 these things in /usr/bin are managed using the alternatives system, which symlinks from /usr/bin into /etc/alternatives which symlinks to the real binary. -- Mark Brown mailto:email@example.com (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
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The Associated Press is reporting that a plane crashed into the stands at the National Championship Air Races.
Update: The embed function on the video originally posted here has been disabled; it can be seen here on YouTube.
Update No. 2: The video can be watched here:
According to the races' Web site, the event started Wednesday and goes through Sunday. The site describes it as an event for the "World's Fastest Motorsport," with speeds of more than 500 mph.
The Post's Steve Hendrix reported earlier this week that Heather "Lucky" Penney and her father were at the races in Reno. Penney was one of the first fighter pilots in the air over Washington on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001; she was prepared to ram the 757 that was feared headed for Washington. It was a United plane, and at the time, her father was a United pilot.
The pilot of the plane was identified as Jimmy Leeward. "We're as fast as anyone in the field, or maybe a little faster," he told an interview in a video posted on liveairshowtv.com. The segment on Leeward starts at 2:24.
To get an idea of what kind of plane crashed, the plane in this video is identified as a P51 Mustang, the same kind the AP is reporting crashed.


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Jasmine Fafanyo Awagah
The Journey Of A Tear - Poem by Jasmine Fafanyo Awagah
She was home, home sweet home
She had no where to go
Feeling like she has been traped alone
The truth is it was His joy
She was happy He never met a girl
But what has happened now?
She is leaving but never proud
She travelled from the White House
through a little hairy place without louse
then to the path on the cheeks
She travelled all the way to the chin just with one leap
His broken heart caused this leakage
This journeying tear from His eye opens a new page
Love has made her tear flee from home
Now He wants the beautiful tear to stay home alone
never to journey again because to broken heart Hee never wants to be prone
He is right to imprison the tear but wrong
A tear travels not only when the heart is troubled with thorns
but will flee when she finds He right person
Joy can send her away from Him and never bring her back
She is shed when the heart is broken but flees when the joy never lacked
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Nicole Marchand is celebrating another birthday. A 31-year-old black woman, she's already a prosecuting attorney in Atlanta and running for state court judge.
Personable yet direct, Marchand isn't the kind of woman you find standing by passively on the sidelines of life. But you would find her, for example, at the Georgia Dome, cheering on the Atlanta Falcons pro football team.
You've heard of a man's man. Marchand is the quintessential man's woman: She appears to have it all. And, yet, she's still single.
She has plenty of company. Forty-two percent of U.S. black women have never been married, double the number of white women who've never tied the knot
"I look forward to the day," Marchand said. "I look forward to being married."
It's just not that easy. For starters, there are 1.8 million more black women than black men. So even if every black man in America married a black woman today, one out of 12 black women still wouldn't make it down the aisle if they hoped to marry a black man.
Let's take 100 black men. By the time you eliminate those without a high school diploma (21 percent), the unemployed (17 percent) and those ages 25-34 who are incarcerated (8 percent), you have only half of black men, 54 percent, whom many black women find acceptable.
As a prosecutor, Marchand sees this problem firsthand every day.
"It is sad to see that the majority of the defendants that we prosecute are black males," Marchand said. "Those numbers can be very disappointing."
"Nightline" broached the serious dilemma with comedian-turned-relationship-guru Steve Harvey, author of the book "Act Like a
Is Your Requirements Sheet Ridiculous?
"Admittedly, the selection of men is slim," Harvey said, but "there are still a lot of good men out there who are being overlooked. ... There are a lot of women, though, who are trying to match up their education level, who are trying to match up their corporate status to find somebody on the same level, and they are having trouble. That has nothing to do with manhood at all."
Harvey says black women don't have to settle but they may need to compromise.
"You are a corporate exec, does he have to be a corporate exec?" Harvey asked. "You make $150,000. He has to make $150,000 or above? If your requirement sheet is ridiculous, then you have to look at it."
What "Nightline" looked at were the large numbers of professional black women who have groomed themselves for success with B.A.s, M.D.s and J.D.s. Seventy percent of them are still without the more elusive title: M-R-S.
The tick-tock of the biological clock is a bit louder for many women, including several of Marchand's single friends who live in Atlanta.
Chato Waters is a 32-year-old high school counselor pursuing a doctorate degree in psychology. "I would be lying if I said I don't have fleeting thoughts of, 'OK, I am 32, my clock is ticking," Waters said. "We have a saying called the 'black girl curse.' A lot of our white friends are married by 25, happily married with kids by 27, and we're like, 'What's the deal with the BGs?' -- and that's black girls."
Jakene Ashford is a chemist for a pharmaceutical company. Now that she's 34, Ashford (who is 5-foot-9) has lowered the bar when it comes to height requirements.
"I don't have a certain criteria, like if you are not 6-foot-5. ... And I used to, but then as I got older I said, 'Maybe if you are 6-foot-3, 6-foot-2, 6-foot-1, maybe if we can see eye-to-eye."
At issue is whether Ashford needs to set aside certain standards in order to make it down the aisle.
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The New Old House
By PENELOPE GREEN
Published: August 10, 2006
IT'S an American ideal, particularly in some parts of the Northeast. It is both a trophy and a lifestyle, not to mention the engine behind a thriving publishing category: the renovation memoir. It is the old house, a perennial best seller. But for some -- call them fastidious, time-deprived or just coolly unsentimental -- the bloom is off that particular rose. Not that these buyers are scarfing up contemporary houses or building their own. They still have an appetite for the premodernist, prewar styles, but they cannot stomach their realities: the dark rooms and the little windows, the dank basements and the creaky floors, the wiring that can barely support a fan's rotation (never mind central air-conditioning). They want a new house that reads old. They want a new old house.
''There are so many people who want things to be exactly right,'' said Michelle Kirby, a broker at Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty in Newport, R.I. ''They want it turnkey, and they don't want to have to think about it. Construction costs are really high, renovations are really hard, and people know that. The ideal is what I call the Pottery Barn formula house: shingle-style exterior, white Carrera marble kitchens and the white subway tile in the bathrooms, so it looks like the background in the catalog. It's trite, but it's so sellable.''
In Sullivan County, N.Y., the ideal may be a clapboard farmhouse, its lines as simple as a child's drawing. Andrew Deitchman, 36, had that image in mind when he and his fianc? Heather Baltz, 28, went house hunting in the Catskills last spring.
''I'd always wanted that sort of old house,'' said Mr. Deitchman, a partner at Mother New York, a boutique advertising agency in Manhattan. ''In my head I wanted the place I could putter around in and fix up and make my own. But Heather said, 'Don't be stupid, we don't have time.' ''
Mr. Deitchman and Ms. Baltz, a personal trainer, are opening an artisanal hot dog stand in Bleecker Park next week (it will be called Dogmatic) with their partner, Jeremy Spector, the chef at Employees Only in the West Village. The next week, the couple will be married.
To Ms. Baltz's consternation, Mr. Deitchman said, he made an offer on just such a place. Fatefully, the bid was not accepted (''and the house turned out to have all sorts of issues,'' Mr. Deitchman said), and last month they bought a bright yellow clapboard simulacrum for $365,000. It has nice period details like a back porch, vintage radiators and footwide pine plank floors. But the subfloor is straight and true, the basement dry and roomy. The house is also only three years old.
It is a kit house designed by Randy Florke, an interior designer, contributing editor at Country Living magazine and real estate broker who has transmogrified much of Sullivan County into a scrubbed-clean version of itself.
After buying, renovating and selling the genuine article, Mr. Florke perceived a business opportunity. Since the debut of his kit houses in an issue of Country Living two years ago, Mr. Florke has received 5,200 requests for them. They range from $125,000 to $300,000 and were designed in honor of the Nebraska farmhouses he grew up in.
''It's funky up here, and you want to have a place that fits that,'' Ms. Baltz said of her new Catskill neighborhood. ''But I was after something simple. I didn't want the scary basement and all the work. So this house looks right, but it also smells good and is full of light, and there's nothing to fix.''
In sleepy Madison, Conn., Margaret Muir showed an early-20th-century waterfront ''cottage'' listed for $2.5 million to a young man who had expressed a desire for something historic.
''We walked in and he said, 'But the floors are slanted; do you think they could fix that?' '' said Ms. Muir, a broker at William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty. ''It was like no one had noticed for the last 90 years. Having expressed a desire for vintage, there was some alarm about the floor. He did not make an offer. These buyers want the charm on the exterior, but the creature comforts inside: an open layout, central air, nice bathrooms. You used to get people who loved the creaky uninsulated cottages with one bathroom; they wanted the kids to run in and out with sandy feet. They'd say, 'I've got perfect in my other life, I don't need perfect here.' But I don't hear that anymore.'' She added, ''To be fair, values here have increased so much there's a disconnect if you don't upgrade.''
Jane Wallace, a real estate agent with Schweppe Burgdorff ERA in Montclair, N.J., said new old houses there have appealed to two-income families in the waning years of low mortgage rates.
''If you both have jobs,'' she said, ''why would you want another job as general contractor? Would you rather buy the paint yourself, or mortgage the paint and get a tax deduction? Do you need the romance, the story that goes along with fixing up an old house? Nah.''
Inspiration for buyers of new old houses can be found in New Old House, a quarterly spinoff of Old-House Journal, the restoration movement's purist bible. The new magazine began publishing two years ago in response to readers' requests, said its editor, Nancy Berry.


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US Postal Service Holidays
January 2, 2012 by staff
US Postal Service Holidays, Wondering if the post office is open or closed the day after New Year's Day 2012, Martin Luther King Day, or President's Day? The list of ten (10) 2012 Post Office Holidays was stated and released on the USPS.com website that Rhode Island residents and employees will need to know. According to The New York Times, there is no regular postal service on Monday, January 2, 2012. Because the day after New Year's Day is also a federal holiday, all post offices in the Providence, Rhode Island area are closed on Monday, January 2nd as well.
Thankfully, the United States Postal Service has dates and information for 2012 that is helpful to know regarding post office holidays.
No Mail Delivery in Rhode Island on Postal Holidays
Depending on your job and employer, many people, including Rhode Islanders, have these federal and state holidays off. It can get confusing depending on which state you live in, and whether or not you're adding public holidays on the list as well. For example, many retail employees have to work on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, and Columbus Day.
If you happen to be one of the lucky employees, you'll have all 10 federal holidays off just like the post offices in the Providence, Rhode Island area. Either way, the United States Postal Service is closed, and there is no mail delivery on the following holidays.
This includes not only mail delivery to your Rhode Island residence or business, but also local post office lobby hours as well. Rhode Islanders will have to wait until the next business day to conduct postal business when Providence area post offices reopen again.
2012 Post Office Holidays: No Mail Delivery on these Postal Holidays
Monday, January 2, 2012 – * New Year's Day (Observed)
Monday, January 16, 2012 – Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
Monday, February 20, 2012 – Washington's Birthday (President's Day)
Monday, May 28, 2012 – Memorial Day
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 – Independence Day
Monday, September 3, 2012 – Labor Day
Monday, October 18, 2012 – Columbus Day
Monday, November 12, 2012 – * Veterans Day
Thursday, November 22, 2012 – Thanksgiving Day
Tuesday, December 25, 2012 – Christmas Day
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 – New Year's Day
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Silly of me. :D 8)Originally Posted by Casiopea
Student or Learner
Thanks for the links. :D
I've read a lot of this and that at home, including books. They are almost perfect only if they offered explanations that why 'both+pronoun' doesn't work well.
So your analysis is the most precious! :D
Silly of me. :D 8)Originally Posted by Casiopea
It's so much fun.Originally Posted by blacknomi
All of us see eye to eye to one another on this.Originally Posted by Casiopea
Ooops, I forget your names, mm
Thank you and you. :D
Originally Posted by blacknomiOriginally Posted by Casiopea
Yes, but I think the point is that it can't be a subject pronoun that "both" modifies in this way. It has to be an object pronoun. - know what I mean?
We can't say "both of they", but we can say "both of them". This brings us back to "you". We can say "both of you", but we can't say "both of you". In the second one "you" is a subject pronoun. In the first one "you" is an object pronoun.
Is Pope Catholic? :DOriginally Posted by X Mode
Originally Posted by blacknomi
Is he?
Are we thinking the same?Originally Posted by X Mode
I think so.Originally Posted by blacknomi
Okie dokie.
I think our eyeballs are rolling on the floor for a while. 8)


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Baylor's Jazz Ensembles Present Concert Oct. 7Oct. 2, 1996
by Richard Veit
The Baylor University Jazz Ensembles will perform their first concert of the 1996-97 school year at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Jones Concert Hall. Both groups-Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Ensemble II-are under the direction of Vern Sielert, lecturer in jazz studies.
The concert will open with Jazz Ensemble II presenting four pieces. Llad McIntosh's "Coyote Woman Blues" will feature soloists Tim Wall (piano), Sam Stitt (trumpet), Jeff Dietzel (tenor sax), Paul Clark (guitar), and James Peter Elkins (drums). Jeff Dietzel will also be featured along with trumpeter Cliff Horn, in Mark Taylor's arrangement of "Seven Steps to Heaven" by Miles Davis. Trumpeter Brad Black will solo on "Sara's Song" by Robert Curnow. The first segment of the concert will conclude with Chris Breyman's "Fire Shaker," with pianist Tim Wall and trumpeter Michael Knipe.
Following intermission, Jazz Ensemble I will take center stage for a half-dozen pieces. Pianist Bill Cherry will be featured in the Les Hooper arrangement of Cole Porter's "I Love You." Then Sammy Nestico's "Tall Cotton" will be played, with soloists Matt Walker (trombone), Vincent Bryce (bass), and Jeff Francis (tenor sax). Matt Walker will return as soloist for Bob Mintzer's "Papa Lips," with tenor saxophonist Eli González.
Chico O'Farrill's arrangement of the title song from the Beatles' first motion picture, "A Hard Day's Night," will feature trumpeter Vicente Cantu. "Other Seasons" by Neil Slater will present as soloists Bill Cherry (piano) and Vanessa Hasbrook (alto sax). Concluding the program will be one of director Vern Sielert's own compositions, "Stress Blues," featuring guitarist Jeff Queen and tenor saxophonists Eli González and Jeff Francis.
This concert by Baylor's Jazz Ensembles is free and open to the public. For more information, call the School of Music at 755-3991.
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So if it is compulsory, what happens if someone does not vote? Will the government track you down, charge you in court and put you in jail? No one I talked to really knows. They only say that when it is compulsory in Singapore, it means you have to do it or else. So or else what? What really happens if you don't vote?
Well, I found my answer thanks to the Elections Department Singapore website. Over at its Voting is Compulsory page, it says:
Voting at Singapore's presidential election or parliamentary election is compulsory for all eligible citizens. It is part of the responsibility of being an adult Singapore citizen.There's also a couple of interesting Q&As on the same page:
So, if the presidential election or the parliamentary election in your constituency is contested, and you are eligible to vote, you must present yourself as a voter at your assigned polling station on Polling Day and cast your vote.
What if I do not vote at an election?There's no mention of any other punishment besides the above. So if you don't really want to vote, I would think that you can safely do so as long as you don't mind not being to allowed to participate in future elections. Or maybe there's something else that they are not telling us.
At the end of the election, the Returning Officer will put your name, together with all others who did not vote at the election, in the list of non-voters and pass that to the Registration Officer. The Registration Officer will then remove your name from the certified register of electors.
This means that you cannot vote at any subsequent presidential or parliamentary election, and you are disqualified from being a candidate at any subsequent presidential or parliamentary election.
Anyway do our votes really matter? Should every Singaporean be out in full force come May 6 or should we just don't turn up? It is no secret that everyone knows who's going to win aye. Well, it does matter to me. Why? Mainly because my fingers are just itching to mark an X on the spot. See you guys on May 6.


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Re^5: Install Math::GSL failby syphilis (Chancellor)
|on Mar 05, 2011 at 06:28 UTC ( #891541=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
Note that there's only 1 failing test script (namely t/CDF.t) and that it fails only 2 tests (tests 481 and 523).
All the other stuff is in relation to 'TODO' tests, and they don't count as failures.
On MS Windows, I get the same 2 failing tests as you get - I haven't yet investigated further.
Looks to me that you've got a fairly good build of Math::GSL - why not just force install it and see how it goes for you ?
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Honda Accord Coupe news - Detroit show: Honda Accord Coupe Concept - 2007
The revelation that Honda is developing its eighth-generation Accord is definitely Important News. The Accord is Honda's best-selling car worldwide, and has shifted almost 10 million units in the US alone in the past 30 years.
However, although it's Important News, it's not particularly Exciting News. And that's part of the reason why Honda decided to show off the coupe instead of the saloon version of its concept Accord at Detroit this year.
It's the first time an Accord concept vehicle has ever been unveiled at a motor show, so the boys at Honda must be pretty proud of their efforts. And although the coupe's looks aren't going to slacken many jaws, it certainly has a more muscular and chiselled design than previous Accords.
The scalloped sides and fastback roofline are framed by projector headlights to the front and quad exhausts to the rear.
And although Honda is staying coy on what's under that long bonnet, we've been promised a 'more powerful and lower-emissions V6' incorporating Variable Cylinder Management technology.
All the next-generation Accords will get Honda's Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) Body Structure - a front-end safety frame that absorbs and disperses crash energy in a frontal impact. The ACE technology is already found on the current CR-V and Civic models.
The saloon version of the new Accord is expected to reach the US in the autumn, with the coupe model following shortly after.
There's no definite word on when the mid-sized model will reach our shores, but early 2008 would be a safe bet.
What do you think?
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. stand-up comedian John Pinette has checked into rehab and is undergoing treatment for an addiction to prescription medication, TMZ reported Tuesday.
Pinette, 49, underwent unspecified surgery earlier this year and became dependent on the drugs he was taking, the celebrity news website said.
Where he is undergoing treatment and how long he is expected to stay in the facility were not reported.
"Thanks to everyone for your concern and well wishes.. Want to apologize for having missed shows last weekend, but I hope you understand!" Pinette tweeted Tuesday.