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Okay, so I've skipped some lessons and now I don't really remember them. I need to sit down and debrief my lessons here before the next one. Oh well.
So today's lesson was put off an hour due to low clouds and when we finally took off the clouds were still low but scattered. It was awesome to see the various rain showers in all directions. We flew right under a cloud bank and I remember telling my instructor how much I loved flying. Looking up and seeing nothing but clouds was amazing.
But I'm moving ahead of myself. We gassed up the Cub and I taxiied us to the the run-up area. Did I used to think taxiing was hard? It's quite easy now but I'm sure will be a bit more challenging with a strong wind.
After the run-up checklist I took a deep breath as I knew the takeoff was coming. I always take a deep breath, make my traffic call, turn on to the runway and then force myself to put the throttle all the way in. I don't know why but I get it about 3/4 way forward and then freeze. Maybe because I know with full power, I really need to dance on the rudder pedals and I have almost run off the runway several times over-correcting.
However, today was different. I pushed the throttle all the way forward and danced down the runway to a perfect takeoff. Seriously, I was on the center line, added right rudder and climbed at the perfect attitude. My instructor yelled "wohoo!".
I should have known it could only go downhill from there. We flew over to KMMV again to practice landings. Something I have been looking forward too. Besides a helicopter, we were the only ones in the pattern. I made the traffic calls and kept forgetting the runway number. Oops.
We did several landings with my instructor walking me through the process and helping out. I did okay but I wasn't fully in charge of the landing. I would fly a pretty stable pattern until final where all of a sudden I was all over with airspeed and had trouble lining up with the center line. And this with winds calm!
A storm was quickly moving in to MMV so we headed over to Aurora (UAO) to practice more landings, all stop and go's. This is where my head exploded. I used the GPS to get us there and entered the pattern. The first landing was okay but when climbing out I turned crosswind so horribly that it wasn't a rectangular course but rather like a triangle! I did this twice in a row. How embarrassing.
I was so focused on airspeed and pitch and looking for traffic that I would let something else slide. Like I only had room enough in my brain for so much. I was drifting from the airport on downwind or drifting to the airport on downwind. Sometimes on base I would lose the airport (how is that even possible).
Sometimes I would overshoot final, undershoot final, come in too fast, too high, too low, too slow. Ugh. Every time was something different to work on.
Then I finally flew a perfect pattern, pulled carb heat at the right time, reduced the throttle abeam the numbers, lowered the flaps (and remembered to pitch down at the same time), turned a perfect base and turned a perfect, gentle final while keeping the airspeed perfect.
I was lined with with the centerline and then 'boom', a gust of wind blew me to the left. Darn! So by the time I corrected for that we were there and preparing to land.
This landing was laughable. I thought I had everything right and then just my mains touched. What I thought was a perfect greaser was not. I pulled back and up we went again. Oh no. Down we came again. Bounce. Up we went a little and down we came again. I had the stick all the way back to keep that tail down and then stopped on the runway. I cleaned up the airplane and then pushed the stick all the way forward to get the tail off so we could just cruise down the runway and practice staying on the center line using the rudder.
Then when the end of the runway was in sight, I pulled up and the little Cub climbed. And then we would start over.
I was getting pretty tired by this time so we headed back and flew the pattern at Twin Oaks. The runway was noticeably shorter so I didn't have a ton of time to set up for the landing. The landing was okay (with help of course) considering the wind had picked up (left quartering tailwind).
By the time I taxiied off and parked, I felt defeated. It was a challenging lesson and I didn't feel I made any progress. Which I know is nonsense. My instructor told me I did great and she purposely overwhelmed me a bit to stretch me. I'm glad and am now looking forward to the next lesson.
Date: 4/05/2012
Hobbs time: 1.8
Instructor time: 1.8
Total time toward ppl: 8.4
Thursday, April 5, 2012
6th lesson: worst pilot ever
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Taxiing and takeoff seem easy at fist glance; steer with your feet, push the throttle in, back pressure, etc, and you're off, but there's a lot of very small thongs that happen in that time. Congratulations on that achievement!ReplyDelete
Like taxi and take off, the process of patterns and landing will become more natural, and that full brain feeling will move on to another phase, like simulated instrument, til that becomes more natural.
One of the many lessons in learning to fly is embarrassment. Everyone flying has been there, but very soon the achievements will outnumber the embarrassments.
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Minnesota's state parks weren't immune from the recent heavy rains and flooding. Some trails are waterlogged, some campsites closed, but with the first major full-summer camping holiday approaching, reservation numbers predict a very busy weekend.
The Fourth of July weekend marks the start of peak camping season. As the water rose to flood stage in nearly half of Minnesota's 87 counties last month, there were worries all the water could shorten the park season. But flooding hasn't dissuaded outdoor enthusiasts, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says.
"People love their Minnesota state parks," said Minnesota State Parks spokeswoman Pat Arndt.
Last year at this time, all but 288 of the state's roughly 3,500 reservable campsites were taken. This year only 273 are open. Partly that's due to diminished availability.
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Arndt said holiday camping numbers have little to do with flooding. The main factor, she said, is simply where in the week the holiday falls. Last year, the Fourth fell on a Thursday. This year it's on a Friday, which brings in more visitors for a long holiday weekend.
Heading into the weekend, Blue Mounds State Park and Fort Snelling, the state's most visited park, are closed because of high water and water damage. Lac qui Parle, Fort Ridgely and Upper Sioux Agency parks have also closed some sites. Trails at a number of other parks are flooded. Overall, flooding has closed 148 sites.
Voyageurs, Minnesota's only national park, was hit hard by flooding. It sits on the Canadian border in the Rainy River basin, where water rose to record levels last month and is still at flood stage.
Park docks sank beneath flood waters as Rainy Lake climbed. Rangers closed campsites and trails as archaeological sites eroded. Wednesday an alert on the park website warned that 31 of 51 reservable sites were closed.
The park is better off than it sounds, said Voyageurs spokeswoman Tawnya Schoewe.
"When it first started," she said, "the flooding was really scary if you watched the news. Now people are getting used to it."
The majority of the park's reservable sites are closed, but they're mainly near the water. The 225 first-come first-serve sites are on higher ground and nearly all open.
Voyageurs is a very large park. Schoewe said it's very hard to keep track of visitors, so she's not sure yet how the year is going. Based upon the number of calls inquiring after camping prospects, she said it seems to be going well.

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I'd say you're a geek if all your electronics are connected to you!
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Oy Vey! How many of them do you actually use?
More proof that I am a geek :P
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A native of Tennessee, Neal grew up on his family's farm near Oak Grove and graduated from the University of Wyoming and Vanderbilt Law School. He was working for the Justice Department when Attorney General Robert Kennedy selected him in 1961 to investigate Hoffa, and he eventually won a conviction for jury tampering three years later.
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He was often successful as a defense lawyer, winning acquittals for Ford Motor Co. in a criminal case over the Pinto and for Presley's doctor. But one client, Exxon, ended up with the largest civil judgment up to that point, $20 billion, for the Valdez spill.
Fortune magazine named him one of the Top 5 U.S. trial lawyers in 1985.
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Just purchased 06 tj with 4 inch lift. There is a bad vibration at about 55/60. Also, I was told by previous owner that it will need control arms, shocks and possible slip yolk eliminator. Wht do u suggest I purchase first??
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With 4" suspension lift on TJ, SYE, double cardan driveshaft and rear adjustable arms should be considered a requirement.
I have a 2013 JKU with RE 3.5 kit including arms/new drive shaft and I have same vibrations.
RE says you don't need to replace the shafts with their 3.5 only the 4.5. I did it anyway just to be safe.
I've already replaced the front drive shaft (x2) and the couper (x1) within 1 month of the install. Wtf. This can't be normal.
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What is a couper?
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Not enough info here to make a guess.
The front shaft is a cv head at the case ? Has the tcase been dropped ? Does the vibe go away or get better faster or stay the same or get worse with more speed ?
What is a coupler, there is no coupler on a jeep.
I do have a full skid system. It feels solid.
The cv head was rebuilt.
If that wasn't done right then its out of balance, see your local driveline shop and have the shaft balanced.
If it starts at 62 and gets better say at 75 or a bit faster the shaft is out of balance from whoever changed the joints and center joint
it will over time kill the seals and just shorten the life if the center bearing, if you left it there like that for a long time it would effect the bearings
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The Effects Of Alcohol While Body Building
Self control and will power are much like the muscles in your body. They require time, focus and dedication to build and strengthen. When it comes to abstaining from alcohol while body building or focusing on physical fitness, self control and will power are needed. Just like you would pass up fattening, sugary or high carbohydrates foods, alcohol does not typically fit into a healthy lifestyle. People typically do not consume alcohol for various reasons when sticking to a firm diet or trying to compete in body building or strength competitions.
The Effects Of Alcohol While Body Building:
Here are a few reasons why alcohol can interfere with an exercise routine:
• Alcohol in any form is empty calories and there are simply no nutritional benefits that alcohol can offer you. For extreme weight lifters or athletes it is vital to consume the best foods that will give them the best nutritional benefits such as protein, vitamins and heart healthy fats. Alcohol will leave your body not only dehydrated, but you will be consuming excess carbohydrates that are not benefiting your workouts or your physique.
• Alcohol does have the ability to slow down your metabolism. Studies have also shown that since alcohol is a natural depressant it can decrease strength, digestion time, reaction time, hand eye coordination and increase fatigue. None of these side effects are ideal for someone looking to improve their fitness to a peak level or for a professional athlete.
Ultimately drinking alcohol is a personal choice, just like physical fitness is. Many people find time to enjoy an occasional drink during a cheat meal but for those who do not take any risks, will completely abstain from alcohol. In social settings this may become difficult, especially due to peer pressure, but those who know your personal goals will respect your decision to not drink. When temptation comes across you, always remember your personal goals and the end result. This will help you pass up a drink.
For someone who has developed a serious problem with alcohol, rehab is not always necessary to overcome it. Will power and self control have the same effect on resisting alcohol as it does when staying on an extremely strict diet. It's important for people to know that they can change their drinking habits and be the person they want to be, regardless of their past history with heavy alcohol use.


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This may be a small rant, but thought the cryptic emails were funny so thought I'd share...
Basically bought a scandal 29er frame off their ebay clearance, turned up missing crown race and top cover from headset. Both are in stock at on-one so thought it wouldn't be an issue for them to send them out. I admit the first email may have been a little snotty...
I recently purchased a Scandal 29er frame from your ebay shop (item no. xxxxxx), which arrived today.
The ebay ad said "This frame has had some use but comes fitted with headset to fit tapered forks", however the headset is missing the top cap and crown race.
Without these bits, the headset is useless!
Can you please either send the missing bits, or a headset that I can
actually use?
Thank you for your e-mail.
We have sent out the correct parts in the post for you, these will leave us today.
Once you have the parts please let us know if there is still anything incorrect or missing.
Kind regards
Ooh, all good so far. Waited over a week and still nothing so...
Can you check whether this went out? Nothing arrived as yet.
Thank you for your e-mail.
I have been looking and the part we are sending out is on pre order -however, we have sent you a unit that has gone with Royal Mail the problem here is it can take 7-14 working days for delivery.
At this stage I would not be concerned, If you haven;t got anything by next Wednesday please drop me an e-mail.
Kind regards
Thanks for the quick reply.
Can you confirm what has been sent and what is on pre-order?
Thank you for your e-mail.
That is correct yes, we have sent one in the post as my colleague was not certain it was correct what you were actually missing.
So I have suggested ordering the whole object and sending that also.
Kind regards
Sent this a few days ago:
I'm not sure that you have understood the parts that are missing. They are:
Crown race for tapered forks (shown in stock here):
And the top cover of the headset (the part that says 'Smoothie Mixer' on it), note that the whole headset is shown in stock here):
So, as far as I can tell, both parts that are missing are in stock so I'm not sure what needed ordering?!?
No reply.
I really dont understand whats going on over there. This is simple.
But I'm glad they've told me that they've already sent me something that isn't in stock and that they need to order incase its not what I need.
Or something like that.
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This has reference to the question "How can I count the number and kinds of letters at 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions of 3-letter words in a string?" asked by me on 25 April 2012. Thank you for providing the code. In fact, I was interested in getting the numbers of A,T, G and C at first positions (in all 3-letter words) as scalar variables $A1, $T1, $G1 and $C1, respectively under the print command; similarly for 2nd position as $A2, $T2, $G2 and $C2 and for 3rd positions as $A3, $T3, $G3 and $C3, respectively. I want to apply these scalar values further in some basic arithmetic operations. So I modified your code to suit my needs. But I have got very erroneous results from the modified code even trying for 6 hours. In the mean time I have read the pages 60, 76, 111, 106,171, 329 for using 'foreach loop' in the book "Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics" but I didn't get any clue in those pages. I didn't write "use strict" at the beginning of the code intentionally. I am really confused where I am making the mistake in the code. Can you help me to sort out this problem?
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Matt Damon was in for a shock when he took his wife and daughters pumpkin picking for Halloween at a New Jersey farm - after the family found itself trapped in a corn maze for two hours.
The Bourne Identity star traveled to New Jersey's Alstede Farms with his pregnant wife Luciana, and the couple's daughters - Isabella, four, and Gia, two. But the family outing turned into a disaster when they couldn't find a way out of the farm's corn maze - which was only expected to take 30 minutes to get through.
Recalling the incident, Damon says, "The friendly old local who's outside was like, 'You kids are gonna have a great time in the corn maze, it's about a half hour but you gotta answer questions to find your way to go.' There are multiple choice questions, little clues and if you miss every question it can take you up to an hour. And so two hours later we're still in the corn maze - and what we didn't know was the questions were all about the Boy Scouts."
Damon admits he was so desperate to get out he even considered tearing through the sky-high rows of corn to find an exit - until a group of clever youngsters came to their rescue. He explains, "There was a posting that said, 'If you knock any of the corn down we'll throw you out,' so we found these little kids just ripping through the corn maze... and eventually they got us out." (JMA/WNVLET/MT)
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It's a testament to Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck's leadership through 10 years in office that he's drawn no serious opposition for his re-election campaign this year. Cluck, 74, is clearly the top choice among the three candidates on the May 11 ballot.
A longtime supporter of the city's entertainment district, Cluck says he wants to help put more pieces into place there, including a new hotel near the convention center. The activity, he says, generates money that benefits the whole city.
Cluck appears to be in sync on that with Arlington voters, who twice approved using the sales tax to help build major sports venues, including Cowboys Stadium, during his tenure. A practicing physician, Cluck has been vocal on behalf of regional clean-air initiatives. Today, he backs talks with DART to start a bus link to the Dallas-Fort Worth TRE commuter train, which could lead to letting voters decide on DART membership and accessing the region's rail system.
Cluck's opponents include Jerry Pikulinski, also 74, a retiree who's running his fourth campaign against the mayor. A former labor economist and Cowboys Stadium opponent, Pikulinski says that "life in Arlington has become miserable" because of traffic generated by the entertainment district, and he opposes the push for a new hotel. Pikulinski wants to cut the cost of water and trash removal and says he doubts mass transit would benefit Arlington.
The third candidate, Chris "Dobi" Dobson, 34, is a massage therapist who is working on a master's degree at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dobson's ideas include a municipal raffle to raise money for city operations and developing a smartphone app that would let residents tell him how to cast his vote at council meetings. Dobson has previously run for Congress twice and City Council three times.
Cluck is the only candidate who's doing serious fundraising. Pikulinski is soliciting checks through his campaign's Facebook page, and Dobson is accepting only in-kind contributions.
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Texas wildflowers aren't all that's springing to life this month; campaign signs are cropping up across North Texas in anticipation of the May 11 city and school board elections. We invited some 200 candidates in dozens of contests to answer our questions; more than 85 percent responded. To find out who's running in your neighborhood and to compare their answers, visit the latest Dallas Morning News Voter Guide at dallasnews.com/voterguide. You can search by your address, by the candidate's name or by the race. It's the only place you can do such one-stop election shopping.


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Lowell resident Amanda Rae Troisi shares the spotlight as part of the ensemble cast in the Arlington Friends of the Drama's production of the British dramady The Memory of Water.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, May 31-June 1 and June 7-8, at 8 p.m. and Sundays, June 2 and 9, at 4 p.m. at the Friends' home theater, 22 Academy St., Arlington.
Director Nancy Curran Willis says that the "best comedy comes out of how we deal with life's tragedies, and The Memory of Water takes on tragedy with a comic vengeance."
The plot involves three sisters who return home for their mother's funeral, each haunted by her own demons and memories of the past.
As the bereaved sisters indulge in witty bickering and dope-induced dress-up, their quarrels over the funeral arrangements, their family roles and mixed memories of their working class mom are both funny and painful.
Curran Willis is directing the play in the British style as a comedy with poignant moments, which she feels is closer to the playwright Shelagh Stephenson's intentions.
Troisi plays the part of Catherine, the youngest and most self-absorbed sister. She recently relocated to Lowell after graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Besides acting, she sings and dances and has appeared on stage and film, taking such leads as Anita in West Side Story. Locally, she recently appeared in Theatre III's production of Sealed for Freshness in Acton.
Tickets are $20 at www.afdtheatre.org or 781-646-5922. A free dress rehearsal for seniors takes place on Thursday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m.
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- NEW EXEC AT MRT: Elizabeth Kegley, new executive director for the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, will be introduced to the community at MRT's annual meeting on June 25. She replaces previous executive director Steven Leon. Kegley will work alongside of Artistic Director Charles Towers in running the theater. In other MRT news, the Friends of MRT will host A Cause for Applause charity auction on Thursday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, 50 Warren St., Lowell. Tickets $65 at www.MRT.org.
- KUDOS TO A.R.T.: The revival of the musical Pippin at American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University has received 10 Tony Award nominations as well as 6 Drama Desk Award other award nominations, 11 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, and 3 Drama League Award nominations. It recently won the Elliot Norton award for best musical production by a large theater. The Tonys will be presented on Sunday, June 9.
- SUMMER STAGES: Gloucester Stage Company's summer season opens with Spring Awakening, June 20-July 14, and continues with North Shore Fish, featuring Nancy Carroll and directed by Robert Walsh, both of whom have MRT credits, July 18-Aug. 4. The season continues with This Is Our Youth, Aug. 8-25; The Dueling Divas Cabaret, featuring Kerry Dowling and local favorite Kathy St. George, Aug. 28-Sept. 1; Driving Miss Daisy, Sept. 5-22, starring Academy Award-nominee Lindsay Crouse. Call 978-281-4433 or www.gloucesterstage.com.
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PETR CECH insists Arsenal must recover from defeat to Manchester United by winning their next two games.
Petr Cech says Arsenal must win their next two games
The Gunners' defeat at Old Trafford leaves them five points behind leaders Leicester.
They face Swansea on Wednesday before the north London derby on Saturday afternoon.
And Cech thinks two wins will get them back in the title race.
"This was a big disappointment for us and is a step back after last week where we managed to overcome a deficit against Leicester at home," Cech said.
"This is a step back but we need to keep working.
"We have two important games coming up this week and if we manage to win both the table might look better again."
Marcus Rashford scored twice, following his debut double against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League, before Danny Welbeck's header.
Ander Herrera then reopened the gap before Mesut Ozil's late goal.
Arsenal have now won just three of their last 10 games in all competitions, are on the brink of exit in the Champions League and are now in a mess in the title race.
"Every time we made a mistake at the back, they scored," Cech added.
"The third goal was a lucky bounce for them and I thought it was decisive, because if we could have come back to 2-2 in the second half, we would have had a chance to win the game.
"At 3-1 down, you try to get one back as soon as possible, which we managed to do. But we didn't create enough to score in the last 10 minutes."


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I couldn't decide whether to post this at first, thinking it might be too specific. Then I started getting (and reading) questions about stored procedure and figured you all had a delete button. For those not using stored procedure, you all can just skip this one.
However, if you are a big stored procedure user, you might want to check this one out. It's marked as a "new function" for DB2 10.
It's APAR PM69141. It's description is short and sweet. If your RRS (resource recovery services) restarts (and DB2 does NOT), then DB2 will will initiate an automatic refresh of the workload manager (WLM) application environment and any WLM stored procedure address space that is active.
This all seems like a great idea with Db2 watching your back once again...
APAR 69141 is for DB2 10 only and closed back on October 18, 2012. It's superseding PTF (Program Temporary Fix) should be UK82764. However, the APAR has not been officially updated yet. This APAR is marked "special attention" because it is delivering a new DB2 function.
If you're using stored procedures, check this one out. I think you'll find it a useful addition to DB2 10.
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Come this December, Keizer will have a nighttime parade down River Road. When this was first brought to light it sounded like a neat idea. The city council is all in favor for it as it has elected to support it to the tune of $1,700. The more I think about it I am not too sure it is a great idea. The parade will copy the route of the Iris parade. Remember that occurs in daylight and in May when the weather can be warm and dry. A parade, in darkness, when the weather can be very cold and raining, does not sound like a lot of fun. I have attended the tree lighting ceremony at Walery Plaza and at times it was miserable. The good news was the lighting did not last too long! The parade promoters would like to ferry people from Keizer Station, be it the Volcano stadium, to River Road and back to help traffic congestion. This is good but it does not help the businesses along River Road. In fact the parade may hurt some businesses that are open.
My question is what is the city going to gain from, what I call, a Christmas parade at night? What is the motive for the parade? Who benefits? Will our hotel fill up with parade goers? Salem gave up the parade for reasons! Keizer will be spending precious money it does not have on traffic barriers and police at intersections. The people who live west of River Road could be trapped for hours if the parade lasts that long. I guess some church services or meetings will be impacted during the parade night.
I have been wrong before and I hope I am wrong again. I hope we have great weather and businesses do well!
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I sketched four vertical asymptotes and a sketch showed that a function which decayed to zero from above at $x \rightarrow \pm \infty$ could have the right sorts of properties.
To get the right asymptotes and behaviour at $\pm \infty$ I guessed the following curve, choosing to make it symmetric about the origin for simplicity
y = \frac{1}{(x-2)(x-1)(x+1)(x+2)}
This worked: it has a turning point at $x$ between $-2$ and $-1$ another turning point at $x$ between $1$ and $2$ and a turning point at $x=0$.
The plot of this from graphmatica is as follows
It seems likely that many such curves, with differing constants, would also give the correct behaviour. To see why, upon differentiation, I get a cubic polynomial divided by another polynomial. For zeros the numerator would need to be zero and a cubic can have three real roots. I could choose the constants to have the correct number of real roots.
I then considered the second request. Initially, I thought that this seemed impossible, but then started to work through the possibilities for asymptotes. By turning the middle turning point into a point of inflection I would have a graph with the correct behaviour.
I wondered how to convert the behaviour of the central turning point and decided that the curve needed to be forced to pass through the origin and also to be antisymmetric. I therefore multiplied the expression by $x$, realising that this wouldn't affect the 'topological' behaviour at the other turning points. A plot of the curve
y = \frac{x}{(x-2)(x-1)(x+1)(x+2)}
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If you're experiencing knee pain because of a cartilage injury, you may find relief by growing your own cartilage. The Carticel Implant procedure allows doctors to replace damaged cartilage with your own healthy cartilage, that's grown in a lab.
Ricky Biafora has been a freestyle skier and year round competitive soccer player since he was 3 years old. But all that intense activity took a toll on the 17-year-old's knees. "The cartilage was shredded up almost like someone took a weed whacker under my kneecaps and just shredded up my knee cartilage," said Biafora. He was a good candidate for carticel implant surgery. His knee cartilage cells were harvested and grown in a lab in about six weeks. "They send you a vial back that actually contains what they describe as 12 million cartilage cells in it," explained Dr. George Bal, a WVU Orthopaedic Surgeon. "You inject those or put those cells underneath a patch that's sewn over the hole in the knee, and those cartilage cells multiply and eventually grow to fill the defect with what you hope is normal cartilage."
The recovery is long, usually about a year. So Biafora had to make a tough decision. He sat out for more than 12 months of competition. "I knew if I wanted to ski and if I wanted to play soccer later on in my life, that I had to sacrifice a year," said Biafora. Nine months after surgery, Biafora continues rehabbing on cardio machines and weight lifting, and he was just cleared to start running again, a huge milestone. "This is an uncommon surgery, but it works very well for a specific group of people," according to Dr. Bal. He went on to explain that if someone has an isolated cartilage injury in their knee, that's where this surgery has been designed to be performed.
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In some cases, there may be a risk of a child having a genetic disorder. This is more common when the parents are related. This problem can also occur if there has been a history of genetic problems in either family. In such a case, you will need to consult a doctor before you try to conceive.It is very important to know that your baby gets half the genes from wither parent. There may be a possibility of there being absolutely no genetic disorder even if there has been a family history of it.
This topic needs to be discussed at length. You need to know how you will be able to deal with the problem if it does occur in your unborn child.
The older you are, the more chances there are of the baby having a problem. Older women are also at higher risk, and counseling is suggested. our doctor may ask you to carry out specific tests on either partner to check for the level of the active gene. Some of the more common genetic disorders are thalassemia which i a blood disorder, colour blindness, type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia.
Sometimes, a genetic problem with the parent can result in an early miscarriage as well. If you decide to go ahead and get pregnant, you will still have to check for another genetic problem of down syndrome.
In this case, you will be given the option of aborting the baby and your doctor will inform you of the problems that can occur after the baby is born. The emotional, physical and financial impact that the child will have should help you decide if you want to go ahead with the pregnancy.
Genetics are no guarantee for what the outcome of your pregnancy will be. They will only be able to give you an indication of what might happen, but they are not a sure forecast.
While you might have a good idea of what to expect, there is nothing to suggest that it will happen surely. You may have not only a normal pregnancy, but also a normal baby.


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The 49ers did something they have only done 4 times since 2003. That is win on the road against a non-divisional opponent. The win wasn't pretty, but when the team needed points and needed a stop, they did just that.
The game started with the Bengals marching down the field and Andy Dalton was completed passes at will but the defense held in the redzone and the Bengals only walked away with 3. After that drive the defense shut down the Bengals. On the offensive side of the ball the offense struggled early. Smith was sacked 6 times and threw some not so great passes, but when the offense needed a score to take the lead, he drove the team and did just that. The running game again struggled. Gore failed to get holes and fumbled at a crucial time, but thankfully Kendall Hunter found one and found the endzone.
Again not a great overall performance, but they did what they needed to win and you can't really argue with that.


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Sonny Bill Williams is relishing a toe-to-toe midfield battle as New Zealand take on Scotland on Saturday and is eager for a reunion with Rory Lamont.
The 25-year-old former rugby league international, who will win his second cap at Murrayfield, played alongside Scotland wing Lamont at Toulon, his first rugby union club, in France's Top 14 championship before returning to New Zealand with Canterbury.
"He's a fit, big man, Rory," said Williams. "I'll be looking forward to catching up with him after the game. He's a good man, you might have to tell him to take it easy on me."
The encounter will be the 28th meeting in 105 years between the teams, but Scotland are still to beat the All Blacks.
Williams, though, is wary of the hosts, who are unbeaten in their last four Tests and defeated Australia last autumn.
"They've got a strong backline from what I've seen - they like to throw the ball around," he added.
"The game's changed a bit, most teams play the counter attack and play with a bit of width, so we've got to be on our toes as a backline defensively.
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Boston.com highlights Weston, Mass., native and Revolution U16 Declan McCabe, who has recently been called up to U.S. Soccer's under-17 residency program.
On Thursday night, the New England Revolution announced the signing of Moroccan forward, Monsef Zerka, who will provide the Revs with another attacking option. Revs Press and New England Soccer Today report the striker's recent action in European leagues and with the Moroccan national team.
Sean Donahue of New England Soccer Today assesses the depth of the Revs' bench and pinpoints certain players that he believes should see the field more often.
Brian O'Connell and Sean Donahue or New England Soccer Today review the past week and give their individual rankings for all MLS teams.
Kyle McCarthy's0 Revs Notebook covers team headlines of the week, including Matt Reis' stellar performance against Houston, Rajko Lekic's potential return on Saturday and Ryan Kinne's alma mater receiving recognition by the Hermann award.
The Revs met Houston – who, as of 2011, are now part of the Eastern Conference – on Wednesday and will take on the New York Red Bulls this Saturday. Find out what else in happening within the conference in Soccer by Ives' Eastern Conference Notes.
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Flagler County has a Contractor Review Board but not many residents know about it. Ramona Zavacky, licensing manager in the county's building department, wants to change that.
BUNNELL — Flagler County has a Contractor Review Board but not many residents know about it. Ramona Zavacky, licensing manager in the county's building department, wants to change that.
Zavacky was the featured speaker Wednesday at the Flagler County Chapter of the Women's Council of Realtors' business resource meeting.
"This is an issue that has come about," said chapter president Ana DeAlmeida. "We felt very heavily we wanted to make sure our members were aware."
Zavacky said the Contractor Review Board is comprised of contractors and citizens, which she called "the best combination" because it gives the board "the complexity of owners and builders."
Zavacky said the board aims to make sure contractors are properly licensed and insured and to educate contractors and others about the regulations.
"It's very important because you have no recourse if you hire an unlicensed person," she said.
Zavacky said "specialty contractors" can work for licensed general contractors, but only for the contractor and only on a specific job without having their own license.
"We encourage our licensed contractors to be very careful about straying outside the scope of their work," she said. "We're helping our local builders keep their business straight."
The Contractor Review Board is not focused on harsh enforcement as much as it aims to keep contractors informed about the do's and don'ts.
"We're educating our local contractors," Zavacky said. "We don't want them helping someone else whose not following the rules."
Zavacky said since the Contractor Review Board was formed in 2007 it has handled 270 cases involving unlicensed contractors and 153 contractors have been disciplined.
"That doesn't mean they were put out of business," she said.
Zavacky said the contractor review system works best when local contractors work together with officials. It also works for those in the real estate business, she said.
"You have to self-regulate your industry," Zavacky said. "It's the best thing you can do."
Zavacky said the contractor board tries to mediate problems as much as possible.
"A lot of people will resolve their issues before they get to the board," she said.
Zavacky said the board currently has an opening for a licensed plumber.
"Our goal is to work together," she said. "We really need your help."
For more information about the Contractor Review Board, contact Zavacky at 386-313-4085.


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Fiction Chronicle
By ALISON McCULLOCH
Published: August 19, 2012
By Elizabeth Haynes.
Harper/HarperCollins, $25.99.
As a successful young professional in the northwest of England, Catherine Bailey has a full life: a job she likes and a cabal of friends with whom she parties hard. When she hooks up with handsome and mysterious Lee she seems to have it all -- at least her envious girlfriends think so. ''Isn't he just what we've all always wanted?'' one of them asks her. ''The world doesn't exist for him outside you.'' But instead of every woman's dream, blond, blue-eyed Lee turns out to be this woman's nightmare. Manipulative and controlling, he grows more and more violent until he nearly kills her. But the real horror, she explains later, was that ''nobody, not even my best friend, believed me.'' Lee gets three years in prison and Catherine, now suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, moves to London to start a new life. Haynes uses alternating narratives to burrow into a harrowing story: There's the 2003 Catherine, meeting Lee, falling in love, then descending into hell; and the 2007 Cathy, struggling to rebuild her life.
By Suzanne Ruta.
Virago/Trafalgar Square, paper, $19.95.
The tentacles of the Algerian war for independence reach well beyond the front lines, into the lives of unlikely players like Louise, a young Jewish American who in 1961 takes up a Fulbright scholarship to study in the southeast of France. There she meets Wally (actually Clovis Ahmed Ouali), an Algerian factory worker some years her senior, in exile. Louise is captivated: ''Of all France had to offer, I wanted only him and his embattled country.'' But Wally has a family in Algeria, and when independence is achieved they will want him back: ''Finally he came out with the simple urgent truth. His wife had written to say that people in the village made fun of her. Was her husband ever coming home?'' Wally returns to Algeria, leaving behind a pregnant Louise. And so the war reaches out to another generation as a desperate Louise reluctantly hands her newborn son over to be raised by Wally's family in a still conflict-riven Algeria. Her grief never goes away. Indeed, it ripples out across the years, touching the American family she later has as well as Wally and his relatives -- even an expatriate Algerian writer she enlists to help locate her long-lost child. ''To Algeria, With Love'' tells a painful story, but in Ruta's deft hands it also manages to be a hopeful one.
By Karen Thompson Walker.
Random House, $26.
When catastrophe comes to a middle-class California suburb, it's unhurried, invisible and seemingly benign, sneaking up in the night. Amid news of real estate prices, beach erosion and shark attacks comes the announcement that the earth's rotation is slowing, the days and nights growing longer -- up to 42 hours in just two months. For Julia, a shy 11-year-old, this makes everything that much more complicated, straining her parents' relationship and throwing her school and social life into turmoil. This is no apocalyptic McCarthyian ''Road'' trip. True, birds fall from the skies, plants wilt, sunny California is blanketed with snow and eventually the failing magnetic field allows deadly radiation to flood the earth. The children are immediately at risk: ''Our bodies were smaller, incomplete. We had more time ahead of us for cell damage to ripen into cancer.'' But somehow a surprisingly ordinary suburban American life goes on, and preteens have their usual mundane concerns. ''Hey Julia, you're smart,'' one of her friends says early on in ''the slowing.'' ''Do you think this earth thing could screw up my hair somehow?'' Who knows whether a disaster on the scale of the kind dreamed up by Walker would mean a ''Mad Max'' world or that of a slightly spooky sitcom in which, as Julia recalls, ''no force on earth could slow the forward march of sixth grade.'' Well written and engrossing, this is a tale in which the strangest thing isn't so much the 72-hour days as the odd mix of the commonplace and the catastrophic.
By Patrick Lapeyre.
Other Press, paper, $16.95.
Life may be short, but is it short enough for the two men at the center of this brooding novel whose endless desire for the same woman seems to inspire an equally endless measure of misery? The most miserable is a Parisian named Bl?ot, who neglects his beautiful, intelligent, understanding wife, as well as his work as a translator, in favor of pining for Nora, an unstable, narcissistic actress manqu?who bounces between him and his fellow rival, Murphy, a day trader in London. ''Why did you leave?'' Murphy asks Nora when she reappears after one of her interludes with Bl?ot. ''For the pleasure of coming back and finding you again,'' she replies. ''It's the way I am. I need to feel free.'' It's hard to understand what keeps these men hanging on so tenaciously -- and even harder to quell the desire to slap them both upside the head. Which is the point, of course. Love, desire, obsession: how to tell them apart, how to control them? There are no easy answers in Lapeyre's discomfiting novel, translated from the French by Adriana Hunter, but the journey is absorbing. Bl?ot realizes the danger he's in, yet he can't conquer his craving for Nora: ''You would think she was one of those hallucinogenic substances that dilate our perceptions while simultaneously destroying our nerve cells.''
By Benjamin Wood.
Viking, $26.95.
A short ''prelude'' that contains references to dead bodies (''there was one upstairs on the top floor''), the ''caterwaul of sirens,'' flashing blue lights and oxygen masks doesn't so much entice the reader into Wood's first novel as provide a good shove. Perhaps he feared we wouldn't keep going without a murder mystery to whet the appetite. But the story of the well-to-do Bellwether siblings, Iris and Eden; their Cambridge University pals; and Oscar, the outsider they invite into their circle, is enticing enough. Eden is a musical prodigy on the cusp of a serious personality disorder that Iris fears could be dangerous. Among Eden's delusions is his belief that he can use music to heal the sick and wounded. Iris asks Oscar to help gather proof of Eden's behavior that she can present to a psychiatrist, and Oscar, who loves her, haplessly does her bidding. The members of the Cambridge clique are a pretentious lot, and the vehicle for a few equally pretentious discussions about Descartes, dualism and free will -- and even they have doubts as Eden's delusions grow ever grander. And, as the prelude has prepared us, we know all won't end well.
PHOTO: LONDON: Portrait of a City.; Edited by Reuel Golden. 552 pp. Taschen. $69.99.; This grand-scale photographic tribute strives to affirm Samuel Johnson's aphorism: ''When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.'' Above, the photographer R. J. Salmon over Fleet Street in 1929. (PHOTOGRAPH FROM FOX PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES)


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The most important offseason acquisition for the Raiders' offensive line may turn out to be Tony Sparano, the longtime NFL assistant who is now the team's offensive line coach.
Sparano is a vocal, fiery coach who has a good track record at several stops around the league, including with the Dallas Cowboys.
If the Raiders are to be an effective offense in 2013, it will be up to Sparano to coach his unit into a group that can return to a power-blocking scheme (after last season's failed zone-blocking scheme). If the unit can open holes for Darren McFadden and Co., and protect the quarterback – whoever emerges as No. 1 – Oakland will have a much better season in 2013.
Now Sparano is in the process of seeing what he has to work with in Oakland.
For now, Sparano has some knowns and unknowns. Jered Veldheer at left tackle is a lock, as is Stefen Wisniewski at center. But the left guard, right guard and right tackle slots are still to be worked out as the team continues its second week of offseason team activities (OTAs) and with summer camp still weeks away.
The No. 1 candidate to play right tackle is rookie Menelik Watson, a physically gifted but raw rookie. If Watson can win that job, then incumbent right tackle Khalif Barnes could move inside to right guard, where often-injured veteran Mike Brisiel is now starting. At left guard, Tony Bergstrom, the second-year player from Utah who was the team's top pick in 2012 – in the third round – is the perceived front-runner. Reports are that Sparano was high on Bergstrom coming out of the draft and believes he could be a good NFL guard.
Bergstrom, who is 6-foot-5 and 313 pounds, played tackle in college and played just about 100 snaps in his rookie season. Though he was looked upon as a candidate to play either tackle or guard, he is now the heir apparent at left guard, where Cooper Carlisle (since released) played last season.
Bergstrom may be one of Sparano's most important projects for development.
Early this week, however, Bergstrom was supplanted at left guard on the first-team offense by Lucas Nix, an undrafted free agent who joined the team last season out of Pittsburgh.
Head coach Dennis Allen told the media that Nix's presence with the first team doesn't signal that he's fallen behind Nix. Allen says Sparano simply wants to give every lineman a chance to get enough snaps and experience so he can best evaluate the talent and decide what the best combinations are across the line.
"We're going to mix and match a little bit and Lucas and Tony were both two young guys that we wanted to look at on the interior of our offensive line," Allen told Steve Corkran of the Bay Area News Group. "Both of them have done a nice job so far. It was kind of his day to be up with the ones (first-teamers)."
Bill Williamson, ESPN.com's AFC West blogger, also noted that GM Reggie McKenzie remains a Bergstrom backer. In February, Williamson said McKenzie told him he was confident Bergstrom would be a good fit in the new power-blocking scheme.
Though he didn't play much his rookie season, Bergstrom has a good background. He was a first-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection as a tackle his senior season, as well as a three-year starter for the Utes. All along, many NFL scouts had him pegged as a guard rather than tackle, however, in part because of relatively short arms.
He was impressive at the Senior Bowl, showing off good footwork and strength against top-echelon talent. Now, it's his time to earn a spot.
McKenzie, for one, wants to see what the team has, and was disappointed he didn't get much of a chance to contribute in 2012.
"I'm sure he would have liked to have played more (in 2012), but the staff decided to go with the veterans and let them play," said McKenzie, when asked about Bergstrom's rookie year after the season ended. "I'm not mad at Bergstrom, but I think he was definitely worthy of some playing some."


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Wetipquin Pond
Coastal plain ponds, also known as Delmarva bays, are seasonally flooded freshwater wetlands and one of the state's rarest natural communities.
Visiting the Preserve
Wetipquin Pond is only open to scientific research with prior permission from The Nature Conservancy, because of the fragile ecology of Delmarva bays. Thank you for your understanding and help in protecting this important part of Maryland's natural heritage.
Maryland's Eastern Shore
- Creeping St. John's wort (nationally rare)
- Purple bladderwort
- Torrey's mountain mint
- Reticulated nutrush
- carpenter frog
- long-beaked baldrush
Why the Conservancy Selected This Site
To protect one of Maryland's rarest natural communities, Delmarva bays.
What the Conservancy Has Done/Is Doing Here
Since 1986, 40 acres have been protected.


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Hewlett Packard Colour LaserJet 5500dtn has been around for a few years now so the price has come down a little and you should be able to get a reconditioned printer for around Two thousand pounds, and new for around three thousand pounds.
Beware if your buying second hand that you're getting all good consumables for that kind of money, ask for a print of the configuration page before you agree a price. The configuration page will show how many pages the machine has printed and the amount of errors that have occurred.
Also ask for a print of the consumable levels, this will show how much of each of the Toners are left, and also the amount of life left in the Transfer and Fuser, all these items are classed as consumables and will have to be replaced in time, however you don't want to have to spend any extra money having just bought your lovely printer.
If it's running low on Toner, Transfer or Fuser, you should negotiate a discount.
A full set of Toners is approx £300.00
Transfer is approx £200.00
Fuser is approx £200.00
Having said all that if you're buying new all your consumables should be brand spanking new!!!
Once you have got the 5500dtn set up and running you'll find you have a Great printer, the "N" stands for Network so you can run loads of computers to this printer, I'm not sure what the maximum number of computers would be and Hewlett Packard don't specify, but I've seen it handle 17 computers quite happily in a large office.
The "D " stands for Duplex so you will be able to print both sides if the paper at once, The duplex does seem to cause more paper jams for some reason, but I haven't been able to work out why, also if the duplex is set to "on" it slows down single sided printing, I would suggest if your not doing loads of double sided printing you keep the Duplex set to "off" until its needed.
The "T" stands for Tray, this machine comes with an extra 500 sheet paper tray, which I have to say is essential in a busy office, and if you wish you can add extra trays, up to a maximum of five.
Hewlett Packard recommends a "duty cycle" of up to 120,000 pages a month on A4........ Now that's a lot of pages!!!!
This printer was designed for the busy workload.
A point to remember. Paper going through a printer creates paper dust build up inside, so with this amount of paper going through you will build up lots of paper dust which eventually causes paper jams, and then eventually printer damage. To avoid this, get your printer serviced regularly, also using higher quality paper produces less dust.
The Colour LaserJet 5500dtn prints on lot of paper sizes including... A3. A4. JIS. B5. A5.
It will also print on many different media, such as.... Card stock. Glossy. Plain. Envelopes. Transparencies.
Don't forget this is a big printer so you'll need plenty of space for it, and no one is going to want to sit next to it, the 5500dtn is not a particularly noisy printer, but it's not silent either, also in the summer it's going to get a bit warm sitting next to it.
I Repair printers for a living, and I've just started getting calls to this model, and so far they have all been minor.
There is a little arm that hangs down from the Fuser that seems to get snapped of sometimes when there is a paper jam and the paper is pulled out a bit roughly, this can be sorted out with a bit of glue.
The other thing I have found is waste or spilt Toner and paper dust build up inside the printer. This happens with all Toner printers and is not especially bad on the HP 5500dtn. It just needs a careful vacuum out.
This is an excellent printer and being HP it is relatively cheap to run and repair. I would recommend to anyone.


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Back then been a newbie on facebook social network, i always wondered what poking or been poked of facebook means, i had no ideal even through i get poked on facebook. Not knowing what it means i simply click on the poke back button, whatever it means let the poke war begin lol
The Image above is basically the poke button logo, when you are been poke on facebook the above image is been included, now from the facebook poke symbol can you tell what is poke on facebook?
What Is Poke On Facebook?
Poking on facebook could mean lots of things but its simply explaination could be notifying someone that you are still active on facebook.
To me, i poke people on facebook for different reasons, wanna know some? Don't worry i will tell you.
1. I poke a user on facebook to remind them of something i might have discussed with them thereby making it more or less like a reminder.
2. I poke a facebook user when i probably what to ask something from them or i simply want to get to know or meet them making it seem like am flirting lol
3. This is particularly the main reason why i poke on facebook – Wanting to know if you are regular on facebook. Yes i poke majorly on facebook to know if you are active because i believe if you are notified of my poke, you will poke me back.
How To Poke On Facebook
To poke a User on facebook is quite simply but some people still don't know how, well here is a guide to help you through.
You can poke on either Mobile or pc.
1. Visit the profile page of the user you want to poke
2. Scroll down to the end of the user's profile page and click onPOKE then click on OK / Confirm.
To poke on the Desktop version of facebook, visit the profile page of the user you want to poke then move your mouse pointer to top right side of the page and locate the poke button, click on it and confirm, you should get a notification thus:
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Sunday FunnyI'm not going to lie...they kind of hit the nail on the head. Yikes!
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In a nutshell jLynx is a simple, lite, hi-performance layer over the JDBC API. Persist and retrieve POJO and Map objects directly. Designed for developer productivity, it is simpler, easier to deploy as compared to Hibernate, JPA, etc. Excellent choice for a Fast Lane Reader implementation. Output methods include XML and JSON. *** This version adds a very simple web framework which is perfect for AJAX applications. Details are posted at: http://code.google.com/p/jlynx-persistence-framework/
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Why quitting smoking is harder for some
In the study, researchers performed brain scans on smokers deprived of cigarettes for at least 12 hours and found that the most reward-motivated among them were the least likely to quit.health and fitness Updated: Jun 18, 2014 14:40 IST
Researchers have identified a brain function that indicates whether reward-based smoking cessation strategies will be effective on certain smokers.
In the study, researchers performed brain scans on smokers deprived of cigarettes for at least 12 hours and found that the most reward-motivated among them were the least likely to quit.
Read: Why passive smoking is worse than smoking
"We believe that our findings may help to explain why some smokers find it so difficult to quit smoking," said Stephen J Wilson, assistant professor of psychology, Penn State. "Namely, potential sources of reinforcement for giving up smoking -- for example, the prospect of saving money or improving health -- may hold less value for some individuals and, accordingly, have less impact on their behavior."
Researchers first told smokers they would be allowed to smoke in two hours.
Fully intending to tempt them, they then told them there had been a mistake and that they would be allowed to smoke in 15 minutes.
Before allowing them to smoke, researchers promised subjects $1 for every five minutes they did not smoke.
The test group consisted of 44 smokers between ages 18 and 45 who smoked a minimum of 10 cigarettes per day. Researchers observed the responses of the ventral striatum, the area of the brain responsible for motivation and goal-oriented behavior.
Those with the weakest responses of the striatum were less likely to refrain from smoking.
Wilson believes his research will lead to solutions in identifying the most problematic smokers and develop new cessation methods specific to their needs.
"Our results suggest that it may be possible to identify individuals prospectively by measuring how their brains respond to rewards, an observation that has significant conceptual and clinical implications," said Wilson.
"For example, particularly 'at-risk' smokers could potentially be identified prior to a quit attempt and be provided with special interventions designed to increase their chances for success."
The study was published online by the American Psychological Association.


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Back Roads Ramble
South of Indianapolis, Indiana's level farm country begins to dip and roll. Two-lane roads twist to ridge tops where you can see for miles, then, they plunge across misty hollows. Much of this region remains undeveloped, with vast wilderness tracts that include Brown County State Park and Hoosier National Forest. Start this roughly 90-mile tour in Nashville, a haven for artists and crafters (65 miles south of Indianapolis).
Cruising south to the forested Ohio River Valley, you'll discover that time seems to stand still in the communities of Madison and Vevay. Majestic Gothic Revival estates and fanciful "Steamboat Gothic" mansions, with columns and ornate trim, recall the golden days of paddle wheelers. During that era, those towns thrived on a brisk river trade.
Many of the fine old buildings have been lovingly preserved and now house inns and restaurants, as well as shops selling antiques and crafts. Allow time to linger as you ramble the hills and trace the proud history of these engaging river towns.
Soft hills cradle picturesque Nashville and dominate the surrounding countryside, which first caught the eyes of artists almost a century ago. Today, nearly 100 artists call Nashville home. The four-square-block town boasts 300 crafts and specialty stores, galleries and artists' studios. Handcrafted creations pack the Brown County Craft Gallery, and local artists' works hang at the Brown County Art Gallery, Brown County Art Guild and Waldron Gallery.
Some credit early 1900s landscape painter T.C. Steele with founding the art colony. Eight miles west of Nashville, visitors can tour Steele's hilltop cottage, the House of the Singing Winds, as well as his barnlike studio and gardens.
Return to Nashville and savor an old-fashioned dinner at the Nashville House.
Drive two miles southwest on State-46.
Brown County State Park
Follow the winding blacktop through Indiana's largest and most visited park to Hesitation Point, one of six scenic overlooks. Ten miles of hiking trails skirt two lakes, scale hills and descend into dense forests at the 15,500-acre preserve. Anglers and pleasure boaters explore nearby Monroe Lake, Indiana's largest manmade lake. The southeastern shore borders 13,000-acre Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area within Hoosier National Forest. Wind your way five miles up Tower Ridge Road to Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower, take a deep breath, and climb 123 steps for a panoramic view of woodlands.
Backtrack to Nashville.
Brown County Country Roads
From Nashville, two-lane blacktops meander into the surrounding hills through some of the Midwest's prettiest countryside. You'll see old-time red barns clinging to hillside pastures, and some of Brown County's 500 historic log cabins peeking from the woods. State-135 winds south to tiny Story (population: 7), where the tin-sided former general store houses the Story Inn, with a good restaurant and simple guest rooms. North of Nashville on State-135, watch for Covered Bridge Road. Cars still cross the century-old Beanblossom Covered Bridge - it's rickety-looking, but deemed sound. If you feel adventurous, drive across. After less than a mile the gravel track rejoins State-135. Nashville is just four miles south.
From Nashville, drive 20 miles east on State-46.
A showcase of 20th-century architecture lines Columbus' brick-paved streets. The American Institute of Architects ranks the city sixth in the nation for innovation and design. Columbus boasts more than 50 buildings designed by noted architects such as Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei. Regular bus tours of the landmarks depart from the downtown visitors center.
Betty and Gerald Manning grow perennials and herbs at Stream Cliff Herb Farm in Commiskey (30 miles southeast of Columbus via State-7, then State-3). Themed display gardens and the Twigs and Sprigs Tearoom surround a stately 1830s brick farmhouse.
From Commiskey, drive two miles south on State-3, then 10 miles east on State-250 to State-7, then south eight miles.


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Ellen DeGeneres thanked Fox News host Bill O'Reilly for supporting her when a conservative group tried to have her fired as a JC Penney's spokeswoman because she is gay.
In a segment on his "The O'Reilly Factor" Monday, O'Reilly called the One Million Moms protest a "witch hunt," and said it was not in "the spirit of America."
On "Ellen," DeGeneres played a clip from "The O'Reilly Factor" and offered to share her JC Penney discount with O'Reilly.
Also read: Ellen DeGeneres on JC Penney Protesters: Haters Motivate Me (Video)
"There's somebody else who actually defended me that I'd like to mention: Bill O'Reilly from Fox News," DeGeneres said. "I already sent you out a tweet to thank you … you didn't really make it clear if you were going to shop at JC Penney or not, but if you do, you can use my employee discount any time you want. That's for you Bill. Thank you so much."
O'Reilly also says he invited a representative from One Million Moms to debate the issue on his show, "But, apparently all the one million moms are busy."
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Realtime Worlds' attempts to keep APB afloat have fallen short. The studio announced that they'll be shutting down the MMO shooter.
"APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature end," wrote APB community manager Ben Bateman in a farewell note. "Today we are sad to announce that despite everyone's best efforts to keep the service running, APB is coming to a close."
Realtime Worlds went into administration soon after APB's launch. The company restructured and planned to continue supporting the game with updates. Their hope was that they'd find a buyer for the game, but it looks like no one was interested.
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