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What happened to Moody's is what happens to every "agent" who thinks he can serve two masters. The sad thing is that it keeps happening, even though we've seen this movie before.
Credit rating agencies are supposed to monitor debt that's issued by financial institutions and governments. It's their job to protect investors from purchasing financial instruments that are misleadingly packaged or are riskier than the buyer can afford. These "agencies" hold extraordinary power – to destroy companies, to make people fabulously rich, even to influence governments.
The problem is they're not "agencies" at all. They're for-profit companies who have their palms outstretched to the big banks for revenue even as they're "policing" the soundness of their portfolios.
Consider the recent checkered past of Moody's, which holds a 40% market share in the worldwide credit rating business. Allegations have been raised about its CEO's stock trading, harrassment of a whistleblower, and intentional deception of the public for its own financial gain. It got everything wrong when it came to rating debt, despite reports it should have known all along.
How is Moody's handling the public shame caused by its ignominious failures? By lecturing the government on how to handle the disaster its own ratings helped to create.
The Moody's File
The SEC declined to file fraud charges against Moody's last month, not because they thought the "agency" was innocent – the evidence showed otherwise – but because it said there was a jurisdictional problem. As the SEC's report made clear, Moody's knew a number of credit ratings had been incorrectly rated too favorably. But rather than face the public embarrassment of admitting its mistake, Moody's let the public believe the ratings were accurate. Moody's looked the other way as investors were placed at risk, twiddling its thumbs and whistling to itself like a crooked cop ignoring a robbery.
To conceal its mistake, Moody's s-l-o-w-l-y let the numbers climb back to where they should have been all along. As the SEC makes clear in its report, there is substantial evidence that fraudulent behavior occurred and that investors were misled as a result. The report also presents evidence which shows that Moody's misled the SEC itself, which is a violation of law.
In the latest scandal, a firm that analyzes home mortgages just testified that it told banks that the mortgages they were bundling were a mess, with more than one in four failing to meet even basic underwriting standards – and they kept on doing it anyway.
They told the rating franchises, too. But, as the head of the analysis firm observed, ""If any one of them would have adopted it, they would have lost market share."
He can't help it if he's lucky
As if Moody's reputation wasn't battered enough, there's the matter of questionably timed stock sales by Moody's CEO Raymond McDaniel. One trade that sent out shock waves was McDaniel's sale of 100,000 shares of stock the same day the SEC told Moody's it was investigating the company. That looked very much trading on insider information of a highly material nature, since the SEC notice threatened a "cease and desist" that would essentially strip Moody's of its "badge and gun" as an agency.
McDaniel says in his own defense that the 100,000-share transaction was part of an "automatic sale" that he didn't directly initiate. But the "automatic sale" was only arranged a month earlier, after Moody's would have been well aware of any SEC investigation. And there's a pattern: A Harvard professor was quoted by Kevin Hall of McClatchy Newspapers as follows: ""If you look at his major sales in 2007, 2009, 2010, they are all around price peaks and followed by large declines. The likelihood that this is just 'lucky' is very low — it appears he is using inside information to time his trades."
Hall and McClatchy had been on the Moody's story like white on rice, as the saying goes. The headline McClatchy gave to Hall's October 2009 story, "How Moody's Sold Its Ratings – And Sold Out Investors," shows how strongly his editors backed his work.
Senate panels and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission both began investigating Moody's shortly thereafter, and the FCIC found it tough sledding. Both the FCIC and California Attorney General Jerry Brown found that Moody's was dragging its feet on providing requested documents. The FCIC was forced to issue a subpoena, and Brown had to go to court to force compliance with a subpoena he had already issued.
Revenue over research
Moody's drive to "always be selling" severely compromised its judgement, according to reports. As Hall reported last June, Moody's executives described its former CEO as "getting in their face whenever they raised obstacles to rating a complex deal, often boasting that they weren't the ones responsible for Moody's surge in revenues."
"Agencies" like Moody's don't make money by generating accurate ratings. They make it by generating ratings that make the customer – the banks, funds, and insurance companies issuing these debts – look good. No wonder analysts were discouraged from raising red flags about risky deals. A review of emails and other documents generated by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations provided more evidence of this pattern. As an internal PowerPoint showed, consultants who spoke with members of the group that rated the riskiest financial instruments found that they saw their roles as follows:
* Generating increased revenue.
* Increasing Market Share and/or Coverage
* Fostering good relationships with issuers and investors
* Delivering high quality ratings and research
Just in case that didn't make priorities clear enough, the consultants added: "When asked about how business objectives were translated into day-to-day work, most agreed that writing deals was paramount, while writing research and developing new products and services received less emphasis."
A "franchise," not an agency
That's why the word "agency" is such a misnomer. It's a word with multiple meanings, but in this case it suggests a quasi-government function. The FBI is an "agency." The Environmental Protection Agency is an "agency." Moody's isn't that kind of agency. You'd have to look to another definition, like "the capacity, condition or state of exerting power" or "an establishment engaged in doing business for another." The analysts who placed "writing deals" above research aren't "agents," except for the high-stakes gamblers who pay their fees.
Follow the money. McDaniel held a "town hall meeting" with employees as the economy was crashing around them, thanks in large part to the great ratings they and their colleagues had given to fraudulent products. He said "… my thinking is there's a much greater concern about the franchise. Everyone in this room is a long-term investor (ed: presumably in Moody's stock), for sure."
The raters all own stock in Moody's and want "the franchise" to succeed. That's not an agency. It's a "franchise." That's why the company reportedly "purg(ed) analysts and executives" who warned that there was trouble coming. It's why Moody's and its competitors don't want to be held liable for "recklessly" issuing bad information. It's why they withheld their services at a crucial time because they didn't want to responsible.
Now an ex-employee is alleging they defamed him after he raised issues of fraud and inflated ratings internally, and then to investigators. Agencies don't do that. Franchises do.
Ending the rigged game
Despite all the evidence, Moody's is still treated as a credible player … and one that's powerful enough to send a warning shot across the bow of the United States government. It threatened to downgrade the US government's debt last March if more wasn't done to reduce the government's debt.
That's the kind of rigged game we're facing: One of the biggest sources of the government's debt is the economic collapse. That collapse was enabled in large measure by the bad ratings issuing by rating franchises like Moody's. Now Moody's wants to hamstring the government's ability to repair the damage it helped create. And it might. They're that powerful, and the system is that rigged.
Imagine: Moody's still holds enormous power because it can deny the government a AAA rating – the same rating it once freely gave to mortgage securities underwritten so badly that 28% of them were virtually worthless. It's a classic film noir ending: The double agents, the cops on the take, they're the ones who wind up having connections, the ones who seem to come out on top in the end.
The Franken Amendment would slow down the profit-driven salesmanship of the ratings franchises. Good idea, but why stop there? Where are the prosecutions? And it's time to consider shutting these groups down. You've seen this movie, too: everybody knows you can't trust a double agent.
This post was produced as part of the Curbing Wall Street project.


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You can view the page at http://www.roboticsindia.com/content...-as-a-Engineer
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Vikas Patial
I am just going to make an iron man suite, Many of its technologies are possible but it is much costlier to make the suit slim... And about the power a micro sized plasma reactor is needed, it will affect the person due to radiation. We are on to alchemy for a good resource for power...
i am also inspired by iron man suit .In fact i am interested in robotics because of the movie.
I think fuel used in rocket can be used, as they are the best know fuels after nuclear fuels. Agni-V missile weight is 50 tonne including war head, chassis etc and its range is 5000 km, so roughly 1 tonne corresponds to 50 km or 20 kg corresponds to 1 Km. That means a suit weighting 20 Kg can have a range of 1 km. Right now i am not considering weight of person also, so its not a very legitimate estimate but you can apply basic physics equation to figure out an approximate range.

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Tiny earthquakes may follow groundwater loss
Draining California's aquifers may stress San Andreas Fault
Sucking out groundwater could be moving and shaking California.
As humans drain aquifers in the state's Central Valley, the land — free of water weight — flexes upward, lifting the surrounding mountain ranges and possibly triggering tiny earthquakes, researchers suggest May 14 in Nature.
It's the first time scientists have linked the region's extensive groundwater pumping to mountain uplift and seismic activity, says geophysicist Kristy Tiampo of the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.
Researchers have known for years that, compared with wet months, dry times see more earthquakes near Parkfield, Calif., a tiny town smack dab in the middle of the state's biggest seismic hazard, the San Andreas Fault. The fault is the main boundary between two tectonic plates, the rigid sections of Earth's crust and underlying rocks that can slide past one another.


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Brooke Burke-Charvet Lands First Post-Dancing with the Stars Gig
Mar 5, 2014 12:24 PM EST
After being fired from Dancing with the Stars last month, Brooke Burke-Charvet isn't looking back. The former reality show co-host is set to guest-star on Melissa & Joey, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dancing… Read more


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I love Skinfood's creative creations (all their cosmetics and skincare are based on food) so being a coffee addict, I had to pick up this Green Coffee Sun Screen SPF 50 from eBay (where else?).
Green Coffee is supposed to be high in anti oxidants – the fact that this SPF is 50 was appealing too. Remember, anti- age, anti age!
This sunscreen is a liquid type that needs a good shake before you use it otherwise it comes out rather strange.
I am a little wary of overly liquid sunscreens because I think they tend to leave a slightly shiny residue which I don't like under my foundation.
This Skinfood SPF is light and easy to apply…(It doesn't smell like Starbucks by the way – more of a fresh, light fruity scent. Do I feel a bit cheated? A bit but then I hardly want to walk around smelling like someone who smears my face in coffee beans. Probably).
This sunscreen really does have a decent texture – however there is a slight residue on the skin. Very very very slight.
I mean, I am being extremely picky here, its better than most sunscreen that I have tried but nevertheless, I can't ignore the fact that I can still feel it on my skin for a good while after its been applied.
It does sink in fine generally, and dries to a slightly matte finish.
On the skin. It leaves a very very slight white cast – its barely notiecable but its there.
On the skin about 5 mins after application:
Texture: 3/5
Finish: 4/5
Protection: 5/5
Price: About £8 I think, so 4/5
I will happily use this on my body but not so much on my face, because I don't want any greasiness on my skin at all and no residue.
It smells lovely though and I can't argue with SPF50 – I just wouldn't use it if I wanted to put foundation on top.
I bought this from seller Zinopark on eBay.


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Erasmus+ study mobility – make it an even better experience
Before you leave
Under the Erasmus+ study mobility programme, you can spend between 3 and 12 months at an institution of higher education in any participating country. If you're short on ideas, look at iAgora for reviews of universities in Europe (and the rest of the world) and students' feedback.
If you've been selected for an Erasmus+ exchange, start preparing by talking to students from your university who've already studied at the same institution. You could also check out other students' blogs on Blog-Erasmus.eu and Erasmusu.
It may seem obvious, but don't forget to make sure you have somewhere to stay! For tips on short-term accommodation (hostels, sublets, etc), click here.
When you arrive
Make as many new friends as you can! There'll probably be an Erasmus club or café near the institution where you're studying. These often organise welcome events and other activities – a good way to get to know your fellow-students before you get down to study. The local Erasmus Student Network (ESN) can help you integrate into academic and social life, as well as providing practical tips on living in your new country.
Do your best to learn the local language or improve your existing knowledge. Talk to local people and get to know other students in your class. Some universities organise 'tandems' (language exchanges) between student with different native languages. Other options include the Polyglotclub platform and language courses through Erasmus+'s online linguistic support.
Erasmus+ isn't just about partying and making friends, though. You'll also need to work as hard as you would back home. .
Read other tips and ask questions about the Erasmus+ study experience on Third Year Abroad.
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Science Friday® is produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Science Friday® and SciFri® are registered service marks of Science Friday, Inc. Site design by Pentagram; engineering by Mediapolis.
|If you're interested in space, you're probably familiar with the stunning images from space telescopes such Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer. A new book in Braille tries to make images from NASA space telescopes accessible to the visually impaired. We'll talk with one of the authors of the new 'Touch the Invisible Sky' book about the project, and about the challenges in presenting space images through the sense of touch. The book will be available to the public through a wide variety of sources, including the National Federation of the Blind, Library of Congress repositories, schools for the blind, libraries, museums, science centers and Ozone Publishing.


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I love my camera, but I would miss out on so many sweet snapshots without my phone. For all the pixelation, easily blurred shots, washed out faces, I love that I can catch so many glimpses of the greatest moments of our days.
|Waiting for the Pediatrician at Ruby's well visit.
|Date night with Mama and Papa at the Old Spaghetti Factory.
|Rare sleeping pose.
|Our crazy monkey showing off her new moves she learned on the school playground.
|Claire, trying to get a picture of the full moon.
|Sisters :)
|Watching the rain.
|So many teeth in this picture!
|Married 6 years!
|First piggy-tails!
|Getting misted by Multnomah Falls.
|"Fine, I'll go in the Boba. But I don't have to like it." -Ruby
|Comforting the pumpkin on it's eventual fate.
|"I can eat this, right?"
|Sweet sisters.
|Painted pumpkins are THE way to go.
|Snuggles with Papa.
|Ruby's namesake, Ruby.


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PROVIDENCE – Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy and Southwest Airlines Thursday opened the new Imagination Center in Burnside Park, the mayor's office announced.
The Imagination Center is a new local destination for kids' and family activities, including arts and crafts, a farmer's market and live music. It is surrounded by picnic tables, beanbags and a wooden deck, according to a news release.
Thursday's kickoff event featured story time, bookmaking for kids and local food trucks.
"The opening of the Imagination Center advances our efforts to revitalize Kennedy Plaza and make downtown Providence a more vibrant cultural and commercial gateway to our Capital City," said Mayor Angel Taveras. "Working together and in partnership with Southwest Airlines, we are improving our downtown public spaces and providing more opportunities to play, recreate, dine and enjoy spending time in Kennedy Plaza."
The revitalization of Kennedy Plaza is one of the top five goals of Mayor Taveras' economic development action plan, "Putting Providence Back to Work," according to a release.
The Imagination Center is part of the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy's Greater Kennedy Plaza Project, which aims to turn the central square from a transportation hub into a broader cultural center for Providence. The plan includes making the area more inviting to pedestrians by creating a central green with trees and park benches and encouraging RIPTA bus ridership while reducing the number of buses that pass through the plaza itself.
"We will change the way people think about the plaza by transforming it into a beautiful, usable space cherished by Rhode Islanders and visitors from near and far," the Parks Conservancy says on its website.
The plan identifies nine main areas of the greater plaza that "will see new life injected into their grounds," including Burnside Park, the Biltmore Plaza and the Skating Center.
Imagination Center opens in Burnside Park
PROVIDENCE – Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy and Southwest Airlines Thursday opened the new Imagination Center in Burnside Park, the mayor's office announced.


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Morris News Service
COLUMBIA -- The Sea Grant Consortium is half-way there.
The S.C. House on Tuesday voted 102-10 to override Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's veto of $428,000 in state funding for the 20-person agency, which was wiped out of operation on July 5 when Haley's veto took effect.
One more vote across the State House, and the Sea Grant Consortium will be brought back to life.
On Wednesday, the Senate will take up the vetoes that the House voted to override, including a vote on consortium. It takes a two-thirds majority vote in both houses in order to throw out a governor's veto.
About three-and-a-half hours into its work Tuesday, the House had worked through nearly two-thirds of the governor's 81 vetoes, which were largely for the $6.7 billion spending plan. A handful were for a separate reserve fund.
You haven't heard about the Sea Grant Consortium because "they do their job well," said Rep. Gary Simrill of York, making the case for overturning Haley's veto on the House floor.
The $428,000 that state lawmakers had carved out for the consortium for the fiscal year that began July 1 represented a $96,000 boost from last year's appropriation. Haley had also vetoed the consortium funding last year and was overriden.
In her veto message, Haley had called the consortium a $6 million agency, however, the consortium's executive director Rick DeVoe said the figure refers to the potential competitive grant money the agency would pursue for state institutions.
Ninety-two percent of the consortium's budget comes from other sources, such as federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Science Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Local marine researchers and conservationists are watching the Sea Grant closely.
Bluffton's Waddell Mariculture Center, a field experiment station of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, is receiving a two-year $120,000 grant. The University of South Carolina Beaufort's Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Institute is expected to receive word at the end of the month on whether it won a five-year competitive research grant worth hundreds of thousands of dollars -- in partnership with the consortium.
Among its overrides Tuesday, the House also cast aside Haley's veto of about $454,000 for sexual assault/rape crisis centers across the state. The vote was 111-0.
The House also voted to override Haley's strikes against money for the state Farmers Market - A $500,000 earmark for marketing and branding, and $600,000 for the market's operation.


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Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse
A feature-length documentary film that chronicles one man's struggle with schizophrenia and examines the actions of the police officers responsible for his death, exposing a city grappling with accountability in the death of an innocent, unarmed man.
"Infuriating, tragic, heartbreaking and incendiary in equal measures...plays out like a horror film and leaves you absolutely breathless."
AP Kryza, Willamette Week
AP Kryza, Willamette Week
"Alien Boy is a triumph — and an emotional bulldozer."
John Chandler, Portland Monthly
John Chandler, Portland Monthly
"Lavishly made, Alien Boy is a visually sumptuous, riveting narrative."
Anne Richardson, Oregon Movies, A to Z
Anne Richardson, Oregon Movies, A to Z
"Brian Lindstrom's Alien Boy packs a horrifying punch: intimate, terrible and true.
Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
Shawn Levy, The Oregonian


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Books of the Bible
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Esther
- Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Solomon
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- New Testament
- Apocrypha
The Book of Job is the 18th book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and contains a single story of a man named Job (prounounced to rhyme with "robe"). In the story, Job, a faithful servant of God, has his life turned upside down and his family killed because of a bet that God makes with Satan. This shows that God cannot be omnibenevolent.
Job, who lives in the land of Uz, is "perfect and upright". (Job 1:1 ) He has a happy marriage with many sons and daughters, and he owns plenty of livestock and servants.
God meets Satan and asks: "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." (Job 1:8 ) Satan replies that Job is good only because he has a good life, "stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
God agrees to this wager, and gives Satan complete power over Job's life. First Satan kills Job's servants and livestock (Job 1:14-17 ). Then he kills Job's sons and daughters (Job 1:18-19 ). Job himself is afflicted with terrible boils over his entire body (Job 2:7-8 ). Yet Job does not renounce God, even though his wife tells him that he should. He does, however, complain a lot about his situation, cursing the day he was born.
Job's neighbors then accuse him of wickedness, asserting that if he renounces his sin and returns to righteousness, he will be restored to health and prosperity. They assume that he must have been wicked, because otherwise God would not have allowed bad things to happen to him. Job spends many chapters arguing with these neighbors, asserting that he has done nothing wrong and has nothing to answer for. He tries to rationalize his situation, but also asks God what he did to deserve his terrible fate. He initially receives no answer, and chastises his neighbors for lying in order to defend God (Job 13:7-11 ).
Then Elihu, the youngest of the neighbors and supposed author of the book of Job, speaks up against Job with a supposedly much better argument, which comes down to: "God is way bigger and better than you, so don't question him and just apologize, even if you don't know what you did."
Finally God appears to Job to respond to his pleas. He essentially goes on a long tirade, not answering Job's questions, but instead repeatedly making comments like this: "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." (Job 38:4 ) "Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all." (Job 38:18 ) "Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?" (Job 38:33 ) And so forth.
Job is chastened. He humbly replies: "Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further." (Job 40:4-5 ) God then proceeds to brag about his accomplishments, and Job continues to be sorry for questioning him.
So God wins his bet with Satan, and he rewards Job by giving him more than he had before. Job receives twice as many livestock and servants, and has the same number of sons and daughters, only his new daughters are the very prettiest in the nation. Job lives to be 140 years old and dies happy.
The moral of this story is that we cannot understand God's motives, but if we trust in God unquestioningly, then he will provide for us.
God never did explain his reasons to Job. When Job asked, God's answer was basically "Were you there when I created the universe? No, so shut up!" According to the story, the real reason he dealt out all this punishment, misery, and the deaths of Job's innocent children and servants, was to settle a bet. That strikes some atheists as extremely petty.
And speaking of the children and servants, why get them involved? They were not even directly related to the bet. What did they do to deserve death? No doubt Job found consolation in his new family, but that is not much comfort to the dead family.
- "If God killed my two kids because of a bet with the devil, and then made up for it by giving me three more, I don't think it would help much. It makes me think of the deadbeat dad who runs over his son's dog, buys him a new one and wonders why he's sad. "Hey, why are you sad? I replaced the dog."[1]"
External links[edit]
- DarkMatter2525, The Book of Job, Youtube, 27 Apr 2012


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Catholic Benedictine Tradition
Character shaped by our founding Benedictine communities
The Catholic character of CSB/SJU is shaped by the Benedictine communities that founded the colleges in the 19th century and continues to foster the academic, spiritual and social life of these institutions. Today, Benedictine women and men remain actively involved in teaching and administration. Their prayerful presence in community life provides the stable sense of home for which CSB/SJU are so well known. By living according to Saint Benedict's Rule, members of the monastic communities cultivate love of God, neighbor and self through the art of listening, worship and balanced, humane living. They challenge students to embrace these values as well.
A tradition of Catholic intellectual thought
As two of the nation's foremost Catholic liberal arts colleges, CSB/SJU share in the rich tradition of Catholic intellectual thought. Students' coursework in theology seeks to promote a deeper understanding of their faith and to lay the foundation for meaningful participation in student liturgies, campus ministry programs, retreats, community service and social justice activities, through which their faith finds expression in the world.
A welcoming community
The Benedictine value of hospitality creates a welcoming community for individuals of all faiths. Students and faculty from many diverse belief systems collectively bring a rich dimension to the academic, cultural and religious experience at CSB/SJU.


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No Place Like Home For Hottovy
When Tommy Hottovy went home for the All-Star break, he figured that the timing was perfect.
(Action photos courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
His wife Andrea was on the verge of having their first child, and three days at home would likely allow him to be there for the delivery.
"It was something that I was really getting nervous about as we got close to the All-Star break," Hottovy said. "I was worried that I was going to be stuck at an airport somewhere when my son was born."
That fear returned when Andrea didn't have the baby on Monday… or Tuesday… or Wednesday.
"We were getting to the point where I was going to have to come back to Pawtucket after the All-Star break," Hottovy said. "My flight was scheduled for Thursday morning, but my wife went into labor and we had to go to the hospital at 4:30 in the morning. So I didn't make my flight and the baby arrived at 1:14 in the afternoon. Things always happen for a reason. And when you try to make plans, things never work out that way."
He's not kidding.
(Cameron Hottovy photos courtesy of Tommy Hottovy)
"My son Cameron was born on Thursday and I was supposed to fly back to Pawtucket on Saturday," Hottovy said. "But I got a call late on Friday night from the Red Sox telling me that I might be designated for assignment. They wanted to let me know that if that happened, I could cancel my flight and stay home."
That's exactly what happened. When the Red Sox promoted LHP Randy Williams from Pawtucket on July 16th, they needed a spot on their 40-man roster and elected to designate Hottovy for assignment. So while he waited to find out if he would be claimed by another organization or clear waivers and return to the Red Sox, Tommy was home with Andrea and their newborn son.
"I got designated on Saturday, but the waiver process doesn't start until Monday, so I got to spend an extra five days at home," Hottovy said. "You can't put a price tag on the time I got to spend with my wife and son. You don't ever wish to be designated for assignment, but if there was a time and place for it to happen, it couldn't have been much better."
It's been that kind of year for the 30-year-old lefty who made his major league debut on June 3rd and spent most of that month with Boston. Because of his success against left-handed batters this year – they are batting .132 (7-for-53) vs. Hottovy between the majors and minors – Tommy thought that he might get claimed by another team.
"I thought there might be an opportunity for me to be a left-handed specialist for somebody, but I'm excited to be back with the Red Sox," Hottovy said. "I love it here and I've been here my whole career. Who's to say that I can't get called up again? I've been through the process now, I know what it takes, and I feel really good about what I am doing. Maybe when the end of the season rolls around, they'll need another guy in the bullpen to help out."
If so, Hottovy will head to Boston to take part in a pennant race.
If not, he'll gladly go home.
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For the fourth time this year, the PawSox won the first three games of a series but were unable to complete the 4-game sweep as they lost at Buffalo on Monday 8-7. That loss, coupled with Lehigh Valley's 4-1 win over Columbus, means that Pawtucket is two games behind the IronPigs in the IL North with 40 games to go.
The PawSox open a huge 4-game series at Lehigh Valley on Tuesday night at 7:05. I hope you'll join us for radio coverage beginning with the pre-game show at 6:50 on the PawSox radio network and pawsox.com.
I'd love to hear from you. The address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you Twitter, you can follow my tweets at http://twitter.com/Dan_Hoard
And I have finally joined Facebook. Just search for Dan Hoard and look for the photo of me with the handsome lad.


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Tuning products for the 2005-2010 SX125
Ignition Coil : TICK0005D
Black Ops Moto high output ignition coil.
Dyno testing has consistently shown gains of 1.5 to 2 hp on average while increasing throttle response.
Most all customers also notice easier starting (hot or cold) and a much harder pull (acceleration) from the bottom end to peak.
Comes with all proper connectors
Ignition Tuner : JDKTSX125-05
JD Ignition CDI tuning module.
Programmable CDI comes with a switch for the handle bar to allow you to select between 2 different tune MAPS.
Tuning can be done to also allow for a better traction softer hit from the bottom. And a full power tune.
Tunes are switchable on the fly.
Custom programming is available for engine modifications and fuel types.
Notes : N/A
Dyno Results
No dyno results are available for the 2005-2010 SX125,,, yet.


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Ant Farm was established within the counter-cultural milieu of 1968 San Francisco by two architects, Chip Lord and Doug Michels, later joined by Curtis Schreier. Their work dealt with the intersection of architecture, design and media art, critiquing the North American culture of mass media and consumerism. Ant Farm produced works in a number of formats, including agitprop events, manifestos, videos, performances and installations.
Their early work was a reaction to the heaviness and fixity of the Brutalist movement in contrast to which they proposed an inflatable architecture that was cheap, easy to transport and quick to assemble. This type of architecture fitted well with their rhetoric of nomadic, communal lifestyles in opposition to what they saw as the rampant consumerism of 1970s USA. The inflatables questioned the standard tenets of building: these were structures with no fixed form and could not be described in the usual architectural representations of plan and section. They instead promoted a type of architecture that moved away from a reliance on expert knowledge. Ant Farm produced a manual for making your own pneumatic structures, the Inflatocookbook. The inflatables thus constituted a type of participatory architecture that allowed the users to take control of their environment. Events were also organised inside the inflatables, which were set up at festivals, university campuses or conferences to host lectures, workshops, seminars, or simply as a place to hang out.
Other projects include the 'House of the Century' whose form was reminiscent of the inflatables but made from ferrocement, the video 'Media Burn' where they drove an adapted Cadillac into a wall of televisions in front of an audience hand-picked from the media. They also produced a number of utopian projects such as Convention City and Freedom Land. Finally, perhaps their most famous work 'Cadillac Ranch', consists of ten Cadillacs in a row half-buried in the ground with their tail-fins in the air. It is both a tribute to the American car culture as well as a critique of it.
Ant Farm were heavily influenced by the likes of Buckminster Fuller and Archigram and whilst creating an architecture that was utopian, their projects were also always ironic and tongue-in-cheek. Their work revealed the relationships between environmental degradation and mass industry, questioned the role of mass media and consumerism and demonstrated the use of advanced technologies with playful projects like the Dolphin Embassy. They left behind a body of research that was developed outside the privileged institutional context of universities and is still relevant today in debates around sustainable architecture, building technologies as well as public art and architecture.
House of the Century
Media Van
Cadillac Ranch
Ant Farm, Inflatocookbook. (San Francisco: Ant Corps, 1973), available; http://www.letsremake.info/PDFs/inflatocookbook.pdf
C. M. Lewallen, Ant Farm 1968 - 1978, illustrated edition. (University of California Press, 2004).
Felicity D. Scott, Ant Farm: Living Archive 7
(Barcelona: Actar, Columbia GSAPP, 2008).
Felicity D. Scott, Architecture Or Techno-Utopia (The MIT Press, 2010).
Ernest Larsen, "Junky and Important: The Collective Model in the Rearview Mirror," American Quarterly 57, no. 1 (2005): 223-236.
Ali Aslam, "The Somnambulant Practice of Postmodern Architecture," Theory & Event 11, no. 4 (2008), http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v011/11.4.aslam.html.
'We wanted to be an architecture group that was more like a rock
band … We would be doing underground architecture, like underground
newspapers and underground movies, and [a friend] said, "Oh, you
mean like an Ant Farm?"'
- Doug Michels quoted in, C. M. Lewallen, Ant Farm 1968 - 1978, illustrated edition. (University of California Press, 2004), p. 41.
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By Lizzie Post
In college, my roommate and I had drastically different social lives. She was new to off-campus living and was constantly entertaining a swarm of her on-campus friends. I, on the other hand, was in a hermit phase because of a long-distance relationship and a what-was-I-thinking course load. We had a long talk about the situation and here are the house rules we came up with, and why:
Rule 1: Maximum Occupancy Allowed
If one of us was planning to have more than three people over to our apartment, we had to talk it over with the other roommate.
Why? Our space was limited—and if, like me, you're planning to settle in for a quiet night at home and seven of your roommate's friends are commandeering the living room, things can get a little overwhelming.
Rule 2: The Right to Study Freely
If one of us was studying, she shouldn't have to leave the apartment to find peace and quiet. (Some people choose the opposite rule: If you need to study, go to the library.)
Why? We both felt that work came before play and that friends can always hang out anywhere—whereas a place to concentrate and focus can be more difficult to come by.
Rule 3: Communicate About Workload
If one of us had a test or a big paper due, we should inform the other roommate in advance, so that any socializing could be done outside the apartment.
Why? Making it known ahead of time that you're going to need a night of peace and quiet can help offset feelings of resentment and avoid a possibly ugly confrontation. No one wants to have to yell at people to pipe down at 1:00 AM the night before an exam—or be the one getting yelled at, for that matter.
Rule 4: Veto Power
If one of us was on bad terms with a friend of a roommate, we agreed to inform the roommate of the uncomfortable feelings.
Why? Neither of us wanted to feel uncomfortable with a guest in our home. This didn't mean that the guest wasn't allowed over—just that we would try to have that person over only when our roommate was out.
Rule 5: Cleaning Up
Whoever had friends over had to clean up the apartment afterward—before he or she left the house. Sometimes this meant doing dishes; sometimes it meant just getting them into the sink. It always meant straightening up the living room.
Why? Neither of us felt that it was fair to leave our roommate to deal with our mess while we were out having a good time.


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Academy graduates, upon receiving their first assignments, are typically issued three things: Their uniform, their communicator, and their phaser. The bright-eyed young recruits then blast off into space, in search of adventure! If, however, your uniform is of the security / ops variety, you're a member of the infamous "redshirts." As such, you're also given one extra item.
The Official Starfleet Hip Flask. Why? Because your job is going to be hard. Whether you're having to deal with a tyrannical captain who demands you give him "warp speed NOW, mister" or you're expected to act as cannon fodder for the next away mission, there will be times when a quick belt is what you need to get through the day.
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Perhaps, instead, you're assigned to security. Sounds idyllic - beaming down to some pastoral world, verdant and clean without even so much as an insect to bother. One step around a boulder and SHAZAM you're reduced to a pile of ash and smoking boots.
It's enough to drive a man to drink, and Starfleet is a pragmatic organization. Rather than combat drunkenness at work, they encourage the redshirts to "take the edge off" their days. It's the least they can do, considering your inevitable sacrifice.
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NEC to reveal a bright future for visual communication at ISE 2017
Collaborative working, laser projection and high resolution digital signage amongst the key innovations to feature
Munich, 9 December, 2016 – NEC Display Solutions Europe will showcase the most exciting display trends using real-life scenarios at the ISE 2017 trade fair, taking place on 7-10 February 2017 at RAI Amsterdam. Attendees can explore an engaging display applications showroom at stand 5-R24. They will find new and effective ways of using display technology to deliver better results in corporate offices, retail and commercial premises, education and more.
Amid disruptive and emerging trends including the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), huddle spaces and other smarter multi-use workspaces and working practices, NEC will demonstrate at ISE 2017 how it is innovating to help organisations make bright choices using a broad range of visual solutions. On show will be the latest collaborative working, productivity, efficiency, performance and sales boosting display technologies. Visitors can also join demo sessions with first-hand insight from industry experts on the latest innovations.
The showcase will include the latest InfinityBoard, MultiPresenter, ShadowSense touch, Reactiv STAGE and laser projection products. NEC will also showcase everyday applications for new NEC V and P Series large format displays at the 'Solutions Zone' section, which will deliver new levels of simplicity, modularity, flexibility and smart operation for modern digital signage. At the heart of these displays, and part of the recently launched Open Modular Intelligence (OMi) platform, is the ability to embed a Raspberry Pi compute module to create a self-contained professional signage solution for any visual application.
"NEC Display Solutions is always at the forefront of technological innovation and advancement, with a rich heritage of expertise in transforming the way organisations engage their target audiences. We are excited to demonstrate this leadership through our latest display applications at ISE 2017. Visitors can look forward to an immersive visual experience with vertical installations and applications on show for retail, aviation, restaurants, broadcast, corporate meeting rooms and digital signage," said Stefanie Corinth, Senior Vice President Marketing and Business Development at NEC Display Solutions Europe.
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In each episode of Not Playing, Lex Friedman and Dan Moren watch movies they've never seen – but that everyone else has. Watch the classics again for the first time, with Lex and Dan!
Wax on, wax off, wax nostalgic: It's the season finale of Not Playing, and we have both a special guest and a special movie.
Neither Lex or Dan had ever seen the seminal 1984 martial arts classic The Karate Kid. And neither had The Incomparable host Jason Snell, who joins us to watch one of Ralph Macchio's finest performances.
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The goal of perfmon2 is to provide access to the hardware performance counters present in all modern processors with focus on becoming flexible, generic and extendible. It currently isn't part of the standard Linux kernel and in beta status.
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"No sprays or chemicals used." That's what was posted on Lower Notch Berry Farm's FaceBook page, consequently intriguing me to visit the farm in Bristol this past Wednesday afternoon.
Currently on the health food kick myself, I am attempting to eat more local and organic produce, which is sometimes a challenge considering I still eat all of my meals in the Middlebury College dining hall.
"Local" and "organic" are words that are thrown around a lot when we go to the grocery store. And although we tend to understand this to mean the food is a healthier option, it is sometimes hard to really know what these labels mean.
The USDA labels are thought by many to be misleading. A food product does not have to be 100 percent organic to receive an "organic" rating. "Local" labels have also been misused, too. According to a recent article posted on naturalnews.com, at more than 175 Whole Foods stores nationwide, many of the supermarkets chain goods are produced in China, despite promoting their homegrown image.
In going out and picking my own berries, I sought to find some perspective about where my food comes from. This activity was going to bring me closer to my food, in the literal and figurative sense. It would be refreshing to know the exact source of my produce; I was the one who was going to pick it from the source.
Despite this small sense of accomplishment, the other problem lies in the fact that we often take for granted the availability and ease with which we can access good, healthy food. It often takes firsthand experience for us to fully understand how each and every bite we take is the product of someone's hard work.
It would definitely be nice to get out and experience a local, natural food source. But I must admit, there was an emotional component to my trip.
Growing up in the Midwest, fruit picking was not an activity I was well acquainted with. Upon my arrival in Middlebury, my friends from Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut (to name a few) were shocked that I had never picked fruit by hand. It was nearly everyone's family tradition.
Because of these stories, I was surprised that when I arrived, I was the only car parked in the grassy lot. I suppose a weekday afternoon was not the day to come if I was looking for the "total experience," but for whatever reason, I had the image in my mind that berry picking would be part of Vermonter's daily routine. My romantic vision of adorable families running through the fields together had been squashed. Maybe I should have come on a Saturday.
Nevertheless, I decided that emptiness was a good thing. I could pick my berries in peace and solitude. That's why I choose to live in a small state, anyway.
I stepped out of the car and the heat consumed me. I did not think I would be facing the elements. Despite the overwhelming heat, the field was beautiful. Lower Notch Berry Farm in Bristol is nestled at the base the mountains and featured a cute little stand where you weigh your freshly gathered berries.
The woman stationed at the desk told me to head to the back of the field where the berries were most plentiful. She said most at the front had been picked over and the good sections were in the back. I was glad at this point no one would be infringing on my territory.
Once reaching the bushes, I noticed that the berries practically fell off the branches. Clusters of ripened blueberries were waiting to full my bucket. So I began to pick.
My friends who had spoken of picking fruits had always included the detail that it was a family activity, so it seemed unorthodox for me to be alone. In spite of this, I was really enjoying the fact that I had some alone time. Living in a house full of people, it was nice to get into the field and be left alone to my own thoughts.
As I continued walking and picking, it became clear to me that this was yet another aspect of Vermont that makes it so great and contributes to its high standard of living. It is refreshing that you can be so close to a food source and can even act as the hand that picked it.
The berries I picked were delicious. In fact, they may have been the best I have ever tasted. They were fresh and juicy, and I couldn't avoid eating a good portion of them on my ride back home.
Obviously, they tasted great due to the fact that they were a fresher version of the kind I normally buy at the store. But I truly think that the emotional connection, the fact that I went and picked the berries myself, played an equal role in making them so good. Sometimes a little hard work yields great benefits.


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Peabody grabs A-Sun Track Athlete of the Week
MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb's Tucker Peabody took home yet another Atlantic Sun Men's Indoor Track and Field award for athlete of the week, announced by the league Wednesday.
This marks the senior sprinter's 10th Career Track Performer of the Week award, two of which he has received this year.
At the Samford Multi and Invitational this past weekend, Peabody won the 200-meter dash setting a program record with a finishing time of 21.20 ranking him 28th in the nation and first in the A-Sun.
Peabody also assisted the Bisons in picking up the A-Sun's fastest time this season in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:16.67.
The track and field athletes will be venturing to Bloomington, Ind., for the Hoosier Hills Invite on Feb. 14 and 15.


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He walked into Forest Pointe Church one day and we quickly became friends. Akeeya T. (A.T.) Pearson has to be one of the most likeable people in the world. With an engaging smile, a smooth Southern California voice, and a spirit that is good as gold, A.T. is as winsome as they come.
Several months later, I received a call from A.T. in distress. His church had flooded and the congregation needed a place to meet. Our church was only too happy to accommodate his flock. Since then, we have connected numerous times.
From time-to-time, I receive telephone calls from A.T. that seem to come just at the right time for me. There is always a word of encouragement and a spirit that says, �We are in this Kingdom work of God together.� On down day, a call from A.T. regularly lifts me up. He does it not just for one, but also for everyone. For him, it is all about �Loving God, Loving People, and Living Life.�
He is servant-pastor of the Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Mount Holly. His passion as an insightful Bible preacher and teacher fuels his desire to �Transform the world with the power of the Gospel.� With this mandate, Pearson has led Mount Sinai to new dimensions in the Kingdom. As a result of his dynamic leadership membership and stewardship in the church have more than doubled within his first year as pastor. With free-flowing worship and spirit-filled preaching Mount Sinai is positioning itself to reach the �unreachable� in Jesus� name!
A native of Southern California, A.T. has earned three undergraduate degrees (with honors) in Biblical studies, religion, and theology. He also holds a master�s degree in counseling psychology and is scheduled to complete an additional graduate degree in divinity this fall. He is a member of the historic Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, a key and foundational source for his awareness and involvement in community affairs. He has served on various boards of directors and as a volunteer for many community organizations in both California and North Carolina. Most recently, he teamed up with other pastors and Christian leaders as a contributor and consultant to the book: �Our Love is Here to Stay: Inspiring Stories of Lasting Love.�
In addition to all he does in ministry, A.T. makes his mark on the world in multiple dimensions in his work with Cleveland County Schools. He is clearly a man on the move!
Most recently, I saw somebody pull up next to me as I parked to go in for a movie at Regal Cinemas. I recognized immediately that it was A.T. along with his bride of 13 years, First Lady R. Alexis Thornton, and their two beautiful girls, Madisyn Alexis and Carrington Victoria. As I saw them go into the theater after a brief time of catching up, I said to myself , �The world is a better place because A.T. is here.�
You are a blessing A.T. Pearson! Keep up the great work!
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Originally posted by JeffCT on 10-19-2001 03:51 PM in PHP Forum
I figured this was necessary because a lot of people come in and post threads without thinking, and without realizing that there is no possible way they could get help because of the way they posted the question. Here are some general guidelines.
There is a pretty good chance that unless you have some
really odd or unique problem that it has been addressed on this
forum before (or even hundreds of times before for some issues).
Use the forum's search feature first to see if there are already some good threads on the subject. It's easy to search - just click the "Search" button at the top right of the page.
Be DESCRIPTIVE
I cannot stress this enough. We cannot possibly help you if you simply post a thread, copy and paste your whole script and say "it has errors what's wrong with it?". Keep this in mind:
1. Explain to us what your script DOES (or what it's supposed to do).
2. Explain to us what exactly the error is. Is it a PHP error? Your own error reporting? MySQL error? Or is it just not doing what you want?
3. Remember that you know a lot more about your script than we do. Don't assume we know just what it does.
Don't use stupid topic names
Post a descriptive topic name! Give a short summary of your problem IN THE SUBJECT. Don't use attention getting subjects. They don't get attention. They repel attention and annoy people.
Here's a great list of topic subjects YOU SHOULD NOT POST by freebsd:
1) Help me
2) Hello
3) You must know the answer
4) Please help this female newbie
5) Something wrong
6) Come on PHP gurus
7) This one for you
8) Just wondering
9) This is too complicated for me
10) possible?
11) Very urgent
12) I have a question
13) Stupid question
14) Newbie needs help
15) pulling my hair out
16) this is driving me nuts
Generally ANYTHING similar to those is unacceptable. Just post your problem.
Here is a good example of a way to post a question about ereg() and regular expressions / validating emails
"Need ereg regular expression help"
or even better:
"validating emails w/ ereg() regular expressions"
These are bad examples:
"I can't figure this out!"
"Stupid question..."
"Female newbie needs regex help"
"Help me! Urgent!"
PLEASE do not post your entire script in a message. And if you have to use 2 messages that's a good indication that you're going to annoy people. Only post the part of your script where you have problems. That's it. Just a very small piece of it. It's not hard. Just find the part you think doesn't work and post that. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR ENTIRE SCRIPT. And if you post the entire script it's going to take us a lot longer to find the problem.
PUT YOUR CODE IN in php vB code!!!
Hundreds of times per week we see people post a huge ugly script right into the message. There's a problem with that. The tabs don't work. There's no syntax highlighting. That makes it difficult to read!
There's a really neat vB code built in that will format and syntax highlight your PHP code when you post it. You can use that easy PHP button right above the box where you type your message. The result will look like this:
If you get an error on a certain LINE, tell us what's on that line and what's on the few lines above it!PHP Code:
// this is some easy to read PHP code
It's not too helpful when you mention an error on a certain line but don't tell us what code is on that line. Because errors can sometimes be caused by lines of code above the one the error is mentioned on, please post a few lines above that line.
Only you know what "doesn't work" means
Please tell us what your script is supposed to do and why it "doesn't work". Or if you don't feel like explaining what the whole script is, at least tell us what the offending code is supposed to do. When you come in and say "it doesn't work" or just "it has errors", that means NOTHING. There could be a million things wrong and no one will know where to look.
If you're not going to take the advice, don't ask for help.
Often times, people post questions about their script with the wrong mindset from the very beginning. Soon they are receiving replies, and silently debugging their code, making no effort to even acknowledge the people helping them! It becomes one sided, and the poster isn't aware that many of the people helping them hope to learn something as well! Letting people know of your progress and how their suggestions apply (or do not apply) will not only help you figure out your problem quicker, but you'll be returning the favor to those of us who learn more by helping.
In even worse scenarios, sometimes the poster will argue back even when they don't know what they're talking about. Hey - if you know it all, don't ask for help.
When people give you free code that may solve your problem, by all means, try it out! And if it's not what you need, at least thank them.
And if people post code that is over your head, ask them for an explanation. Too many times I see great solutions posted, then the original poster doesn't understand it and goes hunting around the PHP manual and finds some function they think will solve their problem but really has Nothing to do with their problem! The solution you are given may not always be something you are totally familiar with, so just ask for a better explanation!
Remember when people help you, they are doing YOU a favor
Regardless of how big your ego is, it is NOT someone else's privilege to debug Your code. It is not their privilege to have them help you. It is YOURS. Remember that when people help you they are doing YOU a favor. You are not doing them a favor by letting them see your incredible application. Be patient, help people out by posting good descriptions of what you need help with, and not snapping at people with garbage such as "if you aren't going to help don't waste my time replying".


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Allan leads the Primeur business in the North America. Before joining Primeur, Allan worked for several years at IBM. Throughout his career within the company, he covered various management roles and worked on major customer accounts during his time as the world-wide sales leader for the IBM WebSphere MQ software family of messaging and connectivity products. Allan was responsible for driving the MQ business to meet its revenue targets.
A3. Being part of destination z is a very valuable community as it affords Primeur access to the wide experience through collaboration with customers and IBM. Perhaps the best way to understand fully the value of System z and value of destination z is to watch the video, recorded at Impact 2009 by Peter Sedgwick our director of the new UK company. This can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pHV04EsiaM
A4. Batch/Legacy applications are best run on system z as it is optimized for handling these applications and the way that these applications communicate is through files.
Thank you to Allan for sharing his thoughts. Join me again when I continuing blogging on my journey to Destination z!


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Ulf Buxrud, author of "Rare Malts", is on the brink of publishing the first proper book on Japanese whisky in English. Ulf told me about this some time ago but swore me to secrecy as he worked through the drafts. (I am writing my own book, nothing to do with Japanese whisky, so I know how tough the process of making a book a reality is).
The 200 page hardback, full of sumptuous colour photography, maps, distillery profiles, descriptions of Japan's amazing bar culture and "facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of the Japanese whisky industry" etc. etc. is getting ready to hit the bookshops in late Spring. Ulf writes:
"This book is an endeavour to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of the Japanese whisky industry.I know I can`t wait to get my copy. Sign up at this page for email notification of when the book is released. It will cost about 40 Euros, which is under £30 or $60. By the way, the characters on the cover say "Inochi no mizu" , the "water of life" (from top right reading down to bottom left). My wife's first reaction when she saw me typing away at this was "Scary!" - I think the red made her think of blood - so she was mightily relieved when I told her it was just good old "uisge-beatha".
It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the rise of a trade that became an industry on its own merits.
The 'Japanese Whisky' portrays all distilleries involved in the foundation of a unique chapter in the global history of whisky making. Some of these entities are gone, others are still operating at full steam. Each of the distillery portraits contains histories and comprehensive technical data, some never published before.
A special segment maps a vast number of whisky versions produced over the years. Tasting notes, photo documentation and comments are included for each of them.
Plenty of side information such as how to travel and visit distilleries, the Japanese whisky bar culture, how to and where to find Japanese whiskies and much more is highlighted in the book."
This is an exciting time for Japanese whisky fans. The whisky world started to wake up to Japanese whisky several years ago, with various pioneering experts acknowledging that it could rival anything produced in Scotland, Ireland or the US, but Ulf's book marks a very important stage in the evangelism. I hope Nonjatta is playing a part in this process too. We have a readership of about 1,500 individual visitors a month and that figure has been steadily increasing every month since the site started. I think the message is starting to get through. I was just working with a writer on the influential web magazine Chow for an article on their pages and I am myself putting together a chapter for a unique whisky book (nothing like a guide, something totally different, so no competition with Ulf!!). That will probably be in the bookshops by the end of 2008. As I say, exciting times.


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Because we didn't get enough of that damn compilation the first time.But I guess this also means that we can stop worrying about localizations that don't come within a year or three since they might still come out eventually (you know, like how SD3, Bahamut Lagoon, and the SaGa DS remakes have gotten one, oh wait...).And maybe when they're done charging $40-$50 bux for a 3DS port of a cellphone game made nearly a decade ago they can get around to bringing out Friends of Mana (to complete yet another piece of shit compilation that produced nothing but crap).
After reading a plot synopsis of Before Crisis, I was kind of thankful we never got that game. Most of the other games in the compilation did their best to keep canon relatively consistent.
BC didn't? I ask because there was a time that I tried to make sense of the story of VII with the compilation, but everything end up being a big ugly mess to me... is like everything that is shown in the compilation are just a bunch of stories connected in a very forced way to expand the universe of the main game.VII never really needed any kind of continuation or expansion to its universe though.
With the exception of the random internet analogue Dirge of Cerberus actually fit pretty well into the universe. The characters were a little to whiny, but OMEGA Weapon made sense in the context of the overall story.
Question:Is FF6 available on the 3DS shop or whatever?
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If China's growth is subsidized at all, it's surely subsidized by the amount of goods we buy from them.
But they are a growing competitor with the United States and clearly want to control Asia and the Pacific.
Meanwhile, we have a border problem with Mexico, another country with a lot of impoverished citizens. If we're going to do a lot of trade with a country, Mexico makes a lot more sense than China. Improving their economy could eventually totally eliminate the problem of undocumented "illegal" workers coming across the border for work.
Yet, I hear neither candidate promoting this idea? Why don't they?
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I suspect that is because they - to their detriment - have not chosen to employ you as their advisor.
Actually Obama was working in that direction I believe, general systems theory is getting more and more well known even at the street level. The president is I believe a systems thinker. Because someone draws an imaginary line on the ground, calls it a boundary/boarder does not mean it is an independent system, all systems are open system, and helping Mexico is not a selfless act, but could only be in the interest of all parties concerned, Your suggestion connotes systems thinking.


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I've written before about what this implies for the financial system:
If any OECD state were to default there would be very serious implications:
- The Basel Accord zero risk weight of government debt would be proved fanciful;
- The assumption of government debt as a liquid asset suitable for bank Tier 1 reserves to meet unanticipated and sudden cash demands will become unsustainable;
- Banks would be forced to recapitalise at much higher levels, forcing even sharper deleveraging and contraction of lending;
- Governments would lose the captive, uncritical investor base they have relied on to finance excess public expenditure for the past 30 years;
- Central banks could be forced to suddenly monetise even more government debt if required to meet the cash demands of a run on their undercapitalised banks.
Worrying, but not unexpected. A few of us predicted back in 2008 that the implosion of RMBS and bank capital, leading to central bank and sovereign bailouts, would fuel a central bank balance sheet and sovereign debt bubble. The central bank balance sheets have since balooned to 20 percent of GDP for the Fed and Bank of England, and 30 percent of eurozone GDP for the ECB. Deficits have spiraled everywhere, despite promises of austerity. Now the sovereign bubble too may burst.
From Deflation Has Become Inevitable in December 2008:
In Lombard Street, Bagehot's seminal tome on fractional reserve central banking, Bagehot advises any central bank facing a simultaneous credit crisis and currency crisis to raise interest rates. By raising rates they will ensure that foreign creditors remain incentivised to maintain the general level of credit available while the central bank resolves the local liquidity crisis through liquidation of failed banks and temporary liquidity support of stressed banks.
The very opposite policies have been pursued by central banks in the US, Europe and UK since the beginning of the sub-prime crisis in August 2007. They have cut policy rates drastically, and as the crisis escalated and spread, the yield on government debt has dropped to negative territory. Meanwhile they have shielded those responsible for the creation of record levels of bad debt from any regulatory accountability, relaxed transparency of accounts, and provided massive taxpayer-funded financial infusions to prevent failure and liquidation.
While in the short term these policies have expediency and the maintenance of market "confidence" on their side, in the longer term these policies must undermine any confidence a rational and objective saver or investor might have that savings or investment in the US, EU or UK will be fairly remunerated at an above-inflation rate, or that savings and investments will be protected by effective oversight and regulation from the sorts of executive debasement and outright misappropriation and fraud that are beginning to colour our perceptions of the past decade.
Anyone sitting on a pile of cash now is unlikely to want to either (a) place it in a bank, or (b) invest it in the stock market. As a result, the implosion of the financial and real economy must continue no matter how big the central bank's aspirations for its balance sheet or the treasury's aspirations for its deficit.
I'm sorry I was right. (sigh)


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I am here but not back. I just wanted to check in so y'all know what's going on in my world.
If you follow me on Instagram (amberinteriors), you would have seen that we did not make it to the UK in time to see Nan one last time. She passed away on the Monday before we left
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We had a stroke of luck (in my book at least) and got to see the snow!
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A Conversation with Assistant Professor Brenden Epps
By Anna Fiorentino
December 2012 • Thayer By Degrees: MS
Just a few months ago Brenden Epps was a postdoc at MIT. Now the first-time Assistant Professor at Thayer has returned to the Upper Valley Region—he visited in 2004 while hiking the Appalachian Trail—bringing a vast knowledge of fluid mechanics as it relates to wind and wave energy, which he is using to research aeroelastic modeling of offshore wind turbines. Epps took a few minutes to chat about his research and his experience since arriving in August.
What has your experience teaching at Thayer been like so far?
This fall I taught ENGS/PHYS 100, Methods in Applied Mathematics, which is targeted at first-year graduate students. I like to think of the class as "all the math you should know to be successful in graduate school," and try to emphasize the connections between different math topics as well as the connections between math and physics. One of my students summarized the class best by drawing a wrench and labeling it "math," drawing a nut and labeling it "physics," and saying that my class is about learning how to use the wrench to turn the nut.
Tell us about the underwater robots you built for MIT's Sea Grant College Program.
I am most proud of the software package I developed called OpenProp, which can be used for the design optimization and analysis of both marine propellers and wind turbines. The "Open" refers to the fact that we published the code open-source, and to date we have over 23,000 page views on the OpenProp website. In my research, I have used OpenProp to compare possible propeller designs and the resulting fuel efficiency gains for the U.S. Navy's all-electric ship. In addition to conventional marine propellers, I also investigated the forces and flow structures responsible for fish propulsion. The interesting part is how they kick their tails—what are the precise kinematics and how does that result in forward thrust? In my work, I quantified the vortex structures generated by the fish and the resulting thrust, which have since been verified and been used to compare different body kinematics for optimal propulsion.
I also looked at the canonical "free surface flows" problem of a sphere falling into a basin of water. When you cannonball into the water, you make a tremendous splash, and the resulting fluid dynamics and flow field are quite interesting. What's more interesting though is the case of no splash, which happens if you coat the sphere with a hydrophilic coating. The water remains attached to the surface of the sphere, and you end up seeing a vortex wake, much like that of the fish. In this case though, the vortices impart a tremendous drag on the sphere, actually slowing it down more than the case of the splash. It's important to understand how engineered structures interact with fluids and what the resulting forces are so that we can design efficient propulsion systems and design energy-harvesting turbine systems that maximize power production.
What are your research goals?
I would like to make offshore wind energy a reality. Building off my successes with OpenProp, one of my goals is to continue developing open-source computational engineering tools that can be used for the design and analysis of offshore floating wind turbines. In the offshore case, the fluid-structure interaction problems are quite complex, as the hydrodynamic (wave) forces, aerodynamic (wind) forces, structural loads, and controls systems inputs are all coupled, often non-linearly. I aim to use my strengths in computational modeling to tackle this complex problem. However, numerical models are only as good as the experiments they have been validated against.
Another goal of my work is to build and test scale-model prototypes in order to produce high-quality experimental data for code validation. I plan to use a combination of high-speed imaging, quantitative flow field characterization, and direct instrumentation and measurement of stresses in wind turbine blades in order to characterize the behavior of these turbine systems in unsteady wind and waves.
What attracted you to Thayer School?
Engineering problems don't fit nicely into different disciplines, so we shouldn't pretend that they do. I believe that the cross-pollination between mechanical engineers, chemical engineers, and so on makes Thayer stronger than schools with individual departments. I also appreciate having to explain my work in wind energy to really intelligent people who happen to have a very different knowledge base than I do. This helps me to become a better communicator, and it also sparks great conversation.


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Second Half Defense Lifts Wabash to Top of NCACby Howard W. Hewitt • October 22, 2005 Share:
The Wabash defense recovered from a shaky first half and put a stranglehold on Wittenberg Saturday and a stranglehold on first place in the NCAC.
The Little Giants' 26-20 win combined with Kenyon's loss to Ohio Wesleyan gives Wabash sole possession of first place.
Though leading 14-13 at halftime, Wittenberg had moved the ball up and down the field controlling the ball for over 16 minutes to Wabash's 12 minutes of possession.
"We got off to a slow start and they put some points up on us," said senior defensive back Josh Foster. Foster's third quarter interception was the game's turning point. "Our defense didn't come out right off the bat like we usually do but at halftime we got some things together. We schemed up a little bit and decided what they were doing and came out in second half ready."
Wabash turned the tables in the second half keeping the ball for more than 18 minutes to Witt's 12. Eric Summer's 13-yard catch and Brandon Roop's two-yard run were enough to offset Jered Glover's 65-yard screen pass score in the second half.
"At halftime we got everything taken care of and came out with some energy," said senior linebacker Aaron Selby. "We were excited to stop them."
Selby, who appeared near full strength Saturday and recovered from a broken bone in his foot, registered 10 tackles with 7 of those credited as solo hits.
"We had to come back; we're down 10-0 - how you going to respond to that? We're not always going to be up 24-0 you have to do something about it," he said.
Leading tackler Adrian Pynenberg, a sophomore linebacker, registered 12 stops.
"It seemed like they were scoring on us at will, but none of us put our heads down," Pynenberg said. "It was always one play here and there and we got them stopped. We just thought if we could get them shut down early in the possession we could get them off the field."
The game lived up to its billing and the Wabash defenders admitted they got the test they knew Wittenberg would provide.
"We knew last week, this week and next week would be the stretch that would define who we were as a team," Pynenberg said. "After last week, coach said we hadn't really been tested like we would be today - we knew that and we got prepared mentally and I think we're happy with way we performed."
They passed the test and most of the players admitted it wasn't just another game.
"Up until this year we had a three-game winning streak then last year we lost to them so with them and Wooster we just wanted to get it back," Foster said. "We wanted to be on top and we knew this was our next step in the road to the playoffs. So it was a little more than just another game for us."
The next test comes in the season's longest road trip. The Little Giants will head out Friday morning for a Saturday afternoon meeting with Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.
Photos by Jim Amidon:
Top: Josh Foster's interception turned the momentum in Wabash's favor.
Bottom: Adrian Pynenberg led all tacklers with 12 hits vs. Wittenberg, including this stop of Andy Vanover.


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With a few weeks to go until Oracle Open World, I thought it would be good to provide my top Oracle Solaris picks at the event once again. These are the sessions that you wouldn't want to miss! This year all the Oracle Solaris sessions are over in the Westin hotel, a few blocks away from Moscone (it's our turn!).
|General Session: Oracle Solaris Strategy, Engineering Insights, and Roadmap - Markus Flierl, Michael Montemorano (Verizon)
|This general session, hosted by Markus Flierl, head of Oracle Solaris Core Engineering, goes through the strategy and roadmap for Oracle Solaris. It covers how Oracle Solaris 11 is being deployed in cloud computing and the unique optimizations in Oracle Solaris 11 for the Oracle stack. The session also offers a sneak peak at the latest technology under development in Oracle Solaris and what customers can expect to see in the coming updates. Flierl is joined by a key customer executive who shares the benefits and value experienced with Oracle Solaris and the business challenges solved.
|Oracle Solaris Panel: Insights and Directions from Oracle Solaris Engineering - Darren Moffat, Liane Praza, Nicolas Droux, Bart Smaalders
|This session, featuring a panel of core engineers responsible for a wide range of key Oracle Solaris technologies, covers the current state of Oracle Solaris 11 and gives insights into the future direction of Oracle Solaris technologies and products. Come learn how Oracle Solaris can benefit your environment today and what will continue to make Oracle Solaris the best platform for deploying enterprise applications going forward, with even more features for performance, serviceability, cloud computing, deep Oracle stack optimizations, and ease of administration. The session also provides insights from customers deploying Oracle Solaris 11 in a range of data center environments.
|Why Oracle Software Runs Best on Oracle's SPARC Hardware - Brad Carlile
|Learn proven best practices for running high-performance, secure, mission-critical databases and applications on Oracle's new SPARC T5 and SPARC M5 servers running Oracle Solaris. This session displays techniques for increasing system availability, server utilization, virtualization efficiency, and security for both online and batch processing for a wide variety of applications.
|Ten Key Solaris Zones Differentiators Enhancing Cloud Platforms - Duncan Hardie, Karoly Vegh, Adrian Saul (AAPT)
|Oracle Solaris 11 is the first cloud OS. Its Oracle Solaris Zones feature—no-cost, zero-overhead virtualization technology built in to Oracle Solaris 11—has been serving customers for nearly a decade now. Customers value its manageability, lack of performance overhead, and network separation. Oracle Solaris Zones comes with a rich set of additional features that are key differentiators for cloud platforms too. In this session, you'll learn about availability options, advanced manageability features, performance-guaranteeing possibilities, and delegated configurations of Oracle Solaris Zones.
|Why Oracle Solaris Is the Best UNIX for Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic - Isaac Rozenfeld
|Come learn why IBM and HP customers are moving to Oracle Solaris on SPARC for running Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic. This session discusses the unique optimizations in Oracle Solaris 11 for the Oracle stack that have led to 18 world records on real-world benchmarks for Oracle's SPARC T5 processor and Oracle Solaris. Learn about the most-efficient and most cost-effective way to virtualize Oracle Database or Oracle WebLogic. See how easy it is to update and manage multitenant environments. The session also discusses how Oracle Solaris simplifies private cloud deployments of your software.
|Oracle Solaris 11 Best Practices for Software Lifecycle Management - Bart Smaalders, Glynn Foster
|Learn how improvements to software lifecycle management in Oracle Solaris 11 provide administrators with a significant reduction in complexity and system downtime while they are patching systems. This session provides an overview of the new packaging technology and covers best practices for updating systems by using Oracle Solaris' new network-based package management system, Image Packaging System. It discusses how to create and manage local software repository mirrors, deploy custom applications through the packaging system, and troubleshoot system updates.
|Compliance and Security: Least Complexity, Lowest Risk with Oracle Solaris - Alex Barclay, Kavitha Mariappan
|Learn how Oracle Solaris 11 security and compliance features work together to protect data, centrally manage and restrict users, and apply fine-grained security policies to applications, users, and virtual machines. This session provides an overview of key Oracle Solaris security technologies, with a focus on how to combine them to reduce and report on risks.
We also have a great line up of Hands on Lab sessions over at the Mariott hotel, another short walk from the Moscone. This year we've opted for slightly longer 2 hour sessions to give participants a better chance at completing the labs - check them out:
|Oracle Solaris for RedHat Linux users
|In this Hands-on-Lab we will introduce the basics of administration of Oracle Solaris for administrators experienced with RedHat Linux. We will walk through system configuration including users and roles, automatic and manual networking, managing storage with the ZFS file system, creating virtualized application isolation with Oracle Solaris Zones and management of services with the Service Management Framework (SMF). We will also cover the software lifecycle and how administrators can install and update software using the Image Packaging System (IPS) with failsafe update using ZFS boot environments. We will draw comparisons to how things are done in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and identify the unique differentiators of Oracle Solaris 11.
|Oracle Solaris in the cloud
|In this Hands-on-Lab we'll deploy a cloud infrastructure, leveraging the intrinsic features of Oracle Solaris. We'll use the Oracle Solaris ZFS file system to set up storage for our application and introduce participants to Oracle Solaris Zones as our primary virtualization environment for our cloud layers. We will also use network virtualization to create virtualized network interfaces and switches to communicate between our virtualized environments. We will show how to rapidly deploy the environment and how our application can easily be secured and protected using the built-in features of Oracle Solaris Zones.
|Oracle Solaris Packaging for Administrators
|In this Hands-on-Lab we'll learn to take advantage of the new network based package management to integrate your application and show the unique benefits to the application lifecycle management. We'll first learn how to use the Image Packaging System (IPS) to search, install and update packages and create your own local package repository. Next we'll create a package for your application and publish it to your repository. We will also show how to better integrate your application into the Oracle Solaris operating system, helping to improve application resiliency with service management and use access control technologies to restrict administrative user behavior.
Of course there are a lot of other Oracle Solaris related sessions. Check them out on the content builder and start planning your trip to Oracle Open World today!


text: Share: Comments Print July 3, 2013 at 1:28 PM Idaho teacher who had kids mark faces of slow readers to return Posted by Nick Provenza DECLO, Idaho (AP) — A southern Idaho teacher who allowed her fourth-grade students to use markers to draw on the faces of six classmates who failed to meet their reading goals will return to the Declo school for the 2013-2014 school year. Cassia County school board member Steve Lynch tells The Times-News that Summer Larsen's contract was renewed based on teacher evaluations performed by principal Rebecca Hunsaker, who recently retired. "The evaluation recommended rehiring Larsen," Lynch said. "The evaluation was done appropriately and professionally and supported that decision." The newspaper could not reach Hunsaker for comment. Cindy Hurst said her 10-year-old son came home from school Nov. 5 with his entire face — including his eyelids — scribbled on with green, red and purple markers. "He was humiliated, he hung his head and wanted to go wash his face," Hurst said at the time. "He knows he's a slow reader. Now he thinks he should be punished for it." The Cassia County School District filed a complaint against Larsen with the Department of Education's Professional Standards Commission. Superintendent Gaylen Smyer said the investigation is complete and Education Department spokeswoman Melissa McGrath said there is no formal discipline in Larsen's file. "I was told any PSC activity in this case would not preclude the school district from renewing Mrs. Larsen's contract for the 2013-2014 school years," Smyer wrote in an email to The Times-News. An investigation found nine students who didn't meet their reading goals were allowed to choose between staying in during recess or having their faces marked. Three chose to forgo recess, while six allowed the other students to draw on their faces. Larsen, who has been with the district for six years, hasn't commented on the issue. She does not have a listed phone number. Comments | More in Education, General news, Government | Topics: DECLO, Idaho, marked faces