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Not only have I not been bike commuting during my time off, I haven't even been riding a bicycle. I've been doing a lot of driving and walking and even some kayaking (it's ok- I was wearing boat shoes) and while I wasn't exactly thrilled about returning to the office after a wonderfully charming retreat to the bucolic settings of upstate New York, I was looking forward to getting back on the bike, which I did remember how to ride per aphorism. And it felt good and I was happy about it feeling good and I felt spry and the weather was autumnal and my nose was the slightest bit cold and I wore long sleeves but that didn't help my nose any but that's ok because that's not what long sleeves are for. I took the Cross Check and filled the pannier with a few pairs of shoes and some papers that needed shredding and work clothes and no lunch and that's why I'm hungry now because you can only eat so much paper and shoe leather. Please excuse this post if it deviates into a long disquisition on sandwiches, their merits and copious benefits to society, namely as a non-pretzel mustard delivery system. A man cannot live on pretzels alone, which I believe is a direct quote from the Gutenberg Bible. That's funny because Gutenberg was German and German people, according to this scientific research, love pretzels.
These are the glory days of bike commuting. In fact, my twelve month bike commuting calendar doesn't even list October as a month- it's just a page that has GLORY DAYS written across the top and then a bunch of pictures of puppies frolicking through verdants meadows and such. If you're new to bike commuting, savor these days. If you're old to bike commuting, savor them as well.
East Capitol and then up Pennsylvania Avenue. There was a group of maybe four or five of us together at points and dispersed at others and it was the usual mix of cyclists attired for cycling, some wearing whatever and others wearing other whatever, all across the general spectrum of athletic wear to semi-athletic wear to casual wear to a man dressed in gorilla costume (that one's me!). Freed from the oppressive DC summer heat, I think there's a greater tendency for bike commutes to wear their work clothes during the fall and winter months and I'm glad I have a job as a ape impersonator as I can do the same.
At the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and nowhere (it's not a cross street, but the entrance to the parking garage underneath the Reagan Building) there's a stop light and that stop light has a phase in which there's a green left-turn only arrow and a red light and another phase when there's a red left-turn arrow and a green light and bicyclists are supposed to proceed during this latter phase and it's the habit of many bicyclists to proceed during either phase when there's no one who wants to make the left turn or cross the street on foot. Generally, this is a fine thing to do because, really, you're not impacting anyone else. I found myself stopped behind a bicyclist who was waiting at the red light and I stopped too. He might've been waiting because he cares deeply about stopping at red lights or maybe because there was an occupied police cruiser parked to our right. In either case, we waited. But the woman on the Bikeshare bike who rode up behind us didn't wait. She glanced over her shoulder, saw no cars were coming, rolled right past us and through the red light. And that's when the police officer started her car, turned on her very flashing lights, rolled into the bike lane and asked/told the CaBi-ist to stop. Here's a picture of that from farther down the road:
|Not that guy, but back farther.
I counted 15 cyclists waiting for the light at 15th and Massachusetts. That's fantastic. Bike commuters of all stripes too, and even some polka dots. Polka dots are so in this year.
Helmets? Sometimes I wear one, sometimes I don't. Helmanns? I almost never apply mayonnaise before a long ride, but I do use it when making chicken salad.
They painted some green stripes as an extension of the bike lane across the intersection of R Street and Connecticut Avenue. The green stripes symbolize safety or something. I quite like them, though polka dots would've been much more fashion forward, but perhaps harder for drivers to interpret.
There was a car crash at the intersection of Massachusetts and Garfield Street and this incident between two drivers caused hundreds of other people in cars (and on buses) to be delayed. This is a pretty ridiculous state of affairs. The minute a crash between two bicyclists causes this kind of back up, I'm switching to pogo.
Found this in the locker room this morning.
It's a police bike, left there by one of the bike officers of the campus police. He apologized when he came to pick it up about 10 minutes after I got there. It was hardly a bother. A little strange, but not a huge deal. Way better than a police horse.
Thanks for coming back. I've missed this.


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BettingWar brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 35 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
*EDIT* another example site that people might want to checkout is opensports.com. Also, for an example of how to incorporate author's images with their articles, check out huffingtonpost.com
betting war will be a sports betting community that offers commentary on upcoming games and sports in general. each user can make predictions, and a permanent record is attached to each user picks in their profile.
i am looking for an initial mock up for the home page. i have a web developer who can handle implementing the design. bettingwar.com currently has a basic template with the site's logo, but the home page is essentially a blank slate.
site design should not clash with logo, should focus on the articles, should be sports oriented but include the sports as war metaphor. looking for a web 2.0, modern, sleek looking site (avoid all cheesiness)
ESPN.com, SI.com, Deadspin.com are all good examples of sports commentary sites.
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Powerful, graceful – and vegan! Those three words describe Megan Duhamel, who with her partner Eric Radford, recently became the 2013 Canadian National Pairs Champions. Meagan is one of the best women jumpers in the history of pairs figure skating, and she credits her vegan diet!


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Most notable was the attempt of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) to organise One Big Union in the United States, Canada, and Australia and the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) in Spain.
We have no particular ideological affinity with either group, nor are we affiliated, but like them we see the sense of organising across trades and professions.
We also allow members to belong to other Unions if they choose.
The reasons why Unions were formed in the past are still valid today.
As individuals in the workplace our bargaining and power position with employers is generally weak.
Unscrupulous Bosses can try to pick an individual who speaks out. It is only when we act collectively that we get leverage.
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|How Do I Know I'm Not Gay? (Homosexuality obsessions)
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|Thursday, 14 April 2011 15:11
"How Do I Know I'm Not Really Gay?"
by Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
In the last century, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) was known as "The Doubting Sickness." This is an entirely accurate description, as someone who suffers from it can have doubts about some of their most basic human experiences. These doubts can range from being uncertain of whether or not you have just moved a part of your body to wondering whether or not you are the parent of your own child.
All these different and unpleasant doubts are disturbing in a variety of ways. One of the most fundamental is a type in which an obsessive individual begins to have doubts about his or her own sexual identity. This is not the same as the ordinary doubts people sometimes have about themselves and eventually answer in their own minds. With obsessions, questions are constantly repeated in a sufferer's mind, and they refuse to quit. Those with obsessions recognize that these doubtful thoughts are not their own, and try to resist them. "Could I be gay?" is a common question they ask themselves, or the reverse, as in the title above. The frequency and intensity of these thoughts can worsen under stress or during idle moments, and have a habit of happening at the worst possible times.
As obsessive thoughts go, this type is probably more common than most people realize. Sufferers find them extremely difficult to reveal or discuss, due to the obvious embarrassment they feel. They live in isolation and shame as a result. This is true of most sexual obsessions.
Note: Let me say here that I am not referring to those who are gay. I am talking about someone having an obsessive thought that happens to be about being gay. I lean toward the theory that sexual identity is imprinted before birth and that a person is really not given any choice in the matter, one way or the other. Homosexuality would seem to be a naturally occurring variation among humans and, as such, it is neither good nor bad. I'm sure there are some who would differ with me on this point. When we talk about removing these thoughts, we are only referring to working with those who truly are heterosexual and who only obsess about being gay.
In order to have such a thought, a sufferer need not ever have had a homosexual experience, or even any sexual experience at all. I have observed this symptom in both children as well as in adults. It may begin in adolescence or crop up later in adulthood. As with other obsessions, the thought has a repetitious and nagging quality.
Part of the distress connected with these thoughts must surely be social in origin. Let's face it: gay people have always been an oppressed minority within our culture, and to suddenly think of being in this position and to be stigmatized in this way can be frightening. People don't generally obsess about positive subjects. I have sometimes wondered if those who experience the most distress from such thoughts as these do so because they were raised with more strongly homophobic or anti-gay attitudes to begin with, or if it is simply because one's sexuality can be such a basic doubt. I suppose this remains a question for research to answer. Older psychoanalytic therapies often make people with this problem feel worse by saying that the thoughts represent true inner desires. This has never proven to be so.
Obsessions eventually lead to mental or physical compulsions. This is because compulsions relieve the anxiety caused by obsessions, at least for a little while. Because compulsions are rewarding in this way, they tend to be repeated. In the case of homosexual obsessions, the most common compulsions people use to escape their fears are double-checking (especially mental self-checking), compulsive questioning, and avoidance.
Checking can include:
Obviously, those who keep checking their own reactions to members of the opposite sex will create a paradox for themselves. They become so nervous about what they may see in themselves that they don't feel very excited, and then think that this must mean they are gay. When they are around members of their own sex, they also become anxious, which leads to further stress and, of course, more doubts about themselves. One other paradoxical aspect of this is that some people tend to mistake their own anxiety for signs that they are somehow physically aroused. This, of course, tends to happen in situations where they most don't want to feel aroused in any way.
Compulsive questioning usually involves others who may be close to the sufferer. The questions are never-ending and repetitive. Some typical ones are these:
Do you think I could be gay?
Obviously, no amount of this type of checking or questioning is ever enough to satisfy a sufferer for more than just a short time. As mentioned before, there may be some short-term relief from the anxiety, so this behavior tends to be repeated, and it becomes habit. Even occasional relief from the doubt is enough to keep it all going. Unfortunately, sufferers do not always realize that they have difficulty in processing this information. In reality, a sufferer could gather enough information and answers to fill an encyclopedia, and it still wouldn't satisfy the doubts for very long.
The effect of the questioning behavior on friends and family can be rather negative, drawing a lot of angry responses or ridicule after the thousandth time. One young man I know questioned his girlfriend so often that she eventually broke up with him, and this added to his worries since he now wondered if she did so because he wasn't a "real man."
One other way in which sufferers cope with the fears caused by the obsessions is through directly avoiding everyday situations that get the thoughts going. This can involve:
As with other types of OCD, there is no magical or instant "cure" for these thoughts. OCD, as we know, is chronic ebbing and flowing, but never totally disappearing. The news is not all bad, however. You can find recovery as others have via medication and behavior therapy. If the thoughts tend to be mild to moderate, it may even be possible to treat them behaviorally with the proven OCD treatment (Exposure and Response Prevention) alone while avoiding the standard OCD medications. More serious cases may require medication, however. It can be of great help, and is an important tool in helping people to do therapy.
Exposure and Response Prevention basically involves facing and staying with the thoughts, while resisting the doing of compulsions. I like to tell my patients that the anxiety is not the problem - the compulsions are the problem. When you cease to do compulsions, you are staying with the anxiety and getting closer to the truth. E&RP is carried out in stages, and is based on a listing you and your therapist make in which you rank fearful situations in terms of how much they would bother you. They are usually rated from 0 to 100. Using this technique, you work with a therapist to expose yourself to gradually increasing levels of anxiety-provoking situations and thoughts. You learn to tolerate the fearful situations without resorting to questioning, checking, or avoiding. By allowing the anxiety to subside on its own, you slowly build up your tolerance to it, and it begins to take more and more to make you anxious. Eventually, as you work your way up the list to facing your worst fears, there will be little about the subject that can set you off, and it will no longer have any impact on you. You may still get the thoughts here and there, but you will no longer feel that you must react to them, and you will be able to let them pass.
Some typical Exposure therapy homework assignments I have assigned to people are highlighted below (please note that these are in no special order):
Some typical Response Prevention exercises might include:
Although all of the above techniques are helpful, the audio recordings in particular are one of the most powerful. They help you to directly confront and build a tolerance for the thoughts. You can use a digital voice recorder or even your phone to make such recordings. Overcoming obsessive thoughts takes persistence, but it can be done. Old reports that they are harder to treat than compulsions simply aren't true.
If you decide to go for help, be certain your therapist is qualified and experienced. Be sure to ask if he or she has treated such problems before and if he or she has specialized behavioral training. If the therapist starts talking about your symptoms as if they perhaps represent some kind of true inner desire that you are suppressing, you are not getting the right approach. Be a wise consumer.
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about OCD and related disorders, visit www.ocdbook.com to view information about his book "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well," (Oxford University Press, 2000).
Please Note: Then information in this site is presented as a public service to our patients and friends. It is not a substitute for a careful evaluation by a qualified mental health professional. If you are already under treatment, do not make any changes in your regimen without consulting your doctor.
Staff Articles
- Behavioral Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- The Boy Who Didn't Know Who He Was (Teen Obsessions About Homosexuality)
- Acceptance and OCD
- Acceptance and OCD
- But I Love My Kids (Parents With Thoughts of Harming Their Children)
- Call Me Irresponsible (OCD and hyperresponsibility)
- Coming To Terms With The Lost Years
- Contamination and OCD ("Stronger than Dirt")
- Do-it-Yourself Therapy: Self-Directed Treatment
- Fight for Your Rights: Getting Insurance to Pay for an OCD Specialist
- Getting the Right Treatment (Finding proper CBT treatment for OCD and BFRBs)
- Here's Looking At You, Kid: People With OCD Who Notice Things Too Much
- How Clean is Clean? (Compulsive cleaning and ordering)
- How Do I Know I'm Not Gay? (Homosexuality obsessions)
- How I Treat Violent Obsessions
- How Much Is Too Much? (Taking a more humane approach to behavioral therapy)
- How to Manage Your Parents When You Have OCD (a guide for teens)
- In Search of the Elusive Behavior Therapist
- Inositol and OCD
- Intensive vs. Self-Directed OCD Treatment
- Langley Collyer: The Mystery Hoarder of Harlem
- Let He Who is Without Sin (Religious obsessions)
- Loves Me? Loves Me Not? (Relationship obsessions)
- Morbid Obsessions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (General information)
- Obsessive Love (When People Become "Obsessed" with Other People)
- Panic Disorder (General information)
- Samuel Johnson: A Patron Saint of OCD
- Saving the World (Compulsive Hoarding)
- Teens With Morbid Obsessions
- Ten Things You Need to Know to Overcome OCD
- A Touching Story (Touching and movement compulsions)
- Treating Morbid Obsessions
- Very Superstitious (Magical and superstitious obsessions)
- What Do You Say After You Say You're Sorry (Coming to terms after you recover from OCD)
- What The Heck Is "Obsessive Slowness?"
- When Epidemics Collide: OCD and AIDS
- Your Number is Up! ("Magical" numbers and OCD)
- Advice for Significant Others (Dealing with a TTM sufferer)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Trichotillomania
- Coming to Terms With Your Child's Hair Pulling
- Childhood Trichotillomania (Dealing with the reluctant child's pulling)
- Fight for Your Rights: Getting Insurance to Pay for Your Treatment
- Inositol and Trichotillomania
- A Stimulus Regulation Model of Trichotillomania (Why people pull)
- Trichotillomania (General information)
- Unconditional Self Acceptance and Trichotillomania
- What Cognitive Therapy Can Do for TTM
- Skin-Picking and Nail-Biting - Related Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders: More Than "A Bad Case of Nerves"
- Common Questions, Myths and Misconceptions About Psychiatric Medicine
- Medications that Treat OCD and OC Spectrum Disorders
- OCD and Managed Care
- PANDAS: The OCD - Strep Connection
- Depression: from Children through Adults
- How Do I Know I'm Not Really Gay - Part 2
- How To Defeat OCD By Surrendering
- Living With Your Loved One's OCD: Some Advice For Significant Others
- NAC and Trichotillomania
- Stimulation Substitutes for Trichotillomania
- To Be Or Not To Be. That Is The Obsession: Existential And Philosophical Obsessions
- 25 Tips For Succeeding In Your OCD Therapy
- My Parents Don't Believe I Have OCD
- Both Ends Against The Middle: When OCD Tries To Disrupt Its Own Treatment
- Driven To Distraction: Hit and Run OCD


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The problem with many academic systems is that they are "dumb" to who their users are, what they are doing, and what other systems they are using. This is largely because colleges have different buyers for different functions—learning management, student-information systems, digital-content management, campus analytics, and e-mail systems.How goes the London Book Fair? Mark Medley from Canada's National Post follows Canadian publisher House of Anansi Press around the fair (NatPo):
While there are single sign-on systems to get to all of these systems with one log-on, that does not make them "smart." A smart system integrates all of these functions to do two things: serve the end user (students, faculty, administrators) and interpret the data to improve performance.
At the moment there is no clear path to smart systems in higher education. The big data and identity engines of Silicon Valley are not idling, however. They are starting to accelerate, with the higher-education market squarely in their sights. While private equity is rearranging many of the traditional education-technology and content players, mostly on the East Coast, a new breed of venture-backed education start-ups are taking what their founders learned at Google, Facebook, Zynga, and Twitter and focusing on education.
There isn't much trembling at the fair, at least on the surface. The London Book Fair makes you forget about the paper-thin profit margins, closing bookstores, and falling advances. Walking through Earls Court's cavernous main hall, one is transported to an alternate-universe where the popularity of books is at an all-time high. It is a circus atmosphere: a man on stilts distributes leaflets; pirates welcome visitors to the L. Ron Hubbard display; a half-naked man hands out copies of 50 Shades of Grey. While there are plenty of smaller displays, the larger publishing houses have all built lavish shrines to the printed page. Wiley's booth is equipped with 23 individual meeting desks and looks more like a stock market trading floor than a book fair display; Hachette's multi-tiered mansion rises two storeys in the air, like a middle finger, and Little, Brown, part of the Hachette empire, flaunts an oversized photo of J.K. Rowling, as if to remind other publishers that they, and not you, are publishing her upcoming novel.The debate over the New York public library's house cleaning continues (IHE):
"We keep it in the basement, I guess, and wheel it out for every London Book Fair," says Stuart Williams, an editor at The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House UK, when I ask where the booths come from.
Over in Earls Court Two, which opened in 1991, adding 17,000 square metres of floor space, the Chinese contingent dominates the centre of the mammoth hall. Nearby is the sleek and minimalist Digital Zone, where attendees wait for the day they take over the main space. Dozens of individual countries are present, from Romania to Saudi Arabia to Turkey, next year's market focus. The Sultanate of Oman is housed in a castle. There are also booksellers, textbook and university publishers, business books, children's publishers, travel guides, accessories for e-readers. There are even booths advertising other book fairs, such as the Sharjah International Book Fair, which takes place in the U.A.E.
Efforts to spin the news are to be expected. Much more of a problem with the proposed changes is the lack of transparency. The actual Central Library Plan itself had not been made public last year, when The Nation published Scott Sherman's long report on the proposed changes. Four months later, it still isn't. Nor are officials responsive to serious questions. When the New York writer Caleb Crain was invited to join an advisory panel concerning the Central Library Plan, he assumed it meant the administration would be forthcoming about details. At least he cleared up that misunderstanding pretty quickly. "I don't think anyone should expect this advisory panel to have much investigative authority or capacity," Crain wrote on his blog two weeks ago. "I've pressed as hard as is consonant with civility, and I'm afraid I don't have much to show for it publicly. I've been given private answers to some of my questions, but I worry that unless the answers are offered to the public, there's no way to recruit outsiders to help fact-check them, and no way to hold the library accountable later for promises implicit in its reassurances."The Economist on Pottermore and the power of Rowling. I continue to believe Pottermore is a storefront and platform for a lot more than the Potter franchise. (Econ):
"With great power comes great responsibility," is a lesson learned by Harry Potter, Frodo Baggins and Peter Parker. High expectations are the price of Pottermore's guaranteed success. Ms Rowling knows full well that she, like The Boy Who Lived, does not abide by ordinary rules. Already she has changed the e-book retailing model. By retaining her own e-book rights, and then forcing Amazon and others to sell them via Pottermore, as well as offering vastly extended access to libraries and schools, she is evening the playing field. Fans responded by buying $1.5m in e-books in the first three days, particularly the seven-book set. The sales are fundamental, Mr Redmayne says, to financing the free Pottermore platform, which can be accessed in a variety of languages.Thinking about NetFlix and their changed business model that generated so much aggro (S&B):
Whether Ms Rowling and her team can bring this same disruptive innovation to the Pottermore world itself, and sustain the momentum of the original series remains to be seen. How fast, and how creatively, the site builds out will determine the answer. An entire world of linking interactivity between the digital books and the online universe of Pottermore is possible. The medium is in its infancy. One thing is certain: if there's anyone who can turn an e-reader into a device that "apparates" from the everyday into the truly magical, it will be Harry Potter.
In October 2011, one of the great backflips in the annals of business strategy took place. Netflix Inc., the most prominent video rental service company in the world, had begun to charge separately for its DVD-by-mail service and its streaming service in July, which in effect had increased prices by 60 percent for customers who used both services. Then, in September, Netflix had gone further, announcing it would split those services into two separate businesses, renaming the DVD-by-mail operation Qwikster. Consumer protests, conducted largely over the Internet, forced the retraction in October; Netflix announced it would revert to providing a combined service under one brand. By November, the company's market cap had dropped by 70 percent and more than 800,000 subscribers had fled. The online mea culpa that CEO Reed Hastings wrote to customers only added fuel to the flames. In January 2012, a group of investors sued the company for loss of profits. Clearly, a bit of the company's luster as a Silicon Valley darling has been lost, and Reed Hastings's reputation as a strategically adept CEO has been damaged.From the twitter this week (PND):
Flipboard is 'head-on competitor' on Economist's road to all-digital Paidcontent
Apple's iBooks Author: the iTunes of self-publishing apps? Arstechnica
The digital world has invigorated publishing, not doomed it Guardian
If Harvard Can't Afford Academic Journal Subscriptions, Maybe It's Time for an Open Access Model Time
Pearson says first-half profits will dip - FT
Fight heats up between John Wiley and patent lawyers over journals Paidcontent
U of M opens up to open source textbooks MINN Public Radio


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PERTH - France won their first Hopman Cup title on Saturday night, taking a thrilling decider against Poland. The two countries split the singles rubbers at the mixed teams tournament, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beating Grzegorz Panfil and Agnieszka Radwanska then edging past Alize Cornet in an epic battle. The French then claimed the tie with a 6-0, 6-2 win in the mixed doubles rubber. France had previously been beaten in the 1998 and 2012 finals.
No player during the tournament showed more determination to win than Cornet and she was understandably thrilled to notch her country's first win in the tournament. "We made history today and France finally won the Hopman Cup," she said. "I think we deserved it, we played a great week." Tsonga, the world number 10, said Cornet had a future in Hollywood after her theatrics on court, including jumping into his arms after the winning point.
He was pleased with his form heading towards the Australian Open, finishing unbeaten in singles this week and said winning the event was the icing on the cake "It is always great to hold a trophy," he said.
Although Panfil was on the wrong side of the ledger in the final, the tournament was still the highlight of his career. Ranked 288th in the world, he beat two top 30 players in Milos Raonic and Andreas Seppi, and pocketed easily the biggest pay cheque of his career.
The 26-year-old was a late replacement for countryman Jerzy Janowicz in the tournament. He had career prizemoney of US$137,936, and collected AUS$90,000 ($81,000)for losing the final. After Tsonga won his singles match in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, Radwanska levelled the final with a gruelling win over Cornet in a high-intensity match with many long rallies.
The world number five survived a marathon 80-minute second set, during which she held a match point, before the Frenchwoman finally squared the match in the tiebreak with her fifth set point. However, Cornet had run herself to the point of exhaustion, at one stage suffering the ignominy of incurring a time penalty as she struggled to regain her breath following yet another long rally.
She tired in the final set, allowing Radwanska to prevail in two hours and 33 minutes, 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, in one of the most remarkable matches ever seen at the mixed teams tournament. Despite the vast chasm in their rankings, Tsonga had his hands full with the little-known Panfil. Tsonga created numerous break points, converting just two of 14, but got a shock when Panfil capitalised on his only opportunity to break in the eighth game of the second set, levelling the match in the process. However, Tsonga steadied in the decider to maintain his unbeaten record in seven singles matches in Perth.


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I don't remember the first time ,I tasted a pizza.But the memories associated with the word are mostly of my Pune days. Those times, when I was a total careless free bird, staying far away from home, having blast with pals, enjoying my proudly earned money at such a young age..It was a total different experience n yes except some real tough times n pressure at work place,I would say I enjoyed it greatly.I never seemed to get along with the food there ,n we never used to cook in the beginning too.So we all were highly dependent on all sorts of junks…n there was this Mc D's near by our place..n most of the weekends we would go there.It was a kinda mall,with a Multiplex,brand shops,n various famous eatery nooks scattered around.A true fun place n youngster's vista.I used to have mainly burger's from there.Never seemed to like Pizza much.Once I had ordered an expensive pizza from Domino's n got depressed as it tasted weird. So that experience made me keep a safe distance from it.But later on, I liked the Mc' D one's n also some other shop brand's like Pizza Hut too. But still It was neva my favorite..!!
And as if to complete the story, my better half seemed to have a strong dislike for it as well.He says he is pissed off of Pizza, having it all the time during his bachelor days..;p.So we never really ventured out to have this thing during any of our eat-out's..but then one day I suddenly got a craving ,n I knew I would never be able to make him eat one from outside, or he would buy me this big one n ask me to finish it..So I started browsing like crazy for a fool - proof recipe. No chance for a trial.It has GOT to be perfect..!! I didn't want to waste all those flour ,n veggies n cheese n chicken..!!
I have used White Bread flour for this.Thats the perfect one.I dunno if AP flour will work as well.You can make it a healthy Whole wheat Pizza with wheat flour.But then it would be hardly airy,n would have a draker shade.Crust would mostly ressemble a Naan.Well,that pays for the health factor I guess..:D..My crust was so soft n gorgeous n light with so many generous air pockets all around .As I made a single pizza with the whole dough ,the crust is slightly thick.But nevertheless it was super soft n fluffy.You can make two thin small ones out of it as well.
Dissolve 1 Tbsp Active dry yeast in 1 cup warm water and keep it aside to rise,some 10-15 mins.
After that about 2 Tbsp of olive oil, 1.5 tsp of salt n about 1 tsp of sugar to it and stir lightly.
Take 3 cups of flour ,make a well in the centre n pour the wet ingredients n gently stir to combine.
Now knead it to a soft pilable dough.It takes some 15 mins or so.
Take a large bowl,oil it and flip the dough ball in it to cover and keep aside for an hour in a slighlty preheated oven or any warm place like that to double.
After an hour,take it out ,place on a clean working surface.You can either divide it into two or work on it for one large pizza.Punch down and flatten into a thick disc shape.Pinch the edges if you want a lip there.(With 3 cups of flour you can make 2 small thin crust Pizza's or 1 large slightly thick one like mine.)
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Clean n chop about 1/2 lbs of chicken lengthwise into thin pieces.
Marinate it with 1-2 tsp Chilli powder,1/2 -1 tsp Pepper powder,1/4 tsp Cumin powder,1/2 tsp Garam masala,2 tsp Tomato sauce,1 Tbsp yogurt,2 Tbsp lime juice,Kasuri Methi n salt.
Refrigerate it for overnight or atleast an hour or two.
Shallow fry it in lil oil,till all sides are lightly blackened or you can deep fry /bake it as well..I found fried ones taste better than the baked.
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1 14-16 lb turkey
4 cloves garlic
1 small onion, quartered
2 teaspoons dehydrated minced onion
1-2 teaspoons dehydrated minced garlic
1-2 teaspoon(s) sesame seeds
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup olive oil
Preheat oven to 400. Loosely stuff the turkey with the onions and garlic. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil and spices. Rub the mixture over the turkey. Roast the turkey for 30 minutes, then turn the oven down to 325 until done, about 2 1/2 hrs. Allow to sit 5 minutes before carving.


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The Twitter account of a police inspector with an interest in mental health issues has been reinstated after an internal inquiry by his force.
Michael Brown, who tweets as @MentalHealthCop and has almost 17,000 followers on the social media site, had his account suspended by West Midlands Police last week.
In a statement, the force said: "A West Midlands Police officer has accepted informal advice following an internal investigation into misuse of a social media account.
"The account, @MentalHealthCop - a twitter and blog site managed by a response inspector with a keen interest in mental health issues - was suspended on February 14 following allegations of inappropriate use of direct messaging and social media.
"A swift professional standards investigation established that the officer accepted there had been some inappropriate use and informal advice was given."
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Forsyth said: "I and my colleagues at West Midlands Police are proud of our social media endeavours, working closely with officers and staff to engage and communicate in new and innovative ways.
"As with any organisation which communicates with the public, we have to ensure that there are parameters around the way information is shared, particular when that information can be sensitive.
"I am pleased that this issue has been resolved in a speedy manner to the satisfaction of those directly involved."
Mr Brown is well-regarded by mental health experts and his online blog, which he set up in 2011, won the national mental health charity Mind's 2012 digital media award.
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Signal recognition using neural network
I have .txt file contains number of lines represent zeros crossing. each line correspond to zero crossing according to specific three shold .
i have to train network on this file. then use it to detect other threshold?
any idea please. i do not have that experience with neural network to do that
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Re: Signal recognition using neural network
While you do not show the patterns you have acquired, and the pattern(s) you want to recognize, it is difficult to guess even if NN is the best approach to do recognition on this case.
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Re: Signal recognition using neural network
Probability of detection and error depends on your bias for recognition and consequence of errors. According to Shannon you can predict this probability knowing the information SNR, BW, complexity ( modulation ) and "uniqueness" and redundancy of sequence. It also demands a matched receiver to match the spectral density of the signal to reject the spectrum of the noise, otherwise GIGO garbage in garbage out. From Fourier series we also can estimate the quantization noise and required number of samples to obtain a spectral density and a time domain unique pattern.
In theory, the logic signals have infinite SNR so only the time intervals of "zero crossings" or transition times with state levels may be possible to be uniquely detected with high certainty or low BER.
But for analog patterns with zero crossings of unknown SNR, we have a huge unknown for pattern recognition and you are tossing the quality signals in between. As you have told so far, there is yet no best approach for correlation.
Maybe you know better, but have not shared file or told us the specs for every variable I have mentioned, which is almost essential to a good solution. So in this situation one needs to know not just the zero crossing but the actual data in between. Pls share, and expand with details.
The method of detection may need cross-correlation, , timing histogram and sequence, spectral density and phase information, tolerance for pattern recognition etc then define the variables for a NN matrix or array to create a signature .
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The federal government finally filed its brief in opposition to former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio's request for a Supreme Court review of his insider trading conviction.
The government received two extensions before making the filing on Friday. The filing means the case may be circulated to the justices for consideration as early as June 12, which is 10 days after the government's filing. According to the Supreme Court calendar, the next conference of justices after that date is June 18. The final conference of the term is June 25. A decision is generally announced within a few days after the case is considered during a conference.
Nacchio's attorneys can still file a reply brief in response to the government's arguments, though Supreme Court rules state that circulation of the case will not be delayed pending the reply brief, if any.
The arguments in the filing aren't new, as the Justice Department has dealt with the same issues throughout Nacchio's appeals. Since his 2007 conviction, the case has been heard by a three-judge appeals panel and the full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (minus three judges who recused themselves).
You can read the government's response here.
Securing a Supreme Court review is difficult (roughly 1 percent of cases get their cert petition granted), but one area where experts say Nacchio could draw some intrigue is his argument that this is a highly unusual insider trading case because the "inside information" he held was related to financial projections. Typical cases involve information connected to a pending merger or some other major one-time announcement.
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A contingent of stars from stage, screen and field signed on to be part of MLB.com's Postseason Survivor Competition, but they didn't find it quite as easy as one might think.
Beginning with 24 aspirants, the Postseason Survivor field has already been whittled down to one: Actor Nick Turturro, whose victory earned him $10,000 toward Catholic Charities, the group he was playing for.
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History of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Resurrection (Bronx, New York)
I have been unable to find any useful information on the internet. My only advice would be to check with local public recordkeepers, such as the library.
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With things winding down here at BlackBerry® Jam Americas 2012, it's time to wrap up the week and it has definitely been a busy one on the Inside BlackBerry blog family. Donny, Luke and I all agree: It has been one fantastic week here in San Jose. We saw new BlackBerry 10 announcements, great workshops, new tooling, partner demos and even a music video tribute. We were here capturing all the action as it happened. Check out our BlackBerry Jam Americas wrap video. Listen to what the attendees wanted to share and you'll see what an awesome vibe the show had.
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Thanks for tuning in to another great BlackBerry Jam event, keep it locked to the Inside BlackBerry blogs for more details on upcoming BlackBerry Jam events in Europe and Asia, the new BlackBerry Jam for Enterprise events and of course all your official BlackBerry 10 news.
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There is no way Meyer is going to dominate the Wolverines like Tressel did!
Well, its official, Urban Meyer is bringing the Tim Tebow show to Columbus!
I wonder if he'll implement another spread system even after seeing how stupendously Rich Rods spread failed in the Big 10?
I'm pretty sure the Badgers are going to be feasting on roasted Duck come New Years.
Did he not watch any replays of Rich Rods Wolverines?
Rich managed to get the offense working at UM, but entirely forgot about a thing called "defense".
I would respectfully differ. All RR did was prove ...
So let me see if I've got this strait?Still having problems getting things straight, eh? :-D Notre Dame and Ohio State are the only unbeaten teams in the land. Notre Dame is ranked #1, so logically the Buckeyes are really the 2nd best team. "Logically" the three leading polls have ALABAMA as #2. I do see that the AP Poll has Ohio State listed in 4th place...USA Today and the BCS are not listing them. Tressell or whatever his name was hurt the Buckeye's badly...I just wonder how far the tendrils of his questionable ethics went into the Ohio sports department. Meyers is a good coach and a good man, he will do the program a lot of good.So next weekend when the rejuvenated Wolverines beat the Buckeyes in Columbus, that makes us number 2, right? That's what I figured. :)Still delusional, eh? :laugh:


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Facility Bylaw No. 36-2001
Being a By-Law to regulate the fees for the use of Municipal Grounds and Facilities of the Municipality of Whitestone. Whereas the Council of the Municipality of Whitestone deems it desirable to regulate the fees for the use of all Municipal Recreational Grounds and Facilities; and Whereas the Council of the Municipality of Whitestone wishes to update the fees and rates for the use of all Municipal Playgrounds, Halls, Parks and Pavilion. Now therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Whitestone enacts as follows:
- That By-Law No. 28-2001 is hereby repealed.
- That the attached Hall Rental Agreement identified as Schedule A be and is hereby forming part of this By-Law.
- That the attached Schedule B listing the fees and rates for the use of all Municipal Grounds shall be and is hereby forming part of this By-Law.
- That this By-Law shall come into force and take effect upon its adoption.
General Conditions:
This agreement is subject to the following conditions that are attached to and forming part of the Rental Agreement.
The Hall is not to be rented to any person/group without a signed agreement.
Unless notification of any cancelation is received in writing from the applicant by the Municipality at least 7 days prior to the date of the function, the rental fee is due and payable to the Municipality.
The Renter is responsible for the following:
- Checking the premises prior to the function for any damages and reporting same;
- For setting up tables and chairs;
- For returning the premises, including the Hall, Pavilion, Bar, Kitchen, counter tops, stoves, dishes and sinks to the cleanliness and position it was found;
- Garbage to be placed in garbage bags;
- Nails, tacks or tape NOT to be used on walls;
- Tables NOT to be used as ladders;
- To supervise and control all persons in attendance at the function and to restrict such persons to the premises;
- To abide by capacity limit of the Facility;
- For Licensed Function, to obtain a proper Licence from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), to provide all Liquor and Equipment necessary for the sale and consumption of Liquor and to remove all remaining Liquor and Equipment immediately following the Function;
- To provide any and all Liability Insurance and Policing that may be required for a Licensed Function (see Schedule B, Section B, Item #3).
- No Alcohol shall be served after 1:45 a.m.
- Not to Contravene any Statutes or Regulations of the Province of Ontario, of the Dominion of Canada, or any By-Laws of the Municipality;
- Be responsible for the lights being turned off including Bathrooms and removing all decorations before leaving;
- That all doors are locked at the close of the event and the key returned to the Municipal Office during the next Business day.


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Woohoo! For all you social media fiends out there, we're keeping the updates flowing. Both the Twitter and LinkedIn apps will be receiving an update for BlackBerry 10 smartphones today. The apps will be available for free download in the BlackBerry World storefront. These enhanced apps make it easier than ever to stay connected and do more with your social and professional contacts, while on the go.
I'm sure you can't wait to check out some of the new features and enhancements you can look forward to when you pick them up. Check out all the details below.
New Features for Twitter version 10.0.3/10.1.3
- Enjoy more content with Universal Search –See more content when you're searching. You'll be able to view related profiles, tweets and top tweets, photos and relevant searches all on one page.
- Always Fresh Content – Content that is always fresh and up to date. Automatic caching gives you the current information at your fingertips without having to manually refresh your tabs.
New Features for LinkedIn version 10.0.3/10.1.3
- Find your current contacts on LinkedIn: With the latest update, you can import the personal address book from your BlackBerry 10 device to LinkedIn, making it easier to view and connect to your contacts on LinkedIn.
- UI improvements: We've updated the overall design of the LinkedIn application for BlackBerry 10 to improve the user experience. These updates include improved visual styling, better pull down functionalities for refreshes, touch down feedback on clicking list items, and more.
- Follow and learn about companies :An important element of LinkedIn is the ability to connect to companies and subscribe for company related updates and content. The latest version of LinkedIn for BlackBerry 10 allows you to view information about the companies you follow in greater detail, such as:
- How you're connected
- About
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- Similar Companies
- News & Updates
- Other Updates: We've made quite a few additional updates to LinkedIn for BlackBerry 10. These include inbox enhancements, deleting and archiving messages, people search improvements, and the ability to update your profile photo from within the app. To get all the details, visit the official app page on the BlackBerry World application storefront.
Do these updates have your mouth watering? Download them now on BlackBerry World: Twitter v10.0.3/10.1.3 and LinkedIn v10.0.3/10.1.3 and let us know what you're most excited for in the comments below.
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SCCS-NY 2013 Workshops
The Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York offers several dynamic, interactive workshops for attendees.
Workshop Session I
Art in Conservation: Poetry and the Natural World in Mexico
Organizers: Deborah Diemont, Department of Environmental Resources, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University; and Stewart Diemont, Department of Environmental Resources, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
This workshop will explore how the arts, in particular poetry, can be used to provide perspective about local ideas toward the natural world and help in designing conservation and restoration strategies that meet the needs of communities, particularly in lesser-developed regions. It will feature texts and video footage of readings by Mayan and Zoque indigenous poets. Poetry brings to light unique and culture-specific perspectives on nature that are important considerations for conservation and restoration. The Tzeltal Maya language integrates humans with their environment (e.g., the word for tongue translates as "leaf of the mouth"). We have incorporated poetry into our field course on conservation and ecosystem restoration design in Chiapas, Mexico. Our students have read poems about the natural world by well-known Mexican poets, and attend a tri-lingual reading by indigenous poets from Chiapas during which poets read their work in their native Maya and Zoque languages as well as Spanish, which we translate into English. At the end of the field course, we ask students to present an original poem about their Mexico experience. Examples of these student poems will also be provided, and workshop participants will be invited to draft a poem based on their own field experiences.
Benefits of Student Engagement in Public Participation in Scientific Research Projects
Organizer: Chanda Bennett, Manager of Education, WCS – New York Aquarium.
Public Participation in Scientific Research (PPSR) refers to organized research projects in which members of the public volunteer their time to engage in scientific investigations. Citizen volunteers of all ages, professions, and backgrounds participate in community scientific research in different ways and for a variety of reasons. For students, PPSR projects can be great opportunities to develop or advance science-related skills. Participants in PPSR projects can increase their ability to identify animals in the field, become comfortable using different measurement instruments, and/or learn how to collect field data following specific methods. In this workshop, participants will be exposed to some popular PPSR resources, learn about citizen science projects coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society, and gain some practice with an emerging animal monitoring PPSR under development at the New York Aquarium.
Biodiversity Conservation in the City: What are the next big questions in urban conservation biology?
Organizers: Dr. Mark Weckel, Postdoctoral Conservation Research and Teaching Fellow, American Museum of Natural History; Dr. Timon McPhearson, Assistant Professor of Ecology, The New School; Emily Nobel Maxwell, Urban Conservation Director, The Nature Conservancy; Dr. Ellen Pehek, Principal Research Ecologist, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
This workshop will bring students and professionals together to identify and discuss the big questions facing the field of urban conservation biology. The workshop will begin with a brief overview of the concept of urban biology, followed by brief talks by three professionals discussing their work and how it relates to conservation biology. The four workshop presenters will then lead breakout groups to address major themes of urban conservation biology such as where the field is going, what (if anything) differentiates it from its parent discipline, and whether urban conservation holds any lessons for conservation at large.
Expanding your teaching toolbox: An introduction to active and scientific teaching approaches
Organizer: Dr. Ana Luz Porzecanski, Associate Director for Capacity Development and NCEP Project Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.
In graduate school, most of us get a heavy dose of content knowledge, which is certainly important to our future work as academics or practitioners. However, many of us do not receive the same sort of training on how to communicate this information, whether in the form of teaching, running workshops, or organizing meetings. This workshop will focus on how active, student-centered, and evidence-based approaches can be more effective than traditional lecture-based approaches in promoting student learning. During this workshop, we will review the principles of scientific teaching, and discuss a number of tools for active teaching and classroom assessment. Participants will be able to practice application of some of these tools, and will take home a "toolbox" of materials and resources.
Workshop Session II
Balancing Social and Ecological Needs in Conservation Planning and Protected Area Management
Organizers: Joshua Fisher, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scientist & Lecturer, the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4), the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Managing protected areas such as forest conservation concessions, marine protected areas, and landscape-scale conservation corridors requires conservation planners to balance multiple competing social, ecological, and economic considerations. Often, the interests of stakeholders are incompatible with ecological constraints. Likewise, the needs and interests of the myriad stakeholder groups are often competing, and are all too often points of real conflict. Faced with these dilemmas, conservation managers and planners must explore ways to maximize ecological gains while minimizing the social costs associated with conservation. This workshop will provide exposure to practical tools designed to assist conservationists achieve that balance, and emphasize the need to include participatory approaches in environmental problem solving, and will likewise highlight the importance of using physical and social scientific data to inform conservation planning.
A biocultural approach in conservation practice: Conceptual and practical tools for linking biological and cultural diversity
Organizer: Georgina Cullman, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.
Interest in biocultural approaches is growing as conservation initiatives increasingly work with diverse local stakeholders to advance conservation objectives. A growing consensus in conservation practice posits that initiatives are more effective and sustainable when they explicitly integrate human needs and aspirations with conservation objectives. A biocultural approach takes as a given that human societies and the environment affect and are affected by one another in a reciprocal relationship, necessitating a holistic approach in conservation practice. This workshop will introduce the history, origin, and application of the concept of biocultural diversity and will explore the implications of a biocultural approach for conservation project design, implementation, and decision-making. This workshop will address questions such as: How do you design a project that addresses biocultural diversity? How do you find funding for such a project? How do you translate results from biocultural research into action? Workshop participants will evaluate existing biocultural projects to identify factors that lead to their success and will propose methods that reorient existing traditional conservation projects to incorporate a biocultural perspective.
What am I Going to Do with the Rest of My Life?! Exploring Careers in Conservation
Organizers: Alexandra E. Sutton, Duke University; Rae Wynn-Grant, Columbia University; Cynthia Malone, Columbia University; Dr. Mary E. Blair, Assistant Director for Research and Conservation Planning, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.
Interested in industry? Aching for academia? Never gonna give up non-profits? Pretty sure you're perfect for policy? Wooed by science writing? Then bring your curious self to our workshop, where we'll be doing some self-assessment activities, discussion options in conservation careers, and small-group sharing about the challenges and rewards of the work we'd like to do. We invite senior scientists to speak about their experiences, post-docs and graduate students to group-share their goals, and undergraduates and high schoolers to discuss their developing ideas. All you need is a notebook, pen, and your creative mind – group activities, games, worksheets, and cookies are on us!