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Department of Commerce Accomplishment Report 1997
Executive Order 12906, April 13, 1994, requires that Federal agencies participate in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is the focal point for these activities. The Department of Commerce, through activities in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of the Census, and the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST), has a strong commitment to the FGDC:
Goal 1: Increase the awareness and understanding of the vision, concepts, and benefits of the NSDI through outreach and education.
Intent: This goal seeks to propagate the stated NSDI vision. The concepts of NSDI, defined by Executive Order 12902, include community-based standards, public access to data through distributed clearinghouses, development of a framework of basic data, and sharing data with others among all sectors of government, academia and private industry. Organizations committed to the NSDI should communicate widely with current and potential users of geospatial data. This goal also seeks to incorporate ideas and practices that foster NSDI into the educational system at all levels, from kindergarten through university and professional training.
1.1 Demonstrate the benefits of participation in the NSDI to existing and prospective participants.
M. Lockwood, NOS, wrote two papers:
G. Barton, NESDIS, wrote two FGDC articles in the NOAA Earth System Monitor:
1.2. Promote principles and practices of the NSDI through formal and informal education and training.
M. Lockwood, NOS, conducted four "Open Forum" meetings during the year where he presented overviews of the FGDC and specific activities relevant to the Bathymetric Subcommittee: in December 1997 in conjunction with the San Francisco Bay Demonstration project; at the 1997 Federal Waterways R&D conference; at the Coastal Zone '97 meeting; and at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/NOAA surveying symposium in St. Louis, August 1997.
Carol Gerlitz and David Hastings of NGDC participated in the Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) Implementors' Workshop, held in Rolla, Missouri on September 15-18, 1997. Gerlitz presented a paper on "Adventures With Point Data in SDTS." Hastings led a session on a proposed public SDTS translation demonstration. Approximately 150 people participated in the conference, from federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as software developers.
The National Academy of Science U.S. National CODATA Committee organized a Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration, held in December at the National Institutes of Heath Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda MD. NOAA was a cosponsor of the Conference where the FGDC was represented with an on-line demonstration and a panel presentation.
NOAA was Cosponsor of the Second IEEE Metadata Conference held in September in the NOAA Silver Spring, MD, auditorium. There were several FGDC presentations and a poster presentation.
Bureau of the Census Geography Division staff continued to coordinate with appropriate Census Bureau divisions, staffs, and offices on activities associated with the implementation of Executive Order 12906 by beginning production of metadata for all Census Bureau geospatially referenced datasets in accordance with the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata.
Coastal Services Center: Presentations and demonstrations of FGDC were given at the following sites:
Goal 2: Develop common solutions for discovery, access, and use of geospatial data in response to the needs of diverse communities. Intent: The NSDI will move toward common languages and architectures for describing describe geospatial data from many applications, and common technical solutions for accessing and using these data. Individuals from many different organizations and disciplines will contribute to the definition and development of these solutions.
2.1. Continue to develop a seamless National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.
Coastal Services Center created a NSDI Clearinghouse node and provides all CSC metadata through this node.
CSC continued to document all CSC datasets in FGDC metadata format.
Access to the NOAA Data Directory was implemented using the NOAAServer software that allows search of data descriptions and access to selected NOAA data systems. Over 10,000 NOAA data descriptions are available in the FGDC Metadata Standard Format.
The NOAA Data Directory descriptions were implemented as 13 data base nodes on the FGDC Clearinghouse. All descriptions are in the FGDC Metadata Standard Format. Over 10,000 descriptions are available in 11 separate NOAA data base nodes on the Clearinghouse. Two other nodes have data related to NOAA: the GOIN node has 300 Japanese data descriptions; and the NEDRES node has over 20,000 legacy of federal, state and local data sets described in the period 1972-1989. The 13 nodes are:
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
NOAA National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
NOAA Other NOAA Offices (NWS, OAR, NOS)
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (COP)
NOAA Historical Data Sets at NOAA Central Library (LISD)
NOAA Historical Data Sets at NCDC Library (FDL)
NOAA Coastal Ocean Center (CSC)
National Environmental Data Referral Service Legacy Data Base (NEDRES).
NOAA U.S.-Japan GOIN Pilot Node (GOIN)
The Data Discovery Subsystem of DoD's Master Environmental Library requires all metadata to be FGDC compliant. The NGDC SPIDR data base is an important MEL component,. Metadata descriptions of all Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data sets in SPIDR are now FGDC compliant. Those data sets are ionospheric parameters, geomagnetic 1-minute variations, geomagnetic hourly variations, geomagnetic activity indices, GOES solar x-rays, GOES magnetometer, GOES energetic particles, DMSP visible imagery, DMSP thermal infrared imagery, DMSP microwave imagery, DMSP auroral particles, solar indices, sunspot numbers, ancient solar databases, and solar radio.
2.2. Support the evolution of common means to describe geospatial data sets.
M. Lockwood, NOS, provided leadership for the development of a National Shoreline Data Standard. He gave briefings to the FGDC Coordination Group and to the FGDC Steering Committee and developed a proposal and federal register announcement outlining the issues that need to be addressed. He organized the Shoreline Workshop held at the Coastal Services Center in Charleston, SC on November 3-5, 1997. He managed the steering committee and was responsible for all organizational and logistical aspects of the meeting. See Federal Register, Vol 26 no. 156, August 13, 1997.
NOS staff worked to develop a data accuracy standard for bathymetric and hydrographic survey data.
NOAA staff worked to develop a data content standard (feature and attribute catalogue) for nautical chart (marine/oceanic/coastal) objects.
The "Annual" meeting of the Bathymetry Subcommittee was organized and chaired by NOS and held in December 1997.
The Coastal Services Center staff developed a tool called the ArcView Metadata Collector to help create FGDC compliant metadata for ArcView GIS users. This tool won 2nd place in the ArcView Avenue competition at the annual ESRI Conference.
The Coastal Services Center staff created and maintained a metadata reference guide on the World Wide Web (http://www.csc.noaa.gov/metadata/).
2.3. Support the development of tools that allow for easy exchange of applications, information, and results.
The "Spatial Access to NOAA Framework Data" project, a joint effort of the National Geodetic Survey and the National Geophysical Data Center, has developed a Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) encoder for NGS geodetic control data, which is based on the SDTS Point Profile. The encoder dynamically accesses the NGS database to obtain up-to-date data. A World Wide Web interface to the encoder has been developed on the National Geodetic Survey web site, from which users may download geodetic data in SDTS-compliant format. The Point Profile is the first major addition to the Spatial Data Transfer Standard since the original development of SDTS by the FGDC. In addition to providing a means to transfer high precision point data, the Point Profile is serving as a model for additional SDTS profiles currently being developed. The NGDC effort was funded by the NOAA ESDIM Program. See the Web page http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/products_services.html
NGDC staff are collaborating with ESRI in development of ARC/INFO translators for the SDTS Point Profile. NGDC has provided NOAA point data sets to ESRI to aid development work, and has arranged to beta test the ARC/INFO Point Profile translators.
NOS staff developed and maintained the Bathymetric Subcommittee Home Page, and maintained a mailing list of subcommittee members
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Steering Committee officially approved the Point Profile as Part 6 of the Spatial Data Transfer Standard at its October 22 meeting. A product of the ESDIM-funded "Spatial Access to NOAA Framework Data" project, the Point Profile was jointly developed by NGDC, NOS, and the USGS to enable transfer of high-precision point data such as the National Geodetic Survey's geodetic control data. It will be published as FGDC document number FGDC-STD-002.6 by the Federal Geographic Data Committee.
The NOS Strategic Environmental Assessment Division implemented the on-line MapFinder Service that allows on-line Web-based searching and viewing of digital image and map products. The ESDIM funded project provides direct Internet access to primary NOS imagery and data holdings for coastal photography, nautical charts, coastal survey maps, environmental sensitivity index maps, hydrographic surveys, water level stations, and geodetic control points. NOS MapFinder provides a spatial index that allows users to identify specific NOS products.
NOAA staff participated in GC-ASK Pilot Study completed in 1997 by the Data Management Working Group of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The Global Change Assisted Search for Knowledge (GC-ASK).is a tool for accessing and exploiting diverse, distributed databases via the Internet. GC-ASK is built on a powerful, dictionary/thesaurus based natural language knowledge retrieval system.
2.4. Research, develop, and implement architectures and technologies that enable data sharing.
The Prototype NOAAServer Web Page that provides access to NOAA Metadata and data services was implemented as an operational system. It now accesses over 10,000 NOAA data descriptions stored in the FGDC Metadata Standard format. Selected NOAA data bases can then be accessed for on-line data browse and preview, and for on-line data ordering.
Goal 3: Use community-based approaches to develop and maintain common collections of geospatial data for sound decision-making.
Intent: This goal recognizes that the job of developing and maintaining large collections of geospatial data can no longer be supported by any one institution. The highest resolution, most current data are usually produced and maintained in the communities in which they are used. The goal seeks to leverage activities that are already occurring over any given piece of geography so that common data may be more easily shared. A community-based approach will emerge from the efforts of individual data producers and users coming together to cooperatively solve problems.
3.1. Continue to develop the National Geospatial Data Framework.
NOAA's National Ocean Survey, Coastal Services Center, and the National Geophysical Data Center are currently producing primary framework data sets for the coastal zone GIS Community. The data sets are primarily bathymetry/hydrography and shoreline data from Coast Survey and National Geodetic Survey coastal surveys. Much of this activity has been supported by the NOAA ESDIM program.
3.2. Provide additional geospatial data that citizens, governments, and industry need.
The NOS Alaska office had contracts awarded to enable GIS for Kachemak Bay Estuarine Research Reserve.
3.3. Promote common classification systems, content standards, and other common models to facilitate data development, sharing, and use.
Dr. George Sharman, NGDC, as a member of the Bathymetric Data Subcommittee, participated in the Shoreline Data Content Standard Workshop, November 3-5, 1997, at NOAA's Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC. As a result of the workshop, Dr. Sharman is part of the Glossary Working Group to help better define, refine, and clarify the terms bandied about in the context of shorelines, GIS, and associated data.
Coastal Services Center staff made plans for a Shoreline workshop to be held at the CSC in FY-98.
The Coastal Services Center staff provided documentation on a comparison of five land cover classification metadata schemes to the Earth Cover Working Group Subcommittee.
J. Thomas, NMFS, participated in FGDC Earth Cover Working Group meetings to help work toward a standard classification scheme.
J. Thomas, NMFS, participated in a FGDC Wetlands Subcommittee meeting for coordination purposes.
G. Fromm, NOS/NGS, participated in activities of the Subcommittee on Base Cartographic Data and is a member of the newly formed FGDC group developing a National Standard for Shoreline Data.
Alaska was represented at the National Shoreline Standards meeting by representatives from the NOS Anchorage office and the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
Five Coastal Services Center staff members participated on the following FGDC committees:
Cindy Fowler Bathymetric Subcommittee Base Cartographic Data Subcommittee Don Field Multiresolution Land Characterization Consortium Earth Cover Working Group Subcommittee Wetlands Subcommittee (substitute as needed) Dorsey Worthy Earth Cover Working Group Subcommittee Anne Miglarese Bathymetric Subcommittee David Stein Standards Working GroupNGDC staff members participated on the following FGDC committees:
Allen Hittelman National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse FGDC Geological Data Subcommittee George Sharman FGDC Bathymetric Data SubcommitteeBureau of the Census Geography Division Contributions to FGDC:
Subcommittee on Base Cartographic Data
Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data (SCDD)
Geodetic Control Subcommittee
Ground Transportation Subcommittee
Facilities Working Group
International Boundary Subcommittee
Earth Cover Working Group
Ad Hoc Metadata Working Group
Coordination Group
Tabulated and presented results of FGDC Standards Questionnaire
Standards Working Group (SWG)
A developer of the Thematic Features Registry presentation to the subcommittees
Reviewed and commented on standards
Participated in the development of SWG Directives
Helped develop 1998 SWG Goals.
Chair of Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data (SCDD).
The SCDD continued work on developing the working draft of its Address Content Standard
The SCDD completed a proposal for a National Spatial Data Infrastructure Standards Project titled "Governmental Unit Boundary Data Content Standard." The proposal was approved by the Standards Working Group and is out for public review.
Continued support of FGDC Framework Activities
Active member of Framework Working Group
Advisor for Framework Demonstration Projects
Investigating methodologies with other Federal agencies for the exchange of transportation features
Participant in 1997 Framework conferences
Actively developing a Common Exchange Format to be used in exchanging governmental unit boundaries
Investigating the use of SDTS for the exchange of governmental unit boundaries
Prepared business plans for the boundary element component of framework
Staff attended the FGDC Shoreline Data Content Standard Workshop, and gave a presentation: "Federal Perspective: the U.S. Bureau of the Census position on Shoreline," and volunteered to participate in the development of shoreline metadata
Jun 97 Attended kickoff Shoreline working group meeting 6/23
Jul 97 Participated in the Bathymetry workshop at Coastal Zone workshop, Boston 7/21
Jul 97 Attended Shoreline working group meeting 7/27
Sep 97 Attended Shoreline working group meeting 9/22
Oct 97 Reviewed material from Wetlands Subcommittee meeting 10/8
Nov 97 Attended Shoreline Workshop in Charleston SC 11/3-5
Dec 97 Attended Bathymetric Subcommittee meeting 12/17
Maureen Warren's participation in FGDC activities in 1997:
The Census Bureau continued to chair the FGDC's Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data (SCDD). The SCDD is develop a cultural and demographic data feature registry and conducting a data query as a preparatory step in developing a data classification standard.
Federal Geodetic Control Subcommitte Activities:
The Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS) of the Federal Geographic Data Committee was chaired by Captain Lewis Lapine, former Director NOAA National Geodetic Survey. The FGCS exercises government-wide leadership in coordinating the planning and execution of geodetic surveys, in developing standards and specifications for these surveys, and in the exchange of geodetic survey data and technical information. FGCS coordinates Federal agencies' aspects of surveying that are governmental responsibilities. These responsibilities include standards setting, testing new geodetic instrumentation and operational systems, coordination of user agency requirements, and dissemination of government data to user agencies.
The FGCS acts to ensure that the Global Positioning System (GPS) will continue to meet the positioning needs of the Federal civilian community and works to strengthen the ties between the GPS positioning and navigation communities. This responsibility will be implemented through its role as GPS Interagency Advisory Council (GIAC) to the Department of Transportation PosNav Executive Committee.
Examples of Geodetic Control Subcommittee accomplishments:
1. Twenty-eight CORS brought online.
Ongoing participation in the nationwide implementation of NAVD 88 and in the development of the Nation's geodetic height system using GPS: submitted "Guidelines for Establishing GPS-derived Ellipsoid Heights (Standards: 2 cm and 5 cm)."
Ongoing participation in the implementation of the geodetic data framework. completed Geodetic Control Framework Profile
3.4. Provide mechanisms and incentives to incorporate multi-resolution data from many organizations into the NSDI.
Regional Pilot GIS projects in San Francisco Bay and South Florida were supported by the NOAA Environmental Services Data and Information (ESDIM) program
Goal 4: Build relationships among organizations to support the continuing development of the NSDI.
Intent: The intent of this goal is that organizations and individuals work together to jointly build the NSDI and share data. Relationships among groups will take many forms and NSDI will be flexible enough to support a multitude of relationships. Economic, organizational, legal, and behavioral constraints can significantly influence the willingness and abilities of organizations to share data. It is also the intent of this goal that these constraints be identified and removed, where appropriate.
4.1. Develop a process that allows stakeholder groups to define logical and complementary roles in support of the NSDI. Two Census staff members participated in the FGDC Cooperative Agreement Program proposal review.
Coastal Services Center provided four staff members to the NSDI CCAP program for reviewing proposals and paid for travel from Charleston, SC to Reston, VA for the panel meeting.
The Coastal Services Center transferred $150K to the NSDI CCAP program in support of projects that further the amount and quality of coastal metadata available
4.2. Build a network of organizations linked through commitment to common interests within the context of the NSDI.
NOS Alaska office: The Office of Coast Survey Anchorage staff participates in the Alaska Geographic Data Committee (AGDC) for inter-agency coordination on coastal mapping, bathymetry, and geodesy. Activities have included discussions on raster imagery, including NOAA Charts and USGS Digital Raster Graphics; review of private data sources for the Pribilof Islands to meet coastal mapping needs; evaluation of remote sensed data sources, including internal NOAA sources and potentials for application of national source data to Alaska issues; coordination with public and private members, including State of Alaska Division of Natural Resources, Municipality of Anchorage, several native corporations, and private firms, on access to coastal data; and establishment of a Bathymetry Subcommittee. Of particular note is that the AGDC offers a public- private data coordination forum that enables discussions of standards for data collection and distribution to enable understanding for GIS development and contract planning. An open forum, in the bathymetric subscommittee, enables discussions of data needs and differences in standards between federal agencies, including bathymetric data standards between the Coast Survey and Corps of Engineers, and coastal mapping standards between the USGS and NGS. The bathymetry subcommittee also noted the significant lack of data in western Alaska, including tidal datums, geodesy, and coastal mapping.
NOAA continued to work with Multiresolution Land Characterization (MRLC) Interagency Consortium to share thematic data sets.
The Coastal Services Center continued to develop partnerships with state and local organizations within coastal states for the purpose of sharing coastal zone data
The National Geodetic Survey monitored the compatibility of federal fixed reference stations with NAD83 and their relationship to the development of a single Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) system to meet a maximum number of Federal GPS post-processing requirements to support NSDI development.
The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) sponsors a cost-sharing geodetic advisory program with several states. Twenty two advisors instruct local surveyors and others on how to use and preserve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). The program provides a liaison between NOAA and the host state, usually with a jointly-funded NOAA employee residing in the state to guide and assist the state's geodetic and surveying programs. The program is designed to fill a need for more accurate local geodetic surveys, and is in response to the states' desire to improve their surveying techniques to meet FGCS standards and specifications. The advisors are:
CALIFORNIA: Joseph D. D'Onofrio COLORADO: Richard S. Cohen DELAWARE: Edward E. Carlson FLORIDA: Ronnie L. Taylor ILLINOIS: Ronald K. Brewer KANSAS: Monroe Rivers III LOUISIANA: Robert Zurfluh MARYLAND: Donald M. Mulcare MASSACHUSETTS: Curt Crow MICHIGAN: Ronald L. Ramsey MINNESOTA: Dixon Hoyle MISSISSIPPI: Donald D. Rexrode MONTANA: Charles Wright NEBRASKA: Jerry Odum NEW HAMPSHIRE: Curt Crow NEW JERSEY: Michael Cline NEW MEXICO: William Stone OHIO: David A. Conner, NGS OREGON: Curt Smith VERMONT: J. Milo Robinson WASHINGTON: Gary C. Perasso WISCONSIN: Dr. D. David Moyer4.3. Remove regulatory and administrative barriers to agreement formation.
4.4. Find new ways to provide resources for data production, integration, and maintenance.
In support of the Presidential Decision Directive on GPS, the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS) in its role as Global Positioning System (GPS) Interagency Advisory Council to the DOT Pos/Nav Executive Committee, acted to ensure that GPS will continue to meet the needs of the civilian community and works to strengthen the ties between federal agencies involved in GPS positioning, timing, and related navigation activities.
NOAA continued the development of the National Environmental Data Index, NOAAServer, and the Coastal Information Directory.
The NOAA High Performance Computer and Communication (HPCC) Office will continue to support the research and development of innovative, collaborative, and data sharing and dissemination technologies in NOAA
4.5. Identify and support the personal, institutional, and economic behaviors; technologies; policies and legal frameworks that promote the development of the NSDI.
4.6. Participate with the international geospatial data information community in the development of a global geospatial data infrastructure.
The Census Bureau continued participation on the International Organization of Standard's Technical Committee 211, Geographic Information/Geomatics (IS/TC 211). ISO TC/211 is developing a suite of standards defining a schema for information on data sets which can be exchanged via GIS systems. Bureau staff will continue to lead Work Item 13 "Data Quality," and participate in Work Item 10" Cataloguing," Work Item 14 " Quality Evaluation Procedures," and Work Item 15 "Metadata."


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Kylie Jenner Changes Up Her Look For The Holidays
December 31, 2013 01:00 PM by Suzy Kerr
Ah, the awkward teenage years. They happen to the best of us, and even to the richest of us, it seems.Keeping Up with the Kardashians star and part-time model Kylie Jenner is the latest adolescent to fall victim to unfortunate style choices, which she so eagerly shared with the world in a Twitter selfie posted on Christmas. I suppose the black lipstick and choker combo might appeal to some folks – especially those who fondly recall the goth fad of the 90s – but it's certainly a far cry from how we're used to seeing Kylie.
There's nothing really wrong with Kylie's Christmas Day look, I suppose, but it is a surprising choice for the normally fresh-faced 16-year old. The pic, which the reality star captioned "Merry Christmas Twit World," shows a pensive looking Kylie gazing slightly off camera with one hand raised to her head. The real focal points, however, are her nearly black lips and the leather choker that are frighteningly (for some) reminiscent of 1993.
The photo is the only one that Kylie chose to share on Christmas, but she did upload a cute video on Keek showing her cuddling with an adorable kitten. In the 36-second clip, a rambunctious kitten crawls all over Kylie as she pets and baby talks it. I'm no cat expert, but it looks like a miniature cheetah (aka, Savannah breed), which a quick internet search tells me sells for several thousand dollars. Because, please, like a regular cat from a shelter for like $25 would be welcome in the Jenner house.
There's no word on whether or not the kitty cat was a Christmas present for Kylie, but we do know what some of the other Keeping Up with the Kardashians stars got for the holiday. Kim scored big with a custom-made Hermes Birkin bag, hand-painted by renowned artist George Condo, while 6-month old daughter North West got her own baby-sized Lamborghini.
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ann Says:
December 31st, 2013 at 5:22 pm
Halloween is over.
esme Says:
January 1st, 2014 at 11:51 am
its her life let her do what she wants and stop judging her

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Death and the Tower card combination
If you sit and try to imagine what might be the two worst possible card combinations that you might not want to see I think you might pick the death and the tower card being drawn together..
Most tarot readers I know say that they never, under any circumstances predict death, and particularly so if they draw the death card. Most tarot card readers will tell you that the death card means "change" and it does not necessarily pertain to actual physical death.
Yet death does happen. If we are to believe that the tarot can predict an outcome of an event then why would it not predict the outcome of death as much as anything else?
While drawing the death card does not usually mean death, it seems to me that it is the most appropriate card to show up if that is the likely outcome of the event, so I am not going to tell you that the death card does not mean death.
What I will say is that it does mean change. It is not the same kind of change that you see in the tower however. The death card is a permanent, burn-your-bridges kind of change. Everyone knows that when one dies, they seldom come back from the dead. That is as permanent as it gets.
The kind of change symbolized by the death card is an inevitable kind of change. It's message is, "change is necessary," or "change is imminent." This change, what ever it is, cannot be avoided; it can only be delayed.
The tower is also a card that means change. The tower's change is also necessary and imminent. If you have drawn these two cards together you are getting a very strong message!
I imagine in most cases the tower would probably be drawn first and then the death card would follow. In this order the cards tell a story of the reason for the 'death' event. Perhaps the tower has fallen because it was built a on shaky foundation and the law of unintended consequences has finally caught up with the situation.
The death card following the tower sends the message that there is no way to salvage the situation. You cannot stop the tower from crumbling, and the death card is telling you to accept the inevitable, so you best just get out of the way and let it come down.
In the rare incidence of the death card being drawn first and the tower following, a different story seems to emerge.
The death card represents a change that has taken place, and could be or is probably unrelated directly to the status quo represented by the tower. As a result of that 'death' event, a premature crumbling of the tower could be the outcome.
For example, if the reading is about a company or corporation, it could mean that the head of the corporation leaves or dies, or even runs off with a boat load of money, and the result of that could be that stock holders loose confidence, and pull their shares resulting in the failure of the company.
If you accidentally draw the death card and the tower at the same time, that is when you 'melt' them together. Melting them together means that you see them as a single card and extract a meaning from that.
These two cards, melted together as one, have a very strong message. They tell you that a major change is imminent and there is nothing you can do about it.
This change has come about as a result of a long list of causes over a period of time that have all lead to this outcome. Bridges are burned. There will be no going back.
I will not say that this does not mean an 'actual death' because it could. (It would not be the one being read, nor would it be you if you are reading for yourself, but it may be someone in your life.) This is just one of many possibilities.
Change is change and it happens all the time. Some changes cannot be avoided. The two cards together most certainly mean "imminent unavoidable change."
The only time these cards might come up and NOT mean "imminent and unavoidable change" is for someone who engages in worry and wild imaginings and reads for them self too often. Sometimes in cases like that, the cards will simply show you what you are thinking. (In a case like this, there would probably be a lot of swords showing up also, particularly the nine and ten of swords.)
In conclusion, these two cards shout out: "imminent unavoidable change."


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Despite Two Thirds Of Components Declining, Empire Fed Prints At Highest Since June 2010
Chalk this one to "seasonal adjustments" or something, cause we no longer have any clue what is going on with the data fudging in America. When it comes to banana republic economic indicators the US is rapidly eclipsing China - case in point the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, which despite seeing the majority, or 6 out of 9 sub indices, declining in February, managed to not only rise, but beat the highest Wall Street estimate, printing at 19.53, the highest since June 2010, on expectations of 15.00, and compared to a previous print of 13.48. What lead to this epic surge? Why nothing short of a decline in just about two thirds of the components: New Orders declined from 21.69 to 22.79, Unfilled Orders declined from -5.49 to -7.06; Inventories declined from 6.59 to -4.71, Prices Paid declined from 26.37 to 25.88; Prices received declined from 23.08 to 15.29, and Number of Employees declined from 12.09 to 11.76. What increased? Shipments, Average Employee Workweek, and, drumroll, Delivery Times. And somehow this disaster of a report is supposed to bring peace and comfort to the market that things are getting better? Perhaps at the Fed's data manipulation department. And just like a 2.9 million seasonal NFP adjustment in January has resulted in an ebullient market tone, we wonder just how high 3 out of 9 subindices improving will send the market today?
Here is the spin direct from the source:
The general business conditions index rose six points in February to 19.5, its highest level since June 2010. The index was last negative in October, then rose to a level of around zero in November; subsequently, the readings have become increasingly positive, suggesting that the expansion in business activity for New York manufacturers has gained momentum in recent months. The new orders index fell four points to 9.7, indicating that orders climbed at a slower pace. The shipments index held steady at 22.8. The unfi lled orders index inched down two points to -7.1, and the delivery time index rose four points to 1.2. After climbing above zero last month, the inventories index fell eleven points to -4.7; the return to negative territory indicated that inventory levels were slightly lower.
And yet despite all the fudging, expectations somehow declined:
Six-Month Outlook Remains Upbeat
Indexes for the six-month outlook, while somewhat lower than last month, conveyed a widespread expectation that conditions would improve in the months ahead. The future general business conditions index fell four points to 50.4, with 58 percent of respondents expecting conditions to improve over the next six months and 7 percent expecting conditions to worsen. The future new orders and shipments indexes also declined, but remained at high levels. The future prices paid index advanced nine points to 62.4, indicating that input prices were expected to rise signifi cantly. The future prices received index climbed three points to 34.1. Future employment indexes suggested that fi rms foresaw an increase in employment. The capital spending index rose six points to 31.8, its highest level in a year, and the technology spending index held steady at 18.8
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"Fudging" ... yes.
Packing misleading meaning into statistics.
We will live in a Joe Lavorgna / USSA world from here on to November.
"Chalk this one to 'seasonal adjustments' or something, cause we no longer have any clue what is going on with the data fudging in America. When it comes to banana republic economic indicators the US is rapidly eclipsing China..."
Consider who presides as Head of Government; as such, the answer can be found in a quote by Sean Connery from "The Untouchables:"
"That's the Chicago way."
"How many fingers, Winston?"
"How can I help seeing what is in front of my eyes ? Two and two are four."
"Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane."
It's incredible how thick the manipulation runs and how purposefully deceitful the absolutely gangster criminals in the media, Federal Reseve, BLS and the sell-side shysters of Wall Street are allowed to be (I'm all for freedom; I'm all against the total and limitless intentional misleading of people by literal racketeers who are positioned to profit off the lies - many of them immune *cough-Congressmembers*cough).
Oh well. Thrice bitten is going to be an excruciating event for anyone at the poker table who doesn't realize who the fool is.
Lol. It just keeps getting worse...and by "it" I mean everything. Credibility is dead. Thank you, Ben Bernanke, for the wasteland.
In the meantime, Porfolio Managers that have been raw doggin' on the long side of things for three months, they are grabbing themselves up a sweet deal on VIX futures, a deal created by utter nonsense...this as The Street embraces the concept of an "organized default" in Greece, or what used to be known as a "soft reprofiling"...carried on the backs of the winged unicorn of a rumored China bailout of the entire continent of Europe.
You cannot write this stuff.
Better than expected headline is all that matters to the momo's. Sad but true.
There's no business like show business!
(Heard behind the wizards curtain)
Print whatever you effing like guys, the party's over!
isn't inventories falling actually a positive though? so its 5 out of 9, not 6. still, doesnt make sense.
Inventories falling is positive, unless inventories are rising. If inventories are rising, that's positive.
Chicago politics at it's finest.
I guess all US stats are now adjusted to the Hopium curve.
Yes Paul Krugman was born in 19.53. Now Pull My Finger.
It's all priced in!
Well isn't THAT special.
Do you believe in Magic?
negative data is terrorism...gold is the currency of terrorists...thinking the US is broke is terrorism...shorting aapl is terrorism (and stupid)...growing a few potatoes is terrorism...this post is terrorism...you asshats are all terrorists... ________ is terrorism....
Short hedgies have gone back into hibernation like the groundhog. This market is like a freight train. It's not going to stop until it hits something.
I agree, although it does hit something almost every day. Nothing yet big enough to derail it but it must be getting pretty badly damaged up front. I cannot believe that 5900 is now a floor in the FTSE. Astonishing.
It will hit the big obstacle planned to derail it one morning soon. This level of total insanity points to the fact that everyone knows they have to keep it going just a BIT longer and they dont need to worry, its the perfect out for all of them.
'Tis very scary indeed. There are very few "investors" in this market. Bernanke thinks he's done a great job of bringing money back to the equity markets but it's all fast money. It will be pulled out so fast this time I think we will have multiple limit down/circuit breaker days.
Good news, sort of.
NEW ORDERS FELL. MBA Mortage Purchase Applications fell 8.4%.
Slow recovery.
Silent fool! In ZH, every good news is bad news, don't you see. If you like good news, don't come here. There is no good news, everything is ponzi scheme and manipulation (/sarc)
Yes, & that was better than the previous month where the number rose from 23.02 to 22.45.
That was also better than analysts' estimates of 24.73.
Also, up is down & the sky is red. Who knows WTF these numbers mean anymore? All US government stats have become Orwellian BS.
Bernanke knows that on the Great Depression analog we are appraoching early 1937. From there, in 12 months the Dow fell 51%. He is insanely committed to not let it play out that way this time. Fraud, theft, rape, murder, pillage...... whatever it takes.
Wait... So the drop from late 2007 (14000) to 2009 (6400) is not 50% drop?
Just as a poor musician blames his instrument, the incompetent analyst blames his data.
In an election year? ......NAW!!!
Like unemployment #'s, and banks NON-#'s, obama's "approval" #'s......
It's all bullish when manufacturers are recieving new orders from clients they never heard of. Who cares if they actually exist as long as they pay. The biggest client, GOVERNMENT SHELL CORPORATIONS FUNDED BY THE FED. Products to nowhere, but statistics to pump the numbers for Obama.
Nothing reported is real. Real store inventory is at the lowest level in years. Most retailers are not writing bulk orders because they have 2-3 months worth of inventory at current sell rates. The only inventory that moves is the stuff marked 80% off.
When the gvernment spends trillions, is it that hard to believe they would throw a couple billion into the miniscule manufacturing sector each month to make it look like a massive manufacturing recovery?
I guess anyone not being proactive themselves in all this deserves to be duped and screwed. Wont be long now, and I wont have any pity for the 'victims' laying in ruin because they should have seen it coming.
It's the new math:
People are catching on to inflation. A pound of bacon is now 12 ounces. People are getting less and less for the same price.
The dollar stores and discount stores are packed. People would rather pay $1.00 for a box of cereal rather than $3.99 for a named cereal. The 99% is finding it difficult to make ends meet. In the mean time Bernanke and Washington fudge the numbers to make everyone spend.
But spending is actually way down too.
Thus we have it. The Department of Justice and Department of Peace. Cheers!
How's this possible?
Simple. The 3 rising stats are given greater weight than the declining.
People have to stop being so negative. The motto of the US government was stolen from that great Bobby McFerrin song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy". You have to look @ the bright side & if there is none, we'll just create it.
There's a light @ the end of the tunnel! It's a train, but it could be worse.
The same BS logic that ruined schooling, with the constant focus on always building up children's "self-confidence". The US government treats the public like little kids, which most people still are. They cannot handle any bad news. we must always show them rainbows & unicorns.
This will, of course, make the collapse even worse as the petulant children will neither be prepared nor able to take in stride the resulting decline in living standards. We have been told we "deserve" to live better than the rest of the planet & are entitled to squander treasured natural resources while producing nothing of value. If we can't get it, our government will go out & kill the people that have it (who usually happen to be browner in skin tone).
Manifest Destiny in a techno disguise.
I agree its all BS but why doesn't the opposition party call them on any of this....? I heard Rob Portman kind of agree "that things are getting better" though they have a long way to go...
Why not slam the party in power for fudging the numbers instead of agreeing with this crap??????? Is there an opposition party or just a party "we sort of agree"? WTF
More hopium smoking, magic, voodoo, propaganda, lies, BS, whoppers, tall tales, fables, fantasies, shutzpah and shamans. Just DNR the damm patient and let the shitshow begin!
By the way, inventories declining for manufacturers is good. That means they shipped out what they have been holding. What is very, very, very bad is payments recieved dropped. Which means although manufacturers shipped out product they didn't get paid much for it. Inventories were so high that most manufacturers could not store any more produced goods. In order to make room for new orders, they needed to clear out inventory, most likely at a loss.
Many manufacturers are receiving orders, only to have the business sending the order go bust when the order is cancelled by the retailer. Remember, it takes around 60-90 days from the time an order is placed to when it ships. Business conditions can change rapidly over 90 days. Everything shipping now was ordered in November or December. The real tell will be March-April when the shipping window opens for January orders. All the real data shows the economy fell off a cliff in January. You may see inventories skyrocket and shipments crater. Or if nothing was ordered, everything will tank.
Yeh....all those orders from Solyndra....did the WH take delivery anyway..?
Woohoo!!! Scrap aluminum at .50 yesterdity.
I have shitpile of Old Milwaukee cans.
My inverntory is UP UP UP.
Make just enough on this load o'cans to buy a bottle of Jack (price adjusted up, of course) and celebrate the shit out of this madness. Downside, drinking the bottle nets me no return, have to work the can inventory back up, er maybe down, er who the shit knows now...to buy more booze. I guess I'll have to figure out what I don't have to figure out how much I can make on things that are going nowhere, or some fucked line of logic.
I'm guessing these morons have an app for this shit: plug in a bunch of crazy stats and *pOOf* out pops a hopium biscuit.
BTW, the comments on this one, on this particularly fine day have created not one, but THREE nose blows of coffee this morning, my favorite being the Krugman born in 19.53 - epic coffee spew...
Glad this humor is free, because I damn sure can't buy it. Hope to fuck the check to the undertaker bounces.
I gotta agree.
The comments on this site are either hilarious or informative, sometimes both. Makes staring @ an epic system collapse a lot easier to take.
The dollar is based on the "full faith and credit..." What happens when you lose both?
Z-hedgies are getting lost in to much "detail", I wouldn't lose sight of the big picture, for the powers that be wont allow "coincidences!"
What still gets me every time is how nobody in Wall Street world actually understands manufacturing. The manufacturing surveys are not leading indicators. The surveys are an indicator of business conditions 2-3 months prior. Manufacturing is not a just in time business. Most of the lead time in manufacturing is procurment of materials, actual manufacturing usually happens the week before the ship date. So labor will always rise the month the orders are due to ship. Your quote is normally good for 30 days, and production is 6-9 weeks from the date of order. That is for small product US manufacturing. Big ticket items take far longer. So good January labor numbers are based on good orders received in November.
The only leading indicator is orders received. However that can be very misleading. A manufacturer could receive a few massive 30k unit orders for part A, but only make $.10 profit per item. Where a smaller 100 unit order for assembly C could mean $1000 profit per item. On paper the orders for part a make the company look like it is doing more business, but the other order is far better for business.
Here is a timeline for a company trying to actually sell an item:
August 2011 - Salesperson meets with retail buyer to show Spring 2012 product line. Buyer picks a few samples to review.
Sept 2011 - Retail buyer places order for product intended to ship 3/15/12 for in store date of 4/15/12.
Oct 2011 - Vendor shops quotes for manufacturing of product and places sample order. Quote valid for 30 days.
Nov 2011 - Order is placed for retail order along with up to 3 months replenishment.
Nov-Dec 2011 - Manufacturer orders raw materials, price of raw materials may have increased since Oct quote and the manufacturer must eat that cost.
Jan 2012 - Raw materials arrive and plan for order insertion into production line begins. Some production may begin if line is available.
Feb 2012 - Full production of order placed in Oct 2011.
March 2012 - Order ships to retail distribution center. Manufacturer waits for payment, generally 60 day terms.
May 2012 - Manufacturer hopefully gets paid.
The entire process takes 3/4 of a year to play out. That is just for one order. Think about all that happens to Wall Street during that same 9 months. Perhaps if you read this you might see how manufacturing indexes shouldn't have any bearing on how the market trades.


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I call it the pile of dishes syndrome. There is something most people do, as a habit which will reinforce your procrastinating. By changing that small brain habit, you can make a big difference in your life. I will share a secret that helped me finish a Master's degree in History while, also having a semi-full time job and a weekly radio show as a book critique.
I will explain this profound useful way of changing a habit forever with this comparison.
For a lot of people, I presume, doing dishes or laundry, is something they do not like doing. I believe that is why we invented machines to do it instead of us.
One dish: many dishes
When you see a couple of plates to be washed and you do not feel like washing them, you will repeat to yourself many times : "I need to wash the dishes" or "I need to do the laundry". Have you ever noticed that, every time, you repeat it, the chore seems to become more of a chore?
The computer brain
Interestingly, the brain is like an adding machine. A computer you can learn to use and use more efficiently. By changing the information you decide to input in your brain, it will change how it will react, and therefore, will be more inclined in helping give a positive output or not.
What happens?
When you tell your brain you have one dish to wash, the brain "computes" on dish. When you repeat that sentence, the brain does not understand "one dish" anymore. It adds up and understands two dishes. If you repeat the sentence over and over, the brain will add and pile nonexistent dishes in the back of your mind.
Have you noticed how, sometimes, a simple chore seems so hard to complete? Well, even if you see it only to be done ones, the brain has accumulated the chore and added it to itself as many times as you have repeated the sentence.
How to change?
The best way to change this is, if you have a small task at hand, do it fast and immediately. If you can't, write it on your to do list and get to it when it is its time. Do you repeat what you need to do over and over or it will pile up in your brain and seem like a ton of work.
As a book critique, I needed to read at least 10 books a week, notwithstanding what I needed to read to complete my Master's degree. I used this trick by telling my brain once that I had only 10 pages to read. And then, I would happily start. As soon as I was done, I would simply say, "just another 10 more" and so on…
When I do 150 to 200 laps in the pool and swim for 2 hours, the way I achieve it one lap at a time. As soon as I have done ten, I spend most time congratulating myself on the effort and saying "just this one".
Diving tasks into smaller ones helps accomplish great things. Also, not repeating what you need to do over and over will help you finish faster and get rid of a big part of what is creating your procrastination.
Hope this help. Let me know.


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The drumbeat of pressure is gone. Steve Kerr is an observer once again. And as he prepares for a season behind the microphone, he knows the big question is coming:
Can the Miami Heat become the greatest team in the history of basketball?
"I don't think it's doable," Kerr said.
He would know.
"And frankly, I don't know if it's all that smart to go after that record," Kerr said.
Maybe Kerr is a little biased. He was a member of the 1995-96 Bulls, a team that hit the road like the Rolling Stones, selling out every venue and filling hotel lobbies with screaming fans.
They won 72 of 82 games with cutthroat precision, and are the standard of greatness in the NBA, just like the 1972 Dolphins in the NFL.
"It was mostly Michael Jordan and the circumstances surrounding his return," Kerr said. "I've never seen anybody that hungry and that angry going into a season."
Surely, the Heat share some of the same motivations.
When LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade in Miami, it polarized players, commentators and NBA fans across America. The demigods of basketball - Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley - all frowned on James' decision. One of the more popular players in the game had suddenly become a villain, leaving a desperate city in the lurch.
When the trio preened and posed during an unveiling party in Miami, the rest of the league scoffed some more. Barkley called it a punk move, and he was right. And when James recently said that race played a factor in how his off-season has been framed, it only deepened the lines of contention.
For many reasons, the Heat are going to be intensely motivated to prove people wrong. James said he's keeping score of all his detractors. Wade is a monster when playing with a chip on his shoulder, as he did during the 2008 Olympics, when he regained his own elite status. Pound for pound, this Heat team is better than the '96 Bulls, and will play a softer schedule (19 sets of back-to-back games, compared to 23 for Kerr's Bulls).
On paper, they have a real chance.
"I think they'll be really motivated because of all the shots they're taking," Kerr said. "In some ways, it might be the best thing to happen to LeBron. It might give him an edge he's never had in the past."
Problem is, the Heat will endure a climate unlike any in basketball history. They will face hostile crowds and relentless instant media, and there won't be a minute to breathe. The Boston Globe just reported that a Boston gubernatorial debate has been moved up a night so it won't interfere with the Celtics' season-opening game against the Heat on Oct. 26.
Kerr's bottom line: There's only one player who could keep the fire stoked for 82 games, through the bone-dragging months of winter. That man was the unretired Michael Jordan, who was returning to the NBA for his first full season, playing for $3.85 million and nightly pound of flesh.
"In January and February, everyone is just so tired," Kerr said. "But there were eight-10 games where Jordan just decided we were going to win. I don't know if anyone will ever have that kind of power or will again."
Kerr's insight on the topic will certainly be a boon to TNT's coverage, and he'll be part of the soundtrack to what could be a historic NBA season. Yet many dominoes had to fall for Kerr to eject himself from the hot seat in Phoenix, just at the pinnacle of his executive career, just when he hit his stride as general manager.
What if Doug Collins didn't leave the TNT network for a coaching job in Philadelphia, thus opening the slot for Kerr? What if Collins' friendship with Herb Sendek had not gone sour, at a time when Collins was getting his coaching fix from assisting the Arizona State program? And what is Kerr going to say about Robert Sarver if the rebound-deficient Suns go down in flames?
"I'm pulling for them," Kerr said.
The feeling is mutual.
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Getting started with circuits
Permalink: 2014-03-27 14:23:00+10:00 by James Millsin articles tags: python circuits tutorial asciinema
Here's a quick ASCIInema tutorial I put together to show you how to get started with the circuits Asynchronous Event-Driven Application Framework for Python.
The code in this tutorial is as follows:
from circuits import Component, Event
class hello(Event):
"hello Event"""
class App(Component):
def hello(self, name="World!"):
print "Hello {0:s}".format(name)
return "Hello {0:s}".format(name)
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In a relief to migraine sufferers, Australian scientists have claimed that Vitamin B and folic acid supplements can treat severe headaches.
Researchers from Griffith University are on the final phase of this study to determine the most effective vitamin B and folic acid dosage required to treat this debilitating condition.
They have recruited women aged between 18 and 65 who suffer at least four migraine episodes a year, as they are three times more likely than men to experience migraines.
Queensland researcher Bridget Maher said the remedy would help the 20 per cent of migraine sufferers whose condition is genetic.
"It basically reduces the frequency and severity of the migraines," she was quoted as saying by AAP.
One in five people prone to migraines have an enzyme that doesn't work as well as other people, she said adding "By supplementing them with vitamin B and folate you can get around that enzyme's defect."
Migraines linked to genetics are associated with auras, which refers to the experiencing temporary neurological disturbances such as seeing stars, getting pins and needles and numbness.
The team at Griffith is working on the correct dose of the supplements and Maher said the treatment could be available in the market by next few years.
Some people don't respond to current migraine remedies so the new research could significantly help those with a genetic predisposition to the condition.
About 12 per cent of the population suffers from severe headaches, which can last up to three days and make people painfully sensitive to light and sound


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May 24, 2016
State law already bans oil drilling in Florida waters, as millions of gallons of oil meander across the gulf, politicians from both parties are calling for a near permanent constitutional ban on oil drilling.
Once a drilling supporter, Governor Charlie Crist has concluded it can't be done safe enough or far enough from Florida's coast.
"I think what's important is that we all stay focuse," Crist said. "That we put forth a ban on drilling off the coast of Florida. There's consensus there that people should have the right to vote on it."
The Session would also attempt to enact a state energy policy.
The likely timetable for a special session, the last week of May.
The Governor is expected to set the dates for the session by the end of the week, with the agenda including much more than a permanent ban on drilling.
"But I want to talk about wind, nuclear, solar, gas, natural gas," Crist said.
CFO Alex Sink first called for the ban last week. Attorney General Bill McCollum says it isn't needed…but will go along with it.
"If you have a special session and the legislature decides to put it on the ballot, so be it," McCollum said. "I'm against off shore drilling."
The only opposition is from Associated Industries, which pushed drilling last year.
"This is not the time to do this," Barney Bishop, with Associated Industries, said. "This is a knee jerk reaction. This is a waste of money to bring the legislators back up."
But even the powerful lobby organization believes sending the ban to voters is all but a done deal.
If voters do get a say, at least 60 percent would have to approve for it to become effective.
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As for RT's comment in part 1.
Alien Greed 3 was similar to E.T. People bought it. Alien Greed 4 was similar to Adventure. People bought it. And there are hacks being sold in the Atari Age store right now. There's a whole section devoted to Atari 2600 hacks. So why not? It's just a 4k game, so the price would probably be lower than AG3 or 4 anyway. Anyway, if this is a good idea, I did a quick sketch of what I'd like the label to look like. This is not the final label, just a quick mock-up. I'd get someone else who draws better (which is just about anyone!) to redo this. This is an idea.
And even if I had sold the Alien Greed 5 that looked kind of like Pitfall, it would have looked kind of like Pitfall anyway. And Alien Greed 4 had a box that went along with it. I wouldn't sell this immediately after I finished it anyway. I would wait until at least next fall. I think one a year isn't too much to ask, is it? And even so, I hate to hide ideas I have from the public anyway. So this is in its very early stages, as I just started hacking Pitfall the day before yesterday.


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We're excited about "Drive" for many reasons: director Nicolas Winding Refn, the killer supporting cast, the badass trailer and the rave reviews. But FilmDistrict has quite sensibly put their biggest asset front and center of the domestic one-sheet: Ryan Gosling. We've tried to maintain our journalistic independence, but in the face of R-Gos's big blue eyes, we just turn to jelly, which is why the backs of our notebooks are full of drawings of our future wedding and attempts to practice our signature with his surname.
The Playlist will be turning into a Tumblr of Gosling images with hearts drawn on them in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, you can check out the stylish poster for "Drive" below, complete with garish neon retro font and the driver's omnipresent toothpick. Swoon. The film hits theaters on September 16th.
In other poster news, the trailer for Sundance hit "Like Crazy" arrived yesterday and, what it lacks in rippling Gosmeister torso, it makes up for with young rising stars Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin, and a bit of J.J. Abrams-approved lens flare. The plus point on top of that is that, as it's a poster, there's no barely-audible dialogue to not hear! It will begin its award-chasing roll-out on October 28th.
Finally, a Korean poster for Paul W.S. Anderson's "The Three Musketeers" has debuted, and not only does it not have our favorite ex-Mouseketeer on it, it doesn't feature a single cast member. Instead, it focuses on a battle between the somewhat baffling flying boats featured so heavily in the trailers so far. Plus, it's given us the impetus to finish our screenplay, "Ryan Gosling Applies Tanning Lotion On A Boat In The Sky For 95 Minutes." You'll be able to avoid "The Three Musketeers" in theaters from October 21st. [Recent Movie Posters, Coming Soon]


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College Hockey:Comley Named New MSU Coach
Leaves Northern Michigan for CCHA Foe
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Ron Mason wasted no time naming his successor.
Two days after losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Mason's tenure as Michigan State head coach officially ended after 23 years. Today, Mason, who officially becomes the school's new athletic director on July 1, picked Northern Michigan coach Rick Comley as his replacement.
Comley, who becomes MSU's fifth men's hockey coach, will be introduced at a noon press conference on Monday. Comley, who won a national championship at Northern Michigan in 1991, is seventh on the NCAA's all-time win list with 597.
"I'm very excited about having the opportunity to lead one of the best hockey programs in the country," Comley said. "Ron Mason has established a program of national prominence. I'm looking forward to this new chapter in my life."
The Stratford, Ont., native began his coaching career as an assistant coach to Ron Mason at Lake Superior State in 1972-73, following his four-year Laker playing career. Comley took over the reins at Lake Superior State in 1973 following Mason's departure to Bowling Green.
"My relationship with Ron has truly come full circle and it's a special opportunity to work for him," Comley said.
Comley spent three seasons (1973-76) as the Lakers' head coach before moving on to Marquette, Mich., to start the varsity program at NMU, where he spent the next 26 seasons.
In addition to coaching, Comley spent 13 years (1987-2000) as NMU's athletic director.
Comley was 538-429-68 (.553) at NMU, and is just of just 12 coaches to win 450 games at one school. He also is one of two individuals to have coached regular-season champions in the WCHA and CCHA.
Comley's 1990-91 championship team was 38-5-4, and finished the season with a 26-game unbeaten streak, culminating in the 8-7 triple overtime win over Boston University in the NCAA final. The 1979-80 Wildcats lost the NCAA final to North Dakota, and Comley's teams made five other NCAA appearances.
"First, Rick Comley is a fierce competitor," said Mason. "Rick was that way as a player and he has carried that competitiveness into his coaching. He's very innovative in terms of his coaching and he's a tireless worker.
"At Northern Michigan, Rick has literally built that program from scratch and he has done every aspect of the job. At Michigan State, there's so much more to this position than simply coaching. Rick knows how to completely run a hockey program so he can handle both the coaching and administrative roles."
Comley was honored with the Spencer Penrose Memorial Trophy as college hockey's national coach of the year in 1980 and 1991. Twice he was named CCHA Coach of the Year (1980 and 1981) and WCHA Coach of the Year (1989 and 1991).
"Rick's track record is second to none," Mason said. "It's a tribute to Michigan State hockey that it can attract someone with Rick's credentials. He's a perfect fit for Michigan State and the right coach to follow in my footsteps."
Comley played four years of collegiate hockey (1967-71) for Mason at Lake Superior State. He was a two-time NAIA All-American as well as serving as the team captain as a senior in 1971. He was voted the team's MVP and won Lake Superior State's Outstanding Athlete Award in 1971.
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EDENTON � A 49-year-old Edenton man has drowned in Edenton Bay.
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[Articles of Incorporation of the Danish Mutual Insurance Company]
Date: 1901-05/1901-06
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Description: Legal document inaugurating the Danish Mutual Insurance Company's corporate membership, filed through the Secretary of State's office in Austin, Texas, and signed under a notary. The document specifies a twenty year lifetime minimum and the seven men of the first board of directors who will be in charge of insuring both Wharton and Matagorda counties. They are as follows : Neils Christian Jensen, Marcus Nielsen, Helvig Jensen Berndt, H. P. Hermansen, Jasper J. Juhl, Marcus Christensen, and Niels M. Hansen.
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Description: Certificate of naturalization given to Helvig Jensen Berndt by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor. A black and white illustration of an eagle emblem is at the very top, flanked by the title of the document. The text on the page gives the names of Helvig's children and wife as well as a short physical description of Helvig. There is hand-written text on the back of the document which reads, "H. J. Berndt is U. S. Citizen since May 4, 1908."
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I was looking at some ERJ cockpit photos, and noticed some irregularities with the FMC. In this photo, there are two FMC's and the RMU has been moved up since the old steam gauges have been replaced with the ISFD.
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Bartlesville United Linen Braves were primed and ready for American Legion baseball action Saturday.
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The Braves improved to 8-1 on the season.
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How to cache remote resouces in production build?
Means my JSON feed in stored on a remote server & it contains some assets like images in it (in JSON feed).
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Also is there a way to refresh these cached resources?
My remote data is not changing frequently, that's why I want this behavior. And refresh if the remote data is changed
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I'm rebuilding an old touring frame, and I've got most everything good to go - except for the front derailleur. I'll need one that will attach onto the 28.6 tube and isn't clamp-on. I assumed that since the front derailleur will be running friction, whatever road triple I had sitting around would work. But, as we all know, nothing with bikes is ever this simple.
Relevant info:
Running Ultegra road triple (52-42-38?) with 11-32 9 speed cassette.
Using Dura-Ace 3x9 barcons.
Rear derailleur is Shimano LX (was advised would be better than 105)
The problem: Need RD that doesn't take clamp-on, 28.6 seems an odd size. The Tiagra road triple I hoped to use looks to be too wide.
What would be the best choice for a front derailleur? Shim the Tiagra? Use a mountain triple?
Additionally, once I've got that one up, how long should I trim the chain for? I don't foresee running 52-32, so is the typical rule of chain length measurement out the window?
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Jerome Tiller - Football Recruiting
I hate that it is a "Soft commit"...
As far as depth goes though, the combination of White, Woodbury, Olaseni, Basabe, and Uthoff is much better than Niang, Ejim, Edozie, Gibson. Not because of the top 2, but because of the next 2 or 3. -DeanVogs
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I hate that it is a "Soft commit"...
Yeah those bite me in the rear 50% of the time on NCAA football.
Im just glad I have Homan as my bodyguard, Eustachy joked. If I ever make it real big and get to drive a limo everyday, hell be driving it. I thought he came off the bench like somebody was stealing his cow or something.
Our last "soft" commit has already de-commited, Ellington from Illanoy. I dont like soft commits either. It makes us appear like were in GREAT position, but theres always a chance our heart will be broken.
Im hoping Ellington is just waiting for the ISU vs. Iowa game to recommit with his teammate Sani
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I hate that it is a "Soft commit"...
I wouldn't make too much of that right now.... I think as a general rule, they are called a "soft commit" until they make their visit. It's a good sign that he has cancelled plans to visit the others on this list.
yeah, i was under the impression from the write up on CR that is was a firm committment, so i hope CyPlains is correct.
watching this guys highlight reel will excite you...bates and arnaud might have to move out of the way, this guy is seneca wallace-esc
the closest ive seen to seneca-esc has got to be qb bj danies. hes the most impressive and closest ive seen to seneca. but obviously nobody can duplicate what he did. i think tiller could be a good safety
I don't think this guy looks like Seneca at all. I think he looks a lot like Bret Meyer with better speed and better vision when running. I mean that as a huge compliment, by the way, but just don't see the Wallace comparison.
He is a long strider but looks very fast and can change direction without slowing down at all.
I think Seneca was more of a jitterbug kind of guy if that makes sense.
Tiller looks more of a fast straight ahead with one cut kind of guy.
In his video, he shows great, great touch on his passes as well.
I also like the fact that he only benches 240. Get him established in the lifting program as he appears to have a lot of potential that's been untapped.
A three legged dog walks into a bar and says, "I'm lookin' for the man who shot my paw."
is ISU recruiting the RB for this team? He looks pretty darn good to me.
Looks like we picked up a new recruit over the weekend. Appears to be a good get for Chizik's crew. From the free part of rivals.
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Again, the thing that I like is that with every passing commitment, and kid that we are in on, is that we are striving to get faster, and more athletic.
A fast team, with good teaching, will get Iowa State over the hump.
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Norwin School District officials tell The Associated Press that an unspecified number of students have been disciplined. The school will also no longer allow the disc jockey, Eric Wenning, to work school dances.
School officials say it doesn't appear that Wenning encouraged the girls to throw bras at him during the Sept. 29 dance, but say he showed poor judgment by posting the Facebook picture of himself posing with the bras.
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The circulatory system pumps blood to every part of the body. This system includes the heart and blood vessels, along with the lymphatic system, which gives nutrients and passes cellular fluid through the system, cleansing the body of waste products. Lymph nodes which are located throughout the body-particularly in the throat, groin, breasts and under the arms-act as centers for filtering the blood. This article presents some very good ways to use aromatherapy for heart and circulation issues.
The circulatory system transports blood throughout the body. It includes the heart and the blood vessels, as well as the lymphatic system, which supplies nutrients and moves cellular fluid through the system, cleansing the body of waste. Lymph nodes located throughout the body-but particularly in the throat, groin, breasts and under the arms-act as centers for filtering the blood.
One of the best essential oils for a lymphatic massage is true bay (Laurus nobilis); lemon and grapefruit are also good. (A good carrier oil for these essential oils is calendula.) Use basil, rosemary, thyme, marjoram and clove to improve general circulation. Stress-related heart problems respond well to a sedating massage of melissa, neroli, lavender and ylang-ylang. Along with marjoram and ginger, these oils also help normalize high blood pressure. (Studies show that just sniffing neroli can lower high blood pressure.)
Chamomile, myrtle and cypress ease the inflammation and pain of varicose veins, phlebitis and hemorrhoids; frankincense constricts distended veins. All of these oils are especially effective in an infused oil of St. John's wort. If the skin is ulcerated and broken, apply a compress of carrot-seed essential oil. Soak a cloth in water to which a few drops of oil have been added, wring out, then place over area.
Formula for Varicose Veins
6 drops cypress
3 drops myrtle
3 drops German chamomile
2 drops frankincense (optional)
1 ounce St. John's wort oil
Combine ingredients. Apply externally. This can also be made into a salve by heating the oil and adding 1/2 teaspoon shaved beeswax before adding the essential oils.
Herbal Adjuncts-Among the herbs which strengthen heart and blood pressure are hawthorn flower and berry, and motherwort. Lymphatic cleaners include echinacea, cleavers and Oregon grape root, which may also be taken as teas, tinctures or pills.
The kitchen cupboard supplies many foods whose essential oils enhance circulation, make blood vessels more elastic and inhibit blood clotting. These include garlic, onion, cayenne and ginger. Ginger either raises blood pressure by restricting external blood flow, or lowers it by dilating surface blood vessels. Garlic and onions also lower high blood pressure. Lemongrass contains five different compounds that inhibit blood clotting.
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