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Tesla wants your money. In fact, Tesla needs your money. What, can't afford a $100,000 plus green electric super-cool sports car? Well, Tesla is smart, I say: they're letting the rich fund their first run of cars, and as prices drop they'll introduce a cheaper round of family-friendly electric autos. Still, they need some help—and if we truly prize innovation, shouldn't they get it? Or is giving even 1% of our bail-out tax money to a rich, privately-owned company just plain crazy? Read and decide—it is, after all, your money.
Should we Bail-out the private-plane-flying Big Three Automakers? Lots of jobs on the line. Or should we aid real innovation that only the rich can afford? NYTimes on Elon Musk & Tesla.
4 Responses to "Should we Bail-out the private-plane-flying Big Three Automakers? Lots of jobs on the line. Or should we aid real innovation that only the rich can afford? NYTimes on Elon Musk & Tesla."
One of my Facebook friends, Jason McCabe Calacanis, recently got a Tesla and has been posted photos of it. Thanks for posting the link to the The New York Times article. Now I know more about the car and the company.
Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute has proposed that we rethink the automobile entirely and create something new that will be cost effective and efficient.
Who we (taxpayers) support – Tesla or GM – is really a way of asking a much bigger question: Do we concentrate on seeding thousands of startups, and hope fthat our economic salvation sprouts in the form of a few wildly innovative winners? Or do we focus on improving our infrastructure by helping existing industries (not necessarily companies) make their operations and supply chains more reliable and energy efficient? Otherwise said, do we turn to entrepreneurs or system builders to help us make the huge step from a relatively simple, disconnected world to a very complex, highly connected one?
[…] the enthusiasm for green fade? Probably. Will Detroit return to pickup trucks and SUVs, always safer financially in the shortrun? Or will […]
I can not seem to understand your mind-set. Are you positive we're conversing about the same issue?


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closest relative of dinosaurs
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
Moderator: BioTeam
Go on enarees website (link in his user profile) if you are ready for a good laugh. Then you will know how birds can reproduce parthenogenetically, or more appropriately, how enarees think that it could happen.
Although I suggest that you leave your brain at the door, it might get damaged.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Wasn't there some small feathered, tree-dwelling dinosaur that was discovered in China some time ago?!
I figure that is some solid evidence that they are closely related. Reptiles were different from dinosaurs...Hobble
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Didn't some scientist work out a way to breed chickens or turkeys parthenogenetically? I guessed it had something to do with food production but maybe (s)he just did it for the sake of it.
Anyway I'm not advocating the dinosaur reptile idea.
Also I tried to go on enarees website and couldn't find anything about how birds breed parthenogenetically.
Interesting article on male breastfeeding though.
In birds, male generation of parthogenesis obstructs the full extraction of definite genes, but this gives opportunity in parallel a synthesis of new genes of the matings to be created.
In pathenogenetic heiresses parthenogenesis is not such a rare phenomenon.
We have to take into account the intermediate form between birds and reptiles - ...the turtles.
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If the season 4 premiere felt a bit different to you, it was supposed to. The writers are trying something new this year: There's not a "big bad" (RIP, Mags and, presumably, Quarles), there's a big mystery. They're also giving Raylan and Boyd very separate story lines, at least at the start. Since Raylan has to keep his moonlighting a secret because bounty hunters aren't allowed in Kentucky and Marshals aren't allowed side jobs, that means his colleagues were nowhere to be seen this episode — after Rachel appeared just long enough for Raylan to make a Big Lebowski reference. Art and Gutterson have great scenes with Raylan in next week's episode as the three of them search for Waldo Truth, so that'll feel more familiar. This hour was about setting Boyd and Raylan off in their respective directions and introducing new faces. Let's dig in.
In a series first, we began with a flashback. On Jan. 21, 1983, a man fell from the sky with a streamer parachute and a bag of cocaine. All we learned before cutting to a snoozing Raylan being stirred by his ringing cell phone at his desk was that the man wasn't Santa Claus and the cops were called.
Raylan's phone call was a woman named Sharon Edmunds who does bail bonds in Knoxville, Tennessee. Another flashback, this time to a law enforcement expo in Miami where she met Raylan a few years ago, revealed she likes to stand in front of hotel room windows naked. "You want another one," Raylan asked her, meaning a drink. "Not of that," she said, staring at him in his towel. Yes, now he remembers her. She needed help bringing in Jody Odair, a 41-year-old man charged with double homicide. He's out on $250,000 bail, but skipped town two days ago and has an ex-wife who lives in Lexington. She wanted Raylan to find him, then she'd have Lexington PD bring him in and pay Raylan $3,000. Rachel told Raylan not to get caught — does she know he's playing bounty hunter or just guessing that he's breaking the rules because he's Raylan?
Conveniently, Raylan made it to the ex-wife's house in time to see Jody show up with a bag of hamburgers. She wouldn't let Jody in, so he went back to his vehicle to get a gun. Raylan, already annoyed at Jody for littering, eventually broke the driver's side window and pointed a gun at his head. Jody was calm — he was confident the gun he had pointed at Raylan could shoot through the door and that lawman Raylan wouldn't shoot him. He was right — Raylan shot the air bag instead. Awesome. In our weekly postmortem with EP Graham Yost, he assures us that could happen. Raylan cuffed Jody on the ground and called Sharon to suggest he'd better just bring him in.
Our first glimpse of Boyd this season came as he calmly tried to figure out why Hiram, one of his Oxy dealers, had stopped selling. "People are gettin' off drugs and hooked on Jesus," the recently saved Hiram said, crediting Preacher Billy and his Last Chance Holiness Church. Boyd reckoned Hiram either owed him $10,000 for his last delivery before his conversion, or the Oxy, which Hiram said he'd flushed. Boyd kept checking his pocket watch, and that was because his passion to blow s— up has been renewed. Hooray! Boyd moved away from the window just before a firecracker blew outside. Boyd said Hiram had until the next night to give him his money or a firecracker would go off inside the house next.
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We always try and guess what Bama's first play will be, thought I'd change it up and see what you think ND's first one will be.
We always try and guess what Bama's first play will be, thought I'd change it up and see what you think ND's first one will be.
I believe that they will try to get Golson going early - short pass somewhere safe?
Pick-six to Milliner.
To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer.
Golsen laying on his back for 4 yard loss.
A deep pass being picked off by Ha Ha!
Send me up some Pibb Extra and Golden Flake potato chips please
Just like Bama last year, ND will want to get Golson comfortable and some early confidence. I expect a quick pass of some sort. The big TE is the most likely target. Get the rhythm between Golson and him started.
"I don't know what class is but I can tell when one has it, you can tell from a mile away"
-- Coach Bryant
"We always talk about playing 60 minutes but this is a 60-10 game: the 60 minutes of the game and the 10 minutes in the locker room after the game that you remember for the rest of your life."
-- Nick Saban day after beating Clemson
Fake Field Goal
For play action pass, or as the stupid announcers have started calling it "play pass" UGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I hate that word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I digress), ND will have to establish the run. They will try to match Eifert up against our inside linebackers and suck them up on the run.
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April 4, 2013
A PR degree does not limit graduates to traditional careers, a panel of professionals told students during a workshop at the University of Georgia Grady College's ADPR Connection networking event. A student majoring in public relations should not feel pressured to begin his or her ideal, life-long career immediately following graduation.
Since each student brings a set of unique skills to the table, not every individual should follow the same path, the professionals said. Panel members advised job seekers to investigate alternative careers such as advertising, marketing and sales, feeling out their strengths and passions. This exploration may result in switching careers even after the graduate has begun working, one professional said.
"When you get your first job, it's OK to make a mistake. It's OK to realize that it isn't want you want to do — to take that hard left turn. Quitting a job is just as much of a skill as getting a job," said Sean Jones, national sales manager at Katz Media Group.
Success is not necessarily the ability to stick with that first job. Graduates' beginning years in the working world allow them to discover their passions and strengths, directing them toward careers that they will thrive in.
Donna Peeples, chief of staff at American International Group Inc., added, "It's not job hopping anymore — it's diverse experience."
Rather than looking down on an applicant for changing careers, hiring managers now recognize that various past experiences can make the applicant a greater asset to the company.
The workshop took place in October as part of UGA Grady College's annual ADPR Connection. The one-day event for advertising and PR majors featured workshops, portfolio critiques and a career fair. The panel focusing on non-traditional PR careers featured Jones and Peeples, along with Audrey Menkel, senior associate at KPMG.
Liz Azzolino, director of brand strategy at Engage, moderated the discussion. The panelists provided specific tips on how to get hired.
Relationship-building is key, all of the professionals agreed. When seeking a position, an individual cannot rely on public job postings. Today, as many careers are secured through personal connections, the speakers encouraged the students to get out and talk to people and ask for informational interviews.
Merkel commented that students should be intentional about varying their connections — networking across disciplines, not solely within public relations. Merkel recalled that when she decided to branch out from traditional public relations, she did not have a single non-PR connection on LinkedIn whom she could contact. She advised the students not to limit themselves as she had.
When applying for jobs, students should always do their homework on the companies that they are interviewing with, Peeples said. She urged applicants to use keywords from the companies' websites during their interviews.
At the end of a session, when interviewers ask for questions, Peeples recommended asking how they reached their current positions and what it would take for interviewees to achieve this in five or 10 years.
Make sure to actually listen to what interviewers say, Merkel said — do not ask them something that they have already answered. Merkel also advised applicants to ask the hard-hitting questions about whether the company would offer them opportunities to grow and advance their careers.
Jones reminded the students that although the process may seem overwhelming, this is an exciting and fun time in a young person's life. He encouraged the audience members to explore their diverse passions, independent of others' expectations or financial pressures.
"Don't worry about the salary. The money is not going to be there at first," Jones said. "Find a company you really want to work for, and the money will follow. I really believe that."
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Nathan Cross (Sergeant Cross or Cross) is a character that appears in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Need for Speed: Carbon.
In Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Cross works as a police sergeant for the Street Racing Unit of the Rockport Police Department[2]. He is constantly accompanied by his unnamed female partner.
In Need for Speed: Carbon, Cross works as a bounty hunter to hunt the player.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Cross first appears during the prologue of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, where he pulls the player over for street racing and driving a non street legal car. Due to an emergency call, Cross is forced to release the player, but still gets his chance of arresting him after the player loses their car to Razor. The player is later released from custody due to a lack of evidence.
Cross makes his final appearance after the player defeats Razor and becomes the number one on the Blacklist. As Mia has let the player go, Cross calls in all units of the Rockport Police Department to catch the player once and for all. After the player jumps through an incomplete bridge and successfully evades all units, Cross issues them the national Most Wanted status.
Need for Speed: Carbon
Cross discovers the player in the Carbon Canyon on their way to Palmont City and starts to chase them. The player fails to escape from him due to totalling their car in a crash in a construction site. When Cross is about to apprehend the player, he is called off by Darius, who offers him to pay the player's bounty.
Cross' last appearance takes place after Darius betrays the player by turning them over to him again. Owing to a deal with Nikki, which obliges her to pay the player's bounty, Cross sets the player free and drives off.
Cross has a small chance of appearing in Heat Level 5 or 6 pursuits to aid other pursuing officers.[3] The player receives a bounty of $100,000 for wrecking his car. He also appears as a police unit in Need for Speed: Carbon despite not being intended to do so.[4]
Cross' pursuit vehicle is a Federal Cruiser with a unique livery that appears in heat condition 5 or 6 pursuits. He is featured with different cars outside of pursuit events:
- Cross is seen driving a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R during FMV cutscenes of Need for Speed: Most Wanted and a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 in Need for Speed: Carbon. The latter may be unlocked as a reward card for Quick Race play without upgraded performance.
- Cross' Chevrolet Corvette Z06 in Need for Speed: Carbon is fitted with a bodykit overlaid on top of the stock body.
- The PlayStation 2 demo of Need for Speed: Most Wanted features an unused variant of Cross' Corvette with a yellow stripe livery, which only appears in the introduction film of the final release.
- Cross' pursuit vehicle featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted can be found in the game files of Need for Speed: World.
- Unused textures show that at some point of the game's development, Cross' car was going to be a C6.R instead of a C6 in Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- After defeating the number 5 on the Blacklist - Webster - the player receives a voice message from Cross, which states that they will no longer receive "special treatment." This means the player can now get up to heat level 5 in pursuits.[5]
- The scene in which Cross shouts "Everyone" in Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a reference to the 1994 French Motion Picture - "Léon: The Professional".
Need for Speed: Carbon
- Some trailers for Need for Speed: Carbon show Cross' RPD Interceptor being driven by players during a Pursuit Knockout event, which was replaced by the Police Federal Cruiser in the final release.
- Darius jokingly mispronounces Cross' name as Crog or Crawl.
- The player has a $150,000 bounty according to Cross.
- The player has to drive Cross' Corvette Z06, fitted with performance parts, in the Gold Canyon Challenge Series event along the "Eternity Pass" course against a BMW M3 GTR.
Need for Speed: Undercover
- Cross is said to be affiliated with Gregory MacDonald, whom is a police lieutenant turned criminal.
- Cross' car design theme has been recreated in several Need for Speed titles:
- Need for Speed: World - "Cross style" for the Corvette Z06
- Need for Speed: The Run - "Cross Signature Edition" for the Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 Carbon Limited Edition (Heroes and Villains Pack)
- ↑ Prima Official Game Guide - Need for Speed: Undercover (GMac's FBI file)
- ↑ Voice Message by Mia ("Cross has your file.")
- ↑ Prima Official Game Guide - Need for Speed: Most Wanted, p.33
- ↑ Prima Official Game Guide - Need for Speed: Carbon, p.68 (not mentioned in the heat level summary)
- ↑ Voice Message by Cross ("No special treatment.")
|Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Characters
|Player • Mia Townsend • Rog • Ed
|Sonny (#15) • Taz (#14) • Vic (#13) • Izzy (#12) • Big Lou (#11) • Baron (#10) • Earl (#9) • Jewels (#8) • Kaze (#7) • Ming (#6) • Webster (#5) • JV (#4) • Ronnie (#3) • Bull (#2) • Razor (#1)
|Sergeant Cross • Cross' Unnamed Partner • Mia Townsend
|Need for Speed: Carbon - Characters and Crews
|Player • Neville • Sal • Nikki
|21st Street Crew (Angie • Samson) • Bushido (Kenji • Yumi) • TFK (Wolf • Colin) • Stacked Deck (Darius)
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Is there anyone who doesn't like garlic bread?. I don't think so. Okay, maybe a teeny tiny population. But there is truly something about this which makes it so irresistible. How many of you go to olive garden for their bread or red lobster for their famous cheddar bay biscuits. I do and I am so much in love with both.
If you like baking bread then this is easy and if you have a stand mixer then making this is a breeze. I inaugurated my kitchen aid mixer with our favorite garlic bread. Yes, I finally got one after a year of blogging. Why so late?. I tend not to use things after I get them. Like, I would go for my yoga regularly, but after I got my yoga mat, I went only once, same thing with my waffle maker which I have used exactly twice and needless to say about the juicer, which was consuming my kitchen space, and is finally resting in our garage shelf. So I thought, I will get a stand mixer, only if I am persistent with my baking and when I absolutely need one.
Past few years, I have used my hand mixer for cakes and cupcakes, a whisk and and wooden spoon, and my hands for kneading. Sometimes, that works better, since you don't tend to over mix the ingredients, resulting in a cracked or dense baked goods. During my vacation in India, because of lack of baking tools, I have used my hands for mixing cakes, and the cake turned out just the way it would with a machine.
Kneading roti dough and bread dough are similar. So I hope you folks give this a try.
Some posts can take, for ever to compose, like this one, which needs detailed explanation and my fingers are too lazy to move, plus the gloomy weather is making me drowsy. Oh boy, I need a coffee badly.
I had one and now I am all set to go:)
How do you know your bread has turned out good?. Tell it by the tiny holes. Taste definitely matters, but so does texture.
In a bowl, which you will be using for mixing, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water and stir the liquid. Let it rest for 10 minutes. I heated water in the microwave for 50 seconds.
The liquid will start frothing. Once that happens, add salt and oil and stir well. Now add half of the flour and mix well with a wooden spoon or flat beater. Then attach a dough hook, and slowly add the remaining flour until dough leaves the sides of the bowl.
The dough will be elastic and sticky but should be workable. Don't try to add more flour as the bread could end up dry and dense. Coat the bowl and the dough with melted butter, cover the bowl and let this double in size. It will take anywhere from 1 to 1/2 hour or depending on the temperature indoors.
Punch it down, knead lightly on a lightly floured surface. Flatten it out or roll into a log and divide into 12 equal portions. I flattened it out and divided but I figured, log is easier.
With your hand, roll each portion into a rope about 9 inches long. Transfer to a tray with a non-stick mat and place the dough about 2 inches apart. Cover the dough and the rolled dough when working with the new ones or it will dry out.
Cover with a greased plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and let it rise for another hour.
The dough will double in size. Brush egg wash for golden brown color. Bake in the middle rack of preheated 400 Degrees Fahrenheit/205 Degrees Celsius oven for 11-14 minutes. Brush with melted butter and garlic salt.
- 1 cup warm water I heated water in the microwave for 50 seconds
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 cups 360 grams and 3 tablespoons all purpose flour (Might vary by few tablespoons)
- 1 tablespoon melted butter for greasing the bowl
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt or to taste Can be substituted with garlic powder and salt
- dry cilantro Optional
- Egg Wash
- 1 Egg + 1 tablespoon water beaten well
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, add warm water + yeast + sugar. Mix and keep aside for 10 minutes.
- Once the mixture froths, stir in salt + vegetable oil. Add half the flour and with a flat beater, beat until the mixture incorporates well. Alternately you can use a wooden spoon or a spatula to mix.
- Now using a dough hook, add little flour at a time and knead till the dough is smooth and elastic and it comes off the sides. If not using a mixer, transfer onto a floured surface and knead for 6-10 minutes with your hands, gently pressing with the palm of your hands. Dough will be slightly sticky. Don't try to add more flour than needed or it will make the bread dense and dry.
- Coat the bowl and the dough with melted butter, cover the bowl with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap for 1 and 1/2 hour and let it double in size.
- You know the dough has proofed well when you press it with your two fingers and the indentation remains. Punch it down, knead lightly on a lightly floured surface. Roll out and then divide into 12 portions.
- Take each piece and roll it on the surface into ropes about 9 inches long. Transfer onto a sheet with non-stick paper. Place the dough about 2 inches apart. Cover the dough with cloth or greased plastic wrap when you are working with other set.
- Cover and let it rest for another hour till the dough doubles. Brush the sticks well with egg wash and bake in the center rack of a preheated 400 Degree Fahrenheit or 205 Degrees Celsius oven for 11-14 minutes or till the top is golden brown. Transfer onto a wire rack.
- Mix butter + garlic salt and brush it on the fresh baked bread.
- Enjoy!


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I am so lost, the Colts made a comment on the game? Or was that just an example
I thought McCoy was an idiot for what he said, and personally I dont think the Broncos should have said anything.
but it is what it is.
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I am so lost, the Colts made a comment on the game? Or was that just an example
I thought McCoy was an idiot for what he said, and personally I dont think the Broncos should have said anything.
but it is what it is.
No it was an example the Broncos have an official twitter account that has stats etc but the Colts have Jim Irsay who does the "Twittering"
The Broncos didn't really say anything that wasn't true I mean if they said the Jags sucked that would be a story this? Not so much. The Jaguars should've just ignored it and save it for the field.
Giants season in a nutshell.
Atlanta is done if they lose this game. No way they make the playoffs if they start out 1-4.
It's virtually guaranteed that one of the wild card spots will go to whichever of Seattle/San Francisco fails to win the division. That leaves only one spot. I think an NFC North team will take it.
The Jets really aren't that terrible of a team. The defense is still good, and Geno Smith doesn't look that bad for a rookie who is starting. And it's not as if he has the best receiving weapons. The Jets certainly have more to look forward to now than they did a year ago when headband was starting.
What a crazy season.... who would've thought that the Giants would be 0-5; TB would be 0-4; the Vikes would be 1-3; Atlanta would be 1-4; Houston would be 2-3; and Pitt would be 0-4? All of those teams were considered to be at least playoff contenders, at least in my mind, and a few of them (ATL/HOU) were supposed to be SB contenders. Hell, I'll even throw San Fran in as a surprise under-achiever, although they seem to be somewhat fixing things.
Last edited by Kid Minneapolis; 10-07-2013 at 10:57 PM.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
****, to me its crazy just to look at the NFCE.
I knew the Skins had a uphill climb, but I expected at least .500. I expected the Giants to come out with 8-10 wins (if not more), and I really expected the Eagles to come out and have a good start (though I thought they would fall apart at the end, esp when Vick got hurt). I never expected the 'girls to do anything, because Romos gonna Romo
But yeah, what you said. Esp Atlanta, SF and Pitt
This Atlanta-NYJ game has been pretty entertaining.
That was a hell of a win by the Jets. Geno Smith played a damn good game for a rookie on the road. This Jets team is pretty solid right now. They have a good defense and will be in contention if Geno plays solid.
ATL's defense almost cost me a win this week. I won by like 2.4 points, not cool with that at all. Crappy thing was my other option was Denvers d
Good win by the Jets. Was not expecting that at all
Geno Smith is exceeding my expectations by a mile. He looks great out there.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I was in a survivor league and I picked Atl over NYJ. Unbelievable.
Smith looked really good. Atl's defense was not very good.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Didn't expect Geno to deliver. Mostly impressed with him was at the end and the two minute drill.
Rex Ryan may be extremely obnoxious, but the guy is a pretty damn solid coach. Give him a decent QB and you'll have a solid football team because he is going to make sure that the defense is good. In today's NFL, you can't win with a QB who is as awful as Sanchez was the past couple of years. But if Geno continues to play solid, this team will have a decent season.
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Maybe the Jets should just draft a QB every year? They seem to do better when they have to hold their quarterback's hand.
He had plenty of chances to prove he was a good coach over the year, and IMO he has pulled a Norv Turner and never produced. Somehow he just keeps getting other chances.
I'm not just saying it's because of one good game. I'm looking at his entire career in NY. Back to back AFC championship game appearances is impressive. The last two years were bad, but Vince Lombardi couldn't win with how Mark Sanchez was playing. Give Rex an adequate quarterback and he'll put the team in position to win.
I agree about Sanchez. I honestly dont know why they stuck with how as long as they did....
I actually agree with cdash. Maybe they should draft a new QB every year lol
Two series, 2 INTs for Eli. He looks worse than Schaub right now.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Well he's won 2 rings but also the Giants across the board are bad all around.
With the Texans its Schaub because the rest of the team doesn't look as bad in comparison to the Giants.
He's won two rings, yet his career has been a disappointment.......if that makes sense.
The talent is there. The ability to make clutch throws in big moments is obviously there. He certainly has the hardware. But the guy has just never been able to put together consecutive seasons of quality play like elite quarterbacks should. After the second Super Bowl, he had the opportunity to really cement himself as one of the very best quarterbacks in the game. It looked like he was on his way when they started 6-2 last year. But then the team stumbled down the stretch and didn't even make the playoffs. One year later and they are 0-5. Elite quarterbacks don't miss the playoffs after starting out 6-2, nor do they start 0-6. Tom Brady is throwing to guys that he's never heard of, yet they're 4-1. Peyton could be throwing to high school players and would still do better than 0-5. Anyone who ever compares Eli to Peyton should be slapped in the face.
Eli has a HOF career because of the hardware. But the guy has never been a true elite quarterback.
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Regardless I think this year Peyton took all the mojo from the Manning Brothers two years ago Eli was having a great year and Peyton well nuff said.
The regular season isn't worthless. Quarterbacks definitely get judged by regular season. It's just that an emphasis gets put on postseason when you're comparing guys like Manning and Brady who are excellent every regular season. But you have to get to the playoffs before you can shine in the regular season, and Eli hasn't gotten to the playoffs enough despite having the two Super Bowls. Eli may have one more ring, but there's no rational person who would put him in Peyton's class. Sure, some people got caught up in the heat of the moment two years ago when Eli had the second ring, while Peyton said out the entire career. But that was all overreaction, and Peyton would have still been better even if he would have never taken another NFL snap. Peyton's routine regular season success shows that he has consistently performed at an elite level throughout his entire career, while Eli has been all over the place and often very very very crappy.
Eli doesn't really have a good team around right now. No monster defense like they had and a poor offensive line without a run game. He's not like Peyton or the other really good QBs who can carry a team on their own. But you give Eli a team and he will excel. Not everybody can do that
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
That's not stopped them from dogging Matt Ryan or Tony Romo for that matter(although Romo can be just as bad in the regular season)
Regardless there's a reason why John Elway will always be more celebrated than Dan Marino even though Marino was a far more talented QB he never won a ring Elway won two fortunately for him.


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I have uploaded a properties.plist file on a webserver holding properties for my game and levels. I manage to read it using CCHttpRequest. I would like to get this data in a CCDictionary format for simple parsing - setting my game properties.Can someone point me in the right direction for filling the CCDictionary with the data from the httprequest response?
(I´m pretty new to both cocos2dx and cpp)
Using cocos2d-x 2.1.4 developing for IOS and Android.
Will writing the response data to a temp file work? I have not tried this yet as I´m trying to avoid it if possible . It requires some extra setup to write files on both ios and Android? Just been reading about setting the paths, and it seemed to be an issue.
//This funciton is based on the examples found in samples/Cpp/TestCpp/Classes/ExtensionsTest/NetworkTest.
void LevelData::onHttpRequestCompleted(cocos2d::extension::CCHttpClient *sender, cocos2d::extension::CCHttpResponse *response)
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//Make a CCDictionary and fill it with the data from the response
//There are some alternatives for creating a CCDictionary . I need to know how I can utilize the data from the response
CCDictionary *myDictAlt1 = CCDictionary::create(); //I guess this would require myDictAlt1->setObject to fill in the data
CCDictionary *myDictAlt2 = CCDictionary::createWithContentsOfFile(const char *pFileName); //can data from the response somehow be used directly in this method. Would be nice
CCDictionary *myDictAlt3 = CCDictionary::createWithContentsOfFileThreadSafe(const char *pFileName); //can data from the response somehow be used directly in this method. Would be nice
CCDictionary *myDictAlt2 = CCDictionary::createWithDictionary(cocos2d::CCDictionary *srcDict);
//Parse the CCDictionary and set game properites
>Will writing the response data to a temp file work? I have not tried this yet as I´m trying to avoid it if possibleYes. Fortunately Android and iOS filesystem is quite fast, so it's should not slowdown your game. Happy coding.
P.S. Dictionary::createWithData(), which inits dictionary from data in memory, can be useful for cocos2d-x, but someone should implement it and send patch (pull request). Btw, in this case createWithContentsOfFile() can be implemented through createWithData().
Thanks Sergey. Making a tempefile worked fine.
Yes, creating a temp file can load CCDictionary from it. But why not add a function to load CCDictionary from buffer, not file?CCDictMaker even hide in CCFileUtils.cpp deeply, this mean you'd better not to implement a function load from buffer.Strange.
It's just a gap in cocos2dx API, there was no special reason.


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Let's make the point by word association: station wagon.
Webster's--barely able to cork its enthusiasm--says it's an automobile with more cargo space than a comparable sedan, plus a rear seat that folds flat and a rear door hinged at any of four sides.
Let's get serious. Station wagon:
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* Twenty-seven children practicing handstands, two dogs and Mom, all waiting in line at Taco Bell. The woman is weeping, and one of the Labs is chewing on her cell phone.
* Station wagons are cemented in memory as June Allyson, Doris Day or Jennifer Jones, waiting to meet Gig Young, Gregory Peck or Howard Duff, arriving on the 5:10 to Milford, Conn. A martini before your meatloaf, dear?
* They most certainly were Country Squire, Parklane, Estate Wagon, Villager, Colony Park and other names bearing nuances of horse manure and penthouses.
So where does the 1999 BMW 540i station wagon fit this history? It doesn't, except as a magnificent anomaly that flattens all our perceptions: that no mandate exists saying an automobile with more cargo space than a comparable sedan, plus a square bum and roof rails, can't play on the same street with Jaguars, Plymouth Prowlers, Aston Martins and up-market roadsters. Up to and including, at least in matters of initial acceleration, the Porsche Boxster roadster.
Despite its apron and slippers, the BMW is America's fastest station wagon. If not for a speed-setting governor that restricts it to 135 mph, the 540i would be the world's fastest station wagon.
The 540i wagon may look as though it has a performance envelope that includes six bags of ballast from Gelson's, but from standstill it hammers to 60 mph in a blink over six seconds. That's faster than the Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Sport five-speed and a clean match for the frighteningly quick Lexus GS400.
It is certainly the only wagon since Country Squires and Colony Parks went away that has a 4.4-liter V-8 engine. It also is the only mover of things large and lumpy that offers 282 horsepower and 324 foot-pounds of torque. Surprisingly close to power numbers you get from a Corvette.
Yet there's nothing uncouth about this wolf in perambulator clothing. Linings that aren't glove leather are baby-soft velour. The dashboard is trimmed in Vavona redwood. All the BMW quality, luxury and suburban accessories are in place: a cover to hide cargo, a self-leveling rear suspension for working weekends, luggage nets, tote tie-downs, sunshades for rear windows, even a loading floor that doubles as a Veuve Cliquot table for the most elegant of waterside picnics.
But what's this with low-profile, high-performance tires on 17-inch wheels and brake rotors the size of Hula-Hoops staring through the spokes? Trained eyes w ill lock onto maroon and blue stitching around the three-spoke steering wheel, with an "M" badge buried in the rim. It says the gig is up and that this station wagon has been given large gobs of BMW's famed Motorsports treatment.
Not the Full Monty, mind you. Not full-blown M-Series engine enhancements. But certainly most of the modifications, including a sport suspension with firmer springs and shock absorbers. Ride height--and in turn the 540i's center of gravity--has been dropped almost one inch.
With that almighty V-8, with a five-speed automatic transmission incorporating a manual sequential shifter, with stiffened suspension adding Super Glue to the car's cornering talents, it's all more than enough to create a rapid, silky machine capable of sly performance ranging from docile to mildly demonic. Such potential for absolute deception may even be worth its $55,000 sticker.
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Excluding the gain, profit grew 12%.
Sales of Marico's flagship Saffola and Parachute oil during the October-December quarter disappointed due to competition from lower-priced regional and domestic brands but the company was compensated to some extent by the personal care business it acquired last year.
Overall, revenue increased 11% from a year ago to Rs.1,168 crore, Marico said in a statement on Friday.
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"The volume growth in the domestic consumer business was a little disappointing as the large brands like Saffola and Parachute have slowed down," said Amrita Basu, analyst, institutional equities, Kotak Securities Ltd.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd, the country's largest packaged consumer products company with top brands like Surf, Lux and Kissan, too saw volume growth drop to 5% in the December quarter from 7% in the trailing three months and 10% in the March quarter.
Marico, which participates in the Rs.2,500 crore branded coconut oil market through its Parachute and Nihar brands, saw volume growth for Parachute at 6%, lower than the norm of 8-10% growth. Volume growth for Saffola dropped to 5% from the usual double-digit growth the brand registers.
"We have taken corrective actions in Saffola and Parachute and expect the volume growth to return in the coming quarter," said Chaitanya Deshpande, executive vice-president and head investor relations and mergers and acquisitions, Marico. The company has reduced the prices of both the brands by 5-8%, he added.
Marico's international business, which contributes 24% to the overall revenue, reported a flat performance for the December quarter due to labour strikes at its factory in Bangladesh and the restructuring of its distribution network in West Asia.
"We are hopeful these markets will return to normal by the first quarter of the financial year 2014," Deshpande said.
Marico's skin care and services retail chain Kaya Skin Clinic posted a revenue growth of 5%. During the reporting quarter, the company decided to hive off this division into a separate listed entity and is waiting necessary approvals.
In the December quarter, Marico expanded its Saffola Oats and Saffola Muesli offerings nationally. "We have delivered a healthy topline growth accompanied by an expansion in margin," said Saugata Gupta, chief executive officer, consumer products business, Marico. "Our continued investments in our brands are expected to show results by way of volume growths in established brands and scaling our new product initiatives successfully."
Marico's stock closed up 1.21% at Rs.230.10 a piece on BSE on Friday. The Sensex ended down 0.57% to close at 19,781.19 points.


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How Accurate is this New Gallup Poll that Gives Obama a 50% Approval Rating?
Steve Cooper
The Conservative Monster.com
A new Gallup Poll resulted in a 50% approval rating for the dear leader,
Obama. I believe that these polls are being released to subliminally
have people think positive of Obama so the 'undecided' (clueless sheep)
vote for him. I am curious what the ratio of Democrats to Republicans
were questioned.
Gallup claims that this poll was done by phone with 1,500 registered voters. What was their party affiliation? What time of the day were these calls made?
First, most of the people that are going to vote against Obama are not home to answer the phone, because they are out looking for jobs unlike the Obama dead beat, welfare base.
Second, how many people that lost their jobs and can't afford a phone were NOT questioned?
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How to eat cake and drink coffee in space
Back in my day, space food was unidentifiable freeze-dried garbage and Tang. The astronauts today have it easy. YouTube's highest personality, Commander Chris Hadfield, shows off how they eat chocolate cake and drink coffee in space.
Who wouldn't want to drink coffee out of a Capri Sun pouch? If we all had those, that crazy woman would never have been able to sue McDonald's because she spilled hot coffee on herself. And zero gravity dessert could be the next big thing in entertainment. Think of how much fun you could have watching fat people trying to float after a piece of cake? Get Sara Lee on the phone; it's time to start locking up sponsors.


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The Equity Premium: Explained by GDP Growth and Consistent with Portfolio Insurance
We find that the long-run equity premium is fully explained by GDP growth and that it is consistent with a short-term portfolio insurance motive. We first derive the macroeconomic equivalent of the standard sustainable growth formula to determine the long-run average return on stocks. The average stock market return depends on the GDP/capita growth rate and the retention rate net of share repurchases. Next, we determine the economy's return on corporate assets and show that the return on corporate debt is related to overall GDP growth. After calibrating key macro economic/finance parameters, we obtain values for expected equity and corporate debt returns that respectively match the S&P 500 and 3- month T-bill historical arithmetic average returns. Our first conclusion is that in the long-run, the equity premium is generated by economic growth. Our second key result is that the equity premium is also closely approximated by the premium paid on a put option to maintain the value of $1 invested in the market when long-term investors wish to insure against downside risk on a year-to-year basis. These results have implications regarding how risk-free debt is priced and about the economy's capital structure.
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