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Instead, Waste Management and Republic have all but given up on this $2 billion-plus market, say analysts. They have scaled back most garbage-collection operations in recent years, leaving just a few transfer stations and landfills, mostly in the outer boroughs.
Why? Mainly, it's tough for the companies to make money in New York, the only market that caps the rate trash haulers can charge for collections, says David Biderman, head of the New York chapter of National Solid Wastes Management Association.
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Reflecting slowly improving economic conditions, stocks ended the first quarter at record levels. The Standard & Poor's index closed Thursday at 1569.19, recovering all the losses from the financial crisis. Health care and consumer staples led the way. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, sparked by Hewlett-Packard, HPQ -1.72% Hewlett-Packard Co. U.S.: NYSE $31.93 -0.56 -1.72% April 17, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 21.15M AFTER HOURS $31.93 0.00 0.00% April 17, 2014 6:20 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 81,050 P/E Ratio 11.53 Market Cap $60.51 Billion Dividend Yield 1.82% Rev. per Employee $352,917 04/15/14 To Build Cloud-Services, Some ... 04/15/14 AHEAD OF THE TAPE: IBM Needs t... 04/11/14 H-P Russia Bribery Outflanked ... More quote details and news » logged its strongest quarter since 1998, closing the holiday-shortened week at 14,578.54.
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said Friday that the small island nation, which averted economic meltdown Monday after accepting an international bailout deal, doesn't plan to leave the euro. The pronouncement came the day after Cyprus opened banks to the public, following a 12-day hiatus aimed at averting a run on deposits.
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Shareholder-advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended last Wednesday that investors oppose the proposed T-Mobile USA takeover of MetroPCS, saying terms were unfavorable. PCS shares rose on the news, as investors bet T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom DTE.XE +0.53% Deutsche Telekom AG Germany: Xetra €11.39 +0.06 +0.53% April 17, 2014 5:35 pm Volume : 7.51M P/E Ratio 54.24 Market Cap €50.70 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee €263,049 04/11/14 Heartbleed Bug's 'Voluntary' O... 04/01/14 Battle Lines Drawn Over Net Ne... 03/31/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: Clearing ... More quote details and news » might have to sweeten its offer. On Friday, proxy advisor Glass Lewis came out against the merger. Meanwhile, the U.S. government is seeking oversight of network-equipment purchases as a condition to Softbank's 9984.TO +0.24% SoftBank Corp. Japan: Tokyo ¥7623 +18 +0.24% April 18, 2014 3:00 pm Volume : 8.61M P/E Ratio 16.00 Market Cap ¥9152.63 Billion Dividend Yield 0.52% Rev. per Employee ¥220,761,000 04/15/14 CFO Moves: Brightstar, Popeyes... 04/07/14 Asia Tech Deals to Continue as... 04/02/14 Takeda Move Marks Shift for Ja... More quote details and news » buy of Sprint Nextel. S +1.79% Sprint Corp. U.S.: NYSE $8.52 +0.15 +1.79% April 17, 2014 4:02 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9.82M AFTER HOURS $8.51 -0.01 -0.12% April 17, 2014 7:25 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 14,789 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $33.53 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $934,026 04/20/14 AHEAD OF THE TAPE: AT&T Counts... 04/14/14 T-Mobile to Eliminate Overage ... 04/08/14 Comcast Dangles Wi-Fi Phone Se... More quote details and news »
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The Supreme Court wrestled last week with two cases questioning the legality of bans on gay marriage. Experts are uncertain how the court will rule. After two days of arguments, the judges expressed doubts about whether the cases belonged before the court at all.
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The S&P/Case-Shiller index reported that in 20 major metropolitan cities, home prices rose by 8.1% in January from a year earlier. It was the largest such gain in six-and-a-half years.
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The Obama administration, reports The Wall Street Journal, is moving forward with new pollution-cutting standards for cars, reducing the amount of sulfur in gasoline to an average of 10 parts per million. Refiners say the move would add 10 cents a gallon to gasoline's production costs; the administration says it would be considerably less.
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North Korea's 30-year-old leader Kim Jong Eun kept up a stream of threats against South Korea and the U.S., ordering rockets to be put on standby for strikes against U.S. bases in South Korea. The U.S. mounted an overt display of advanced military force, ordering B-2 stealth bombers to fly over the South Korean city of Isan.
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An alumnus who wished to remember Tennessee Tech in a significant way has recently pledged $2 million in the form of a bequest to the campaign for a variety of uses.
"Gifts of this magnitude don't happen often to schools like Tennessee Tech. Only recently has Tennessee Tech begun to actively pursue support from the private sector," says Tennessee Tech President Angelo Volpe, "and there's nothing I'd like more than to publicly thank this member of our extended family for the generosity of the bequest."
Unfortunately, however, the university's appreciation has to remain private.
"We make every effort to honor a donor's wishes and, in this case, the individual requests that the contribution remain anonymous," says Rick Stegall, director of major giving programs and capital campaign director. "A number of contributors have a great love for Tennessee Tech and want to provide support for the university, but they ask that we not give them any public credit."
Two million dollars will go a long way at Tennessee Tech. Although full details of the donor agreement remain private, Stegall anticipates that the contribution will primarily fund both restricted and unrestricted scholarships and other needs at the university.
Although this most recent gift is unquestionably the largest single commitment ever in the university's history, several other Tennessee Tech alumni have made seven-figure commitments to the Sharing the Vision Capital Campaign, which began in August 1992:
"With a little more than 42 months' experience behind us, we have unofficially met the original goal of $15 million," says Stegall. "We have 17 months remaining to do specialized, targeted fund-raising efforts to further enhance the results of the campaign. Numerous individuals and corporate friends are still considering what they will do for the campaign.
"We're not going to rest on the accomplishments of these first three and a half years. We have the opportunity to accomplish something wonderful here -- through the campaign, we're attempting to secure a more solid financial footing not only for tomorrow, but for years to come."
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Even in her grief, Christine Bestgen was reminded of the reason that her son, Spc. Dennis G. Jensen, laid down his life over two weeks ago in Afghanistan.
Jensen, a South Dakota National Guard (SDNG) member, volunteered to deploy with another unit that was short of personnel. The 2009 Vermillion High School graduate was making his first deployment to Afghanistan when he was killed in a bridge construction accident.
Besides his mother, Jensen is survived by his father, Glenn Jensen of Yankton, and sister, Melissa Jensen of Minneapolis, MN.
Bestgen was making the trek across the state, from her home in Lead, for the arrival of Jensens body for Thursdays funeral in Yankton. She stopped for a short break at Wall Drug.
I was wandering aimlessly at Wall Drug. I didnt want to spend any money on souvenirs, she said. Then, I saw these keychains with Dennis Oct. 9 birthday on them.
Bestgen was stunned at the unexpected message on the reverse side.
I turned (the keychain) over, and it said, Oct. 9, democratic elections held in Afghanistan for the first time, 2004, she said.
Jensen had made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. His courage was mentioned several times during Thursdays funeral at the United Church of Christ – Congregational.
Jensen, 21, of Sioux Falls, was serving with the 200th Engineer Company. He died Aug. 16 from injuries suffered while working with bridge materials near Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
Jensen enlisted into the Guard in 2008 as a member of the 211th Engineer Company of Madison and DeSmet where he served as a combat engineer. He volunteered to deploy with the 200th in May as a bridge crew member in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Prior to Thursdays service, the Patriot Guard Riders stood in support at the familys invitation, and a row of flags lined the sidewalk.
Bestgen greeted people at the church entrance, thanking them for their support. Jensens flag-draped coffin stood in the entryway, which contained posters with a collage of photos from his life.
During the service, SDNG Adj. Gen. Tim Reisch spoke of Jensens adherence to the seven Army values. Jensen showed selfless service and remarkable personal courage, Reisch said.
Those who joined since 9/11 know there is a good chance they are going to combat, the adjutant general said. But very few would go to combat with another unit like Dennis did.
Jensens awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, NATO Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon and the Army Service Ribbon.
The Rev. Joe Schulte, the Yankton churchs pastor, called Jensen a fighter in the best sense of the word.
(Jensen) has been a fighter from birth. He was born prematurely and weighed less than 2 pounds, and yet he survived, Schulte said. As a child, he fell and developed fluid on the brain that was a great concern. There were even thoughts of doing surgery. But Dennis body absorbed the fluid on its own.
Jensen fought to enter the military not only to benefit himself but also for others, Schulte said. Jensen showed that love for others when he would remain on the phone with his sister, who was feeling anxiety following her move to Minneapolis, until she fell asleep.
Jensen showed zest for a life that ended all too early, Schulte said. As his grandmother said, At least we had him for 21 good years, the pastor said.
Besides Bestgens greeting to the audience, Jacob Jensen offered remarks on behalf of the family.
Jacob Jensen told of the strong lifelong bond he shared with his late cousin. He described mischievous childhood moments ranging from kickball games to a fireworks experiment that went awry and required quick dousing.
But there were also serious moments, such as summer painting jobs that provided time for the cousins to discuss their Christian faith and spiritual development.
We ended up talking a lot about where God was in our lives and what Jesus meant to us, Jacob said of his cousin.
During a visit to their grandfathers house in Alcester, the two cousins spoke of Dennis military service.
I could tell he had a warriors heart, Jacob said. He had the desire, you could see it in his eyes. He had the focus and pride in the way he carried himself.
Jacob spoke of dreams that will now go unrealized with his cousins passing.
We were both meandering spirits. We bonded in lots of ways, he said. I looked forward to having him at my side when I got hitched some day, of getting old with him.
Jacob choked back tears, pausing before he spoke of his admiration for his cousin. Dennis was never taller than me, but I got to look up to him, he said with a smile.
The service included remarks from U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard.
Americans enjoy freedoms because of soldiers such as Jensen, the senator said.
(These soldiers) are devoted to duty, honor and country. They go to faraway places like Helmand province, Thune said. Today, we say thank you the best we can.
Daugaard spoke of Jensens passing at a young age when so many years should have been ahead of him. Death comes quickly, and we all need to let others know at every possible moment how much we love them, the governor said, noting it would have been what Jensen wanted.
The entire state has felt the pain of Jensens passing, Daugaard said. We are all diminished, and South Dakota is less for his loss, the governor said.
Daugaard had ordered flags flown Thursday at half-mast in Jensens memory.
During a video tribute, the family mixed sobs with occasional smiles and soft laughter. During one tribute scene, Bestgen pointed and smiled at a man in the balcony, who returned the recognition.
Musical selections echoed through the church, filling the air with emotional moments. Kathy Koenig sang Ave Maria, accompanied by her daughter, Maureen Koenig McFarlane. During two other selections, five bagpipe players performed at stations around the sanctuary. For the final number, four bagpipe players exited as the remaining player completed Amazing Grace.
After the casket was removed from the church, Jensens family and friends, along with dignitaries, gathered on the church steps for the 21-gun salute and Taps. Besides Thune and Daugaard, the dignitaries included U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD), First Lady Linda Daugaard and Lt. Gov. Matt Michels.
Following the Yankton funeral, the procession of family, friends and Patriot Guard Riders traveled U.S. Highway 81 to Madison, then to DeSmet and Pierre in recognition of his Guard units. Upon reaching Pierre, the Patriot Guard Riders were scheduled to drop out of the procession while the remaining vehicles proceeded to Sturgis.
Spc. Jensens interment was Friday morning in the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
During Thursdays service, Bestgen pledged her familys support for those in attendance.
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Here in our office, we're always asking, is it April yet? It's not, of course, but we are still already excited about our next Walk! It will be #19, we are not getting any younger. It's easy to be this excited when every year, we see how much can be done, together.
PUW 2013 Registration is officially open. The website is now up and running and we can't wait to work with both long standing and new walkers. Yes 2013 is open even before receiving The Date. We do everything we can (they know us really well and we work very closely with them throughout all the planning), however, The Parks Department usually gives us their approval during November/December.
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Soon after the start of the Civil War, President Lincoln called for a blockade of the southern coast line. This kept the Confederates from selling their cotton crops in Europe and Mexico in return for war supplies. To break the Union blockade, the South created the Merrimac. She had no sails and her wooden sides were covered with iron plates! In March, 1862, she destroyed two Union ships at Hampton Roads, Virginia. In turn, the North built its own iron-clad ship, the USS Monitor. The Monitor was a funny looking vessel with an iron-plated turret on top that could revolve in battle!
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Mobile social apps are not, really, about free SMS. Mobile discovery and acquisition is a mess - it's in a 'pre-pagerank' phase where we lack the right tools and paths to find and discover content and services efficiently. Social apps may well be a major part of this, as I discussed in detail here. These apps have the opportunity to be a third channel in parallel to Google and Facebook.
Benedict Evans, Whatsapp and $19bn
Without mobile, it doesn't matter how much money Facebook has. If you're asking whether Zuckerberg paid too much for WhatsApp, you're asking the wrong question. Zuckerberg is sending a message, here, that Facebook will never stop in its attempt to dominate mobile — that no amount of money is too much.
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Researchers at Duke have built a metamaterial array that harvests free energy sources like ambient wifi and microwave radiation:
The device wirelessly converts the microwave signal to direct current voltage capable of recharging a cell phone battery or other small electronic device, according to a report appearing in the journal Applied Physics Lettersin December 2013.
It operates on a similar principle to solar panels, which convert light energy into electrical current. But this versatile energy harvester could be tuned to harvest the signal from other energy sources, including satellite signals, sound signals or Wi-Fi signals, the researchers say.
The key to the power harvester lies in its application of metamaterials, engineered structures that can capture various forms of wave energy and tune them for useful applications.
Undergraduate engineering student Allen Hawkes, working with graduate student Alexander Katko and lead investigator Steven Cummer, professor of electrical and computer engineering, designed an electrical circuit capable of harvesting microwaves.
They used a series of five fiberglass and copper energy conductors wired together on a circuit board to convert microwaves into 7.3V of electrical energy. By comparison, Universal Serial Bus (USB) chargers for small electronic devices provide about 5V of power.
"We were aiming for the highest energy efficiency we could achieve," said Hawkes. "We had been getting energy efficiency around 6 to 10 percent, but with this design we were able to dramatically improve energy conversion to 37 percent, which is comparable to what is achieved in solar cells."
An incredible breakthrough that could lead to ambient charging of mobile devices, simply through the addition of a small array circuit. Carried to a logical conclusion, we could potentially do away with wires, and items as basic as light bulbs could be powered by wifi or cell signals. The communication medium can become the power supply, as well.
American adults this year will for the first time spend more time each day using digital media than watching TV, according to a new report by eMarketer.
Adults in the U.S. are averaging five hours and nine minutes daily with digital media, up from four hours and 31 minutes last year and three hours and 50 minutes in 2011. The amount of time they spend watching TV has essentially stayed flat in that time period. It was pegged at four hours and 31 minutes this year, down slightly from four hours and 38 minutes in 2012.
Overall, the amount of time spent consuming media in all its forms — digital, TV, radio and print — is cranking ever upward, though radio and print are dropping off, according to eMarketer. U.S. adults are spending an average of 11 hours and 52 minutes every day with media, up 13 minutes from last year.
The surge in digital consumption has predictably been driven by mobile. U.S. adults now spend an average of two hours and 21 minutes per day using their mobile devices for activities other than phone calls, up 46 minutes from last year.
There isn't anybody on earth that's going to want to hold a tablet to their ear. - Matt Burns, You're Funny, Huawei
I am betting that this will become the norm, actually. Or doing the equivalent through earphones, which will rapidly be wireless and unobtrusive. Google Glass is the new glowing blue bluetooth earplug, perhaps, but talking into a 7 or 9 inch tablet won't be odd in 2014. For many, these tablets will become their proximals: the devices they always have within reach.
Google reports that 77 percent of searches from mobile devices take place at home or work, only 17 percent on the move.
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Which is why 'mobile' is the wrong adjective. These are 'proximal' devices: the ones we always have near to hand.
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Tomfoolery blog, Mobile eats the Enterprise
Marc Andreessen wrote this great article about why software will eat the world. A similar seismic shift is happening because of the sensor-rich computers we carry around in our pockets. In the consumer space, the shift is obvious — mobile devices beat desktop & notebook PC shipments, time spent in mobile apps beats that spent on the internet(daily!), and we're awfully close to catching up to TV. Mobile usage will be even more disruptive in the enterprise space because it's accompanied by three tsunamis of changing work behavior:
- We have broken through cube walls: As people increasingly work remotely from each other, it will be imperative to collaborate from wherever we are.
- Power belongs to the People: Mobile workers are not only choosing their own devices, they are choosing their own apps. And these apps better be good, because they know how powerful an app can be, how amazing it can look, and how much it can offer.
- Career employees are gone forever: The parallel forces of hyperspecialization and jobfluidity are requiring teams to be more flexible than ever before.
Though we are already able to see early benefits from mobile use at work, this is just the beginning. Location-aware, context-aware, human-aware computing is here, and as an industry, we are just beginning to understand the possibilities.
At Tomfoolery, when we set out re-imagine how teams communicate and work together, starting with a mobile-focused approach seemed not only smart but it felt like the only way to do it.
It may be a bit precipitous to judge a company's product strategy by blog post, but I will go out on a limb and say that Tomfollery is going to release awesome software (even if they do quote Marc Andreessen). After all, a company whose motto is this
We believe all work is personal. Tomorrow can't come soon enough.
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It's a social-mobile world folks…
A recent survey by the Centers For Disease Control discovered that we've crossed the halfway point into wirless phoneland:
Over half of American homes don't have or use their landline, Stacey Higgenbotham
[…] more than one-third of American homes (35.8 percent) had only wireless telephones during the first half of 2012 while 15.9 percent of all households had both landline and wireless telephones but received all or almost all calls on the wireless phones. This means 51.7 percent of U.S. homes don't have or didn't use their landlines in the first half of 2012. That's a 1.8 percent increase from the same period a year ago.
The CDC wants to know because of its interest in health data. There is a generation of products — like testing pacemakers — that rely on landline connections, but I expect that innovation in mobile apps will solve that gap.
It is perhaps tempting to see this as suggesting that new electronic spaces are being created that transcend the spatial arrangements and constraints of mundane reality. We resist such an interpretation, though. The "technosocial situations" that Ito and Okabe detail are certainly forms of social and cultural practice that rely on information technology for the forms that they currently manifest. Still, they are firmly situated within, motivated by, and shaped in response to everyday life. Mobile-messaging technologies in the examples cited by Ito and Okabe do not create new spaces but rather allow people to encounter and appropriate existing spaces in different ways (see also Ellwood-Clayton 2003, 2005; Prøitz 2005). These new mobile practices, then, transform existing spaces as sites of everyday action. Far from seeing technology as creating a space apart, we view it as being fundamentally a part of how one encounters urban space and how it is shaped through technologically mediated mobility.
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My Briefs – What A Week!
I'm feeling completely overwhelmed by joy. It's been a remarkable week. One of my most favorite things in the world is seeing Drum Corps competing live. MTSU hosts a big one every summer. I went last night. After my scheduled corps-compadre cancelled, I decided I could go alone. I got a bit lost trying to find the place, and arrived late at exactly the same time as John, a perfect stranger whose wife let him have the night off to go to his first Corps show in 20 years because it was his birthday, of all things. A self-professed band geek (like myself), and ahem…Trekkie (not that there's anything wrong with that), John became the perfect companion for this awesome night. I was reminded of the power that excellence and creativity have to bring 20,000 people to their feet. I sat in awe as I watched marching and heard playing that both seemed un-human, constantly picturing the hundreds of hours these sun-bronzed, disciplined kids have spent on blazing hot practice fields, working their skills to perfection. Made me feel old and a little lazy, but off-the-chart psyched up to keep aiming for excellence, and to find new, creative ways of expressing myself that will inspire others to come more fully alive. Happy Birthday, John! Your presence was a gift to me last night. You would've been a great Scout.
Sheryl Crow Thursday night at the Sommet Center was incredible as well. She's hot and confident, and about as prolific of a songwriter as they come. Quite a remarkable voice, too. Wednesday night with Eric, and Monday with Josh D. were killer. And Tuesday was a huge day for working the plow in the field of forgiveness. My heart is tender.
I'm also blown away by the great work my friend Christopher Davis did producing "Precious Memories" for me – the first song I've recorded that I've written both the music and lyrics. It's on my myspace page and will appear in the film "Clancy" being produced by Kelly's Filmworks out of Louisville. What an honor. "Superfamous" will also be appearing the film "Fraternity House," but that's a whole other kind of honor. One that smells more like beer.
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is the awsome food to eat and the service is great and the workers are very nice
Mushroom Theology – I was a seminary student in San Antonio for two years, graduating this past May, and this particular Jim's is where I had the best affordable student meals and conversations with friends and professors.
Jim's is a classic icon of San Antonio from what I gathered during my time there. The original on Broadway St. is quite a charmer, but by far this location holds my candle. The staff was always so sweet and varied in age. We came at various crazy hours, and to find polite cheerful dispositions at 2 am is refreshing!
If you go, everything on the menu is homemade, delicious and affordable. But please have a basket of fried mushrooms for me! The staff will tell you they are the most popular appetizer. They became the center of our meals, with a side of ranch instead of gravy.
Have fun! Expect great service, food, and affordability at any of their MANY locations in San Antonio.
Delicious low-price fare! – Food and service were excellent great price!
Great Place For Burgers – Since this place is listed under burgers I will rate their burgers. The only one I've ever had is the Frontier Burger (double meat). If done right (not over cooked) it's one of the best burgers you will find in San Antonio. They put their own special sauce on it (thousand island blend) which makes it great. Fries are pretty good. If you order a salad with it (the combo) try the blue cheese. I've loved it for over 20 years. It has peppercorn in it.
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1988 OG 100m
I know that Ben Johnson ran 9.79 and Carl Lewis ran 9.92. How does that break down in meters, in other words by how many meters did he beat Lewis, also was it the largest margin in OG history?
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A 0.1 second difference in time equates to about a one-meter gap (since they are running at roughly 10 meters per second).
Therefore, Johnson won by about 1.3 meters (a sizeable gap for a sprint).
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There's no way to give an exact answer because it depends on the actual speed that the person in 2nd was travelling in the interim between his getting there and when the person in 1st finished.
But to put in really simple terms, assume they're all running 10-flat (because the math is easy). That means they were travelling at an average speed of 10mps. Which means that each meter in a 100m race takes a 10th of a second. So if Johnson was 0.13sec ahead of Lewis he was a bit more than a meter up. Since they were running faster than 10mps at the finish (Lewis took 0.88 for his last 10m), about a meter is correct.
As to whether or not that was an all-time record, for future reference, note that if you go to the Archive section of this site (button at top of this page) you'll find all-time Olympic medalists, and they're arranged by event, so you could scan all the 100m differentials in an instant. You'd see that Bob Hayes '64 (0.19) and Carl Lewis '84 (0.20) both had bigger margins than did BJ.
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Termite colonies are efficient, secure complexes. Rock-hard walls encase the fortress. Each of the thousands or millions of colony members has a specialized role. Any insects that don't belong in the colony are quickly recognized by differences in their chemical "fingerprint," or pheromones. These intruders are usually attacked, killed and dumped outside.
Michael Engel, curator of entomology, thinks that 19 million years ago, one insect might have found a way to sneak through the fortress undetected. Named Termitaradus mitnicki, the insect has characteristics that are similar to some flat bugs that exist today. By examining the behavior and abilities of modern-day relatives, Engel can predict how this small insect could get past the security of the termite colony.
Modern relatives of T. mitnicki are masters of disguise, both in physical appearance and likely in their chemical signature. This permits them to move about their host's colonies undetected by the soldier termites. Similarly, T. mitnicki likely mimicked the pheromones of the termites, which limited the possibility of being sniffed out.
As it wandered through a colony, it likely undulated like a caterpillar, hugging the wall to avoid disturbing the termites. Using this disguise, this insect could have searched for scraps of food, perhaps consisting of fungi. When approached by a termite, T. mitnicki likely flattened its body to an extreme degree, expanding like pizza dough under a roller. It conformed to the walls of the termite nest. The grooves and fissures on its back mimicked the texture of the nest walls. Termites walked across the back of T. mitnicki, not realizing there was an intruder in the colony.
The entomology collections of the KU Biodiversity Institute include many insects such as T. mitnicki that are encased in fossilized resin, or amber. Millions of years ago, trees secreting resin trapped insects and bits of plant material such as leaves or pollen. Over millions of years, a chemical change transformed the resin into what is called amber.
Amber preserves specimens with life-like fidelity. It is a unique form of preservation in the realm of paleontology. Sometimes the colors of the insect, its organs and even individual cells are frozen in time and can be clearly viewed with a microscope. Amber acts as a lens focusing our view on ancient ecosystems and with its unparalleled clarity, we see these long-extinct species as though they still were among us today.


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New York - Jun 21, 2011 - According to an article in CNN/Money, Verizon will soon join AT&T and T-Mobile in eliminating its unlimited data plans for mobile phone users. Current users will not be effected, but those who sign with Verizon after July 2011 will be offered only tiered plans, the cost of which will increase as data usage increases. More details are coming next month. Once the changes take effect, Sprint will be the only remaining major carrier offering unlimited data plans for mobile users.
Currently, Verizon's unlimited data plan costs $30 per month. AT&T charges users $15 per month for 200MB of data; or alternatively, $25 for 2GB of data, plus an additional $10 for each gigabyte in excess of that. T-Mobile charges $10 per month for 2GB, $20 for 5GB and $50 for 10GB.
So could this have a negative impact on streaming audio content? Perhaps not, if that is all a user ever did. For example, if you listened to three hours per day of a 64kb/s data stream, you would use 86.4MB per day; after 30 days you would have used 2.592GB, putting you over the AT&T 2GB limit and thus costing you $35. For T-Mobile users, you would pay $20. However, once you start streaming video content, all bets are off. According to this same CNN/Money article, 2GB would get you no more than 12 hours of streaming video from Netflix (as an example).
I would assert when faced with this bill every month, many users will, by necessity, limit their streaming content. Obviously some are not going to care, but many are. So, even though it is important for us as content providers to allow every means possible for users to get our content, we also need to cultivate and maintain those means of transmission that we control (AM, FM and HD Radio facilities) so that no matter what, listeners can still get us for free, should they so desire.
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Career: Graduated after three years as Stetson (English major / Spanish minor).
2013: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team ... Earned first career win vs. Cornell (Mar. 19), working eight innings (144 pitches), and striking out a career-high seven batters ... Pitched three scoreless innings of relief vs. Marshall (Mar. 20) ... Tossed 4.1 scoreless innings of relief vs. Kennesaw State (Apr. 13) ... Pitched 2.1 hitless innings of relief vs. UNF (Apr. 17) ... Allowed just one run in her last 10.1 innings.
2012: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team ... Appeared in one game ... Threw one scoreless inning vs. FGCU (March 31) with one strikeout and one ground ball double play.
2011:Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team ... Utilized a redshirt season.
Prior to Stetson: 2010 graduate of Auburndale (Fla.) High School ... Led AHS to a Class 5A District 6 championship as a senior and to the state semifinals in 2009 ... Two-time Class 5A Third Team All-State honoree in 2009 and 2010 ... Played club softball for Tropic Wave Gold.


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Steve Jobs' bad career advice isn't as bad as it sounds
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In 2005, Steve Jobs told college grads to never settle. Was this good or bad advice?
Steve Jobs gave a now nearly legendary commencement speech at Stanford in 2005 that has become, for many, the Gettysburg Address of commencement speeches. It's generally regarded as inspiring and direct, if a bit lacking in deep insight. But that's before you read between the lines.
A lot of times, the conversation zeroes in on a core message. As Jobs put it:
You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
Jobs' encouraging words have set off a debate in the blogosphere, summarized at Forbes by Timothy Lee:
Reportings: Apple and America; Friday's jobs report; Ben Stiller's compound
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Ben Stiller owns as compound — yes, a compound — and he isn't afraid to sell some of it for $7.3 million.
Apple can't save America: "[E]ven if Apple remains as successful as it has been under Mr. Jobs, that success long ago decoupled from that of the broader economy. (The Economist)
Tomorrow's jobs numbers from the BLS are making everyone nervous. The Wall Street Journal surveys forecasts and finds that everyone predicts less than 100,000 total jobs added in September. But BNP Paribas expects another month of net zero jobs growth, leading the unemployment rate to rise to 9.2%. (WSJ)
Ben Stiller has sold part of his $12 million Hollywood compound. The take? $7.3 million. So does this mean that Stiller has a lot less compound? And more importantly: Ben Stiller owns a compound?! (LAT)
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Steve Jobs' childhood home, with the garage where he and Steve Wozniak started Apple.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' death at 56 has provided ample opportunity to reflect on his life and his status as an American visionary, a character out of one of Apple's "Think Different" ads. But Jobs was also a Californian, and it's worth asking whether he represented a "California Way of Business."
Gov. Jerry Brown certainly thought so. This is from the Wall Street Journal, and includes Brown's reaction to Jobs' death:
California governor Jerry Brown, who knew Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs since his first governorship when Mr. Jobs sat on a innovation commission he created, said Wednesday of the Apple co-founder's death: "Steve Jobs was a great California innovator who demonstrated what a totally independent and creative mind can accomplish. Few people have made such a powerful and elegant imprint on our lives…"


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Delicious food, Outstanding service – First visit, very impressed. There were four of us and everyone loved their entrees and wine choices. The service was fantastic. Eric was our waiter, and he was great. Will return again and again. Highly recommended. Make sure to make reservations.
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Absolutely delicious – Me and 6 of my friends were visiting Santa Barbara for some wine tasting when we were recommended this restaurant by a lady from one of the vineyards. We reached there after dark and after coming from LA it felt like we were in the middle of nowhere but the restaurant was almost packed and was only taking people with reservations (it was a Saturday). So, we all sat on the bar. The staff was very very friendly and accomodating. I had ordered a penne pasta with creamy tomato sauce and sausage. The dish was heavenly and had a very nice flavor of fennel. My friend ordered mussels and I strongly recommend them. They came in a spicy soupy sauce which was so delicious that even after the mussels were long gone, I dipped my bread into the soup and ate :-) . I tasted some of my friends halibut and I must say it was excellent. We finished off with an outstanding tiramisu. Although the restaurant is a little on the pricey side when compared to the Italian chain restaurants, it is totally worth the money and then some. Being a choosy eater with an eye on the price, this restaurant impressed me very much. Anybody out in the wine country should definitely end their tiring day at this wonderful Italian heaven.
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Gomez: There was a chain of supermarkets in Florida that called our office to carry our cigars and we told them we were not interested, and the guy couldn't believe that we were saying that. He said, "We are so and so, do you know who we are?" I said, "Yeah, we know who you are," and he couldn't understand that we were refusing such a volume of purchases from somebody. He couldn't believe that we were refusing the sales to that chain of supermarkets. But that is not exactly where we want to see our cigars sold.
CA: From your description, you're content to keep La Flor Dominicana a boutique-style of brand. Is that a fair conclusion?
Lorenzo-Gomez: Well, we do need to grow right now. But I feel that one of our goals for the future will be focusing on the international level. Although we are selling overseas, we are not selling the brand everywhere. We would like the consumer to be able to travel to anywhere and find La Flor Dominicana, whether it is London, in Tokyo, any major markets. We are trying to expand in those markets. As it is, I believe we are almost everywhere in the United States that we want to be [for now].
Gomez: We will continue growing until we reach the point where I would be at the verge of losing touch with the production in the factories. If there comes a moment when I have to start delegating and letting somebody else take care of the production of the factory, I will stop right there. So whether it is 3 million cigars or 4 million cigars, as long as I can handle it myself and oversee production at the factory myself, I will be comfortable with the growth.
CA: During the period that you started growing rapidly, the acquisition of good tobacco became very difficult. But that period has passed. How are you choosing your suppliers? What kinds of things are you doing to insure that you are getting the best tobacco available?
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With two weeks to go until Young Avengers 1 is released, I thought I better actually do this or forever hold my peace. Well, that's unlikely. I never hold my peace.
You know what I mean.
Basically, the idea being I have a wander through the cast of opening cast of Young Avengers. Not that it's really a team, but "Meet The Team" seems to be the lens we look at superbooks through, and who I am I to deny convention?
(Seriously? - Gillen's Sneery Subconscious)
Anyway - I go through the cast, write some things, link to a few songs from my own personal Young Avengers playlist and talk about why they're connected to the individual. I was going to use some of my fave fan art of the characters, but decided there's something a little parasitic about that. Assume this is my shout-out. Mad love, etc.
I also thought it worth doing this, as from my casual watching the Young Avengers tag seems to be an exciting battleground. To my eye, it seems to primarily caused by the complete lack of NEW INPUT into the community. When you've got people writing big serious critiques on the amount of styling products a character is choosing to use, you know that they are absolutely pregnant with desire and are looking for anything to latch their thoughts onto.
So I figure six random essays give people other stuff to think about. Worth stressing that I'm clearly angling whatever I'm writing to not actually spoiling the book. I'll be talking about initial thoughts and larger concepts rather than where I ended up - or where I'm planning on taking the characters. I'd warn anyone against reading too much into them. That said, I'd warn against anyone reading too little into them.
Ask the Journey Into Mystery readers. I can be tricksy.
I also have no idea what I'm going to write. There will be very little (if any) proofreading. This will be fun.
This is the opening track of my Young Avengers soundtrack.
It's Amy Aka Spent Gladiator 1 by The Mountain Goats.
Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive
Do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away
Let people call you crazy for the choices that you make
Climb limits past the limits
Jump in front of trains all day
And stay alive
Welcome to the Young Avengers. I hope you survive the experience.
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Seriously, you're giving me...Mountain Goats song...first...
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Bad pizza – I have been to the Carbone's in Mound. It was the worst pizza I have ever had. Frozen pizza would have been better. The kitchen there was dirty and had flies all around. I've tried the thin crust and the deep dish. Both bad. Deep dish worse. I really have tasted some of the best pizza in the world and this is not it! Perhaps this chain is better than the Mound chain but whoa that was bad pizza. Sorry!
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