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Editor's Note:Amazon unveiled a new Kindle Fire named the Kindle Fire HD and a new e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite Thursday.
CNBC's Jon Fortt was at the press event in Santa Monica, Calif. where the new products were announced and reported live from the launch. Below are the events as they occurred.
2:54 P.M.: Bezos: Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE wireless for $499, 32GB, $50 per year for 250MB per month.
2:51 P.M.: Bezos: "We also don't want to lose money on devices, because that misaligns you with consumers."
2:50 P.M.: Bezos: "How are these prices possible? We want to make money when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices."
2:48 P.M.: Bezos: Kindle Fire HD comes in 7 and 8.9 inch .... 7 inch, 16 GB $199, ships Sept. 14. The 8.9 inch will be $299 and have 16GB of memory. It will begin shipping Nov. 20.
2:43 P.M.: Bezos: Showing Fire HD TV spot
2:43 P.M.: Bezos: In-game purchase allows people to buy physical game-related items, also get digital versions of those items. (Implications for the likes of Rovio should be obvious.)
2:39 P.M.: Bezos: Presenting a music demo (Is that really coming from the device alone? Unclear how loud the speakers get without microphone amplification).
2:33 P.M.: Bezos: Kindle FreeTime limits let you set different limits for different kids, and for different activities (limit video and games, unlimited reading) ....
2:32 P.M.: Bezos: Facebook, Skype built custom apps for HD Kindle.
2:31 P.M.: Bezos: Whispersync feature for games: Stores unlocked levels in the cloud.
2:29 P.M.: Bezos: X-ray for movies: Tap screen during movie, find out who the actor is.
2:27 P.M.: Bezos: Whispersync for voice: your audiobook knows how far you've read, keeps both media in sync.
2:24 P.M.: Bezos: The Kindle Fire HD tablet has wifi that is 41 percent faster than new iPad.
2:23 P.M.: Bezos: HD is first tablet to incorporate MIMO.
2:21 P.M.: Features better wifi: 5ghz band, two antennas, MIMO for improving radio signal reception.
2:19 P.M.: Bezos: HD display means more storage; OMAP 4470 processor, more memory bandwidth than Tegra 3; dual stereo speakers, Dolby digital plus.
2:18 P.M.: It has laminated touch sensor on top of display. It cuts glare by 25 percent.
2:16 P.M.: Kindle Fire HD: "We decided to go big" — 8.9 inch display, 1920 x 1200 resolution, in-plane switching 256 ppi.
2:13 P.M.: Bezos: Kindle Fire is staying, faster processor, twice the RAM, longer battery life, and will sell for $159.
2:12 P.M.: Bezos showing glowing Kindle Fire press reviews.
2:11 P.M.: Bezos: In 12 months after Kindle, people read 4.6 times as much as they did in 12 months before as of 2011.
2:10 P.M.: Bezos: Now Kindle serials: buy once, receive all future episodes, automatic and seamless, authors join discussions; Neal Pollack, Dani Amore, and others among first eight.
2:09 P.M.: Bezos: Kindle singles are working. There have been 3.5 million sold, 35 have reached top 50.
2:07 P.M.: Bezos: Showing testimonials from direct publishers.
2:06 P.M.: Bezos: Kindle Direct Publishing allows authors publish on their own; 27 of top 100 paid Kindle books are direct publishing.
2:03 P.M.: Bezos shows rejection letters to Stephen King, Dr. Seuss; author of The Help talking about rejection.
2:01 P.M.: The entry-level Kindle now $69.
2:00 P.M.: Priced at $179, free 3G.
1:58 P.M.: Bezos showing x-ray feature that gives information on book characters and bios for authors.
1:56 P.M.: Bezos is demonstrating font switching, size adjustments. (Note: last time Bezos did ereaders first, Fire later. Expect that here, too)
1:53 P.M.: Bezos: "Gets 8 weeks of battery life even if you leave the light on all the time." Specs: 9.1 mm, 7.5 ounces
1:53 P.M.: Patented light guide: like a fiber optic cable flattened out, making lighting even across display, directed down onto display, opposite of LCD.
1:52 P.M.: Bezos: "25 percent more contrast 212 pixels per inch."
1:51 P.M.: Front-lit display in new Kindle, you can change fonts, screen is clearer. It's the Kindle Paperwhite.
1:49 P.M.: Showing a video for a new kindle. Video features customers talking about how much they read...
1:48 P.M.: Bezos: "Hardware is a critical part of the service."
1:47 P.M.: Bezos: "Customers are smart. Last year there were more than two dozen android tablets launched into the marketplace. People didn't buy them .... People don't want gadgets. They want services .... Kindle Fire is a service."
1:44 P.M.: Bezos: "We love to invent. We love to pioneer. We even like going down alleys that turn out to be blind alleys. Every once in a while one of those blind alleys opens up into a broad avenue, and that's really fun."
1:43 P.M.: Jeff Bezos takes the stage.
1:42 P.M.: Event beginning with commercial from last night. (Watch commerical here)
1:34 P.M.: Lights have dimmed at the Amazon presser.
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Love it or hate it, the architecture of Oral Roberts University is nothing if not unique.
For years I've heard that ORU is the most visited tourist site in Tulsa. I have no idea if that factoid is true. But I do know from my own personal experience that out-of-state visitors often ask me to drive them past the futuristic campus on South Lewis.
What happens when Tomorrowland runs headlong into cold, hard reality?
I think that's exactly what's happening at Oral Roberts University lately. Recent work on the space-age complex has mostly involved improvements to infrastructure- widening a creek, improving drainage, building a bridge. But some of the so-called improvements are more destructive.
Until earlier this week the area around the base of ORU's famous Prayer Tower was a geometric plot of gardens and bubbling water fountains surrounded by tall trees. The garden was an integral feature of the futuristic complex, strategically situated below Tulsa's most unmistakable spire. As one passer-by reminisced, "I always thought this is what heaven would be like."
But earthly finances appear to have disrupted Oral's vision of heaven on Earth. The recessed garden oasis is currently being mowed under and filled with dirt. Crews are moving in ornamental rock to hide the angular concrete, lava rock and that ubiquitous anodized aluminum. Presumably the maintenance of a complicated system of ornamental fountains require people and money that ORU has deemed unnecessary. It's apparent that maintaining the unique look and feel is not a high priority.
ORU's space-age structures, designed by Tulsa architect Frank Wallace, have survived relatively intact for nearly 50 years. Today the campus maintains a kitsch appeal lost on most of the students who attend classes there. Hopefully it's not lost on the people who pay the bills.


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I see him more as a sequel to Bobby Knight, a whiny, arrogant and profane antagonist, an unfortunate role model, a troubled and troubling anti-Wooden. The lip-syncing Harbaugh was doing to the refs last Saturday would've made Charlie Sheen blush.
The world of sports has a name for people like this. "Winners," you say? Absolutely. Or total tools. Take your pick. These days, the distinction's rather thin.
Because you can get away with almost anything in life as long as you rack up the wins. The Mongols come to mind (Tamerlane was 20-2 against the spread). Napoleon, of course, though he was better in domes. And now, this James Joseph Harbaugh.
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Second, we'd like to thank our plastic surgeon. You think God makes chins like this?
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Nominees for best actor
Jim Harbaugh in "Silver Linings Playbook." The story of a mercurial San Francisco dictator prone to fits of ref rage. His abuse of headphones and officials gives him the edge in this year's Sports Oscar race.
Mike D'Antoni in "Les Miserables." Mild-mannered coach is suddenly caught up in the throes of anarchy and revolution as L.A. Live becomes the new capital of "let-'em-eat-cake."
Phil Jackson in "Lincoln." A romantic comedy featuring a wise stoic who always gets the girl, even if he doesn't succeed in saving her daddy's fabled sports franchise. (Probably belongs in best director category.)
Blake Griffin in "The Hobbit." Gentle giant finds himself in the company of 13 dwarfs as he is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Kingdom of Erebor.
Lance Armstrong in "Flight." An unrepentant substance abuser finally comes to terms with his lying and bad behavior when his sport turns upside down.
Phil Anschutz in "Arbitrage." Denver financial genius puts his empire on the block despite winning championships in two L.A. sports and somehow luring legit interest from the impossible-to-please NFL.
Kobe Bryant in "This is 40." The story of an aging superstar who's personal life makes a comeback even as his professional career seems to spiral beyond his — or anyone's — control.
Bill Belichick in "The Master." Creative genius develops a cult-like following as he builds an empire tainted by corruption and yard-sale sweatshirts.
Atlanta Falcons in "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Story of a team from a chronic NFL backwater that can't get any respect despite consistently carving up the opposition.
Colin Kaepernick in "Amour." Gripping Cinderella story about a no-name quarterback who suddenly makes the estimable Aaron Rogers look like a has-been. A smitten nation wonders: "Who is this dude?"
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Vin Scully, as the James Stewart of baseball, has led baseball's most Capraesque career.
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hey everyone! i just wanted to make an update on how my baby girl and i are doing. my sweet, sweet julia is now 2 months old and loves to coo and smile at poeple. especially other kids or babies :-) she's a happy, healthy baby and can already identify my hubby and i as her parents....i think lol as for me, im doing good too. my tear has healed up nicely and no more hemroids (thank god) i'm taking a few zumba classes in attempt to getting back into shape. or at least try to anyway hehehe. i'm not too fond of my little pouch, but since im breast feeding, i've lost most of my weight already, but still not enough to fit in my old jeans sadly. i'm glad breast feeding has gotten easier over time, but i really don't think i can bear to do it for the first full year. it's super demanding and even very stressful at times. its also no picnic to pump, epecially if i have to in a public place and there's no way i can at work if i really need to when im not on lunch. i was thinking the first few months i'd breast feed then switch to fomula and freeze a lot of my milk to use even after i stop. she's not too crazy about formula ( i've given her similac of course lol staying true to the website) and i'm wondering what's the best way to ween her off the breast. though her doctor is putting me through a huge guilt trip for even considering it -_- she said that ,"if it's for my daughter, i'd do it (for her first year)" and that its the only way for her to get the FULL benefits of it rather than just going for a few months and stopping. now i kinda feel like im cheating her out of a good start. *sigh* other than that, things are great. leave any questions or comments and i'll be sure to answer when i can! thank you guys for listening!!!
It's great for those who are able to breast feed for a year or more, but it's not possible for many moms. I saw my wife break down in tears when one of her maternity nurses ripped into her for not nursing past four months. Do the best you can, but breast feeding, especially when you are not a stay at home mom is complicated and time consuming. Don't let ANYONE make you feel badly for how you choose to best feed your baby. Congratulations, as it sounds like you have settled in and have a happy, healthy baby.
Congrats on your new baby girl :) I would just continue doing what your doing then slowly switch to formula. Sometimes doctors are a little blunt with the things they say. However, you should do what works best for you and her not for your doctor. Wish you luck!
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The numbers are largely based on the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey through March 2011. Because the Census Bureau does not ask people about their immigration status, Passel derived estimates on illegal immigrants largely by subtracting the estimated legal immigrant population from the total foreign-born population. The numbers are also supplemented with material from William H. Frey of the Brookings Institution and Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau, who reviewed data released Thursday from the Census' American Community Survey.
The data showed that 11.1 million, or 28 percent, of the foreign-born population in the U.S. consists of illegal immigrants, virtually unchanged since 2009 and roughly equal to the level of 2005. An additional 12.2 million foreign-born people, 31 percent, are legal permanent residents with green cards. And 15.1 million, or 37 percent, are naturalized U.S. citizens.
Fewer Mexican workers are entering the U.S., while many of those immigrants already here are opting to return to their homeland, resulting in zero net migration from Mexico.
In 2007, legal and illegal immigrants made up equally large shares of the foreign-born population, at 31 percent, due to ballooning numbers of new unauthorized migrants seeking U.S. construction and related jobs during the mid-2000s housing boom. Naturalized U.S. citizens then represented 35 percent.
Broken down by geography and race, roughly half of all states last year posted declines or no change in their numbers of foreign-born Hispanics, including big immigrant states such as California and New York as well as economically hard hit areas in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, which previously had seen gains.
Foreign-born Asians were a bigger source of population gain than Hispanic immigrants in California, New York, Virginia, Illinois and New Jersey. Newly moving into suburban communities, the Asian population spread out more across the southeastern U.S. and Texas, increasing their share in 93 percent of the nation's metropolitan areas.
As a whole, foreign-born residents are slowly graying, with 44 percent now age 45 or older. They are more likely than in 2007 to be enrolled in college or graduate school (39 percent, up from 32 percent) and to be single (17 percent married, down from 22 percent).
Births to immigrant mothers also are on the decline, driving the overall U.S. birth rate last year to the lowest in records dating back to 1920.
"At least temporarily, the face of immigration to the U.S. is changing in terms of cultural background, education and skills," Frey said. "The fertility bump provided by past Hispanic immigrants may not be replicated in the future, especially if Asians take over a greater share of U.S. immigrants."
House Republicans, seeking to show they are serious about addressing the immigration issue after being largely rejected by Hispanics in the election, voted last week to make green cards accessible to foreign students graduating with advanced science and math degrees from U.S. universities.
The measure, strongly backed by the high-tech industry and touted as a boost to the U.S. economy, would have a net effect of extending more visas and eventual citizenship to students from India and China. It is opposed by most Democrats, the Obama administration and immigrant rights groups such as the Asian American Justice Center which want to see it packaged with broader legislation that extends legal status for illegal immigrants.
These groups also oppose the proposed new 55,000 visas for foreign students because they would be offset by eliminating a lottery program that provides green cards to people with lower rates of immigration, mainly those from Africa. Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from bringing up the bill.
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Literary and Social Differences Between the Arhat and the Bodhisattva
by Shimoda, Masahiro, Tokyo University
Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
In accord with the remarkable development of recent philological investigation of Indian Buddhism, it has become undoubtedly obvious that the two types of Buddhism, traditional and Mahayana, shared their institutional backgrounds absolutely in common. Despite of this irrefutable identity in terms of institutional history, however, with regard to the content of the canon of each tradition, we still encounter between these two streams an impassable gulf fixed as ever, which seems ultimately to be represented by the two different images of Buddhist saint, arhat and bodhisattva. In addition, given this difference corresponds to that of Buddhist worlds known as the southern and the northern tradition, it seems very likely that the difference in ideology embedded in texts was in fact reflected in the actual history of Buddhism. Ideas are not always institutionally independent of, but are sometimes incarnating in history. In this presentation, I will first bring theoretically the contrast between the world of arhats and that of bodhisattvas' into clear relief, and then illustrate how much the contrast is consonant with the difference of actual history.
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Looks like the gamble paid off for the Vikings. Enjoy the constantly hurt primaddona that is Percy Harvin, Seattle. We'll just settle for Xavier Rhodes, Cordarrelle Patterson and Greg Jennings instead. Oh! And the pick you're giving us next year for him too.
Percy Harvin trade a coup for Seattle … and huge gamble by Vikings
The Seattle Seahawks finished ninth in the league in points scored last regular season and, in one December stretch, scored 58, 50 and 42 in three consecutive wins — the third over the eventual NFC champion 49ers. That offense became even deadlier Monday, as the Seahawks reportedly agreed to a trade that will bring Percy Harvin to Seattle in exchange for a first- and seventh-round pick in 2013 and a 2014 mid-rounder, as first reported by FOX Sports' Jay Glazer.
With Russell Wilson thriving as a rookie starter and Marshawn Lynch rushing for 1,590 yards, the Seahawks turned into one of the league's most explosive teams. And that's despite not having a receiver top 50 catches (Sidney Rice hit that number on the nose, followed by Golden Tate with 45).
Harvin, meanwhile, hauled in 62 passes in just nine games for the Vikings — an ankle injury sidelined him down the stretch. In four seasons with Minnesota, the electric Harvin averaged nearly 1,800 total yards and was on pace for a 2,400-yard season in 2012 before his injury.
He'll add another element to Seattle's already scary attack. Even better for both Harvin and the Seahawks: Harvin will sign a new contract upon arrival, according to ESPN1500.com's Tom Pelissero. The Vikings' hesitancy to give Harvin the lucrative, long-term deal he was after left Harvin disgruntled, and the front office flailing heading into this offseason.
Darrell Bevell, the current Seattle offensive coordinator, called plays for Minnesota during Harvin's first two years, too. Harvin had 2,081 total yards in his rookie season under Bevell, then posted 1,908 in 2010.
Of course, the clear upgrade Harvin provides Seattle's offense leads to the question: How could Minnesota trade this guy?
It will be a very difficult inquiry for the Vikings to face, even if Seattle returns a loaded haul of draft picks. (Seattle has the 25th pick in Round 1, then the 24th and 25th picks in Rounds 2 and 3, respectively.) ESPN's John Clayton reported that the Vikings will receive at least one first-round pick from Seattle.
Still, the Vikings already faced the prospect of needing to find another weapon for Christian Ponder. Harvin's removal from the Minnesota depth chart leaves Greg Childs, Stephen Burton and Jairus Wright as the Vikings' top three receivers. That trio combined for 27 catches last season, none by Childs.
It almost goes without saying that the Vikings will have to consider using one of their expected two first-round picks in April on a wide receiver — or will have to use those picks as bait to trade up for a playmaker. The Harvin move may also ramp up Minnesota's interest in some top-flight free-agent receivers, like Mike Wallace and Greg Jennings.
Until the Vikings fill that gaping hole out wide, though, Minnesota fans will have every right to feel a bit disoriented by this move.
That feeling may be shared by the Seahawks' competition in the NFC West. While Arizona sits well back of the pack, St. Louis was an improved team in 2012, and the Seahawks-49ers rivalry obviously reignited. San Francisco was thought to be one of the suitors for Harvin as well, with the 49ers hoping to upgrade at receiver and having money to spend.
Instead, the 49ers now will have to worry about figuring out how to stop Harvin and that high-upside Seattle offense. If they do come up with something, it would put them ahead of the curve. A healthy Harvin, with Wilson throwing to him, could have defensive coordinators tossing and turning for the next several seasons.
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Looks like the gamble paid off for the Vikings. Enjoy the constantly hurt primaddona that is Percy Harvin, Seattle. We'll just settle for Xavier Rhodes, Cordarrelle Patterson and Greg Jennings instead. Oh! And the pick you're giving us next year for him too.
If Percy wants to win a SuperBowl, he will have to become unselfish. Ponders #'s went up and Vikings wins went up when he wasn't in the offense.
"All Day" averaged 96 yards per game with Percy, 165 yards per game without.
"All Day" averaged 18 carries per game with Percy, 26 per game without.
Ponder averaged 218 yards and 1.25 tds per game with Percy last season. 149 yards and 1 td without. The Vikes will surely miss him.
Does Burke intentionally leave the date off his articles?
So you have Marshawn Lynch , Sydney Rice, Golden Tate, Doug Baldwin and Zach Miller with Russell Wilson on point. Now you put this kid on the field too ??? My God . The Vikings are finally forgiven for the weasel move they used to snatch Hutch from us.
Percy's a nice player and does good work out there, but this "total yards" evaluation makes him sound like some sort of all-purpose god. It's silly. He hasn't had a 1,000-yard receiving season. You can line him up in the backfield once in a while, but he's not durable. He doesn't do punt returns. His usage on kickoffs has gone way down since his rookie year - in his last full season, he returned exactly one kick per game. Let's not go crazy over his value.
Pete Carroll can handle Harvin-like personalities and get maximum effort out of them. Watch out for the Seahawks.
Harvin has been a pain in the ass from college on. Good riddance.
How long will it be?
Before we'll see.
Our Icon.. "AP",
Want's out of Minny!
Nah, us Vikings fans aren't "reeling" at all - Harvin had become a distraction and strangely enough our record last season was better without him in the line-up than with him. Sometimes you gotta cut your losses to improve - addition by subtraction, folks. We need to keep building with TEAM players, not ME FIRST prima donnas. Common sense should help anyone understand that fact. ;)
The Vikes better sign a wide receiver with GREAT hands. We'll need one now with Ponders' accuracy issues over 5 yards. Either that or an elite slot receiver for YAC. It's going to be some long, tough years ahead for us purple bleeders.
"Minnesota fans will have every right to feel a bit disoriented by this move."I'm in Minnesota, and that's certainly not what I'm hearing. More like: you hate to see the talent go, but with the headaches (both figurative and the migraines that keeps him from practicing seemingly every other week) and the injury risk, this isn't a bad haul.I love Percy when he's on the field. Fun to watch, playmaker, you name it. He also misses a *lot* of practice time because he's dinged up, is coming off a major injury and has been a brewing malcontent for some time now - even under a coach who isn't exactly a hardass. You took a risk when you drafted him, got great production and are selling when he still has first-round value plus the extra picks. It's not a bad haul.
They still need receivers. But it won't be any worse than the end of last year when they made a run while he was on IR.
Being a Niners fan, I am glad to see Seattle get taken on this trade. a 1st rounder and a future mid-rounder??? Plus, you are going to give him an extension (AKA pay raise!). Minnesota did a great job especially when you compare it to what Chicago gave up last year to get Brandon Marshall, 2 third round picks!. Talentwise the two receivers are equatable, but you can't equate a 1st round pick and future mid-rounder to 2 third round picks! Minnesota is probably getting the 2nd best receiver in this years draft with Seattle's pick. Can you say Kennan Allen or Tavon Austin, anyone?
Harvin has been inconsistent.........if the Vikings get a 1 and 2 or 3 for him......it is a good trade. One player does not make a team.
The Seahawks definitely get an upgrade in WR...but given how crappy their WRs have been anything was an upgrade. The question is when will Lynch begin his downslide (which he will as he nears 30).....and as NFL Defenses adapt to the read-option.....will Wilson and the other parts of the Offense be able to carry the team.
Washington legalized the sticky icky last year. Seattle is in Washington. So, yeah, probably a nice place to land for Harvin.
Harvin might have been a cancer in the locker room but he gave 100% every game and always fought for the extra yard, bouncing off tacklers 50lbs heavier then him, and always a threat to return a kickoff. Ponder will miss him throwing those swing passes that would go for 10 yards. He will be missed but Austin would be a good replacement
Very reminiscient of the Moss trade to Oakland. Very talented player, horrible attitude, limited by injuries. Let's just hope they do better than Troy Williamson and Erasmus James with those draft picks.
This is a potential win for both teams. However, considering Harvin has now played for two NFL HCs with very different personalities and couldn't get along with either, this could blow up for Seattle. Minnesota's got a lot of WRs to sign, though - Jarius Wright is like Harvin-lite, but they'll need at least three more good players to fill the gaps. Sign Jennings and mid-level WR, then draft two more in April.
PS - this is the second article I saw that seems to forget that Greg Childs will most likely never see an NFL field after a horrific injury in training camp last season.
Percy is an incredible talent, who is often unavailable for practice and games and the the Vikes went 6 and 2 without him. Keeping Percy also means locking up as much as $10mil per year, which can now be used on a FA. IOW, it was a choice between Harvin and Wright for 2013 or Wright and a top FA (I would not mind Boldin at 6 to to 7 a year) and several high picks. It is the right thing to do.
Washington state just legalized pot... Seahawks are eff'd now that Percy is in town. Look for a few substance abuse suspensions in the near future...
Lets Recap: Vikings pickup punter Chris Kluwe from Seattle in '05, a Top-10 punter for the last 8 seasons. Vikings acquire Steve Hutchison in '06 leaving Seattle with NO compensation: He starts 48 straight games and is All-Pro 4 consecutive years. Vikings let Nate Burleson go to Seattle (bust, shipped to Det), and Tarvaris Jackson (bust, shipped to Buf), and Sidney Rice ($170,000.0 per catch, 87 total yds in 2 playoff games), and now Percy Harvin. Sensing a pattern here? Minnesota will be just fine. :)
whoever wrote this is an idiot. They are including return yards into account. Guess what moron, with the 50+ mil they are giving him he will NEVER return kicks again. he had only 677 yards in 9 games last year, how does that equate to 2400 yards in 7 more games? what a moron
vikings are about as dumb as miami with reggie bush! but hey viking fans there is hope!...randy moss is free hahaha
How is it a gamble? He's a cancer, and they get a late first round pick in a very deep draft. Good riddance.
Trade away good WR's and then try to draft others to replace them. Is Troy Williamson available? Will they take John Carlson in the deal then too since the Vikings don't appear to want to use him?
This will be a tough one to swallow considering their need at the position.
Not really a gamble for the Vikings since he wasn't going to play there any way. They're lucky they got what they did. Seems to me the bigger risk is for Seattle, taking an enormously talented but very injury prone wide receiver.
If it happens, that makes Seattle even tougher, as long as Harvin is able to play without migraines or injuries sidelining him.
That's what they say about every coach :)
Remember how Bill Belichick handled Randy Moss's personality? He traded him to Minnesota.
@thatmanstu Amen. And to think I almost bought that bum's jersey. Glad I waited.
Harvin can't stand AP being on the same team .Ego . How long before you leave Mn. we'll be better off with out you
@wytefang Sometimes you need to put yourself in the players shoes. If you were USED to the max, had only missed 3 games in 3 years, ROY, and on pace to collect the MVP of the league. Now you suffer a real injury. You might start believing what other players have told you about getting paid. Careers can end quickly in professional sports. From this mans eye.. I saw a HUGE team player and even BIGGER leader on the field. Keep listening to what the media tells you. Oh what bewildered herds you are. Your common sense is not your own, and extremely skewed!
@wytefang We better hope A.P. stays healthy. The improvement w/o Percy was addition by addition, that being in number of carries for "All Day". In my opinion.. a Musgrave trade would be the best off season move we could make. SKOL VIKES!
The loss that pains me the most, though he was unproven, was the Greg Childs injury. He seemed to be much of what they needed.
@marino.eccherNon-fans rarely see that side of it. Remember how excited Eagles fans were to get Terrell Owens? When that blew up, remember how excited Cowboys fans were to get Terrell Owens? When that blew up...
I, for one, am not the least bit upset that the Vikings are losing Harvin's ability to hold out the first half of the season. It'll be interesting to see if Seattle gives him the "Calvin Johnson money" he was rumored to be after, and probably doesn't deserve.
@MichaelF1 There is no Percy Harvin in this draft. There just isn't, so first round value is lower than Harvin value. Seattle has 10 picks in this draft, they will be fine.
The Burleson signing was hilarious. SEA thought they were zinging MIN with their version of the poison pill, but MIN didn't seem to care :)
Man ,are you out to lunch. Talk all you want, But the Vikes are on thre right trac./
@LacentralLets Recap: Vikings pickup punter Chris Kluwe from Seattle in '05, a Top-10 punter for the last 8 seasons. Vikings acquire Steve Hutchison in '06 leaving Seattle with NO compensation: He starts 48 straight games and is All-Pro 4 consecutive years. Vikings let Nate Burleson go to Seattle (bust, shipped to Det), and Tarvaris Jackson (bust, shipped to Buf), and Sidney Rice ($170,000.00 per catch, 87 total yds in 2 playoff games), and now Percy Harvin. Sensing a pattern here? Minnesota will be just fine. :)
@Lacentral Got 3 picks including a first rounder for a player that has never played a full season, has migraine issues, and has never been coachable in his entire playing career. Sounds like a good deal to me.
@Lacentral How are they dumb? Harvin is a cancer. Even when he was on a great team at FU, he got busted smoking dope and attacked a coach. The Vikings are thrilled to get a first rounder and two other picks for him. A dude named Percy is always going to have a bad attitude. It's all his mom's fault for hanging that on him.
@JasonMacBride he's not that injury prone, this is his first real injury during his pro career and the first time that he has missed more than two games in one season in the NFL
If Harvin doesn't get the ball 75% of the and Seattle doesn't build a Percy shrine,ther will be problems.
@mm8321 Classy. Did Joe Buck tell you that? By your logic, Percy wishes he was traded to one of the worst teams in the NFL. He must really be disliking his life right now. I surely could be wrong, but it seemed like he wanted to WIN more than anything. As far as leaving.. How could I not let the Vikes tear my heart out annually for another 43 years?
@Jon Trexler Exactly. And Seattle fans *should* be excited by Harvin. He's an exciting player - and even T.O. did good things for a stretch in Philly. But the premise that this trade was a coup for Seattle and gamble for Minnesota is totally backwards. The Vikings got a good return for a volatile asset. The Seahawks took a chance on a high-upside locker room risk.
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Bill and Sally Mathews paid $1,140 for travel insurance as part of about $12,600 they plunked down in March for a July cruise along the Danube River with Grand Circle Cruise Line.
"We've never had to use travel insurance," Bill Mathews, 85, of Redondo Beach told me. "It just always seems like a good idea to have it. We travel a lot."
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It could have been a lot of fun. Starting in the Black Sea, the ship was scheduled to travel to Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.
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The doctor said that Sally "was forced to cancel her trip with my complete concurrence."
But that wasn't good enough for Trip Mate. The company wrote to Mathews several weeks later saying that the appeal also had been denied.
Trip Mate's position was that, the letter from Sally's doctor notwithstanding, "the medical records on file do not document you received medical treatment at the time you canceled."
Mathews figured he could retain a lawyer to go after the roughly $5,000 he felt he was owed by Trip Mate, but that seemed like a relatively small sum for what probably would have resulted in thousands of dollars in legal bills. So he came knocking at my door instead.
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I asked the Mathewses to contact Sally's doctor. They said the doctor told them he had not received any further communication from Trip Mate and had not submitted additional information.
Finkle's follow-up letter to the Mathewses, however, said Trip Mate had learned that Sally had been in telephone contact with her doctor prior to cancellation of the trip and thus "determined that benefits may be paid."
In any case, I'm glad the Mathewses will get the money they're rightfully owed. Hopefully, their next excursion to uncharted waters will go more smoothly.
Better business?
A Google search will turn up numerous complaints about Trip Mate. For its part, the Better Business Bureau said it has received 105 complaints about the company in the last three years.
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I reported last week that the bureau says no correlation exists between a company's rating and its accreditation.
That's about as believable as an insurer bending over backward to make sure all valid claims get paid.
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In the third part of a feature looking at the wide variety of matchday operations at Stamford Bridge, the official Chelsea website finds out about groundstaff activity in the lead up to and immediate aftermath of a game….
In similar fashion to the team itself, a lot of the hard and careful preparation for the match will have taken place in the week beforehand, but there are still clear tasks for the Chelsea groundstaff on the day of the game, some very visible to fans who arrive in the stadium early.
The starting point is well before gates open though, at about 7.30am with most of the tasks ahead of an afternoon game completed by noon.
The pitch has its final mow, both lengthways and across the pitch, but before that operation long brooms are used to knock overnight dew from the grass leaf, four members of the groundstaff involved initially, increasing to 10 closer to the game.
The pitch markings, the lines and the penalty and centre-circle spots, are painted on fresh and take half an hour to an hour to dry. All this however is assuming the weather is set fair for matchday.
The life of the groundstaff involves keeping a regular eye on the forecast and for today's visit by Manchester City, the matchday work was brought forward one day to Saturday.
'The weather forecast is certainly saved as one of the favourite on our tablets, and this weekend is a prime example,' explains Kevin Fowler, who has worked at Chelsea for 15 years and is the assistant head groundsman.
'It is a bit unsettled so we are getting it ready the day before even though it is quite a late kick-off, because we don't want to be fighting against the weather. We want the pitch to be looking as nice as possible and working in damp conditions can have an impact on the presentation of the pitch.
'On Saturday the pitch was cut and marked out, and that gives the markings enough time to dry out overnight and look bright for the TV cameras, and they won't wash away during the game if we do get any wet weather.
'On the day of the game we will liaise with the TV broadcast supplier to make sure none of their equipment gets wet when we water, and then we put the goals and corner flags into position.'
Given the importance of the weather, it is little surprise to learn that our own weather monitoring station is planned for installation at Stamford Bridge for next season. Fortunately, undersoil heating means an icy pitch is no longer the worry it was decades ago, but although it will stop the surface from freezing, it doesn't clear snow so a tractor with brush will be on hand in winter to do that job if needed.
When freezing weather comes, the temperature control is turned higher than normally only in the 24 hours before the game, as the raise is not ideal for the grass. When a home game against Man United was postponed back in December 2010 it was due to conditions in the streets around the Bridge, not because of the pitch.
During the week the goals live assembled and in special slots that don't get in the way of pitch work, and they are moved in to place on matchday along with the additional practice goals that allow the keepers to warm up away from the real goalmouth. Then it is time to water.
'The main question I get asked is why do you water the pitch as it may cause the players to slip over,' says Fowler, 'but the players want a bit of zip on the ball so before the game it is watered, and at half-time if the opposition allow us. And it does help hold the pitch together. Within reason the more moisture this pitch has in the root zone the better it plays.'
Checks are made with coaching staff before the game that everyone is happy with the surface and then it is over to the players for the main event. Whereas he used to double up as a stretcher-bearer, Fowler these days is most likely to catch some of the game on TV in the groundstaff room. At half-time the main task is repairing divots.
After the game, as soon as any player warm down is finished, the groundstaff are out there again putting divots back and using pedestrian mowers to clear up any debris.
The quality of the Stamford Bridge pitch has been praised by the players in recent years with benefits gained by not re-turfing for seven to eight years, and careful use of lighting during the week. But it isn't always a totally smooth operation.
'The year we won the Champions League it was a very wet April,' recalls Fowler, 'and before a game we were kicking a ball across the pitch to test it as it was holding a bit of water. I didn't have the right footwear on and I kicked the ball and slipped and ended up going right over on the floor. Luckily there weren't too many fans in at that point to cheer, but I was a bit worried Soccer AM might get hold of the video!'


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$$\mathbf D = \varepsilon \mathbf E$$ I don't understand the difference between $\mathbf D$ and $\mathbf E$. When I have a plate capacitor different medium inside will change $\mathbf D$, right? $\mathbf E$ is only dependent from the charges right?
$\mathbf E$ is the fundamental field in Maxwell equations, so it depends on all charges. But materials have lots of internal charges you usually don't care about. You can get rid of them by introducing polarization $\mathbf P$ (which is the material's response to the applied $\mathbf E$ field). Then you can subtract the effect of internal charges and you'll obtain equations just for free charges. These equations will look just like the original Maxwell equations but with $\mathbf E$ replaced by $\mathbf D$ and charges by just free charges. Similar arguments hold for currents and magnetic fields.
With this in mind, you see that you need to take $\mathbf D$ in your example because $\mathbf E$ is sensitive also to the polarized charges inside the medium (about which you don't know anything). So the $\mathbf E$ field inside will be $\varepsilon$ times lower than for the conductor in vacuum.
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Like @Marek has said above, the electric field $E$ is the fundamental field, and is in some sense the more physical. However, Maxwell's equations have a neater geometric meaning if you throw in the "auxilary" fields $D$ (and $H$ for $B$). I usually tell my students the following version of electromagnetism:
There are 4 fields in electromagnetism. We call them $E$, $D$, $B$ and $H$. All of these fields are independent and equally important. Furthermore, they actually embody geometric concepts which are manifest in the integral equations: $$\oint_S D \cdot dS = Q(S)$$ $$\oint_S B \cdot dS = 0$$ $$\oint_{\partial S} E \cdot dl + \partial_t \int_S B \cdot dS = 0$$ $$\oint_{\partial S} H \cdot dl - \partial_t \int_S D \cdot dS = \int_S j \cdot dS$$
Note that:
These equation form Maxwell's equations. They do not uniquely determine a physical situation. In particular, they need to be augumented with constitutive relations which describe (macroscopic) material properties. For example, we might have linear, isotropic, homogeneous (LIH) media, in which case we would have $D = \epsilon E$ and $B = \mu H$. But in general, we might have $\epsilon$ and $\mu$ being tensors, varying as functions of time and space, or even depend on the fields $E$, $B$, etc! These constitutive relations could be arbitrarily complicated, and indeed much of the new field of meta-material engineering is all about creating micro-structures which would yield interesting and useful constitutive relations at the macroscopic scale. More commonly, a scenario where the linearity breaks down is in ferromagnets/ferroelectrics.
There is usually another constitutive relation, linking current and electric field. In LIH media this is called Ohm's Law: $J = \sigma E$.
There is one more equation, which is simply always true, which is the conservation of charge; in the notation above, $\partial_t Q(S) - \int_S j \cdot dS = 0$.
Edit: some additional observations:
In a relativistically covariant form, we can merge $E$ and $B$ together to get the 2-form $F$, and $D$ and $H$ to get its Hodge dual $\star F$. The latter in general depends on the metric we choose. For linear materials it's possible to hide the effects of the material polarisation/magnetisation as a background metric. Incidentally, in this form, the energy is given by $F \wedge \star F$, so it is clear that energy/momentum should be "opposing" pairs, i.e. the Poyntin vector is $N = E \times H$.
In numerical simulations, it's doubly important that we obey Maxwell's equations --- failure to do so leads to highly unphysical things like superluminal propagation of waves or failure to conserve energy or momentum. It has been found that the key is to be exact with respect to the integral forms of the equations, and put all of the discretisation error into not meeting the material constitutive properties.
The electrical field $\mathbf E$ is the fundamental one. In principle, you don't need the electrical displacement field $\mathbf D$, everything can be expressed in terms of the field $\mathbf E$ alone.
This works well for the vacuum. However, to describe electromagnetic fields in matter, it is convenient to introduce another field $\mathbf D$. Maxwells original equations are still valid, but in matter, you have to deal with additional charges and currents that are induced by the electric field and that also induce additional electric fields. (More precisely, one usually makes the approximation that the electric field induces tiny dipoles, which are described by the electric polarization $\mathbf P$.) A little bit of calculation shows that you can conveniently hide these additional charges by introducing the electrical displacement field $\mathbf D$, which then fulfills the equation
$$ \nabla· \mathbf D = \rho_\text{free} .$$
The point is that this equation involves only the "external" ("free") charge density $\rho_\text{free}$. Charges that accumulate inside the block of matter have already been taken into account by the introduction of the $\mathbf D$ field.
To understand what field is "real", write a charge equation of motion. The force in it is determined with the real field there. In a medium it is still E: $m\vec{a} = q\vec{E}$. In case of magnetic field, it is $\vec{B}$ that determines the force: $m\vec{a} = q \vec{v} \times \vec{B}/c$.


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We all knew Roger Ebert. Even those who knew Roger only through his words and insights felt a bond. That was one of Ebert's many gifts, and with his death leaving such a profound void, it is easy to overlook all that we still have from him.
Beyond the voluminous archive of writings and video on not just movies but politics, culture and life itself, there is the example he set — as a journalist, as a man and, though surely not the first thing one thinks of as his legacy, as a businessman.
Ebert, whose advice Oprah Winfrey has credited as instrumental in the launch of her own multimedia empire, developed and nurtured the Roger Ebert brand over the years. The keys to its success offer valuable lessons for those guiding other commercial endeavors.
Know your identity: Even before the editors of the Chicago Sun-Times — and later, TV outfits — realized what they had in Ebert and promoted it, he knew himself. He was first and foremost a newspaperman, specifically a Chicago newspaperman.
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Other titles and descriptions could be attached. But long after the bulk of his income and popularity came from other sources, he stayed true to himself and his craft and never abandoned Chicago, the Sun-Times or his journalistic approach. Only when you have defined yourself and identified your core product can you start to consider what can and can't be changed in the name of expanding your offerings.
Ebert understood, perhaps intuitively, what made his brand what it was at a time when the term "personal brand" would have been greeted with blank stares. A heavyset man in glasses on television was accepted more readily by TV audiences in no small part because he never presented himself as a TV person.
With the Chicago Tribune's Gene Siskel and later fellow Sun-Timesman Richard Roeper, what came through was his authenticity. The conversations never seemed ginned up for television. Rather, they gave viewers the sense they were overhearing an actual discussion.
Television made Ebert more powerful, just as the Pulitzer Prize was a validation of his critical authority, but the brand itself was defined as much by his other qualities. Had he left Chicago for Los Angeles or New York, left newspapers for some other medium, embraced a slick wardrobe and spoken as if dictating ad copy, it would not have worked. Those who tried and failed to emulate him more than proved that.
Know your consumers: Ebert was capable of analyzing film and filmmaking on par with the most intellectual cineaste, yet he neither talked down to his audience nor over their heads. He respected them as much any critic with whom he was paired. But he knew it was impossible to attract a mass audience if you are trying too hard to impress a niche.
If anything, Ebert saw his role as educating his audience. He asserted his authority as a critic and opinion-maker through his effectiveness in conveying sharp-eyed analysis in plain-spoken terms. The New York Times called Ebert a critic for the common man, but he wrote for a daily newspaper, not Cahiers du Cinema. What else was he supposed to be?
More importantly, what would the value be in it?
Own your work: Ebert made the Sun-Times his partner, retaining the rights to what he produced. Not only did he realize greater financial benefits, this arrangement enabled him to control its use.
Embrace rivalry: Ebert was reluctant at first to do a television show with Siskel, his chief competitor. Doing so, however, obviously wound up raising both their profiles and incomes. It also arguably sharpened their work. Just as the competition between the newsrooms of the Tribune and Sun-Times pushes both to do their jobs better, the two critics going mano a mano had added encouragement to up their games to become the dominant voice among readers, viewers and beyond.
Never would Ebert or Siskel concede anything to the other, which meant that neither could grow content. So the whole was always greater than the parts, and the parts only got better.
Embrace the future: Ebert didn't see every technological innovation as an advance. (See 3-D films.) But he didn't fear the new.
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After illness robbed him of his ability to speak and kept him from television, Ebert's voice became louder and more powerful in some circles because of his online presence. The fact that Ebert had more than 800,000 Twitter followers at the time of his death was mentioned before his Pulitzer in some obituaries.
Be transparent: Actress Mia Farrow, via Twitter, wrote: "If cancer came to take me piece by piece, I hope I could summon even a fraction of the grace Roger Ebert showed us."
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This was in sharp contrast to Siskel, who chose to keep the seriousness of his own terminal cancer a secret until his dying day, robbing Ebert and others of the chance to let them know how they felt about him.
Be a mentor: I was lucky enough to have been his colleague at the Chicago Sun-Times, which, the farther one gets from the Loop, becomes known as "Ebert's Paper." I considered him a friend and supporter, but it has become clear in recent days that this was anything but unique.
While he rarely wanted to share his Sun-Times reviewing duties with anyone, he was supportive of countless young journalists looking to break into the business or rise within it.
Roeper speaks of how generous Ebert was in sharing the spotlight, as does the roster of outside critics to which Ebert's rogerebert.com website gives a platform. This only looks to enhance and extend his legacy.
Be great: None of this advice is any good if you're no good at what you do. Ebert was the best. He was smart, passionate and compassionate. He was witty and literate. He had a sense of humor and a sense of history. He knew when and how to take himself seriously and when and how not to. Being the best is no guarantee of success, but it helps.
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I don't know if anyone would agree w/ me... I'm a Bama man... but if I were Auburn or Tennessee--I would try to get Mike Leach out of the Pac-12 and back in the South. Why? Ugh... did you not see what he did at Texas Tech? He had to compete Texas, Oklahoma, A&M, and Nebraska for quality players--and would be able to compete with all of 'em! Still doubt him? Mike Leach under Bob Stoops was amazing. Mike Leach coached Kliff Kingsbury. And I am more than sure that Mike Leach had some effect on how Coach Sumlin's sees how offense is evolving. Imagine what this man could do w/ the proud history with these two institutions (Tennessee and Auburn)! Geez... it would be fascinating! MIKE LEACH FOR COACH AT THESE SCHOOLS WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE! Plus think about him--he would get away from that cold-rainy weather of the Northwest... he would enjoy the warm weather of the South. Be in a great conference that is THE SEC! Recruiting would be a lot better for him. It's a win-win! Plus with the records that Tennessee and Auburn have--anything would be better at this point! Might as well give it a chance.
And before someone throws in "He abuses players"... This was never proved in a court of law... and I guarantee you that if it ever was true that he 'abused' the players he would have been sued. That, and probably would have never coached again.
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And I apologize for all the grammatical errors, deformed sentence structures and ambiguity... but I really think this would be interesting this Coach would be a win in any of these institutions!