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Five men are herding fifteen horses down the road. They won't be very talkative, but are willing to sell a horse, or more horses if the heroes are interested. These men are horse thieves. They are already sought by regional militiamen. Anyone with a stolen horse (all are marked) may get into trouble. If found guilty, horse thieves face prison or even a hanging execution. Similar thefts have happened only a month before, and a reward is offered.
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Let $G=KH$ be a frobenius group with non-abelian kernel $K$,
$r=2^m$ for some odd integer $m$,
$Z(K)=K'=\Phi(K)$, the Frattini subgroup of $K$,
Let both $K/K'$ and $K'$ be elementary abelian 2-groups.
My questions are:
1) In my special case, is it correct that <{$k\in K| k^2=1$}$>=:\Omega_1(K)\neq K$ ?
2) I don't know much about $\Omega_1(K)$. Concerning my first question, are there any helpful theorems?

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While down in DC for the inauguration, we decided to check out some of the local vegan options. One that caught my eye was Soul Vegetarian Restaurant. Being from Boston, there isn't much soul food around or at least not vegan style. It was quite an adventure to find the restaurant as it was not in a central local. The print out we had stated it was right near a metro stop, however we had to walk about 10 blocks, which isn't SO bad, but when its the dead of winter it can be worth it! The entire menu is vegan and their take on soul food really is excellent. Even with the walk, we were thoroughly impressed! And so is DC apparently, as the restaurant won 2008's Best Vegetarian Dive in the Washington City Paper.
The restaurant is nestled right near Howard University and upon reading reviews and as the name suggest we expected a full restaurant. When we arrived it was just a small take out place with limited seating. We didn't mind this setting, it just wasn't what we were expecting! The staff was friendly, laid back, and talkative. And the prices are totally worth the trek! Anywhere from $4-$9! They have daily specials that include several soy alternatives like pepper steak, tofu nuggets, and spaghetti with protein balls. Plus, our favorite baked mac n' cheese! On top of the daily specials they also have everyday sandwiches, tacos, and pizzas you can order. It does take a bit of time if you are ordering anything other than the daily specials, so be prepared to wait. My only complaint was that all the food is served in Styrofoam containers. Hopefully they will look into compostable containers for the future.
We decided to share the daily special of Baked Mac n' Cheese, Green Beans, and Tofu Teriyaki and we also ordered a BBQ Tofu Sub which came with Candied Yams and Jerusalem Bakes! All of these dishes were quite delectable and filling! The Baked Mac n' Cheese melted in our mouths and it is seriously the best vegan mac n' cheese I have ever had! The BBQ tofu was really good as they baked the tofu in strips, smothered them with BBQ sauce, and wrapped them in a thick pita with veggies. Mmmm mmmm that sub was good! We also really enjoyed the candied yams, they were just sweet enough and we usually only eat that dish at Thanksgiving! This was the first time we had tried the Jerusalem Bakes which were thick potato wedges with a breading around them. It was definitely a filling meal!
On top of their service counter they have stacks of all types of vegan cakes made by the local bakery Sweet-n-Natural, located in nearby Maryland. The cakes ranged from cheesecake to carrot cake, but we decided to go with something a little less standard called a PinaColada Cake! The cake tasted exactly like what you would think! A whole lot of pineapple and coconut, but still very sweet and very moist. This was definitely a great end to our meal and we even had a little left over for breakfast the next day!
The restaurant also does brunch on Sundays. We were unable to attend this time, but according to locals the brunch is worth checking out! On a flyer we picked up it listed American favorites such as pancakes and cornbread. Next time we are in DC we will definitely have to check it out.
So if you are in the mood for greasy down home soul cooking, we suggest you check out Soul Vegetarian Cafe in DC. The food is perfect for that great comfort food in the winter or for long study sessions. Let us know your experience or your favorite dish!
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The sun was blazing, the snow was melted, and the trail was mostly missing on our six-day circumnavigation around the Palisades Range in the California Sierra Nevada. Before leaving the city, we took a detour into Chinatown and bought special tea for our trip. We made a video about the heady brew of mountaineering and tea:
Our route started at Big Pine (BP) Creek, west of Big Pine, California. From the BP trailhead, we followed the south fork creek and camped at Elinore Lake. On the second day, we crossed Scimitar Pass (which is not marked on all maps), took a tea break in Palisade Basin, and then crossed Cirque Pass and camped on a shelf below Palisade Lakes. On the third day, we followed the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) to Grouse Meadows in LeConte Canyon, where we enjoyed more tea took a zero day on the day 4. On the fifth day, we climbed from Grouse Meadows into Dusy Basin and over Bishop Pass. In the burning afternoon, we climbed Jigsaw Pass and camped near the outlet creek to the fifth Big Pine Lake on the north fork. On the sixth day, we cruised downhill and visited the fourth, third, second, and first Big Pine Lakes, and then finally returned to the BP trailhead.
Scimitar Pass and Jigsaw Pass are both class 2-3 passes, and it was difficult to find comprehensive information about their conditions. Some general information about cross-country Sierra passes has been collected here: http://sierrabackpacker.com/sierrapasses-new.htm
For Scimitar Pass, I wrote a detailed description on High Sierra Topix bulletin board: link here.
Most of my research about Scimitar came from Bob Burd's website. His reports and images were accurate: http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/palisade_crest_1.html
Bob traced a blue line on the map linked below. This blue line generally follows a use trail across and around Willow Lake. Once crossing to the north side of the creek (past Willow Lake), the use trail disappears. At this point, boulder-hop along the creek; you may see cairns.
On the approach to Scimitar Pass, Bob's route goes up the right-hand slot (shown below). However, I climbed the scree to the center-left. I avoided the slot because I couldn't determine it's difficulty. http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_photos/palisade_crest_1/DSC00013_w5.html
For Jigsaw Pass, I found good pictures at this Webshots collection: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/186080531DwLfCi
. . .and I also found good data at Bob Burd's website: http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_photos/picture_puzzle_1/index_t.html
In general, when I climbed Jigsaw west-to-east, I chose the right side chute (indicated in this photo). The scree looks crazy from below, but I stuck to the cliff wall and found plenty of hand holds to pull myself up the scree slide. When I reached the thick white mineral band descending from Aperature Peak, the scree ended and the route continued on solid class 2+ rock (like a steep staircase). About halfway up the chute, there are remnants of a rock switchback (once upon a time, there was a trail over Jigsaw Pass). Basically, the top half of Jigsaw's west side climb is straightforward and safe, although it looks crazy from below. After reaching the pass, the descent down the east side is not difficult, per se, but it does involve seemingly endless boulder-hopping. The best route is to follow the creek — sometimes boulder-hopping above the creek — all the way to the fifth Big Pine Lake. There are cairns along the way, but they're not really necessary.


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|Jim Henson designer
|Don Sahlin builder
Little Bird first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 1, and was often used as a foil to Big Bird, due to their contrasting sizes. Little Bird was a refurbished version of the Muppetised Kenner Gooney Bird, created by Jim Henson for Easy Bake Oven commercials in 1968.
Although Little Bird is primarily performed by a female puppeteer, the character is most often male. The song "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird" appears on the Grin & Giggle with Big Bird LP, where the character is referred to using masculine pronouns. The 1973 Character Style Guide from CTW also describes him as a "he." In contrast, Episode 2748 (1990) features a street story in which Little Bird is referred to using feminine pronouns. In episode 59 of The MuppetCast, Fran Brill confirmed in an e-mail that she always thought of Little Bird as a male.
Henson, who originated the Bird in the Kenner commercials, performed Little Bird in at least two sketches from the first season: a sketch from Episode 0028 in which he meets Big Bird, and the game show "Pick Your Pet." Although Little Bird was used sporadically on the show, he proved effective with test audiences:
"Although he did not appear often, children were really attentive to Little Bird. They participated fully during his "Imagination Game". Perhaps he could play a greater role on the street.[1]"
In addition to the recurring sketches listed below, Little Bird featured in Episode 0132 and Episode 0218, as well as the song "Wonderful/Yucchy" where he sings about his lunch (the contents of which are wonderful to him but yucky to a passer-by). He also appeared in a sketch where a cow named Lola tries to find a home and encounters an unsuccessful attempt to live in Little Bird's nest. In that sketch, Little Bird is performed by Jerry Nelson.
Little Bird was used rarely on the show itself as the 1970s ended (although he continued as a minor character in books). However, he made a few cameo appearances on the show during the 1980s and 1990s. On-screen appearances include a brief fly-by in the song "Do-Op Hop," at Birdland in "The Birdland Jump," and a line in "We Are All Earthlings." Little Bird's most recent US puppet appearance was in a 1999 Sesame Street group shot photo (pictured). Little Bird also appeared in the "Rainbow Connection" finale in The Muppet Movie, and appears as an animatronic figure in the ride Spaghetti Space Chase at Universal Studios Singapore.
One episode in 1990 (in which she appears as a girl) featured a street story focused on Little Bird moving to Sesame Street. She tries to be nest mates with Big Bird, but finds that she can't sleep with the noise of his snoring. She asks Oscar if she can move into his trash can, but he says he doesn't share his can with anybody nice, unless they're messy. He starts to warm up to the idea when he realizes they're arguing about it, but by then Little Bird isn't interested anymore. After she decides she wouldn't want to live on Snuffy's back either, everyone gets the idea to build her a house out of an old milk carton. A regular sized one is too small, so they build one out of a Snuffleupagus sized carton, except another bird moves in before she can. Finally, when everyone is drinking glasses of milk to empty another carton, Little Bird decides to just move back to the park instead.
Marionette versions of Little Bird have been used often for flying scenes such as in the "Song of One," "I Whistle a Happy Tune," and "Do-Op Hop"; and the character has also appeared in animated form.
Little Bird's birthday is marked in Sesame Street Calendars as December 17th.
|Title / EKA
| Big Bird meets Little Bird
Episode 0028
| Big Bird sees Little Bird and wonders what kind of animal he is. He tries to communicate with Little Bird by barking, meowing, and mooing, until he finally asks what Little Bird is. After Little Bird tells Big Bird that he's a bird, Big Bird doesn't believe him, thinking that birds are big, so Little Bird compares their similarities until he convinces Big Bird that he is a bird.
| The Zoo
Episode 0137
|Grover visits the zoo to talk about birds. He visits the bird cage, and swaps places with Little Bird. Two Anything Muppets come and admire him.
| Imagination Game
Episode 0148
|Little Bird plays an imagination game with the audience. He closes his eyes, and imagines things. He ends the game by imagining a monster behind him, and when he opens his eyes, Herry Monster appears behind him.
| Next To
Episode 0167
|Little Bird talks about the concept of "next to", and Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.
| Casa
Episode 2095
| A casa (house) is drawn for Little Bird, who replies "Casa".
International appearances
- On Sesamstrasse, his name is Klein Bibo, "klein" being German for "little", and "Bibo" referring to the translated name for Big Bird.
- In Sesame Street books that are translated to Dutch, his name is Pinorino, referring to Pino from Sesamstraat.
- Between 2003 and 2005 the puppet was used on Sesamstrasse for an unnamed bird and Turbo Theo in episodes 2214 and 2222, respectively. The puppet was also used as a cuckoo bird, that Finchen helped to find a new sound.
Book appearances
- The Sesame Street Storybook, cover and frontispiece only (1971)
- The Together Book (1971)
- The Sesame Street Storybook (1972)
- The Sesame Street Coloring Book (1973)
- The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook, cover only (1973)
- The Sesame Street ABC Storybook, cover only (1974)
- Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
- Bert's Big Band Paint-with-Water Book (1976)
- The Sesame Street Postcard Book (1976)
- Big Bird and Little Bird's Big & Little Book (1977)
- Ernie's Book of Animals (1977)
- Muppets in My Neighborhood (1977)
- Sesame Street Goes West (1977)
- Big Bird Gets Lost (1978)
- The Sesame Street Cookbook (1978)
- The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook, cover only (1978)
- Early Bird on Sesame Street (1980)
- Fix It, Please (1980)
- I Can Do It Myself (1980)
- The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
- I Have a Friend (1981)
- Sherlock Hemlock and the Creatures from Outer Space (1981)
- The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites (1981)
- Big and Little Stories (1982)
- More Who's Who on Sesame Street (1982)
- The Sesame Street Question and Answer Book About Animals (1983)
- Early Bird on Sesame Street (1983)
- Nobody Cares About Me! (1983)
- I Think That It Is Wonderful (1984)
- Trace & Color Alphabet (1984)
- A Silly Sesame Street Story: The Three Little Pigs (1984)
- Big Bird's Book of Rhymes (1985)
- Big Bird's Busy Day (1987)
- The Colors of Spring (1987)
- The Runaway Soup and Other Stories (1987)
- Going Places (1988)
- The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words (1988)
- A My Name Is Alice (1989)
- Great Monsterpieces (1989)
- I Can't Wait Until Christmas (1989)
- Bert's Beautiful Sights (1990)
- Museum of Monster Art (1990)
- The Treasure Hunt (1990)
- Hide-and-Seek with Big Bird (1991)
- Sesame Street 123 (1991)
- Sleep Tight! (1991)
- My Name Is Big Bird (1992)
- We're Different, We're the Same (1992)
- From Trash to Treasure (1993)
- Sesame Street's Mother Goose Rhymes (1993)
- Elmo's Big Lift-and-Look Book (1994)
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1995)
- Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book (1996)
- Rise and Shine! (1996; reworked as Up, Up, Up! in 2011)
- Christmas Songs (1997)
- Elmo Can... Quack Like a Duck (1997)
- Elmo's Christmas Colors (1997)
- Where Is Elmo's Blanket? (1999)
- Land, Sea, and Sky (2002)
- Look and Find Elmo (2002)
- Fun with Friends (2004)
- The City Sings a Song! (2005)
- Holiday Fun (2005)
- Fly Away with Big Bird (2006)
- Learn About Measuring with Big Bird (2006)
- Good Night, Tucked in Tight (2007)
- Elmo's World Super Sticker Book (2007)
- Lots of Opposites (2007)
- Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street (2007)
- Los oficios de Elmo: Veterinario (2008)
- In Elmo's Easter Parade (2009)
- Meet the People in Your Neighborhood (2009)
- Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? (2009)
- Busy Friends (2010)
- Out & About (2010)
- Plant a Tree for Me! (2010)
- Sesame Street PVC figures (Applause)
- Sesame Street PVC figures (Fisher-Price)
- Sesame Street figurines (Enesco)
- Sesame Street squeak toys (Tommee Tippee)
- Sesame Street bubble toys (Little Kids, Inc.)
- Sesame Street nightlights (Enesco)
- Sesame Street lamps (Dolly Toy)
- Sesame Street Christmas ornaments (Gorham)
- Sesame Street music boxes (Gorham)
- Sesame Street dinnerware (Gorham)
- Sesame Street necklaces
- Sesame Street Magic Slates
- Big Bird's Big Little Play Pad
- Sesame Street pencil toppers
- Muppet Cuppets
- Big Bird Colorforms Play Set
- Busy Builders Playtown
- Sesame Street record player (Fisher-Price)
- Sesame Street needlecraft kits
- Sesame Street Easter egg kits (PAAS)
- Sesame Street trading cards
- Sesame Street alarm clocks (Spartus)
- Sesame Street picture frames (Vandor)
- Sesame Street picture frames (Enesco)
- Big Bird's Birdtime Stories (album cover)
- Counting Café (video game)
- Big Bird's Hide & Speak (video game)
- Alphabet Avenue (video game)
- T-shirt
- Sesame Street bobbleheads
- Sesame Street Kubricks
See also
- Little Bird's precursor, Kenner Gooney Bird
- Similar looking birds, Arthur, Turbo Theo, Birdie, and Alarm Clock Bird
- Baby Big Bird
- Small Bird
- Big Bird becomes little in Episode 4107 and Episode 4108


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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Ty Lawson scored 23 points in his return from injury to help North Carolina beat LSU 84-70 in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
Wayne Ellington also scored 23 points for the top-seeded Tar Heels (30-4), who advanced to next week's South Regional semifinals to face the Gonzaga-Western Kentucky winner.
Lawson had missed the past three games with a jammed right big toe, but came back to the lineup just in time for the Tar Heels. North Carolina trailed by five midway through the second half before Lawson sparked an 11-0 run to break a 63-all tie and keep the Tar Heels alive.
Marcus Thornton scored 25 for the eighth-seeded Tigers (27-8), who were making their first NCAA appearance since reaching the Final Four in 2006.
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"The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." - Romans 13:12
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Does Pinterest Have An Image Problem?
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- Magdalena Perks said...
I have the same cautions about pinterest, but I use it daily. I do find art images with which I have lost touch, and lots of ideas for the garden and simplifying home life. But it is alluring in other ways - I can't scan for images of kitchen storage without scrolling through pages of images of luxurious bathrooms, for instance.
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 2:18:00 PM EST
- Bill Samuel said...
On the radio this morning they said that 98% of the Pinterest accounts are held by women. So it's not a good service if you want to relate to both genders.
- Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 11:07:00 AM EST
- Bill Samuel said...
I remembered the figure wrong. WTOP said approximately 97% of users are women, not 98%.
- Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 3:57:00 PM EST
- Matt Hisrich said...
I guess the question that comes to mind after reading your comments on Pinterest is, "Couldn't much of the same be said about taking a walk?" In other words, if the concern is about objects of desire drawing our minds away from the love of God in the present moment, couldn't almost anything do just that? By engaging in the world in any way we expose ourselves to potential objects of consumption from bikes and cars and homes and technology, but also an array of other non-market objects of desire that could distract us from the love of God in the present moment – individuals, relationships, nature, etc. Even if all marketing were to cease, we would not eliminate human desire and the capacity of humans to desire that which they should not seek.
Growing up the culture of Evangelical Friends of which I was a part included a heavy emphasis on guarding the mind from Satan's influence, which could sneak in from any variety of seemingly innocent activities. I eventually came to a place where I felt I didn't have to live in fear of all the forces trying to control my mind and heart, and have much greater peace as a result. A focus on uncovering all the evil in the world can actually be an obstacle to focusing on what is good and what is God.
A recent sermon I heard expressed similar ideas. The message shared was not that evil doesn't exist, but that too often we have a tendency give evil too much power and in the process we abdicate our own responsibility. Satan doesn't have to be a demonic figure, though. We can make satans out of almost anything. Whereas I might be tempted to do this with the state, others might do so with culture or corporations. Can we truly trust that God is greater than any false gods humans create?
- Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:21:00 PM EST
- Micah Bales said...
@Matt - I think you're totally right. We humans are capable of turning anything into an idol, and we need to cultivate a constant awareness of God's presence and love in our lives.
I'm also empathetic with your upbringing in the Evangelical Church, and I am sure that my words come across a particular way given that background. In my own case, I am coming from a background that assumed, perhaps, too much innate goodness in people, and sometimes ignored our propensity for sin. Our different upbringings probably play a big role in how each of us reads (or writes) this post.
All that being said, I do not think that Pinterest (and all the other tools of marketing, such as television) are equivalent to what goes on when I take a walk. I think it is important to acknowledge that, in fact, marketing is designed to meet particular objectives, and that these objectives may often run counter to our calling as followers of Jesus. I feel that we should be aware of these objectives, and not imagine that these new ways of marketing are somehow "neutral."
Thanks for your comment, Matt. Even if we don't agree, I'm glad that you are giving me the opening to emphasize that I am not critical of beauty or humanity as a whole - I'm just cautious of the ways in which human beings often manipulate one another for the sake of short-term profit.
- Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:34:00 PM EST
- Matt Hisrich said...
Thanks for the quick response, Micah! I guess as long as we're clarifying positions I should say that I don't necessarily think that Pinterest or any other form of marketing is "neutral." I just want to be careful not to assign more control over to those tools than they actually have, and to acknowledge that to do so may provide the forces of consumerism and greed with an opportunity to warp our worldview in more subtle ways than we might first imagine.
- Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:51:00 PM EST


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Marshdale Elementary fourth-graders were rocket scientists for a day on Monday when they used their scientific-inquiry skills to make and launch rockets from soda bottles.
They had help from real rocket scientists from Centennial-based United Launch Alliance, who told them about rockets and satellites, then helped them with their rockets.
ULA, a joint subsidiary of Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co., launches a variety of government and commercial payloads using Atlas and Delta rockets.
Jeff Patton, ULA's manager for systems engineering and integration, gave the students an assignment: A meteorite brought a magic substance to Earth that helped all students get A's. But the substance eventually was used up — so the students needed to design rockets to travel to an asteroid to procure more.
Working in groups, the pupils named their rockets and used colored paper to decorate them. They went outside and made decisions about the launch trajectory and how to position the launch pad so the rocket would land inside a circle of plastic cones that represented the asteroid.
ULA brought a special pad that used compressed air to launch the soda-bottle rockets into the air. Students had three options for the angle of trajectory: 30 degrees, 45 degrees or 60 degrees.
It was a great example of hands-on learning in which students used trial and error to reach their goal. They learned that the steeper the launch angle, the higher the rocket went. They learned that paper and decorations on the rocket made it heavier, so it wouldn't fly as far. They learned that conducting experiments can be high-flying fun.
Patton said the presentation to students is part of ULA's goal to promote STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and math — and some of the career paths these subjects can lead to.
"I studied a lot of math and science," Patton, whose wife works at Marshdale Elementary, told the students. "Now I work designing rockets. It's the best job ever."
Solon Halstrom, Ashlee Grose, Matty Clarkson and Riley Hinton named their group and their rocket the "Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies." They put an orange "beak" formed with construction paper on top to make it more aerodynamic, and they drew flames on the sides of the bottle.
Hannah Wood, Haley Rundle, Liam Taber, Megan Vance and Josiah Wood named their rocket the MIP, which is short for Mission Im-Possible. They taped six wings to its sides. Hannah drew a bat on the MIP because she loves bats.
"We hope it will launch and not go all over the place," Liam said. "There's no reason for the color scheme. We used what we could get our hands on.
But time was running out for the rocket builders.
Chi Hau, also with ULA, told the students that they needed to finish their rockets.
"When we build rockets (at ULA), we have a deadline, too," she told them. "Look at all those colorful rockets. Are you guys ready to launch?"
On the playground, the students sat while Hau prepared the rockets for launch. Two at a time they took off, some going higher than others.
The MIP team, after the first launch of its rocket, was impressed.
"Isn't this awesome?" Hannah said. "Nothing fell off (the rocket)."
Then the group strategized for the next launch to try to get the rocket to land inside the circle.
The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies team was not satisfied with its first launch, so team members pulled the decorations off.
"They are trapping the air, so (the rocket) didn't fly as far," Riley said.
Fourth-grade teacher Denise Capretta said the rocket exercise was a good break for students, who are in the midst of standardized testing this week. Plus it dovetailed nicely with the fourth-graders' study of the solar system.
"We need to make good scientific decisions," Capretta told her class. "Even though we think we have evidence of what will happen, we have to try again and again. We would not want to launch a communications satellite without trying things out first."
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In January 2017 at my eye exam my local optometrist informed me that my prescription would no longer correct my blurry outlook. I have been following the progress for a few years and it looked like it was now time to put things right (Cataract surgery.)
For a variety of reasons I put off consulting an eye surgeon until last May. Then after referral I waited until October to see him.
In the meantime my vision deteriorated rather alarmingly. I couldn't see road signs very well, there was a lot of glare at night and I couldn't see objects in shadow, impossible to read small print. By the time I got to the surgeon his on staff optometrist informed me I was on the cusp of getting my driver's licence revoked by the authorities.
The surgeon gave me a choice of three possible implants:
- Standard spherical lens - covered entirely by Medicare but not the best solution.
- Aspherical lens upgrade (I had to pay $125 per eye.) This one gave the best contrast and night driving results, but I'd still need glasses to correct astigmatism.
- Toric lens upgrade (I had to pay $700 per eye.) This might correct all my vision defects and likely I'd not need glasses for anything but reading. No guarantees though, and I'd still have glasses if I needed to read small print. Contrast and night driving not as good.
Since I wanted the best possible vision and I'd need glasses anyway I went with option 2 (slight upgrade,)
I had my first surgery about 3 weeks after the consult. The difference was dramatic in my newly implanted eye. I could see well enough without glasses to get around but the other eye was yellow and blurry for a month. Then the second operation introduced me to a whole new world of color and clarity.
I had to wait another month to get my final prescription and new glasses - which arrived today. Now I can see clearly at all distances - probably haven't been able to see like this for 10 years at least. The operation corrected my distance vision almost completely. I am very slightly nearsighted but the glasses fix this. They also correct my astigmatism so I can read the road signs perfectly. I am also able to read the finest fine print on the chart. I donated my old glasses to the optometrist for recycling in developed countries. They won't work for me any more.
It's been close to a year since I was first diagnosed as needing cataract surgery and now all is well. The worst part was the 250 odd eye drops I took over a 2 month period. That is over now thank God.


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Nestlé is strengthening its premium portioned coffee brand Nespresso by investing CHF 300 million (9,690 million THB) to meet growing consumer demand worldwide.
The company is to build a new factory in Romont in the Swiss canton of Fribourg to increase coffee capsule production.
Nespresso's third production site will boost employment in the region, creating 400 new direct jobs in the long term.
It is the latest multi-million Swiss Franc investment that Nestlé has made in Nespresso in the last three years.
CHF 300 million (9,690 million THB) was invested to build Nespresso's second production and distribution centre in Avenches, Switzerland, in 2009.
"For Nespresso, today marks a strategic investment in its long-term business development," said Patrice Bula, Executive Vice President for Nestlé, responsible for the Strategic Business Units, Marketing, Sales and Nespresso.
"Some 25 years after pioneering the portioned coffee segment, the third Nespresso production centre will provide the capacity needed to sustain growth in Europe and develop our brand globally," he added.
Construction of the factory is due to begin before the end of the year. It will be operational by 2015.
The factory will be one of three Nespresso production sites in Switzerland.
In addition to Avenches, Nestlé opened its first Nespresso production centre in Orbe.
Nespresso has continued to grow since it was launched by Nestlé over a quarter of a century ago.
Last year, Nespresso achieved sales of more than CHF 3 billion (96,900 million THB) and growth of about 20%.
Strengthening its capabilities in emerging and developed markets, ithas recently opened boutiques in Doha in the state of Qatar, Seoul in South Korea and Innsbruck in Austria.
There will be over 300 Nespresso boutiques worldwide by the end of 2012.
As part of Nestlé's continued effort to construct more environmentally friendly buildings worldwide, the new factory in Romont will use renewable energy produced by its coffee roasting technology to heat the building.
This is one example of how the company is using its unique sustainable platform Nespresso Ecolaboration to reduce its environmental impact.
The initiative was launched in 2009 with a commitment to source high quality sustainable coffee, increase capsule collection recycling capacity and reduce its carbon footprint.
"Nespresso is a Swiss company. We have a reputation for quality and innovation in our home market and worldwide," said Daniel Lagger, Director of Operations for Nestlé Nespresso S.A.
"Our new investment reinforces this."
Other parts of the Nestlé group are investing in Swiss facilities.
Cereal Partners Worldwide, a joint venture between Nestlé and General Mills, invested CHF 50 million (1,615 million THB) in 2009 in a new innovation centre in Orbe dedicated to develop nutritious breakfast cereals.
In the same year Nestlé invested CHF 25 million (807.5 million THB) in a new Chocolate Centre of Excellence in Broc.
In 2008 the company invested CHF 180 million (5,814 million THB) over three years in its Nestlé Nutrition production site in Konolfingen.
"In the last ten years, Nestlé has invested over CHF 3.3 billion (106,596 million THB) and created more than 3,000 jobs in Switzerland," said Eugenio Simioni, Market Head for Nestlé Switzerland S.A.
"We have four new inaugurations already scheduled in Switzerland by the end of 2012," he added.
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President Barack Obama today signed into law a new measure backed by Rep. Kevin Brady which the Republican congressman from The Woodlands hopes will help strengthen and streamline U.S. economic ties with Asia.
The law provides for faster visa processing and designated express airport lines for American business people and government officials traveling to 18 Asian and South-Pacific countries of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Members of those countries already enjoy those benefits when they travel to the U.S.
Obama signed the bill at the APEC Economic Leader's Conference in Honolulu, where protesters have decried movement have vocally protested human-rights abuses in APEC nations such as Vietnam and China.
Still, Brady stressed the need to put Americans on an equal footing with Asian travelers.
"Today's passage of the APEC Business Travel Card is a step in the right direction for American jobs and falls in line with our mission to provide better, faster, cheaper access for our American businesses to the Asian Pacific economies," Brady said. "By allowing U.S. Citizens the same opportunities that citizens of the other 18 economies in this region, we are providing increased opportunities for Americans to sell."


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Each Thursday, Joe Moglia devotes 20 minutes out of the Coastal Carolina football team meeting to talk to his players about something other than football. Recently, he was struck by a story in the local newspaper about a suicide.
He stood in front of nearly 100 young men and asked if they understood what suicide meant. Did they understand why someone might take their own life? Did they understand the concept of clinical depression and how to address it? Had any of them experienced such a thing, either themselves or in others?
"Our heart and soul's here to make sure we have a great football program, that we do what we need to do to be successful and compete at the national level," Moglia said. "Every coach in the country says, it's more than that. It's always about preparing kids for life. I think we so get into that in a real way that we'll make a difference in our kids and hopefully, I think they're very much starting to appreciate that."
When Old Dominion (10-1) lines up for its FCS playoff opener 2 p.m. Saturday against Coastal Carolina (8-4) at S.B. Ballard Stadium, it will face a figure, if not a program, unique in college football.
Moglia takes to heart the idea that he is not merely a football coach, but a role model. He can offer advice and guidance in multiple areas, largely because he has lived it.
Moglia made a fortune — several fortunes, actually — in the business world before stepping away to pursue again his dream of becoming a football coach.
Last winter, Coastal Carolina officials fired the only football coach they ever had, Dave Bennett, a man who started the program from scratch a decade ago and took it to the FCS playoffs twice. They took a chance on a 63-year-old who last coached full-time in college almost 30 years ago.
"It didn't provide any more pressure on me," Moglia said. "It got a lot more attention. When it gets a lot more attention, you get a lot more noise.
"One of the things that I think is a strength that I learned in the business world, and I should have learned this better the first time around as a coach," Moglia continued, "you're really, really, really focused on a handful of things that really matter. There may be 80 things to get done, but there's seven of them that really, really make a difference … You can't worry about what the press is saying or what somebody else is saying or what a chatroom board is saying. I don't worry about that anyway."
Local sports fans may remember Moglia for his brief tenure as head coach of the United Football League's Virginia Destroyers. He backed away from the Destroyers when the opportunity arose to become head coach of the UFL's Omaha franchise, where he lived at the time from his stint as head of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade.
Moglia stood in a downtown Norfolk restaurant at the introductory press conference in November 2010 and laid out his life story. He fairly begged people to ask questions and presented the case that while hiring a CEO as a football coach may have been out-of-the-box, it wasn't some absurd publicity stunt.
"One of the big reasons why I was successful in business is because of the 16 years of my life I spent as a football coach," Moglia said this week. "I think I am a much better head college coach because of the experience I've had as a pretty senior guy in the business world."
Moglia is one of those force-of-nature individuals for whom solid plans and hard work overcome pedigree and perceived shortcomings. The upper Manhattan, N.Y., native is a dynamic, rapid-fire speaker who often talks in bullet points and for whom punctuation is merely a rumor.
Moglia stepped away from coaching in 1984 when he was a typically underpaid assistant at Dartmouth, in order to better provide for his ex-wife and young children. Despite zero experience in business, he worked and talked his way into a sales position at Merrill Lynch. He was almost instantly successful and eventually became head of global fixed-income sales and then municipal lending.
He left Merrill Lynch in 2001 to become CEO of the online brokerage firm Ameritrade, again with no experience in the field. He arranged a lucrative merger that became TD Ameritrade, and amid the financial crisis of 2008, the firm turned a profit of $800 million.
Moglia was making a reported $21 million per year when he left TD Ameritrade in 2008. His net worth is conservatively estimated at $200 million. He stepped down because the coaching bug never left him and because Bo Pelini offered him an internship at Nebraska. He worked 80-hour weeks for two seasons, absorbing everything he could about present-day college football and holding talks on personal and professional finance on campus.
Moglia did a one-year stint with the UFL's Nighthawks before the league ran aground. He left Omaha and moved to a tony area of Pawley's Island, S.C., where he attempted to land a college head coaching job. His resume and story caught the attention of Coastal Carolina president David DeCenzo, who canned Bennett and replaced him with Moglia.
Coastal athletic director Hunter Yurachek told USA Today: "There wasn't one time we discussed the P.R. that may occur from hiring Coach Moglia. It was an out-of-the-box hire, but in the interview process and the time we spent together, he put my mind at ease. If you follow his career, there isn't anything Joe has done that hasn't been very, very successful."
Moglia brought in a new staff, installed a new offense, defense and special teams. He talked about changing the culture and philosophy.
The Chanticleers rebounded from a 2-4 start and have won their last six, including last Saturday's playoff opener at Bethune Cookman 24-14. Moglia said that a week five crunch job to Appalachian State prompted a return to fundamentals and that his team improved in all phases over the past two months.
Job one for Moglia's team is illustrated by signs posted all over the football offices and locker room: BAM — which stands for Be A Man.
"We don't have any rules, but we do have one stand," Moglia said. "You stand on your own two feet, accept responsibility for yourself, you'll be a man. When we say that, everybody nods their head. But there's not one phase of your life, period, not one phase — nothing in football, nothing academically, nothing as a son or a brother at home, your behavior on or off campus, that that concept doesn't touch. I think the most difficult thing is being able to put that together, and that's something the staff's got to live up to as well."
That mantra ties in with Moglia's Thursday chats about topics other than football. He talks to the players about current events, selecting careers and personal finance. The latter, he said, is a very popular topic among his staff, as well as his players.
"I explain that the typical family in this country spends more time planning a family vacation than they do managing their own finances," he said. "Somebody's got to take responsibility for this. People make excuses all the time. At least, at your level now, the only thing I'm saying you should be paying attention to right now, is put yourself on a little budget. Do you know how much money you spend? Do you know what you spend it on?"
Moglia said that parents pay more attention to his background than recruits, though he thinks that will change as the program succeeds and more young men become aware of what he can offer.
He donwplayed the idea that his personal fortune has taken pressure off of him, that he can afford to coach a more freewheeling style. He said that he doesn't have to worry about many of the peripheral things that younger coaches do, because he already has provided for his family. That allows him more time to focus on elements of coaching and communication.
"Coming back," he said, "I feel like there's more pressure to make sure that we win and make sure that we get the job done. I didn't do this for the idea that we're going to fail. There's as much pressure on me as there is on any coach in the country, in terms of trying to win, focus on winning, but doing the best you possibly can with your program and with who your kids are."
He doubted that he would have gone back into business directly or back to volunteer coaching had he not landed the Coastal Carolina job. Believing that he could be successful, he would have continued to look for a head coaching position, but not indefinitely.
"I think there's probably still a handful of things I would have been in demand for," Moglia said. "But fortunately, it worked out. I'm doing what I really think I was put on this earth to do, and I'm very very grateful for that opportunity."


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text: The kidney transplant process for recipients From the moment you walk in the door for your first evaluation, to the weeks and months of care following your procedure, Legacy puts you at the center of a circle of world-class professionals. Our sole objective is to return you to health and improve your quality of life. So with every visit we take the time to evaluate your condition and situation, and find the best options for your treatment and recovery Legacy Transplant Services - The gift of life Medical evaluation The first step is to determine if you are a suitable candidate for the procedure. During our thorough evaluation process, your case will be assessed by our team over the course of several appointments. Early in the process a social worker meets with you to provide education and orientation and to discuss issues such as your support system. Our financial counselor also conducts a review of insurance benefits, Medicare eligibility and other issues. Next comes your visit with a transplant nephrologist (kidney doctor specializing in transplant) to identify the appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests for you. Thorough lab tests are used to confirm immunity or non-exposure to various viruses and to determine compatibility between donor and recipient. (Thanks to modern immunosuppressive medications, even non-related people with basic compatibility can donate a kidney with a high chance of success). The final step is examination and evaluation by a transplant surgeon, who checks for conditions that might influence the safety and success of the transplant. Once the transplant team is in agreement, surgery is scheduled if you have a living donor, or else you are placed on the national waiting list for a matched kidney from a deceased donor. Surgery Surgery is scheduled if you are receiving a kidney from a living person. If you are receiving a deceased person's donor kidney, surgery happens whenever a match is found. In either case your original kidneys are usually left in place, where they atrophy and shrink. The surgeon places the new kidney in the lower abdominal area on the right or left side. With living donors, you and the donor are in adjoining operating rooms so that the donated kidney is out of a body for a minimum amount of time. Recovery Expect to stay in the hospital approximately five days. During your hospital stay, you are closely monitored in the critical care unit for the first 24-48 hours after surgery, and then moved to a medical ward. For the first few weeks after discharge you will return to the Transplant Clinic three times a week for follow-up care, then less often after that. We perform laboratory tests at every visit to monitor your kidney function and general medical status, with additional studies as needed. Ongoing care The most critical issue for transplant recipients is learning about the medicines they must take every day for the rest of their lives, without fail, to prevent tissue rejection and kidney loss. After about three months you are transferred back to the care of your original kidney specialist for regular ongoing care. We continue to work with you and your nephrologist, and review your laboratory results, for the life of your kidney. You will return to the Transplant Clinic for routine follow-up at six months and then annually. Care partner Care partners help patients through the entire transplant process and are a very important member of the patient care team. They support the patient's health and well-being so they have a great transplant experience. Care partner brochure Care partner brochure (Spanish) Transplant application forms Transplant application Spanish version Release of Information form Dialysis Release of Information form Find a transplant provider Manage your MyHealth account Resources LINK More information about kidney transplants LINK Additional transplant information and resources Stories VIEW MORE Our Patients Daughter gives life back to mother READ MORE > VIEW MORE


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INRIX is driving toward an initial public offering, and today the Kirkland-based provider of traffic information analysis hired a new chief financial officer to help guide the way. The spin-out from Microsoft Research has hired Saul Gates, the former senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at Coinstar, to lead the company's financial operations. Prior to Coinstar, Gates worked at Microsoft and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, where he primarily worked with multi-national clients in the U.S. and South Korea.
"Saul brings a tremendous amount of finance experience from his previous roles at multinational companies like Coinstar and Microsoft. This will be invaluable in providing a solid foundation for INRIX's next growth stage," said INRIX CEO Bryan Mistele in a statement.
Gates replaces Jeff deCillia, who will remain with the company in a new operational role, likely with INRIX's growing European operations.
INRIX also named Mike Arcuri, the former vice president of marketing and executive producer at Zipline Games, to the position of vice president of mobile applications. Previously Arcuri worked with World Blender, Photobucket, Ontela and Microsoft. And the company tapped He Bing as director of China Business Development, working out of the company's Beijing office. He previously worked as vice president of sales at Aircom Technologies and helped the company transition its business from a regional to a national technology provider. He has also held previous positions with Alcatel, Motorola and NEC Electronics.
INRIX has been bolstering its board and management team in recent months as the company preps for a possible initial public offering. Earlier this year, it hired Tracy Daw, who previously served as RealNetworks' chief legal officer, as general counsel. Late last month, the company named former Microsoft CFO John Connors to its board, following the appointment of former Blue Nile CEO Diane Irvine in July.
In October, INRIX reportedly picked Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to help lead the efforts on a 2013 IPO that could raise up to $100 million. The company raised a $37 million round of venture capital and purchased its largest European rival for $60 million last year.


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The Great New Zealand Touring Route, Central North Island, is made up of the signposted Thermal Explorer and Pacific Coast Highways and the Volcanic Loop
Travel with confidence within the Great New Zealand Touring Route regions.
The Great New Zealand Touring Route is made up of the Pacific Coast Highway, theThermal Explorer Highway and the Volcanic Loop. These well sign-posted highways (signs every 14 kilometers) clearly indicate you are on path and heading in the right direction to your next destination.
The regions linked by the two highways are Coromandel, Hamilton/Waikato, Lake Taupo, Rotorua, Ruapehu, Hawkes Bay and the Bay of Plenty.
With the magnificent array of scenery on the routes, your journey is bound to have an impressive impact whether you travel on the Pacific Coast Highway or the Thermal Explorer Highway and the diversity that the regions en-route offer, make the central North Island a 'must do' in any New Zealand itinerary.
Pacific Coast Highway
Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Haw ke's Bay. Glittering white sand, crystal clear rolling surf beaches and beautiful harbours, the Pacific Coast Highway traverses the spectacular east coast of New Zealand's North Island.
The Pacific Coast Highway is well signposted along the entire route, giving a safe and easy way to navigate through some of the most spectacular coastal scenery New Zealand has to offer. Travellers will be among the first people to see the sun as it rises majestically over the Pacific, casting its first rays over the stunning white sandy beaches along the length of the highway.
Experience pure escapism! Sample the world's best seafood, innovative cuisine and award winning wines and indulge yourself in one of the many luxurious accommodation establishments along the way. Enjoy the diverse and unique heritage within the region.
You'll find an abundance of buildings from another era, ancient Maori pa sites, countless historical delights and the living heritage of the stories and faces of the local people. Marvel at the talents of the local artists and share with them the environment that so inspires them - the slice of the Pacific paradise that is the Pacific Coast Highway.
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Ruapehu, Lake Taupo, Rotorua and Waitomo. The Thermal Explorer Highway is well signposted along the entire route which allows for safe navigation through some of the most dramatic landscapes of the Central North Island.
See a myriad of crystal clear lakes, the spiritual home of the Maori of Te Arawa, and experience nature's awesome earth forces- bubbling mud pools, spouting geysers and natural geothermal mineral pools alongside the life and pastimes of the Maori.
Travellers will have the opportunity to experience just about every adrenalin adventure you could want on air, land and water. But if it's the sedate life you are after, the Thermal Explorer Highway is also the perfect place to take it easy, with magical hot springs to relax in and local cafes to enjoy.
Caves, an ancient underground labyrinth of limestone caves and grottos are a must do and once you have had your fill of underground wonders, enjoy the above ground wonders.
The Volcanic Loop
An exciting 'add on' to the Thermal Explorer Highway. Heading south, the eastern shores of Lake Taupo offer many opportunities to swim or picnic. Head west at Turangi and follow State Highway 47 to National Park Village.
Travel south to Ohakune on State Highway 49 and on to Waiouru. From there head north back to Turangi, completing the loop. Along the way you'll pass the three mountains of the dual world heritage Tongariro National Park - Mt Tongariro, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe.


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recovery—that is, recovery of data changes made since a
given point in time—is performed after restoring a full
backup that returns the server to its state when the backup was
made. Performing point-in-time recovery of MySQL Cluster tables
with MySQL Cluster and MySQL Cluster Replication can be
accomplished using a native
data backup (taken by issuing
BACKUP in the ndb_mgm client) and
restoring the
ndb_binlog_index table (from a
dump made using mysqldump).
To perform point-in-time recovery of MySQL Cluster, it is necessary to follow the steps shown here:
Back up all
NDB databases in the cluster,
using the
command in the ndb_mgm client (see
Section 17.5.3, "Online Backup of MySQL Cluster").
At some later point, prior to restoring the cluster, make a
backup of the
table. It is probably simplest to use
mysqldump for this task. Also back up the
binary log files at this time.
This backup should be updated regularly—perhaps even hourly—depending on your needs.
(Catastrophic failure or error occurs.)
Locate the last known good backup.
Clear the data node file systems (using
--initial or, in MySQL Cluster
NDB 7.0 and later, ndbmtd
MySQL Cluster Disk Data tablespace and log files are not
removed by
--initial. You
must delete these manually.
DROP TABLE or
TRUNCATE TABLE with the
mysql.ndb_binlog_index table.
Execute ndb_restore, restoring all data.
You must include the
--restore_epoch option
when you run ndb_restore, so that the
ndb_apply_status table is populated
correctly. (See
Section 17.4.20, "ndb_restore — Restore a MySQL Cluster Backup", for
more information.)
Restore the
ndb_binlog_index table from
the output of mysqldump and restore the
binary log files from backup, if necessary.
Find the epoch applied most recently—that is, the
epoch column value in the
ndb_apply_status table—as the user
@LATEST_EPOCH (emphasized):
SELECT @LATEST_EPOCH:=MAX(epoch)
FROM mysql.ndb_apply_status;
Find the latest binary log file
@FIRST_FILE) and position
Position column value) within this file
that correspond to
@LATEST_EPOCH in the
ndb_binlog_index table:
SELECT Position, @FIRST_FILE:=File FROM mysql.ndb_binlog_index WHERE epoch > @LATEST_EPOCH ORDER BY epoch ASC LIMIT 1;
Using mysqlbinlog, replay the binary log events from the given file and position up to the point of the failure. (See Section 4.6.7, "mysqlbinlog — Utility for Processing Binary Log Files".)
See also Section 7.5, "Point-in-Time (Incremental) Recovery Using the Binary Log", for more information about the binary log, replication, and incremental recovery.


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An Open Internet means consumers can go where they want, when they want. This principle is often referred to as Net Neutrality. It means innovators can develop products and services without asking for permission. It means consumers will demand more and better broadband as they enjoy new lawful Internet services, applications and content, and broadband providers cannot block, throttle, or create special "fast lanes" for that content. The FCC's Open Internet rules protect and maintain open, uninhibited access to legal online content without broadband Internet access providers being allowed to block, impair, or establish fast/slow lanes to lawful content.
The Rules
Adopted on February 26, 2015, the FCC's Open Internet rules are designed to protect free expression and innovation on the Internet and promote investment in the nation's broadband networks. The Open Internet rules are grounded in the strongest possible legal foundation by relying on multiple sources of authority, including: Title II of the Communications Act and Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. As part of this decision, the Commission also refrains (or "forbears") from enforcing provisions of Title II that are not relevant to modern broadband service. Together Title II and Section 706 support clear rules of the road, providing the certainty needed for innovators and investors, and the competitive choices and freedom demanded by consumers.
The Open Internet rules went into effect on June 12, 2015. They are ensuring consumers and businesses have access to a fast, fair, and open Internet.
The new rules apply to both fixed and mobile broadband service. This approach recognizes advances in technology and the growing significance of mobile broadband Internet access in recent years. These rules will protect consumers no matter how they access the Internet, whether on a desktop computer or a mobile device.
Bright Line Rules:
- No Blocking: broadband providers may not block access to legal content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.
- No Throttling: broadband providers may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.
- No Paid Prioritization: broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind—in other words, no "fast lanes." This rule also bans ISPs from prioritizing content and services of their affiliates.
To ensure an open Internet now and in the future, the Open Internet rules also establish a legal standard for other broadband provider practices to ensure that they do not unreasonably interfere with or disadvantage consumers' access to the Internet. The rules build upon existing, strong transparency requirements. They ensure that broadband providers maintain the ability to manage the technical and engineering aspects of their networks. The legal framework used to support these rules also positions the Commission for the first time to be able to address issues that may arise in the exchange of traffic between mass-market broadband providers and other networks and services. (Please note: this summary provides only a high-level overview of some key aspects of the Open Internet Order. More thorough analysis is available in the Fact Sheet and in the Order itself.)


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Lot of Saffies signed in the last 6 months Myburgh.Jennings,Meschende,Rippon,Cooke,Delange,so expect Saffies to be raided the next 6 months despite the 7 year waiting time.
Hogan and Angus Robson Aussies signed,expect Stoinos and Fawcett to get county contracts.
Lot of players released,few have joined counties,look to 2nd division pros to join 1st division.
Let the games begin.


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Tax-free shopping on the Internet could be in jeopardy under a bill making its way through the Senate.
The bill would empower states to require online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet. The sales taxes would be sent to the states where a shopper lives.
Under current law, states can only require stores to collect sales taxes if the store has a physical presence in the state. As a result, many online sales are essentially tax-free, giving Internet retailers a big advantage over brick-and-mortar stores. (source)
On the minus side, purchases will cost more.
On the plus side, it'll allow more business to be done at the local storefront operation, probably creating more jobs and certainly benefiting the local tax base,
What are the pros & cons as you see them?
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feeding the machine that steals from us and often uses it against us.
DownsizeDC has a letter that we could sign and send, I just did. (but I ignored the contribution part after signing)
It's just another way to squeeze more money from the citizens, they have more than enough ways as it is, they don't need another to annoy us. I'd rather feed UPS or FedEx than give it to the government to waste.
Don't we already pay sale tax on items bought on the internet? All the items I bought from Amazon I had to pay state sales tax. What will this change?
That's state and local tax, I believe (sorry for that word) it's a federal thing, it's up before congress. But I'm sure in any case we will be paying more. A equal opportunity tax for the government. I saw this,
According to this NPR article, Amazon, by far the largest online retailer, is now supporting collecting sales tax, and the reason is predatory:
1) "...it would be more of a burden for smaller online retailers. From Amazon's point of view, that's a good thing — it makes life harder for Amazon's smaller competitors."
2) Amazon does have to pay sales tax in states where it maintains warehouses. It has depended upon citing these warehouses in smaller states with lower sales taxes, but now Amazon has a new strategy, that will give it an advantage over its major online competitors as well as brick and mortar stores: same day delivery.
It's called "the (so-called) "Marketplace Fairness Act." Another euphemism for something that someone cleverly thought up.
For all those small businesses, it's turning into "Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it." When Amazon starts doing same-day delivery on online sales, there goes one of the last reasons for shopping at a local storefront store.
Australia currently has a similar issue. All of our purchases inside Australia have 10% tax on them. When we buy from overseas via the internet, anything under $1000 is tax free. Heres the fun part... we could get an estimated $500 million in taxes by taxing those purchases... at a cost of about $2 billion. It's just not worth the effort to track and collect that tax money.
I don't know how they handle taxing income from, for example, waiters/waitresses in Australia. Here, since the government can't be there to count each tip, the government assumes that they average a certain amount. It's a way of collecting tax money when the transactions occur out of site and in situations where personal honesty can't be assumed.
Similarly, suppose, rather than taxing individual online transactions, it's assumed that anyone with an internet connection is probably using it for online purchases and thus an additional x% tax is added to the cost of your Internet connection, collected by the local Internet provider, and handed over to the government.
It's really insulting to be constantly at the mercy of these "reps" in the home of the brave, land of the fee. To be consistently on the watch they aren't ripping you off or compromising the rights that are supposed of be ours without question.
It seems we now find ourselves in a public mental state where people no longer question nor challenge taxation.
America...Land of the Free Sheeple...Home of the Brave Weak.


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The board of trustees of Shawnee state university shall annually elect from their members a chairperson and vice-chairperson; and they may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the university as the interests of the university require, who may be members of the board. The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, shall give bond to the state or be insured for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and the proper accounting for all moneys coming into the treasurer's care. The amount of said bond or insurance shall be determined by the board, but shall not be for a sum less than the estimated amount which may come into the treasurer's sole control at any time, less any reasonable deductible.
Effective Date: 07-02-1986; 09-29-2005.


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OECD – Paris, 22 November 2010
The information technology industry is set to grow by 3-4% in 2010, having declined by 6% in 2009. Growth will exceed 4% in 2011 but a return to pre-crisis levels of growth remains unlikely, according to a new OECD report.
The OECD Information Technology Outlook 2010 says that spending by governments and business is set to remain weak in the months ahead in OECD countries, with new investment in hardware or software unlikely in the short-term.
Domestic consumption in emerging markets is helping to make up for the slack in the rest of the world. In China, for example, consumer spending on mobile and telecommunication services has picked up, driven by the move to third-generation mobile services and equipment.
The rapid growth of the online digital content industry continued in 2009, according to the report. The video games industry has roughly doubled global revenues since 2005 to exceed USD 50 billion in 2009. Meanwhile, the music and films industries have yet to show they can limit overall revenue declines by turning to business opportunities over the Internet. Growth rates are highest for online films, but from low levels, followed by online games, advertising and music.
During the global economic downturn firms tended to cut IT services costs across the board, but in the recovery more strategic activities have been maintained or increased, says the report. Companies are now focusing on consolidation and applications to maintain customers and markets.
The report also confirmed the trend of companies moving their production to lower-cost locations in OECD countries and Asian economies. The OECD-area ICT sector has shifted to services which now account for an average of 80% of total ICT sector value.
China's role as a production and sourcing location has intensified. In 2008 China's ICT exports were only slightly behind the combined exports of the United States, the EU27 (excluding intra-European trade) and Japan.
This edition of the IT Outlook also includes analysis of trends and developments in:
For further information, journalists should contact Taylor Reynolds of the OECD's Information and Communications Policy division (tel. + 33 1 45 24 93 84 or taylor.reynolds @ oecd.org)
For a copy of the report, journalists should contact the OECD media division (tel. + 33 1 45 24 97 00 or news.contact @ oecd.org )
More information and analysis is available at www.oecd.org/sti/ito
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UFO investigators are claiming they have spotted a set of alien bollocks on Mars in photographs beamed back from the planet by NASA.
At first glance, it looks like nothing more than a standard image of a Martian rocky desert, the type we have all become familiar with since the first images from the fourth planet in our solar system were published some years ago - but this image has got everyone talking after experts noticed what appears to be an enormous set of alien bollocks rising up from the landscape. The oddly-shaped geological feature , which appears to be comprised of two rocky testicles and a giant space cock, have led to speculation that it might be a set of fossilised Martian genitalia.
Internet forums are full of people chattering about the image, sent by a panoramic NASA camera known as Spirit which has been active on the planet since 2007. One alien spotter said, "The penis would be around three metres in length with the balls having a diameter of approximately 1 metre each." If its existence can be proved, this would make it the biggest bollocks ever discovered.
Another investigator pointed out that, despite the image's low resolution, the testicles appear to show some evidence of hairiness which would be in keeping with a lifeform evolved for existence in a cold and windy environment . He adds, "The question is, is the rest of the owner buried, or are they amputated from the body? We've seen bollocks on the Martian surface before, but never as clearly as this."
The famous Face on Mars photograph transmitted back to Earth by the American Viking 1 spacecraft in 1976 which appeared to show the shadowy likeness of a human face - which some people compared to that of Jesus - was also found to closely resemble bollocks when the area was re-photographed in .1998
Jenny Randles, snaggle toothed-author of several UFO investigation books, is a spokesperson for the Alien Research Society of England (ARSE), a body which looks into UFO and extra-terrestrial .phenomena. "This is most certainly an amazing image," she says. "Bearing in mind that the famed Martian Face was also shown to actually be bollocks, myself and many others will be closely investigating other unexplained Martian artifacts such as the well-known humanoid image, also sent by the Spirit camera back in January 2008, to see if those are bollocks too."


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People say that their faith is tested during tough times of job loss or divorce. But, I'm not so sure I had much faith to test. You likely know my story of getting fired because it was shared in Harvard Business Review's forum on failure. That is the secular part of the story. I have walked a parallel spiritual journey also.
You might remember, I was evicted from my family because I (an Islamic women!) wanted an education. I lost my family ties, the community in which I was raised, and my religious tradition in one fell swoop at age 19. Not that I especially noticed something was missing for a long, long time. But then my job situation got precarious, and my relationship with my first husband equally difficult. A rather odd set of decisions brought us to the doors of St. Jude's Episcopal Church. His family was Episcopalian. He didn't stick around, yet I did.
One day, I went to church and, like most newcomers, hid out in the back pews. On that particular day, the preacher, Karen Siegfriedt, spoke on a book called "A Child Called It". In it, a child is forced to be humiliated, physically abused, and so on as a parent focuses on one child to express their frustration and disappointment at their own life. It struck too close to home.
The sermon reached me. "Healing is possible; Wholeness is possible." "Love is possible". "With God, all things are possible". And I wondered, and hoped … could this really be true? That hope started a journey.
But, before that, I sat in the pew, and cried. No one seemed bothered by it. But it must have been quite the audible snot factory. Some person I didn't know and without turning around passed a Kleenex back behind her, and then the next person did the same, and so on. Until it arrived, for me, 10 rows later…a gift.
The Journey
When I first started this journey towards wholeness, I was seeking it like a lost object. It was a "thing" to be found, and then I could put it in my pocket. With it, I could then return to the life I was living and achieve more "success". But it turns out that this journey was not about finding a thing; rather seeking it required the seeker to change. That is, seeking it forced me to be aware of a reality beyond the one I was raised with, to step outside my own story and my own conditioning and history - and then, it required a surrender of sorts.
I wish I could tell you I loved it. Mostly, I resisted it.
Here in the late 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, we have difficulty with anything that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence. We cherish the scientific, the factual, the proven. We cherish the analytic models and frameworks that define truth and provide clarity. But as many a good idea thinker points out, those scientific methods measure only those things that we can control, leaving out important things that are beyond our control.
To operate from intellect and scientific method denies us the ability to recognize the things that are mysteries. A seeking like this changes ones hearts, softens you, and reveals a newness, slowly. I'm slowly discovering ways to live in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness. (otherwise known as the fruits of the spirit)
What I had to give up.
I suppose I'm making this sound all good. It hasn't been. Mostly because I had to give up something big in this journey and I, truth be told, miss it a lot.
You see, to be a seeker is to… not know.
For all of us "experts", this is the most uncomfortable thing. And given how much I have been an expert and a leader (a division, a start-up, a program), stepping into this double helix of a life in faith meant giving up that commitment to know. In my case, I had to be vulnerable. It meant moving into a place where it was more about the journey than the end destination. I contributed to this book on Leading with Wisdom where I said that by moving from fear to love, I was able to be more present to not only the "what" of the room but to seek out the why and the how. I was open to hearing people's stories without judging them so we could all move forward in uncertain times. Which, sounds so lovely but feels like walking in quicksand. And, while I do it, it is still hard.
I miss that certainty of the hard-edged side of me, a cynical, intellectually tough, analytic know-it-all-ness. The world was so much more black and white. So much more crisp in resolution. Even when I was wrong, I never felt I was wrong so being wrong just felt like being right.
I have had to give up my edge, that bravado that people use to impress each other. When I meet people in start-ups, venture capital, at conferences, etc, they all remind me of this energy of how confident I once was of knowing. I don't impress in the same way anymore. And, when that precludes me to certain opportunities, I live with that. My unknowingness probably reminds other people of something they don't want to admit - that they really don't know it all, either. It probably makes them feel vulnerable, which perhaps scares them. It used to scare me too. There's an emptiness to it. It feels like a hole or a void.
Yet, perhaps it is that very void, the space itself that is important. I don't have a tidy lesson to draw as much as a story to share. The Snot Factory Story, I'll call it. Today, this Easter, is my 10-year anniversary of starting this journey. And all I can say is this: I am grateful.
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Also, to the people bickering over other people's stupidity, leave them be. Or make snarky comments before or after your card, but most importantly MAKE A CARD when you post. That's the point of the thread, to keep the ideas moving.
For instance:
Next card: Underdog's Formula
Person A wrote:Underdog's Formula
Target creature you control gains "When this creature is put into a graveyard from play, you gain ten life." until end of turn, put two +1/+1 counters on that creature.
Next Card: Myr Paradox
Person B wrote:Myr Paradox
Sacrifice a myr artifact creature: Add X+1 to your mana pool, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
XX: Put an X/X myr artifact creature token into play.
Whenever a myr artifact creature comes into or leaves play, you may gain one life.
(->): Put a +1/+1 counter on target myr artifact creature.
Next Card: Infectious Ultimatum


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You are already registered and have a general question.
The number of stars is based on the furnishings and location of the apartment. / The number of stars provides information about the equipment and location of the apartment:
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Emacs-w3m comes with an excellent tab mode, which you can enable with
(setq w3m-use-tab t) in your .emacs.
C-cC-t creates new tabs,
C-cC-w closes them and you can navigate then with
C-cC-[np], or, my favourite, using a tab list via
C-cC-s (if you didn't know about this one, give it a try: it's very useful).
But i quickly find myself with lots of open tabs that happen to be in the wrong order, and i wanted something akin to Firefox's ability to move and reorder them around. I didn't find a way change a tab's position in a vanilla emacs-w3m, but it wasn't that difficult to cook up my own solution. This function:
(defun jao-w3m-switch-buffers (dist) (interactive "p") (let* ((dist (if (zerop dist) 1 dist)) (current (current-buffer)) (current-no (w3m-buffer-number current)) (next (progn (w3m-next-buffer dist) (current-buffer))) (next-no (w3m-buffer-number next))) (with-current-buffer current (rename-buffer "*w3m*<*>") (w3m-buffer-set-number next current-no) (w3m-buffer-set-number current next-no) (w3m-pack-buffer-numbers)) (switch-to-buffer current)))
switches the current tab with the one to its right (cyclically), or to the n-th to its right if you provide a numerical argument (e.g.
M-3). I've got this function bound to
(define-key w3m-mode-map (kbd "C-cC-f") 'jao-w3m-switch-buffers)
Alternatively, one could define a function that moves the current tab to the right a number of times. We can take advantage of the above function for a quick hack:
(defun jao-w3m-move-buffer (dist) (interactive "p") (let ((dist (if (zerop dist) 1 dist)) (while (> dist 0) (jao-w3m-switch-buffers 1) (setq dist (1- dist)))))
and bind that to a shortcut of your choice. There you go: easy tab shuffling.


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|Orlando 4 Seater with Chaise
$2229 in Full Leather
including Powered Recliners
Chaise can be ordered left or right side.
Order configuration: 3 Seater with end recliner & right sided chaise
|Orlando 3 Seater with Chaise
$1799 in Full Leather
including Powered Recliners
Chaise can be ordered left or right side.
Full Leather Colours:
|Q: Why are the prices so cheap? You can't sell real leather for those prices.
A: We are the Manufacturer, and the Wholesaler, so when you buy directly from us, the prices are missing the FAT Retail Margin. So, Yes we can sell real leather for our prices, our Top Grain Leather has been tested and certified in Australia as genuine. We do not sell any Bonded or Reconstituted so called leathers.
|Q: Do you have a showroom?
A: Yes, the Orlando is on display at our factory showroom at Unit 32, 85-115 Alfred Rd, Chipping Norton. Chipping Norton is located in the South West of Sydney near Liverpool. Click the Visit us tab just above for full details.
|Q: How much space does the recliner take when in the fully reclined position?
A: A normal recliner will need to be about 10cm out from a wall and that would give it enough clearance to recline fully. The Recliner Chaise will need more space as it cannot move forward to clear the wall. If reclined down to the horizontal, the chaise will need 40cm behind it.
|Q: Can you make a different configuration?
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|Frame / Structure
|Internal framing uses solid Hardwood which is nailed and glued. Arms and kick boards use strong Hardwood Ply. We do not use Pine or Chipboard.
|2 types of support are used - No sag Steel springs (Zig Zag) go from the front to the back of the seat cushion while webbing is used from side to side.
|Seats: Quality Medium Feel Full Foam seat cushion which is not too hard or not too soft.
Tip: Soft seat cushions might feel great in the showroom, but after 6 months of use they will be too soft.
Back cushions: are full fibre fill for pillowie softness, and are sewn on for a sleek, modern look.
|Recliner Mechanism
|All recliners are Wall Savers. This means they only need a small amount of space behind the back to fully recline. Mechanisms are made from Steel and have an occupant weight limit of 110kgs.
Tip: If you are heavier than 110Kgs, we recommend an arm chair with a matching footstool.
|Powered Recliner
|All the features of the standard Recliner, but motorised. These require no effort to operate, just use the 2 buttons located on the side to recline or retract. A Low Voltage Electric Motor with DC Transformer is used.
Full 100% Leather - as it implies, Leather is used all over including the sides & back.
Tip: Bonded leather is marketed by some retailers as an environmental leather. It is not leather at all. The ACCC revealed Bonded Leather was just 10% leather fibres - on the back/underside! and the rest was glue & plastic.
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