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DWTS 11 Stat Class: Who has the Edge? Part 2
Hello! Here it is… my calculated rankings for the celebs this season. Mind you, unlike others on this site, these do not reflect my opinions, but rather a calculation that I am attempting to use to predict the placement of the celebs based on past data. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, but it is fun to speculate nonetheless.
For a quick refresher for other bloggers' opinions of rankings please see Heidi and Courtney's (Part I and Part II) posts as well as John's posts about the odds/competitiveness factor and the number of twitter followers for each celeb.
If you recall from DWTS 11 Stat Class: Who has the Edge? Part 1, I gave a breakdown of the professional dancers as they were place by attempting to normalize the average. Granted with a built in bias there is only so much that can be done.
Before I go through the individual celebs here is an idea of how each age group placed on average through all ten seasons of the show thus far from highest to lowest:
1.) Teens (ages 10 thru 19) – 2 celebs
2.) 20s (ages 20 thru 29) – 17 celebs
3.) 30s (ages 30 thru 39) – 48 celebs
4.) 60s (ages 60 thru 69) – 7 celebs
5.) 40s (ages 40 thru 49) – 27 celebs
6.) 50s (ages 50 thru 59) – 12 celebs
7.) 80s on up (ages 80 on up) – 2 celebs
Note: Florence Henderson is the first person to be on the show while in their 70s, thus there is no normalized average for that age group as of yet.
Now that we know which celebs will be participating this season and who their professional partner will be, it's time to calculate and attempt to predict how the celebs would place in the upcoming season. First I will give an analysis and a little of my opinions belief of each celeb and how each of the three factors (Age, Primary Occupation and Professional Partner) either help or hinder them as individuals.
Age: 31
Typically those in their 30s do reasonably well on the show. Trailing those in their teens, and 20s (is that really any surprise?).
Primary Occupation: Singer
Singers in general stay in the middle of the pack placing just out of the semi-finals but better than most of the worst dancers. Mya being the only one to break out of that middle-of-the-pack while Macy Gray exited earlier in her season. Singers also incurred the most pre-season injuries (Lil Romeo and Jewel)
Professional Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Prior to his Season 6 vacation, Maksim placed fairly well with his celeb, typically hitting the midway point (Willa Ford being an exception). However, aside from Erin, Maksim hasn't done quite as well with his partners, then again they were both actresses. Brandy could find herself closer to the top half of the middle-of-the-pack group. She might even find herself in the semi-finals… but I'm not too sure about beyond that.
Jennifer Grey
Age: 50
Oddly enough those in their 50s, on average, has done worse than those in their 60s. Sympathy vote perhaps? Granted Jennifer recently turned 50 so she might still have a little bit of that spunk from those in their 40s, but even those in their 40s didn't do as well as those as their 60s.
Primary Occupation: Actress
Actresses don't really do well on DWTS rarely breaking the midway point. The ones that do break the midway point either were very popular or have some sort of dance experience or had picked up choreo before. Jennifer picked up choreography for the infamous last dance on Dirty Dancing, but that was over 20 years ago… they say that dancing is like riding a bike though.
Professional Partner: Derek Hough
Granted all this could be balanced out by the mere fact that her partner is Derek Hough. Right now he has the highest placement average of all the pros. Just adding the Derek factor into the equation… she her chances of getting into the semi-finals or more just went up.
Margaret Cho
Age: 41
Those in their 40s hit the midpoint of the competition trailing those in their 60s. Going beyond that depends on other factors as well.
Primary Occupation: Comedian
To me, I've known her more as a comedian than as an actress. So I'm placing her in the comedians group. Comedians in general have the worst finishing trends on DWTS, placing dead last on average.
Professional Partner: Louis van Amstel
However, Margaret could buck the trend like Niecy kind of did. After all they both have Louis van Amstel as their partner. Despite doing decently with other celebs in the past, Louis has stayed largely in the middle of the pack. So the question would be, would the Louis factor help Margaret like it helped Niecy? It's up the viewer, and the GLBT community I think 😀
Audrina Patridge
Age: 25
Celebs in their 20s do rather well in the competition just behind those in their teens.
Primary Occupation: Reality TV Star
On the other side of this coin, Reality Stars in general hit the lower half on average. Those Reality Stars in their 20s have actually hit the midway point in competition… so… Audrina could be a surprise and goes up on the rankings.
Professional Partner: Tony Dovolani
And then there's her partner. Tony's been kind of up and down throughout his tenure on the show. With a ringer-type he does well (who doesn't?) but with non-ringers, not so much. The other fact is that he has worked with two Reality Stars from opposite sides of the spectrum. So this partnership is a bit of a tossup.
Florence Henderson
Age: 76
Believe it or not this is the first time that DWTS has someone in their 70s. So there isn't much material (ok not any) to work off of. So let's look at those in their 60s and 80s. Those in their 60s tend to do a lot better than those in their 80s (who tend to finish towards the back of the pack).
Primary Occupation: Actress
And based off of some of the comments I made about actresses for Jennifer Grey, this is one that I don't believe would get terribly far in the competition. But if everyone loves Mrs Brady, who knows? Maybe that star power would get her to the midway point.
Professional Partner: Corky Ballas
Corky has only been on the show once before and he placed seventh in a cast of thirteen partners, so there is no telling how he would do this time around. If the averages of the other two factors are any indication… he might have his work cut out for him.
Bristol Palin
Age: 19
Uh, this "known" person hits the prime age group. Those in their teens do rather well on average, and is it really any surprise as to why? They are young and malleable… theoretically 😉
Primary Occupation: Other
On the other hand… The "others" are known persons that don't fit the stereotypical celebs/stars type. And those in this "others" group almost hit dead last on the ranks, just ahead of the comedians.
Professional Partner: Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas tends to falter the most with non-ringer types… the closest similarity being Kim Kardashian. But Bristol is young, she could theoretically win audience members over… Who knows? But the numbers tell me otherwise.
Michael Bolton
Age: 56
Please see Jennifer Grey
Primary Occupation: Singer
Please see Brandy. Though Michael Bolton is well known for a lot longer than Brandy has, plus his music has a wider reaching net. Most of his demographic (I'm assuming) intersects the demographic of the show so he may have that to his advantage.
Professional Partner: Chelsie Hightower
Now let's add little Chelsie into the mix and now you have someone that could hit the midway point perhaps, and has a semi-decent chance of getting past that midway point…
Mike Sorrentino
Age: 27
Please see Audrina Patridge
Primary Occupation: Reality TV Star
Please see Audrina Patridge
Professional Partner: Karina Smirnoff
Basically the same as Audrina, only male. One main point though is that male reality stars fare worse on average than female reality stars. Karina, by contrast, has hit middle of the road pack status with her celebs in recent seasons. So unless he's drop dead gorgeous he may hit the midway point. Personally between Mike and Karina it may be more the Battle of the Abs rather than Dancing with the Stars.
David Hasselhoff
Age: 58
Please see Jennifer Grey… Another celeb in their 50s? That makes it what? Three? Gee whiz people. It's like they are desperately trying to create another John O'Hurley. But celebs in their 60s do better than those in their 50s. Well David is pretty close to 60, maybe he'd find himself just past the midway mark…
Primary Occupation: Actor
Anyway actors tend to do better than actresses (yes I ended up separating the two). There is just something about their charm and charisma that makes the older female demographic (I'm assuming here) just want to pick up the phone for them.
Professional Partner: Kym Johnson
And of course there is that beautiful blonde Aussie bombshell that has probably worked the most with male celebs in their 50s on up. She has had a decent track record and knows how to turn on the entertainment charm for the male celebs. This might be another Donny Osmond in the works… but David is no Osmond, David's an actor that branched out while Donny was an entertainer ever since he could dance and sing. So David stands a good chance of making it past the halfway point… I don't know about the finals though.
Kurt Warner
Age: 39
Please see Brandy. Although he's closer to his 40s so you might also want to look at Margaret Cho for the age range commentary.
Primary Occupation: NFL
He's not as known as some of the other ex-NFL players that has come through the doors. But after looking him up on Wikipedia it does seem like he has a following of sorts. Football players tend to do really well in the standings (ok, on average they hit the number one spot), and the younger they are the higher up the ladder they tend to get. So I'm expecting him to go past the midway point and quite possibly compete at least in the semis and if I really want to go out there he could go to the top two. But quarterbacks do the least amount of running which could work against him.
Professional Partner: Anna Trebunskaya
In the few seasons that she has been on she has placed second with an Olympian and an NFL player. This bodes well for Kurt… but being in the position of the "non-athlete" of the NFL doesn't really help matters any, but time will tell.
Kyle Massey
Age: 19
Please see Bristol Palin.
Primary Occupation: Disney
He's a Disney Channel star which automatically brings him votes. Add to that his age and possible fan base I could see him knocking on the semi-finals door… as for walking through? That's a whole other story.
Professional Partner: Lacey Schwimmer
Lacey, Lacey, Lacey… she's only been on the show for three seasons and she's done all right, however Kyle isn't the same strong Disney powerhouse that Sabrina Bryan was or even Monique Coleman. The series that most people would know (That's So Raven) was so three years ago, and whatever he has going now isn't as known either. But Disney related celebs have fared rather well… and we can't discount the Disney power.
Rick Fox
Age: 41
Please see Margaret Cho
Primary Occupation: NBA
But there has only been one other NBA player and that was Clyde Drexler from waaaaay back when. So there isn't much to go on (maybe I should do a breakdown by heights). If we expand from NBA players to athletes in general they typically do hit the midway point in the competition, after that it's entirely up to them. But since Clyde never made it to the halfway point in his season could Rick do better? Who knows
Professional Partner: Cheryl Burke
With Cheryl Burke as his partner his chances just got better. Cheryl has had practice working with athletes from all walks of life, and has been in the top half of the casts in almost every season she has been on (Wayne Newton being a notable exception). Perhaps Rick would be able to get his wish and surpass Kurt Warner on the show?
Now that we know my thoughts on the factors and how they could affect the celebs, lets look at how the factors add up… here is my calculated ranking by elimination sequence:
Week 1.) Margaret Cho
No surprise here based on what we know, but I'm hoping she'll do as well as Niecy did and go further.
Week 2.) Florence Henderson
A little surprised, but considering her age and her profession, the only thing that could help her go further is her fan base… she's Mrs Brady afterall.
Week 3.) Rick Fox
With so little information about NBA players, this is the best that could be done, which doesn't bode well for Cheryl Burke… could they still buck the trend? The jury's out on that one.
Week 4.) Audrina Patridge
Well considering that both Audrina and Mike have similar circumstances coming into the competition, most everything relies on who they ended up getting as their partner. Since Audrina's partner is Tony her chances of lasting in the competition is a lot lower than that of Mike.
Week 5.) Michael Bolton
Age is working against him, as well as being simply a singer versus an entertainer. This is going to depend largely on the voting audience unless he has some sweet moves that he has kept largely hidden from the audience.
Week 6.) David Hasselhoff
Same as Michael Bolton, with age working against him and technically being an actor rather than entertainer I'm not expecting David to last that much longer than Michael Bolton or vice versa.
Week 7.) Jennifer Grey
If Jennifer makes it past the midway point it would be primarily due to the sheer power of Derek Hough. Which is a good thing too, because he could bring out the best from her without (hopefully) resorting to iconic dances.
Week 8.) Mike Sorrentino
With Karina as his partner, Mike could do rather well, granted good eye candy is always a good thing as long as he could dance.
Week 9.) Brandy
As mentioned by others already, if Brandy gets far along in the competition it would be due to her age and sex appeal… but if she can't dance then everything else is a moot point.
Week 10.) Bristol Palin
Don't kill me!!!! Youth does it everytime and since we have only had two teens on the show and one won their season while the other got fourth place in their season then it stands to reason that teens could do well this time around.
Runner Up.) Kurt Warner
Really… this is no surprise considering history… and the power of Anna T.
Winner.) Kyle Massey
Again don't kill me… he's young and there have only been two teens on the show prior to this, plus he's Disney… all Disney people have done well in their respective seasons. The only problem with this is that Kyle's "big show" ended three years ago while other Disney related people had a current project that kept them current. So this to me can't work… even though the numbers tell me otherwise.


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White Sox fall short after rallying in eighth inning
Chicago battles after being stymied by Chen, but can't hold off Royals
KANSAS CITY -- The White Sox did not lose to Bruce Chen, and the Royals did not lose to John Danks during Saturday's matchup at Kauffman Stadium.
These results stand as minor accomplishments for both teams, considering the dominance shown by each pitcher over the respective opposition.
It was the White Sox bullpen and Salvador Perez that decided this 4-3 Kansas City victory before 21,463, marking a third straight setback for the South Siders after two victories to open the season. Perez doubled home Alex Gordon with the game-winner off Maikel Cleto in the eighth, after Alex Gordon reached via a two-out double off losing pitcher Scott Downs.
White Sox manager Robin Ventura had the option to walk Perez intentionally, giving the Royals' hottest hitter a free pass with first-base open. Ventura then could have put the left-handed throwing Downs against the left-handed hitting Mike Moustakas, who is 0-for-15 to start the season.
"You could do that, but you start putting more guys on base and it just becomes different," said Ventura of facing Perez, who has seven hits and 11 total bases over his first 13 at-bats. "You trust Cleto going out there and you give credit to Perez."
"He's usually doing damage so I was ready to get moving because I knew in that kind of situation, he's going to come through and I was going to do everything I can to get to home plate," said Gordon of Perez. "So I was ready to go."
Trailing 3-1 in the eighth, the White Sox put together a quick rally against Royals setup man Wade Davis, who still picked up the victory despite blowing the save. Marcus Semien singled, Jose Abreu was hit by a pitch and Dayan Viciedo walked to load the bases, followed by Conor Gillaspie's run-scoring single and Paul Konerko's game-tying sacrifice fly.
This eighth-inning damage could have been worse if not for Nori Aoki's running, lunging catch in right to take away extra bases and two RBIs from Alexei Ramirez, who is 8-for-18 in the team's first five games.
If nothing else, the White Sox latest late comeback took Danks off the hook in a game he didn't deserve to lose. His 6-0 record against the Royals and 4-0 record at Kauffman Stadium stays unblemished, as he yielded three runs on five hits and four walks over seven innings, while striking out six.
Danks entered the seventh with 105 pitches but needed only 10 more for a perfect seventh after lobbying Ventura for one more inning.
"I had Coop [White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper] in my corner. We were fighting hard," said a smiling Danks of the seventh. "Robin makes the final decision but he asked me if I felt OK and I did. I wanted to make sure it was a clean inning because I was sure I had a short leash there.
"Obviously four walks isn't acceptable. But that's something to build on, so I'm excited to go out there and have a decent game. It was just easier to make the ball do something and throw it where I wanted to. It was fun."
Saturday's season debut would have been more fun for Danks if the White Sox had won. But the White Sox haven't won much against Chen over the past four seasons.
Chen is not exactly known for his overpowering stuff, unless he's pitching against the White Sox. Factoring in the one unearned run allowed over 6 1/3 innings Saturday, the left-hander has posted a 7-2 record with a 2.62 ERA over his last 14 starts against the White Sox dating back to Sept. 10, 2010.
The White Sox actually picked up singles from Adam Eaton and Abreu in the first inning to put runners on first and second with one out. But Chen struck out Viciedo and Gillaspie to end the frame, starting a stretch of four straight strikeouts for the Royals starter, who finished with seven and without a walk.
"Honestly it's proof to the testament that you don't have to throw 95 to get guys out," said Gillaspie of Chen. "He makes very few mistakes, and he relies on guys that just can't wait for the mistakes. He's really effective.
"I'm not sure how he does against other teams, but if he pitches like he did today… We're just not used to seeing low 80s, and it's very effective."
Kansas City did not have a hit until the fourth and then picked up four straight singles to start the inning. Billy Butler drove home one run, and consecutive walks to Perez and Moustakas forced home another in the two-run frame.
Eaton accounted for the White Sox lone run off of Chen with a run-scoring groundout in the fifth, following Ramirez's single and Moustakas' two-base error on Adrian Nieto's grounder to put runners at second and third with nobody out. Nieto made his first Major League start, joining fellow native Cubans Ramirez, Viciedo and Abreu in the same lineup.
Winning remains the name of the game for the reshaped White Sox. There's no guessing as to how many victories they will pick up in '14, but a fourth straight late comeback showed the team's fight is there to make it happen.
"We don't feel like we are ever out of a game," Danks said. "I think it's going to be a fun summer. We are going to play hard and this team has a lot of fight in them. The ball is going to bounce our way. We are going to do everything we can to win ballgames."


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Even though we're rooting for U.S. rhythmic gymnast Julie Zetlin, "1st Look" is having a qualifying round of its own.
If you've seen "Old School," you can weigh in... so, who makes the better rhythmic gymnast? Our very own Ali Fedotowsky [Watch video above] or Will Ferrell [See below]?
Watch the videos and tell us who you think deserves the gold! Don't forget to tune in to "1st Look: Road to London 2012" featuring Julie Zetlin this Saturday after "SNL" on NBC.
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Top Trump aide refers to Bowling Green terror suspects in defending travel restrictions
A top aide to President Donald Trump said she misspoke when she cited a 2011 "massacre" in Bowling Green that never happened.
Kellyanne Conway used it as a reason why the administration's temporary restrictions on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations is necessary.
During an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews that aired Thursday, Conway defended Trump's executive order on immigration last week by saying that former President Barack Obama instituted a similar policy for Iraqi refugees in 2011.
"President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized, and they were the masterminds between the Bowling Green massacre. Most people don't know that because it didn't get covered," Conway said.
On Friday morning, Conway tweeted that she meant to say "Bowling Green terrorists."
She was referring to a tightening of security checks for entry into the U.S. after the May 2011 federal terrorism arrests of two men in Bowling Green on charges of plotting to send weapons and money to al-Qaida operatives waging an insurgency in their native Iraq.
WLKY covered the arrests of the two men, their guilty pleas and sentencing.
Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi were admitted to the U.S. as Iraqi refugees in 2009 and resettled in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The two later admitted to using improvised explosive devices against U.S. soldiers in Iraq and attempted to send weapons and money to Al-Qaeda in Iraq to kill U.S. soldiers while living in Kentucky.
The men told investigators that they believed their activities in Kentucky were supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq. Neither man was charged with plotting attacks within the United States.
The two were very closely monitored in the months leading up to their arrests and a confidential source working with the FBI met with Alwan. The weapons handled by the two men were not active. None of the weapons or money the men intended for Al Qaeda in Iraq ever made it out of the United States. It was all controlled by law enforcement as part of the undercover investigation.
Alwan pleaded guilty in December 2011 to a 23-count federal indictment on charges he conspired to kill U.S. nationals abroad, conspired to use a weapon of mass destruction against U.S. nationals abroad, distributed information on the manufacture and use of IEDs attempted to provide material support to terrorists and to Al-Qaeda in Iraq and conspiring to transfer, possess and export Stinger missiles. Alwan was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release.
Hammadi pleaded guilty to 12 counts including attempting to provide material support to terrorists and to Al Qaeda in Iraq, conspiring to transfer, possess and export Stinger missiles and making a false statement in an immigration application. He was sentenced to life in a federal prison. In December, a federal judge denied a request to vacate his sentence after Hammadi claimed his original attorney's representation was ineffective.
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The UK SAP user group today called on the German software giant's customers to scrutinise plans to force them to cough up almost a third more for their contract.
The group wants companies affected to examine the changes in detail in the hope they'll be unhappy enough about a real-terms 30 per cent costs increase to kick up a stink.
SAP announced plans to railroad customers onto higher-spec support packages earlier this month. Costs are set to be ratcheted from 17 to 22 per cent of contract value, effective immediately for all new customers and to be phased in by 2012 for everyone else.
Alan Bowling, chairman of the UK SAP users group, said: "We understand that if SAP is to provide more comprehensive support then it has to charge more for it. However, many of our members may not want or need this extra level of support and therefore are reacting negatively to having a new support product and the associated increase in costs forced upon them."
In particular, the UK users group and its German counterpart reckon the new support will be more than many small and medium-sized businesses need. Feedback on SAP's attempt to force them to pay more has been "hugely negative", Bowling said.
He called on SAP management to rethink strategy sharpish. Analysts estimate the price hike could generate an extra €1bn annually by the time all its customers have been squeezed, so some pretty loud complaining is likely to be required.
We've put Bowling's comments to SAP and will update this story if we get a response. ®
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The following crimes are from the week of June 16 to June 22, 2013.
June 18. 300 block Rex Avenue. Complainant states that between June 16 and 17, someone stole three bicycles: one white Sedona bike, one Rincon green bike and one Diamondback red and silver bike.
June 18. Unit block Rex Avenue. Complainant states that between 1 a.m. and 11 a.m. on June 17th, someone stole one orange BMX bike from front porch.
June 19. 8400 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that an unknown black male, 41 to 45 years old, wearing dark clothing and carrying a brown garment bag, bumped into her and stole a wallet containing money, check and credit card slips and a small zippered bag.
June 22. 8100 block Germantown Avenue. Between 2:30 a.m. and 12 p.m., someone entered home and stole a Samsung Galaxy cell phone, Microsoft Surface and two purple iPads.
Summary – Four crimes for week: one burglary and three thefts.
Town Watch.
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munch(1) [redhat man page]
XScreenSaver(1) General Commands Manual XScreenSaver(1) NAME
munch - munching squares screen hack SYNOPSIS
munch [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay seconds] [-xor] [-noxor] [-shift] [-noshift] [-logminwidth minimum width] DESCRIPTION
The munch program preforms the munching squares hack until killed. It picks square size, position, and gravity randomly; configurable options are listed below. The munching squares hack cosists of drawing Y = X XOR T for a range of X and T over and over until all the possible combinations of X and T have come up. It was reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright in 1962 and took 5 instructions of PDP-6 code. OPTIONS
munch accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. -install Install a private colormap for the window. -visual visual Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. -delay seconds How long to wait before starting over. Default 5 seconds. -xor Use the XOR drawing function. (Default.) -no-xor Don't use the XOR drawing function. -shift Start drawing the square at weird starting points. (Default.) -no-shift Don't shift and start drawing the square at weird starting points. -logminwidth minimum-width The logarithm (base 2) of the minimum with of a square (must be a power of 2, or some parts of the square aren't.) ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html, http://www.comedia.com/Hot/jargon_3.0/JARGON_M/MUNCHSQR.HTML HISTORY
Quoted from HAKMEM, for historical interest. As that document says, "Unless otherwise stated, all computer programs are in PDP-6/10 assem- bly language." ITEM 146: MUNCHING SQUARES Another simple display program. It is thought that this was discovered by Jackson Wright on the RLE PDP-1 circa 1962. DATAI 2 ADDB 1,2 ROTC 2,-22 XOR 1,2 JRST .-4 2=X, 3=Y. Try things like 1001002 in data switches. This also does interesting things with operations other than XOR, and rotations other than -22. (Try IOR; AND; TSC; FADR; FDV(!); ROT -14, -9, -20, ...) ITEM 147 (Schroeppel): Munching squares is just views of the graph Y = X XOR T for consecutive values of T = time. ITEM 148 (Cohen, Beeler): A modification to munching squares which reveals them in frozen states through opening and closing curtains: insert FADR 2,1 before the XOR. Try data switches = 4000,,4 1000,,2002 2000,,4 0,,1002 (Notation: <left half>,,<right half>) Also try the FADR after the XOR, switches = 1001,,1. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997 by Tim Showalter. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR
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As the votes were read aloud and counted, one by one, it became clear who would win. Nearing the end of the voting, the losing contestant said with some tone, "I going to be vice!" I didn't really hear what she said, so I asked her to repeat it, "I said, I'm going to be vice!" I asked my seven-year-old little girl what she meant. She said, "I'm going to be Vice Cake Boss!"
During the holidays, both little girls decided they wanted to make a cake. Not any ordinary cake, but a special cake of their own creation. Not with any run-of-the mill ingredients, but instead their own custom ingredients. The winner, I decided, would be selected by voting on the best tasting cake. We would travel with both cakes through our neighborhood until both were eaten. At each stop, the surprise judges would vote for their favorite cake by secret ballot. The winner would be proclaimed the Cake Boss! And, apparently, my oldest daughter assumed that second place was Vice Cake Boss.
Each contestant would, of course, require some assistance. I agreed to help each with a grocery list, the shopping and the cooking. Each would-be Cake Boss had three hours in the kitchen to make their vision come to life. The competing cakes included a Pancake Cake and, the eventual winner, a Candy Cain Cake. The Pancake Cake was made with nine pancakes from scratch each held in place by a layer of chocolate and fresh whipped cream. This little gem was topped with more whipped cream and fruit. The Candy Cain Cake started with the messy business of breaking 20 candy canes with a hammer. The result was like eating a peppermint with a bit of cake – the creator truly was the Cake Boss.
Things that have never been done before might just be things that haven't been tried. The willingness to experiment, explore and take some calculated risks are necessary ingredients of success. Being the boss of anything requires imagination and innovation.


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Hook dishonors community
Lack of responsibility comes in many forms.
Drinking a fifth of a gallon of an alcoholic beverage before noon is one form. Claiming to do so as part of tradition at UVA is another form. And, I submit, so is giving prominence and display to such behavior.
The cover story of the December 1 edition of The Hook ["4th and binge: The fourth-year fifth– tradition or insanity?"] may or may not be good journalism; it may or may not sell papers; it may or may not reflect current journalistic ethics. But it definitely dishonors the community that it aims to serve.
I do not claim that the article defends the behavior. I do not claim that the article glamorizes the behavior. I do not claim that the article is biased, or unfair, or poorly written, or bad journalism.
I simply regret that it is irresponsible.
As irresponsible as drinking a fifth of a gallon of an alcoholic beverage before a football game. As irresponsible as smashing glass bottles on sidewalks. As irresponsible as claiming such behavior is a time-honored tradition at UVA.
I read this article, in this season, and I am sad– sad for "John," sad for The Hook, sad– all over again– for Leslie Baltz and her family.
My new year's resolution is the same as my old year's resolution. As a faculty member at UVA, I will continue to do what I can to help our students learn, have fun, honor themselves and their school, and live long and healthy lives. And I will continue to ask our community to help me do that.
Adrienne Keller, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatric Medicine & Public Health Sciences
University of Virginia


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The development and deployment of a mobile version of Boston's website is set to influence how the city conducts business in the future.
Consider briefly the number of devices that can access the Web -- cell phones, smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets, game consoles. Now imagine trying to build a website that functions well across all these platforms. The city of Boston did in recently launching a mobile version of www.cityofboston.gov to try to bridge the digital device divide.
As mobile devices evolve, some might wonder whether building a mobile version of a website still makes sense. Boston CIO Bill Oates and Raj Pareek, the city's manager of e-government initiatives, believe it does. They built an inexpensive mobile site they believe will put the city in a better position to communicate with citizens now and in the future.
Last summer, Boston launched its first iPhone application called Citizens Connect. The app was another avenue in a growing line of online municipal 311 services. Users who spot potholes, graffiti or any other nuisance can snap a picture and use Citizens Connect to immediately upload the photo to City Hall.
That deployment's success led Oates to ponder whether Boston and its residents and visitors would benefit from a mobile version of the city's official website. He asked Pareek to explore the feasibility.
"I talked to a lot of vendors, and some people were quoting a lot of money, like $100,000. We weren't sure that kind of investment was wise," Pareek said. Turned off by the expense, Pareek said he spoke with some private-sector associates who'd been working with Vancouver, British Columbia-based Mobify, a company that specializes in creating mobile versions of traditional websites.
"I was amazed how fast they were able to prototype for us and they helped us very, very fast in terms of turnaround," Pareek said. "We were shocked at the success, the low cost and the implementation." The cost, he said, came to $1,200 per year -- a pittance compared to the quotes he'd received earlier.
In late February, Pareek and his staff began work on development. The app was ready for launch just two months later, timing that ended up fortuitous. On May 1, the city of Weston, a Boston suburb, suffered from a massive water main break. Approximately 64 million gallons of water flooded from a 10-foot diameter pipe that delivers water to Boston residents. The break affected 2 million customers and forced Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to declare a state of emergency and even issue a "boil water" order for Boston and surrounding communities. The event was the mobile website's first test.
"For a couple of days we had to let people know that they had to boil their water, and that was for 2 million customers across eastern Massachusetts," Oates said. "Being able to present that information through their mobile device when they came into our mobile site was a huge improvement in our ability to communicate to constituents."
After the flood, business in Boston went back to normal. However, the mobile version of the city's website had proven itself valuable and numbers indicated the city was reaching residents who didn't normally make many connections to city government. "When we rolled out the mobile app, one thing that was interesting about it was that we were reaching a whole different constituency that had not traditionally come into City Hall or called the mayor's hotline -- or had even come on to do a Web service request," Oates said. "That was interesting to us because it was connecting the city to a whole different demographic."
The mobile site loads automatically when it detects a user is accessing the city's portal via a mobile phone. When the page loads, the user sees a pared-down version of the city's normal home page. Along the top of the page are three buttons: home, contact and payments. The payments button lists the city's available online transaction services.
In the body are links clearly designed with visitors and residents on-the-go in mind. The most accessed link on the page is information on parking in the city. When clicked, users can find information on street sweeping, towed cars, traffic advisories and even a link to pay parking tickets online.
Also prominently listed is a link for visitors to learn about Boston's history, or find historic neighborhoods and tours, parks, museums and other things to do in the city. Other content includes a city calendar, public events information and a city RSS feed.
The type of content chosen for the site was something Oates and Pareek said they thought about extensively. Because most new phones offer Web access but vary in terms of capability, it was important to deliver only the most meaningful content on a platform that was still relevant for users of powerful devices like Android and iPhone while also keeping it easily digestible by even the wimpiest phone-based browsers.
"I think we're really going to have to keep our finger on the pulse because when you look at it even now -- looking at it through a classic mobile phone or through a BlackBerry and then look at it through an Android or iPhone -- you see that you really are at a position to create a much richer presentation on some of these new devices," Pareek said. "My sense is that we need to have a continued development plan that allows us to make the easy-to-use mobile site be balanced with the easy-to-use and richer content."
Though it may seem like just a simple, stripped-down website, the mobile version of www.cityofboston.gov is much more to Oates and Pareek. They see it as a leading indicator of the changes that are fast approaching the business of government.
"I think [mobility] has come to the front and center for us," Oates said. "As we look at our priorities, at how we invest our resources, as we do our own deployment of mobile devices, even as we run city government, mobility has become more and more important.
"We're out there now with our mobile applications for constituent use [and] city employee use, all which are helping us do citizen engagement or just be more efficient as a delivery organization. How we present our overall Web information is integral to all that. So I think the whole concept of the importance of mobility has really changed how we're going to look at this, how we're going to track our development program on the website going forward."


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|Rubber saguaro antenna topper
I didn't know what this was at first. Upon examination of the parts--a rubber saguaro cactus, sunglasses, bandana, antenna mounting orifice in the base--I recognized it as an antenna-topper. Exactly the sort I would put on my commuter bike to extend happiness and whimsy all around the town. If I had an antenna on my commuter bike.
|Ocean shells along a freshwater canal
To my semi-untrained eye, these appeared to be ocean shells piled up beside the canal. A head-scratcher. Farther along the path, though, I found that some of the path had been apparently experimentally peppered with tons of the tiniest shells. So it's possible an enterprising hunter-gatherer walked along and picked out some interesting stand-outs, then, upon accumulating a larger haul than expected, dumped it into this puzzling pile. Or, someone dumped out their saltwater aquarium here just because. Both the cactus and the shells made me smile and consider.
|Single lane construction zone traffic jam on 44th also made me smile
Believe it or not, half a mile of single-lane backed-up traffic creeping through a construction zone also made me smile. Why? Because I was on my bicycle! The right lanes here were blocked off, and also full of trucks just a little out of the picture on the left. When the light turned, though, there was a nice opening, and traffic began moving a bit, so I was able to smoothly merge right in behind with no delay, flow into the traffic lane and NOT ride through the coned-off area. That doesn't seem like a good idea to me any more: for several reasons including Steve A's experience and recommendations, I try to stay with the main traffic flow. It worked perfectly here, and I stuck with it right up to an opening in the cones when I made a sharp right turn and bailed out onto a side street that I knew would also work as an alternate route. Funny that the cars chose to stay with the creeping line rather than follow me. I passed other cars headed toward the mess, and part of me wanted to wave them down, tell them to go back, follow me another way, save themselves the creeping aggravation of a line of slow-moving cars. Moooooooo, I can say. But it all went so smoothly up to that point that I didn't want to change tactics.
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Hosted by Tyler Florence, cross-country culinary road trip's fourth season premieres Sunday, Aug. 18
"The Great Food Truck Race" kicks off season four with a brand-new cast of food truck hopefuls, who hit the road for the longest route in series history (4,181 miles), and exciting culinary challenges that celebrate the country's national landmarks (from the Hollywood sign to South Dakota's Crazy Horse Memorial to Chicago's iconic Buckingham Fountain to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington). These competitors are not current food truck operators - they are eight teams of talented cooks with unique concepts and dreams to one day operate their own food truck business. Each three-person team is provided a vehicle for the race, but only the grand-prize winner gets to keep their food truck and a $50,000 cash prize to start their business.
Hosted by Tyler Florence, the seven-episode series premieres Sunday, Aug. 18, at 9 p.m. on Food Network.
"We love the world of food trucks because they've opened up a low-cost entryway for aspiring culinary talent to succeed without a traditional restaurant," said Bob Tuschman, general manager and senior vice president, Food Network. "Our competitors have to demonstrate top-notch cooking abilities and an entrepreneur's creativity and business skills. It all makes for a food-filled road trip that delivers a life-changing grand prize to the winner."
The season's teams are: Aloha Plate (Los Angeles, Maui and Oahu, Hawaii), Boardwalk Breakfast Empire (Sea Bright, N.J.), Bowled and Beautiful (Los Angeles), Frankfootas (New York), Murphy's Spud Truck (Los Angeles), Philly's Finest Sambonis (Philadelphia), The Slide Show (Los Angeles) and Tikka Tikka Taco (St. Louis).
In the season premiere, Florence greets the eight teams in Los Angeles under the iconic Hollywood sign, and each team sees its custom-made truck for the first time. For their first challenge, he sends them to posh Beverly Hills for a contest in upscale sales: each team can only sell one signature dish on the menu, but that dish must be sold for at least $20 each. Florence and the teams then head 380 miles north to San Francisco, where the trucks must pick a different signature dish to sell exclusively. The team that earns the least amount with its two signature dishes is sent home. The route then sends the trucks to Portland; Pocatello, Idaho; Rapid City, S.D.; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Chicago, featuring guest stars Mayor Rahm Emanuel and legendary football coach Mike Ditka; and Washington D.C., where the life-changing grand prize is awarded in the season finale.
Viewers can visit FoodNetwork.com/FoodTrucks for photo galleries, blogs and video clips.


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• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
Top Israeli political and military figures remain at odds over their opinions on Iran's regime and its nuclear program, making it difficult to guess what Israel's next steps will be. The prime minister's announcement this week that he is open to moving elections up by more than a year only increase the uncertainty.
Today Defense Minister Ehud Barak slammed former prime minister Ehud Olmert, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, and former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, all of whom have downplayed the threat that Iran poses to Israel and criticized Mr. Barak and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their hawkish approach.
"Olmert, Dagan, and Diskin are traveling the world and are weakening Israeli leaders' accomplishment of turning the Iranian issue into an important and urgent one – not only to Israel but to the world," Barak said today, according to Haaretz. Of Mr. Diskin, who formerly headed Israel's domestic security agency, Barak said, "it is not even his field of specialization or his responsibility."
Israel's top foreign-policy priority has been convincing the international community, particularly the United States, that Iran is an imminent threat, and the world cannot afford to wait and see if increasingly stringent sanctions will curtail Iran's nuclear program. Iran argues that its program is wholly peaceful, but Israel and others suspect Tehran aims to develop nuclear weapons under cover of its civilian program.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Barak "implied" in the same interview that the Israeli parliament "might need to pass stricter laws to prevent former members of the defense establishment from discussing certain security issues in public."
Diskin said last week that he had no confidence in Barak and Netanyahu's leadership and said their Iran efforts were motivated by a "messianic" drive. There has been dissent for months – often public – among current and former political and security officials, but his unequivocal comments gave the criticism a substantial credibility boost, The Christian Science Monitor's Dan Murphy writes:
Israeli politicians are known for their very public disagreements, but differences between security officials past and present and Israel's sitting government – especially on a topic as critical as this – are rare. Israel's generals have far more sway over policy in Israel than US ones do, at least historically, and in the case of the war posturing over Iran's nuclear program the simple message of their public comments appears to be: Don't.
Haaretz columnist Anshel Pfeffer said Diskin's warning that an Israeli strike could harden an Iranian desire for the bomb is striking. "While it is true that many experts have expressed this opinion, this is the first time that a central figure who was so recently within the innermost security circles has said such a thing."
Dahlia Scheindlin, a Tel Aviv public opinion expert and blogger at the left wing blog +972, told the Monitor earlier this week that the only people who can "credibly" criticize Netanyahu's Iran policy are members of the security establishment, such as those Dagan and Diskin.
According to one recent poll for the Jerusalem Post, less than half of Israelis support a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran but an overwhelming majority – 72 percent – would support an international strike. About half agreed with Diskin's criticism, according to a separate poll cited by The New York Times.
With the Knesset beginning to talk about dissolution, it appears likely that the elections will be bumped from their original date in 2013 to this coming September. The Los Angeles Times reports that the change in timing for the elections is "the latest sign that [Israel's] threatened attack against Iran's nuclear facilities is unlikely to take place in the coming months."
Some officials predict the chances of an Israeli airstrike against Iran will decrease because a divisive political campaign would paralyze the government and focus attention on domestic issues.
At the same time, Netanyahu is unlikely to risk the comfortable lead most polls give him over his rivals by launching a risky, complicated operation against Iran. A bungled or failed strike is one of the few things that could stand in the way of his reelection, analysts say.
The LA Times also reports that Netanyahu has the strongest security credentials of possible prime minister candidates and would be the one most likely to benefit if a debate on Iran became part of the campaign.
The Associated Press reports that Barak and Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon said in a statement yesterday that only "strategic interests" will play a role in Israel's policy on Iran, even during an election campaign.


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Blushing Meadows, NY - "Serena Williams beware," an International Sartorial Tennis Association stylist said today, "those orange shorts/panties just gotta go or your Grand Slam dreams will end up tits-up."
The women's World No 1 seed was being been briefed about an ancient curse at the Wimbledon Tennis Club that's already seen off World No 3 women's and men's seeds Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer.
The jinx on bright colors saw La Sharapova lose her second round match 6-3 6-4 to Portugal's Michelle Larcher de Brito at Wimbledon yesterday despite a big thumbs up from an admiring Number One Court audience for her choice of orange panties.
That same hex appears to have also struck Swiss tennis genius Roger Federer who was foot-faulted by Club officials and told to remove his orange-soled custom made Nikes.
Federer subsequently lost his Center Court match against World No 116 seed Sergiy Stakhovsky in a 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6 shocker.
"Roger immediately complied with an Umpire's request to remove the offending orange-soled shoes," a QM-NewsCorpse sports reporter explained, "but unfortunately still lost to Stakhovsky.
"As for Ms Sharapova, apparently Wimbledon officials bent over backwards to stop a similar request for the Russian to remove her offending orange undergarment slap bang in the middle of Number One Court.
"There would have been ructions if she'd changed in full view of Hawkeye."
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I am researching online high schools for my son (he starts 9th grade in the fall). Right now I'm leaning towards either Keystone or Excel High School. I've found plenty of info online about Keystone, but not much about Excel.
It is accredited, has an A+ rating with the BBB, and offers many computer science related courses that my son is interested in. We also liked the class demos that are on their website. What concerns me is that I can't seem to find any personal reviews from parents or current students. There are a couple of video testimonials on their site, but they look too rehearsed to me. I can't find anything BAD about them online, but I'd like to hear something good!
Does anyone here have any personal experience with this school? Thanks in advance for any responses!
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If you'd like, you can check out the Planning for the High School Years series I have on my blog, Homeschooling for Free. I also post the lesson plans I'm using for my 9th grader each week.
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Well, I didn't specifically tested parallel parking, but did a test drive with the latest S40 and for normal driving it was perfect. I guess I'll see how it goes for parking
About germany, when I'm driving from croatia to belgium it's around 1500 km. I start in the morning and I go straight to belgium in 1 day I don't know where Heidelberg is though. I'm basically passing Passau, Regensburg, Nürnberg and Frankfürt am Main IIRC.


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QUESTION OF THE WEEK -Should artists reclaim racist images like Little Black Sambo?
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