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While companies like Sony and Nintendo are pushing 3D, the technology is not new. In movies, 3D was used in attempts to attract theatergoers that had dwindled during the 1950s as the diffusion of televisions increased.
For gaming, Nintendo tried (unsuccessfully) to release its own 3D headset, the Virtual Boy, in 1995. It was a flop.
But in the decade that preceded that, Sega released the SegaScope 3D glasses. As website @Everything2, the 3D was caused by the peripheral's LCD lenses. "The system sent impulses up the cord to alternately darken and lighten each lens. The screen image was similarly designed so that alternate refreshes of the screen would display different perspectives for each eye to see."
Only six games were ever released for the SegaScope 3D glasses: Blade Eagle 3-D, Line of Fire, Maze Hunter 3-D, Missile Defense 3-D, Out Run 3-D, Poseidon Wars 3-D, Space Harrier 3-D and Zaxxon 3-D.
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Perfect 10 Loses Again, As Court Says DMCA Notices Need To Be Properly Filed
from the red-flags? deptJust last week we were talking about Perfect 10's lawsuit against Google in Canada, where we noted that in Perfect 10's own bragging press release, it effectively admits that its takedown filings were not properly filed. They admit that they just sent images to Google saying that it owned the images, without telling Google where they were actually located to take down. This was the same charge that Rapidshare recently made against Perfect 10, noting that the company seemed to purposely not want companies to take down their images, so that it could sue.
Thankfully, in the US version of the lawsuit (in which Perfect 10 seems to lose over and over and over again), the judge noted this failure by Perfect 10 to properly file DMCA takedown notices and dismissed large parts of the lawsuit. Similar to what Perfect 10 bragged about and what Rapidshare claimed, it appears that Perfect 10's "notices" were hardly informative. It also seems to have gone out of its way to make it difficult for Google to quickly respond -- including sending the notices to the wrong email address. As EFF notes:
For example, many of its "notices" consisted of a cover letter, a spreadsheet with URLs (many of which linked only to a top-level URL for a website, as opposed to a specific infringing URL) and a hard drive or DVD containing Perfect 10's electronic files of its photos. Not good enough, said the court -- the information required by the DMCA must be contained in a single written communication; forcing a service provider to cobble together adequate notice from a variety of sources is just too burdensome.While this is entertaining in that it's the latest in a long line of legal smackdowns against Perfect 10 and its questionable litigation strategy, this ruling could be important in a variety of other cases as well. One of the key issues being fought about in a series of cases is what constitutes "knowledge" for a service provider, requiring it to take action under the DMCA. In both the Veoh/Universal Music case and the YouTube/Viacom case, judges found that the knowledge had to come from specific DMCA takedown notices, that indicated where the specific infringing works were. However, in the IsoHunt case, a judge went in a different direction, claiming that "red flag" knowledge was enough. That is, if there was enough information out there to raise a "red flag," then the service provider needed to take action.
Now, we've long argued that such "red flag" knowledge is somewhat meaningless. If I know that lots of people are using a tool for infringement, but don't know which specific works are infringing, how can I be expected to do anything specific? Since there's no way for the service provider to pinpoint which works are infringing -- even if they know that many works likely are infringing -- then how can the service providers act in a way that doesn't create massive collateral damage for legitimate communication?
But this ruling, again, effectively is a vote against the concept of "red flag knowledge," since you could make the argument (and, Perfect 10 did) that even in the absence of a complying DMCA takedown notice, sending over its mess of information could constitute a red flag. But, as the judge properly notes, that makes little sense. The ruling goes through the ridiculous hoops that Google would need to jump through in order to find and take down specific works, and notes that the DMCA clearly did not intend for that to happen.
Of course, this isn't the first time that Perfect 10 has lost on this exact argument. The CCbill case involved more or less the same questions about "red flag" knowledge, and Perfect 10 lost there. This ruling relies heavily on that one. But, we seem to keep racking up rulings that say that any "red flag" knowledge still requires specific notification of what is infringing -- with the IsoHunt ruling being the one exception. It makes you wonder if the IsoHunt ruling is on a collision course with all of these others.
Filed Under: dmca, red flags
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New Jersey Continuation is based on a New Jersey law that allows persons who lose coverage for a variety of reasons to continue coverage under the group plan for fixed periods of time. Generally, New Jersey Continuation applies to employer groups where there are fewer than 20 employees.
There are some exceptions to the 20 or more guideline for COBRA and less than 20 guideline for New Jersey Continuation, so the best way to find out which law applies is to ask the employer or benefits administrator.
For information regarding ARRA as it specifically pertains to New Jersey Continuation – keep reading! Except as identified below, COBRA and New Jersey Continuation operate in the same manner and the information as it pertains to COBRA would apply.
To be eligible for the premium reduction an employee must:
- have lost group health coverage because of the employee's involuntary termination of employment between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009; and
- be eligible for New Jersey Continuation.
Generally, a terminated employee is eligible for continuation provided the person was not terminated for cause, and the person was actually covered under the group health coverage on the date employment was terminated. For more information on eligibility for New Jersey Continuation please visit: http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_insurance/ihcseh/bulletins/sehblt07_02.pdf
There is an income threshold such that the full premium reduction is only available to individuals whose same year income will not exceed $125,000 for individual filers and $250,000 for joint filers. (If an individual takes advantage of the subsidy and in the same year exceeds the income limit, he or she will be required to repay the subsidy.)
Are dependents also eligible for the premium reduction?
Under the New Jersey Continuation law only the former employee has a right to elect continuation when there is a loss of coverage due to involuntary termination of employment. When the former employee elects continuation the former employee can elect coverage for the former employee and all eligible dependents. The premium reduction applies to coverage for all persons the former employee elects to cover who qualify as assistance eligible individuals. Dependents to not have an independent right to elect continuation when the loss of coverage is due to involuntary termination of employment but may independently be eligible as assistance eligible individuals.
What if an employer goes out of business? Is New Jersey Continuation still available?
No. New Jersey Continuation is only available to the extent that an employer continues to offer coverage under a group health plan.
How do former employees sign up for the premium reduction?
For employer groups subject to New Jersey Continuation, the carrier is required to send a notice to terminated employees so that the former employees whose employment was/is terminated between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009 can elect to continue their group coverage and receive the premium reduction. This is different than for COBRA eligible groups where the employer is required to send the notice.
The model notices that were released by the United States Department of Labor on March 19, 2009 are available on the agency's website. The model notices include a notice that could be used for State continuation.
However, since New Jersey Continuation includes some provisions that are not contemplated by the model notice, we developed a notice for carriers to use to notify terminated employees of the premium reduction and it will be posted soon. Please visit the Latest News section of the Small Employer Health Benefits Program Board website for the text of the sample notice carriers may use.
Involuntary Termination between September 1, 2008 and February 16, 2009
Employees who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and February 16, 2009 must elect the premium reduction no later than 30 days following receipt of the notice. This is a special election period. The premium reduction may apply to periods of coverage on or after February 17, 2009. However, for plans where the period of coverage begins on the first of the month, the premium reduction will first be available as of March 1. Neither the continuation coverage nor the premium reduction will be retroactive to the date coverage ended. For example, if an employee was involuntarily terminated September 1, 2008, and elects New Jersey Continuation and the premium reduction on April 10, 2009, the continuation coverage and premium reduction will not be retroactive to September 1, 2008. Rather, the continuation coverage and premium reduction will be effective March 1, 2009 if the coverage period began as of the first of the month.
Involuntary termination between February 17, 2009 and December 31, 2009
Employees who are involuntarily terminated between February 17, 2009 and December 31, 2009 must elect New Jersey Continuation within 30 days after coverage ended due to involuntary termination of employment and must elect the reduction within that same 30 day period.
How will the reduction be applied to New Jersey Continuation Coverage premium?
Former employees who qualify for the reduction will only be required to pay 35% of the New Jersey Continuation premium. The insurance carrier is initially responsible for the remaining 65%, and the government will later reimburse the carrier.
What happens if an employee was terminated between September 1, 2008 and February 16, 2009 but either did not elect New Jersey Continuation at that time, or elected it then lapsed due to non-payment?
If a former employee initially declined to elect New Jersey Continuation coverage, or elected New Jersey Continuation coverage and later stopped paying premiums, the employer should notify the former employee of an additional opportunity to elect New Jersey Continuation coverage and receive the subsidy. The former employee will have until April 18, 2009 to enroll.
What about Pre-Existing Condition Exclusions?
When providing coverage to former employees who elect group continuation coverage during this special election period, carriers may not apply pre-existing condition coverage limitations based on a gap in the coverage between the termination of coverage and the commencement of the New Jersey Continuation coverage.
Can an individual lose eligibility for the reduction?
Yes, in two ways. First, the reduction lasts no longer than 9 months. Second, a former employee become ineligible for the reduction when her or she becomes eligible for new group health coverage or Medicare.
What if a carrier refuses to allow a former employee whose coverage terminated between September 1, 2008 and February 16, 2009 to now elect New Jersey Continuation?
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance will take appropriate action to ensure carrier cooperation. Please contact Ellen DeRosa at 609-633-1882 ext 50302 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What if a carrier refuses to "pay" the 65% for a former employee electing New Jersey Continuation?
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance will take appropriate action to ensure carrier cooperation. Please contact Ellen DeRosa at 609-633-1882 ext 50302 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What if a New Jersey small employer refuses to provide New Jersey Continuation coverage or fails to provide notice of the subsidy?
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development will take appropriate action in the event of an employer's failure to comply with this law. Workers who have concerns about their employer's compliance with New Jersey Continuation Coverage requirements under the ARRA may contact the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Wage and Hour Compliance, in writing at P.O. Box 389, Trenton, NJ 08625-0389, by telephone at (609) 292-1704 or via e-mail at email@example.com. Workers whose employer is covered under federal COBRA should contact the U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, at (866) 444-3272.
Where can I get more information on the reduction as it applies to New Jersey Continuation?
The following website has information on the reduction:
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Last spring we run in Tallinn University an international course 'eLearning' in the frames of the IST 6th Framework project iCamp (http://icamp.eu). One of the students' weekly tasks was to write reflections of their individual and group-work.
We aimed to investigate the occurrence of self-direction in these reflective postings and developed a categorization scheme with Sonja Merisalo, a master student of Tallinn University.
An elaborated Activity system framework provided a model to illustrate self-direction categories.
The most interesting in this model is that it enables to see three types of mediators of action ('tools') that individuals use to achieve their objectives:
– material tools, services and resources (any kind of social software for example)
– self-direction as a cognitive tool
– team as a tool
The first type of tools is following Vygotsky's (1978) account of mediation by tools, which is also including words as sign-tools.
For the second type of tools, Wegerif (2007) has suggested it's not just the use of explicit reasoning but the ability to change one's mind and see things from a new perspective, that is essential for learning.
Second and third type of tools also follow Bakhtin's (1986) account of mediation by the voices and perspectives of others (dialogic).
In a book chapter Knowledge Media Tools to Foster Social Learning (Okada et al. 2009) wrote:
The boundary between subjects is not therefore a demarcation line, or an external link between self and other, but an inclusive 'space' within which self and other mutually construct and re-construct each other
This becomes also apparent from the figure in which self as a tool and team as a tool have the moving, perceptional borderline.
Another interesting thought is that several kinds of ruptured situations become visible. Ruptured situations are usually assumed to be the triggers of self-reflection.
We used the categories to analyze the weekly progress of students, and statistical analyses demonstrated that the categorization system has a very good internal logic… so now we are quite enthusiastic of writing these data.
One more idea is to demonstrate how the perception of your learning environment and tools (here i mean all three types of 'tools') is changing when learning in social settings, and designing something in teamwork.
I imagine the course as some kind of timeline-pipe for learning in which the flow of initiating the use of certain types of 'tools' fluctuates and is regulated by the availability of some types of ruptured situations that the learners notice in the environment. The ruptured situations trigger and constrain the use of 'tools', the use of these 'tools' puts more attention on noticing and creating the ruptured situations.
Anyway, if i find time i try to formulate it better.
Bakhtin, M.M. (1986/1978). Speech genres and other late essays. In C. Emerson & M. Holquist (Eds.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
Wertsch, J. V. (1991). Voices of the mind: A sociocultural approach to mediated action. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Wegerif, R. B. (2007). Dialogic, Education and Technology: Expanding the Space of Learning. New York: Springer-Verlag.


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Given 4 points $A$, $B$, $C$ and $D$ in general position in the euclidean plane, is it possible to determine from the 6 distances $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, $AD$, $AC$ and, $BD$ alone, whether every point is a corner of their convex hull under the restriction that comparing sums and/or differences of the distances is the only allowed operation and that no information about the point's coordinates is available.
Background of the question is whether it is possible to generalize the concept of intersection to non-adjacent edges of a general weighted graph. If the answer were affirmative, then geometric concepts like inside/outside relations or convex hulls would be an "intrinsic" property of graphs; triangulations of complete graphs would then also be more flexible and could contain complete subgraphs of order 4.


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Sienna Miller — Crush of the Day
Sexy starlet Sienna Miller first impressed us with her role in Matthew Vaughn's raucous crime thriller 'Layer Cake.' She teamed with Vaughn again for the fantasy epic 'Stardust' and later made us care about 'G.I. Joe' all over again as the villainous Baroness in 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.'
The blonde English actress and model's personal exploits have been well-documented in the tabloid arena – she broke up with Jude Law after he admitted to cheating, she reportedly had an affair with a married actor – but it looks like her personal life has finally settled down a bit.
Miller and fiancé Tom Sturdges are reportedly celebrating the birth of their first child this week.
The addition to the family won't likely halt Miller's career for long. She's always working, which means we can look forward to seeing her long legs and bright eyes in several upcoming projects, including the Nick Cassavettes drama 'Yellow' and 'The Girl,' loosely based on Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with actress Tippi Hedren.


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A cooking show Thursday night will raise money to support the work of The Star's Newspapers in Education program.
SHELBY � The Star �s Newspapers in Education program helps Cleveland County children build an interest in reading at an early age.
Through newspapers in classrooms, resources for teachers and other programs, NIE works to improve child literacy throughout Cleveland County Schools.
A cooking show Thursday night will raise money to support the work of those programs.
The Taste of Home Cooking Show returns to Malcolm Brown Auditorium at Shelby High School at 4 p.m.
�All funds we generate will go right back into the NIE program to help children,� said NIE coordinator Kim Norwood. �The show will help us purchase resource materials for teachers, help us update our website and help us defray the cost of putting newspapers in classrooms. Every classroom in Cleveland County has an opportunity for its students to have a paper every day. All a teacher has to do is send an order form.�
NIE includes information for children and parents in the daily pages of The Star . The newspaper includes health information Mondays, character education traits Tuesdays, a literacy page Wednesdays, Kids Scoop on Thursdays and World of Wonder on Fridays.
�We�re handing children and parents information that they can feel belongs to them,� Norwood said. �We want to spur interest at an early age in reading the newspaper. If you can get the newspaper in the school, you can show children the connection between their life, the community and the world.�
More about tonight�s show
Taste of Home kicks off Thursday with 17 culinary, cookware, health and merchandise vendors and continues at 6:30 p.m. with a cooking show by culinary specialist Michelle Roberts.
�She will prepare 10 different dishes, and the food she prepares will be used as door prizes,� Norwood said. �Different people will go home with those dishes. Lowe�s also provided the microwave she�ll use, and that will be given away as a grand prize. There will be lots of prizes.
Fatz Caf� and Pizza Inn, two of the event�s vendors, will also serve dinner at the show.
Reach Matthew Tessnear at 704-669-3331, at email@example.com or on Twitter @Matthew Tessnear.
Taste of Home Cooking Show
When: Thursday � 4 p.m. vendors, 6:30 p.m. cooking show
Where: Malcolm Brown Auditorium, Shelby High School
Tickets: $35 VIP (includes special gift bag with hardback Taste of Home cookbook); $15 general admission; ask if a ticket discount is available for your employer
Vendors: Tastefully Simple by Susan Bowen, Celebrating Home by Debbie Clontz, Tupperware by Pat Russell, Pizza Inn of Shelby, Fatz of Shelby, Mary Kay Cosmetics by Karen Poston, Shelby Family Practice, Cleveland Plastic and Hand Surgery, Neurology Center of Shelby, Thirty One by Amy Beaver, Funky and Fabulous by Vicki Blythe, Pottery by Sarah Monteleone, Crestview Baptist Youth Group, Premier Jewelry by Kim Workman, Saladmaster by Kent Bizzell, Pediatric Dentistry by Philip Jiamachello, Waterless Cookware by Ray Shuey
Sponsors: Carolinas HealthCare System, Cleveland County Schools, Ingles, J&D Furniture Inc., Maurices, Lowe�s, Walmart, Shelby Nursery Inc.
Meet the Chef: Culinary specialist Michelle Roberts lives near Birmingham, Ala., and conducts about 40 shows a year, driving nearly 40,000 miles in the process.
More information on Taste of Home: Call 704-669-3357


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Financial Aid
Start with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid application at www.FAFSA.ed.gov to determine how much your family is to pay for your education and how much financial aid you may receive.
You can begin completing the new form in mid September but you will not be able to submit until October 1 the year prior to attending post-secondary education.
You must use income tax information two years prior (read the guidelines should you fall into another category to complete the FAFSA) and update before the May 15 deadline.
Federal Guidelines change often on how the money is to be spent on college education, make sure you refer to the website often for the latest information.
If you plan to take Dual Enrollment classes meet with a DE counselor at the college you plan to attend for post-secondary education, to help you plan your courses, to assure they will meet your program requirements and FASFA will cover the cost of the courses. This will help assure you will not be taking courses that will prolong your educational goals and end up costing you more MONEY and TIME!


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South Puget Sound Special Interest Group (SIG)
TOPIC: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN: Design and develop informal and formal learning solutions using a variety of methods.
ABOUT: The Sound South Interest Group is provides an opportunity for talent development and learning professionals who live or work the South Puget Sound area to network, learn and share with each other.
WHO ATTENDS: Anyone with a passion for talent and learning development are welcome to attend. We encourage attendees to join the ATD Puget Sound Chapter and participate in chapter events.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: In addition to networking and sharing, each meeting focuses on an ATD Area of Expertise and is aligned with the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) Certification Program. Meetings may be eligible for CPLP Recertification Credits.
FACILITATING: The meeting facilitator will be rotated among group members. The facilitator will guide the meeting and coordinate the presentation of the area of expertise. If you are interested in facilitating a monthly meeting, please contact Brent Kobayashi (email@example.com) or Marie Tjernlund (email@example.com).
We would like to say: Thank you to Don Sosnowski and Steven Kovacs for providing the meeting space!
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Pelfrey fights command in loss to Orioles
Twins' bats cool after opening game's scoring with three-run second
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Johnny Monell, Xavier Paul and Steve Pearce helped pace the offense, including a three-run homer by Monell, to help lead the Orioles to an 11-5 win over the Twins on Wednesday night at Hammond Stadium.
The Orioles scored five runs in the third inning, with two of those runs being charged to right-hander Mike Pelfrey and the rest to reliever Jared Burton. Quintin Berry opened the scoring for the Orioles on an RBI double that knocked Pelfrey from the game after 2 1/3 innings. Paul added a run-scoring single off Burton to bring home Berry before Monell launched a three-run blast to right field.
Pelfrey, who rejoined the Twins on a two-year, $11 million deal this offseason, gave up two runs on three hits with two strikeouts in his second Grapefruit League outing.
"The biggest thing tonight was I didn't throw enough strikes," Pelfrey said. "I was kind of all over the place. But it's still early. And physically, I felt good."
Right-hander Chris Tillman, Baltimore's likely Opening Day starter, was also unable to get through three frames, giving up three runs (one earned) on four hits over 2 1/3 innings.
The Twins scored three runs in the second inning, aided by an error by Paul, who allowed Josh Willingham to advance to third base on a dropped flyball. Trevor Plouffe brought home Willingham with an infield single for the game's first run before Kurt Suzuki and Alex Presley added RBI singles of their own.
The Orioles also scored in the fourth against Twins closer Glen Perkins, who loaded the bases with one out and surrendered a run on a groundout from Jemile Weeks.
Baltimore broke it open with five runs in the sixth inning against left-hander Scott Diamond, but only one run was earned because of a throwing error by second baseman Jorge Polanco. After the run-scoring throwing error, Paul added an RBI groundout before Steve Pearce connected on a two-run double.
Orioles left-hander Zach Britton, who is competing for the fifth spot in Baltimore's rotation, threw two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. He took a ball off his right wrist on the final play of the fifth, though manager Buck Showalter said after the game he expected him to be fine.
The Twins scored twice in the seventh against right-hander Steve Johnson, as Eduardo Escobar laced an RBI triple and scored on a sacrifice fly from Kennys Vargas.
Up next for the Twins: Right-hander Ricky Nolasco is set to make his second Grapefruit League start for the Twins on Thursday, when they host the Cardinals at Hammond Stadium at 12:05 p.m. CT on MLB.TV and on Gameday Audio. Nolasco threw two scoreless innings Sunday against the Rays in his debut. Right-hander Adam Wainwright is slated to start for St. Louis.


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Bali Time
After 6 mths wandering in Ozz its time to relax ! (hey travelling is hard work).
I spent a week or so in Kuta getting my bearings and finding a surfboard and just relaxing. I stayed at Kadins II (125,000IRP) , an older style hotel with a lovely pool set in a small lush green garden with easy going staff and a good wifi connection. Set on a quiet lane with few scooters you would hardly know you were in the heartof party town! A constant stream of travellers come and go some starting out on adventures others on there way home, stories and ideas for places to go and great cafes not to miss are exchanged over breakfast and around the pool. Continue reading
Australia and back again
Fairy Penguin and friend
Its been awhile since I last went walkabout in Australia, 19 years or so!
20th Sept 2011, After having helped both our mums celebrate there 80th birthdays in the UK We flew into Australia, Melbourne from UK via Singapore . Hard to say farewell and see you soon when your 80! still even at a mild 53 you can never be sure whats waiting for you around the next day.. Continue reading
Gibb River -quick update
Feb 12th 2011
Jaminargar- "warning unsuitable for Vegetarians"- had best Tandoori chicken in a long time (8mths), hmmm could go on for a long time about the spices, texture and flavours that can only be obtained by carefully marinating the chicken for days and the lovely huge chunks coated in spices and cooked in a Tandori oven, but I won't as it will only make you jealous of our food adventures. Continue reading
Feb 6th 2011
A Diu Diu, spent several days exploring the island and really loved the peace and quite, we found a home made ice cream parlour with yummy Ginger ice cream, even checked out the house prices! for about $25,000 (4 bed and Garden) we could buy a slice of what I think could be the best real estate in India! Continue reading
Jan 31st 2011
Palatania was awful!, lousy hotels and even worse cafe's, good thing I adapted to survive on cookies and ice cream! However the hill or mountain above the town "Shatrunjaya Hill" has over 186 Jain temples and some of the most intricate rock carving in India. Simply a beautiful experience to climb the 3,200 steps up through the rising sun with hundreds of Jain pilgrims and explore the many temples. Red sandstone, white marble glow in the early morning light, intricate carvings of gods, ghouls and angels illustrate the history of the Jain beliefs. Today just like hundreds of years ago the Jain devotees come to pray and then return down 600m and the 3,200 steps at sunset leaving the gods on the hill to complete solitude until the next sunrise. Continue reading


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I am new to SuperLab and would highly appreciate your inputs on the following.
I am planning to conduct an experiment in which participants have to provide answers to several questions via keyboard-string input. Then they do something else and later on in the experiment I would like to display the answers provided earlier and ask them to elaborate (i.e. provide new keyboard-string input).
Is it possible to retrieve the answers typed in earlier from the saved output file and display it in a new event window?
Many thanks for your help.


text: Thursday, April 12, 2012 CMS Selects First 27 ACOs The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently selected the first 27 accountable care organizations (ACOs) to participate in the Medicare Shared Saving Program (Shared Savings Program). The selected organizations have agreed to be responsible for improving care for nearly 375,000 beneficiaries in 18 states through better coordination among providers. All ACOs that succeed in providing high-quality care—per their performance on 33 quality measures while reducing the costs of care—may share in the savings to Medicare. Two of the ACOs will participate in a version of the program that allows them to earn a higher share of any savings, in return for which they have agreed to be held accountable for a share of any losses if the costs of care for the beneficiaries assigned to them increase. Five of the 27 ACOs that are starting this month will participate in the advance payment ACO model established by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to encourage rural and physician-based ACOs to participate in the Shared Savings Program. Under this model, each participating ACO will receive advance payments to help cover the costs of establishing the infrastructure needed to coordinate care for the beneficiaries they serve. CMS currently is reviewing more than 150 applications from ACOs that are seeking to participate in the Shared Savings Program beginning July 1, of which more than 50 are applying for the advance payment ACO model. APTA's ACO webpage offers a variety of resources to help members determine if participation in this new model of care is a viable option for them. Resources include videos and podcasts, assessment tools, and links to summaries of ACO regulations. Comments How will APTA assure that private practice physical therapy will not cut out of provision of physical therapy services? Won't health care systems try to keep the therapy in their system--as is now happening in Minnesota. It seems to me that many will see physical therapy as just added $$$ and when they do refer to physical therapy--they will refer back to themselves. Won't this promote decreased referral to specialists at the patients risk? What will keep ACO's from withholding referrals in order to look better (i.e. spend less money)? Who is truly looking out for the patient? We all talk about outcomes--but do our APTA leaders recognize that there are no good outcome measures currently designed to accurately measure the change in certain populations? Who is going to decide which outcome measures are valid? We need to have valid outcome standards to compare apples to apples. Posted by Jan H. on 6/22/2012 4:55 PM


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NOTE: This information was submitted by Lorraine Sneed, who does marketing communications for Menlo Swim and Sport:
Local Urban Search and Rescue Team Puts a Boat in at The Burgess Pool
Menlo Swim and Sport hosts training classes for the CA-TF3 Urban Search and Rescue Team, sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.
MENLO PARK, CA – October 1, 2006 – As the evening darkened on September 12, a group of about 30 adults gathered on the pool deck at the Burgess Pool. Donning reflective floatation vests, the group pulled to the water's edge something larger than the usual swim toy seen during play time at the pool—something considerably larger. In fact, the team was launching a 13-foot inflatable rescue boat. The Navy SEAL boat is commonly used in floods and light-seas rescues, designed to be light, fast and mobile, and capable of holding eight people or more.
Few know that Menlo Park has its own CA-TF3 team, one of twenty-eight task forces in the US and one of nine in California operated under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The California Task Force 3 Urban Search and Rescue Team is charged with quick response to any disaster in the US and around the world, supplying equipment and personnel to the location within hours of the request.
At the Burgess Park pools, the task force was holding one of its regular water safety awareness classes. The class provides an introduction to water rescue safety techniques for CA-TF3 members and extra training for Menlo Park Fire District firefighters. Water rescue is of nine specialized disciplines that the CA-TF3 can deploy to a disaster. Along with medical, technical teams and others, the boats and water safety-trained team members went to assist the Hurricane Katrina recovery. CA-TF3 expertise also includes canine and search specialists who made invaluable contribution at Ground Zero and in Oklahoma City.
Randy Shurson, former deputy chief for Menlo Park, heads up the CA-TF3 and has been involved with the CA-TF3 since its inception in 1991. "Rescuers need to practice falling out of boats. Our team encounters all kinds of obstacles and unexpected situations in the water, and if we can't drill how to react, then we're no help at all. When we get the call, we send rescuers, not victims." says Mr. Shurson.
As soon as the Burgess Park pool construction was complete, Mr. Shurson contacted Menlo Swim and Sport and was invited to use the facility at no charge. The CA-TF3 held four classes at Burgess over the summer along with classes at Rinconada. Mr. Shurson says, "I had 80,000 pounds of search and rescue equipment, but no pool to practice in. The central location of Burgess, the pool's 7' depth and deck space worked great. We can get a boat in, no problem".
Some of the exercises practiced in these classes take both strength and determination. Christina Crosby is a new recruit for the task force, a full time South San Francisco Fire Department management analyst who has recently joined the team. "The hardest part was pulling yourself into the boat, getting up over the slippery inflated sides with absolutely no assistance," says Ms. Crosby. "To be deployable, and I need to be able to rescue someone twice my size and it's not like rescue in a pool. We don't really swim and can't use traditional lifesaving techniques, because we're required to keep our heads above water and wear PFDs."
Along with boat drills, the team worked on strength, treading water, partner exercises, and tricks that keep rescuers safe. Menlo Swim and Sport is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a pool environment so that the CA-TF3 can practice without hazards. Menlo Swim applauds the mission of the CA-TF3 and looks forward to having the team back in the pool in May of 2007.
About Menlo Swim and Sport
Menlo Swim and Sport is a community-based provider of year-round aquatics programs. Menlo Swim and Sport promotes healthy, balanced lifestyles through sports and outdoor family activity for the Menlo Park area, based at Burgess Park. For more information visit the website at Web Link or call the pool at 650-328-7946.


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Snowden's 'Dead Man's Switch' May Just Make Him A Bigger Target
from the forcing-the-government-to-protect-its-'enemy' dept
Word has it that Ed Snowden has gone all George Smiley and implemented his version of a "dead man's switch," one that will lead directly to a full data dump if anything unpleasant happens to him. What's in these yet-unleaked documents is still a mystery, although Snowden has claimed they provide a "blueprint" of the NSA's surveillance architecture, one that could be probed for weaknesses or replicated.
[S]nowden... reportedly passed encrypted copies of his cache to a number of third parties who have a non-journalistic mission: If Snowden should suffer a mysterious, fatal accident, these parties will find themselves in possession of the decryption key, and they can publish the documents to the world.Obviously, Snowden has set this up to prevent the US from deciding to simply take him out, rather than risk any more leaks. This conceivably shifts priorities for the US, which now must take care to ensure Snowden remains unharmed. (It's not explicitly stated whether an arrest or successful extradition to the US will trigger the "switch.") Notably, Snowden doesn't actually have to die to set things in motion.
"It's not just a matter of, if he dies, things get released, it's more nuanced than that," he said. "It's really just a way to protect himself against extremely rogue behavior on the part of the United States, by which I mean violent actions toward him, designed to end his life, and it's just a way to ensure that nobody feels incentivized to do that."Bruce Schneier, however, sees how this "insurance plan" could actually make things more dangerous for Snowden.
I'm not sure he's thought this through, though. I would be more worried that someone would kill me in order to get the documents released than I would be that someone would kill me to prevent the documents from being released. Any real-world situation involves multiple adversaries, and it's important to keep all of them in mind when designing a security system.This could make Snowden a target for people whose motivations run from the anti-American (exposed documents will hurt the US) to those who view chaos as its own end (exposed documents will wreak further mayhem in governments worldwide). This sort of action is probably more limited to individual actors rather than agents of unhappy/rival states.
If someone did manage to take him out, all eyes would turn to the US government. Whether the government did or didn't do it doesn't matter. It will be assumed it was ordered by the US. And whether or not the US government was behind it, it will issue a denial. This denial, of course, won't be believed because at this point, the government has the credibility of a heroin addict.
If the government has taken any of the above into consideration, it's back to having to ensure Snowden remains unharmed and safe, something made even more difficult by Snowden inadvertently painting a target on his own back.
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Step 1
You will first need to create or download an image to represent the size grip. The best designs are either:
Three parallel lines pointing north-east, the second line being smaller than the first, and the third being smaller than the second.
Small dots forming a right triangle with a north-west facing hypotenuse. Here's an example with periods:
Because I'm just sooooo nice ( ), I've attached a grip PNG image I made in the crazy case you wouldn't want to make your own.
Step 2
Open your project with the borderless form, and add a picturebox control to the bottom-right corner of the form. Rename the control "Grip" and change its image property to your size grip image (either the one you made or the own you downloaded above). (You will also need to change the anchor property to Bottom, Right.)
Now going to code view, we're going to have to set up two Integer variables and one Boolean variable. Enter the following code at the top of the class:
Dim GripDrag As Boolean Dim InitialSizeX As Integer Dim InitialSizeY As Integer
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Add the Grip_MouseDown event code (again - Grip is your picture box control), and then type the following code into that event:
If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left Then 'If the control is being left-clicked GripDrag = True 'Confirms the grip is ready to be dragged InitialSizeX = Me.Width 'Sets the initial width InitialSizeY = Me.Height 'Sets the initial height End If
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Add the Grip_MouseMove event code, and then type the following code into that event:
If GripDrag = True Then Me.Width = InitialSizeX + (Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.X - (Me.Width + Me.Location.X)) 'Increases the width of the form by the amount the grip has been dragged towards the right Me.Height = InitialSizeY + (Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.Y - (Me.Height + Me.Location.Y)) 'Increases the height of the form by the amount the grip has been dragged downward InitialSizeX = Me.Width 'Resets the value to the form's current width InitialSizeY = Me.Height 'Resets the value to the form's current height Me.Refresh() End If
Step 5
Add the Grip_MouseUp event code, and then type the following code into that event:
GripDrag = False 'Confirms the grip is no longer being dragged
And that's all there is to making your own Size Grip! I hope that you have found this tutorial helpful and will give it a good rating
If there is an area you see that this tutorial could improve in, please let me know by messaging me. Hope you enjoyed my first tutorial
This post has been edited by The Prodigy: 21 October 2011 - 10:25 AM


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LOS ANGELES, CA – 13 Jul, 2017 – In the span of 19 days Yanise Ho, a 21-year-old long distance female skater traversed over 550 miles. Known as The Bladress, she completed the journey from Savannah Georgia to Miami Florida with no money, only taking the clothes on her back. Ho did not spend any money along her 19-day trip, she relied on assistance from strangers, to host and feed her, along the trip. Her goal was to prove there is love and kindness still in the world, we just must have faith, trust and love to find it.
Ho is taking these rollerblading trips cross country and cross region to raise awareness and funds for girls in countries where education is limited and often none is offered to women. "In the following months, I will be rollerblading from San Francisco to Los Angeles, about 550 miles, to raise funds to build a school in Malawi which will help underprivileged girls receive an education. It touched my heart to receive e-mails and messages over time to inform me of how much my action has touched their hearts and influenced changes in their lives," stated Ho when asked about her inspiration to continue this journey.
This training that Ho has been involved in is preparation for next year when she will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record while raising funds for the continued building of schools in multiple countries for underprivileged girls. Ho will embark on a 7,000 mile rollerblading trip across Europe.
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Each week, we take some time to get to know one of our members a little bit better. This week, we talked with Margalit, a pro-blogger, writer, and mom of two.
1.) What do you do?
I blog professionally as well as do some freelance technical writing and editing. This week we're launching a new blog about parenting teens and young adults, MidCentury Modern Moms.
2.) How did you end up in your current career?
I started as a technical writer way back in the paleolithic age, around 1980. I was a software engineer for a bit before that, but hated it. Writing seemed to be a natural progression from engineering into the glorious world of software. I took a course at a local community college and earned a certificate in technical writing, and then moved into the field. I worked my way up from a junior writer to the director of Technical Communications at a medium-size software company. From there, I started my own consultant company and had 10 employees working at various computer companies in the Boston area. Now I've downsized to just doing freelance writing and, after starting my own blog in 2003, moved into blogging for both technical and non-technical companies. And that's where I am today!
3.) What's your dream job?
Oh, my dream job is to run a sailing school and rental in the Caribbean, where the weather is warm, and I can sail year round. Like that's going to happen.
4.) Tell us a few things on your Life To-Do List
I've done much of the things on my to-do list, but I still want to go to India, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. I want to see my children graduate from college and settle into their adult lives. I want to sail across the Atlantic, but not alone! I want to live in northern Italy for a year and go to cooking schools there and learn how to make fabulous northern Italian food. Then I want to go to the Culinary Institute of America in upstate New York and do a pastry workshop. I want to plant a huge organic vegetable garden and sell my extra produce at the farmer's market in town. And lastly, I want to have a bunch of dogs and become the crazy dog lady in my neighborhood!
5) What's for you the toughest challenge when it comes to juggling work and family?
I've got two special-needs kids, and they both require an inordinate amount of doctor's appointments. Of course those can only be scheduled during school time, which causes an amazing amount of stress for everyone involved. Juggling schedules, transportation, and missed school work is often close to impossible and the outcome is often an angry kid, a guilty mom because her promised work is being ignored, and an huge amount of stress. This is almost always our toughest challange, but we're always working on making it easier on everyone involved.


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SYCAMORE – On the eve of the election, DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell asked state police to investigate the Northern Illinois University Police Department for withholding evidence favorable to an NIU officer accused of raping a student.
A judge ruled Friday that NIU police intentionally hid statements from witnesses who said the alleged victim told them she had a consensual sexual relationship with then-NIU police officer Andrew Rifkin. Rifkin's defense attorney asked Judge Robbin Stuckert to throw out the charges because of it; Stuckert is expected to announce her decision Friday.
Campbell did not attend Friday's hearing, but said after reading the transcript, he decided NIU police's conduct warranted an outside investigation. He is asking state police to target NIU Police Chief Don Grady and the police department.
Meanwhile, NIU President John Peters asked state police to review and help with all of NIU police's pending investigations as state police saw fit.
"We want to reassure the public that these inquiries are without conflict of interest," Peters said in a written news release. "Therefore, I have instructed my general counsel and our outside counsel to begin a review of law enforcement protocols and have requested the assistance of the Illinois State Police in this effort as well."
Campbell said he had not received a response from state police about the outside investigation. NIU police spokesman Sgt. Alan Smith said Monday he was unaware of Campbell's request. Grady could not be reached for comment late Monday afternoon.
"We haven't received anything in writing, so we can't comment," Smith said. "Nobody in our department has received any information about it."
Campbell denied the timing of his announcement was politically motivated.
Richard Schmack, the Democrat opposing Campbell in today's state's attorney election, argued the state's attorney's office also should be investigated. Schmack said the issue partly involved the communication between the two agencies, although he emphasized he did not know if either agency had acted inappropriately.
"Clearly what happened in court is a result of the interplay between the state's attorney's office and the NIU police," Schmack said.
Campbell said he would cooperate with a state police investigation, even if it led to his own office.
But, he pointed out that the judge did not find the state's attorney's office did anything inappropriate at Friday's hearing. NIU police Lt. Kartik Ramakrishnan said in court that he put the witness statements in Rifkin's internal employment file; Campbell said prosecutors did not receive the internal file.
"[The judge is] making it clear that the information was hidden from the state's attorney's office," Campbell said. "I can't imagine requesting an investigation and not cooperating with the investigation."
The two witnesses who gave written statements to police also spoke with Grady at the NIU police station, according to court documents. Grady testified Friday that he learned only last week that no report was made to prosecutors about the statements. Grady said Friday he did not suspend or fire the officers involved.
"I did talk to them," Grady said in court. "Some people think that might be as stern as a termination."
Rifkin's case began Oct. 28, 2011, when a female NIU student told police Rifkin had raped her two weeks earlier on Oct. 14. Rifkin was fired the same day. University police have said NIU officers must adhere to a strict no-fraternization policy with students, faculty and staff.
On Nov. 3, 2011, two other NIU students went to the NIU police station, where they gave signed, written statements to NIU police, in which they said the victim in the case had discussed her ongoing consensual relationship with Rifkin. However, they told police they were worried about going to court.
One of the NIU students said the investigating officer told her she could think about whether she wanted her statement to go to prosecutors, court records show. The officer also told her she would have to hire an attorney and the process would be complicated, court records show.
Court records also indicate two NIU police officers told the victim not to discuss the case with anyone but police, which Rifkin's attorney asserts is a violation of Rifkin's due process rights.


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BEIJING (AP) — Police detained a labor rights activist following a strike by 40,000 employees at a factory that makes shoes for Adidas and Nike, his colleague said Wednesday.
Zhang Zhiru said he was informed orally by police in the southern city of Dongguan that his assistant, Lin Dong, was suspected of rumor spreading on social media. Zhang said no written notice was issued. Both had tried to advise the workers on the strike.
The detention raises concerns on suppression of China's rising labor movement. Most recently, several security guards were found guilty of disrupting public order in a southern Chinese court after they protested against their employer's failure to purchase insurance for them as required by law.
"I think the local governments have not truly understood President Xi Jinping's statement that to maintain social stability is to safeguard people's rights," labor scholar Wang Jiangsong said Wednesday. "What they have done may keep social stability in the short term, but it will add to social tensions in the long run."
The news office for Dongguan police said it was not aware of Lin's detention.
Zhang, a labor adviser, said he was taken away by police on April 22, the day after he traveled to Dongguan, where he and Lin met with workers at the factory complex run by Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. The workers had gone on strike earlier this month to protest inadequate payments to social security and housing funds.
In an open letter, Zhang also advised Yue Yuen workers how to organize and fight for their rights within Chinese law.
Police had unsuccessfully lobbied him not to advise the workers before taking him away, Zhang said.
He was taken to a tourist site, where he saw sights and stayed in a villa at the expense of the police but was deprived of personal freedom and kept incommunicado, Zhang said. Police asked him to stay out of the strike, but he refused, Zhang said.
Zhang said he was released two days later without charge but learned that his aide, Lin, had been missing since April 22.
Zhang said Lin was accused of spreading a rumor, after he shared with a small circle of friends and colleagues via a cellphone messaging service an account about another strike at an electronics factory, which turned out to be false.
Wang, the labor scholar, said Lin's post was far from being criminally offensive, and that the charges against him were "to obstruct and block his contact with workers so he could not help them."
The strikers returned to work last week after management agreed to fully pay into the social security and housing funds starting May 1, meeting some but not of all of the workers' demands. Wang called it a partial victory for the workers but noted that they were forced to accept the deal and return to work after the local government and police intervened.
Zhang's advising group also failed to play any significant role in the strike, Wang said. "They have been intercepted by police," he said.


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Chris Klein
Chris Klein is an actor who is best know for his role as "Oz" in American Pie and several of its sequels. Klein was on the verge of becoming a breakout star after the release of the popular American Pie in 1999, but he never lived up to his potential, eventually becoming a c-list actor desperate for roles, famously lost his fiancee to Tom Cruise, and wasted precious years as an alcoholic, hitting rock bottom when he was arrested for a DUI in 2005.
Chris Klein was born on March 14, 1979 in Hinsdale, IL, a suburb of Chicago, IL. Klein was interested in theater at a young age and as a child he sang "This Little Light of Mine" in a community theater at the Sheraton Convention Center in Chicago. Klein moved with his family to Omaha, Nebraska when he was 13 years old.
As a high school student, Klein was both an athlete and an actor, participating in football, swimming, and acting/theater. Klein was fortunate to be discovered by director Alexander Payne, who was in Omaha scouting for fresh young talent for his 1999 film Election. Klein's first movie role was as "Paul Metzler," a polite and dumb football player in Election. Although somewhat of a box office flop, Election was popular among critics and performed well in the rental market.
The success of Election led to Klein's breakthrough role as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie and in the sequels American Pie 2 and American Reunion. In American Pie, Oz was a jock who was a member of his high school's lacrosse team. Oz and his friends formed a pact to each lose their virginity by the end of their senior year in high school.
Chris Klein was one of the most popular actors from the movie (perhaps the second-most popular actor after Seann William Scott) and instantly became a heartthrob. Klein was popular at the time among young women for his good looks.
As the 1990s came to a close, Klein must have thought he was destined to soon become a member of the upper echelon of Hollywood actors. His career seemed to be hitting the big time and he soon started dating popular actress Katie Holmes, to whom he later became engaged in 2003.
Klein followed up on the success on American Pie by appearing in several major films, such as the 2002 flicks, We Were Soldiers and American Pie 2. However, Klein also appeared in the widely-panned box office flop Rollerball. Rollerball reportedly had a budget of at least $70 million, yet only earned about $25 million at the box office. His appearance in Rollerball seems to have irreparably harmed his acting career, as it one of his last major roles.
Klein's star faded so rapidly that he was not even asked to appear in the second America Pie sequel, American Wedding. Although there were rumors floating around that Klein had turned down a role in the movie, Klein has since set the record straight and let everyone know that he was not offered a role but would have accepted one if it had been offered to him.
At one point Klein became so desperate for choice roles that he actually auditioned for a role in 2008 musical, Mamma Mia! despite not having experience in musicals or singing. Here is a clip of Klein's embarrassing tone-deaf audition for the movie:
As his career crashed and burned, Klein's personal life was in shambles. Katie Holmes famously dumped Klein while they were engaged to be with actor Tom Cruise in 2005. Klein also started drinking heavily around this time, becoming an admitted alcoholic and was arrested for DUIs in 2005 and 2010. Klein was sentenced to 96 hours in prison for the 2010 DUI.
The stress of being unceremoniously dumped by Katie Holmes and the rages of alcoholism have taken a notable toll on Klein's looks. Although he is still fit, his face has aged to the point at which the 33-year-old actor now looks closer to age 40, as shown in the photos below:
Although he has appeared in a number of roles over the last ten years, most of Klein's roles have been inferior roles ever since the Rollerball debacle. Klein has, however, made a minor comeback recently by appearing in the most recent American Pie sequel, American Reunion, and also scoring a recurring role in the cable TV drama, Wilfred. Klein is still a relatively young man, even if he does look much older and it is possible that he may be able to resurrect his career. However, at this point, it still seems obvious that Chris Klein is one washed-up celebrity!


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Because of the terrible internet connection problems I had for a while which meant I could not get into the blog and because I have been trying to catch up on the backlog of correspondence and getting the blog going again, I have been too late to take part in the earlier weeks of this Challenge.
Although a bit late, I decided to start now with Week #7 and maybe I can catch up with the previous weeks out of order another time!!
This week we are being asked: What was your favourite childhood toy? Is it still being made in some form today?
As long as I can remember my real favourite toy was Muffin the Mule. He was a very cute little mule and here is a pic of me when only a toddler (I think maybe not quite two years old) with my first Muffin the Mule.
(I added the text in the pic to spare my blushes)! 😉
My dear Dad seems very intent on watching me play with Muffin the Mule. The seemingly discarded dolly near him was another great favourite of mine. She was made of china! I really don't remember what happened to her or the little mule I am playing with in this pic.
But as I got a little older, I was given a much better Muffin the Mule. This one was on strings and had legs that moved and bent so I could put my fingers in the hoops on the strings and make him walk, sit, lie, move his head and so on. Absolutely delightful and such fun for a little girl.
I still have him now:
This is Muffin the Mule standing upright. He is made of tin, and the paint is coming off him in places. Sadly, he only has three legs now, but enjoys his life all the same!! Not bad for a well played with toy who is now over 50 years old.
Here he is having a bit of a sit down for a rest.
and here is Muffin the Mule having a lie down for a well-earned rest. Well, I did have to play with him before I took the pics. 😉
I don't think you can get him as a toy anymore, but I had a search around the internet just to check. There is the Muffin the Mule Collector's Club, which I think I am going to have to have a good look at. There are You Tube videos of Muffin the Mule and various other websites featuring him. So, it looks like he still might be very popular!


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Friday, February 20, 2009
2009 Top Prospect List: #9 Juan Francisco, 3b
Height 6-2, Weight 210, B/T: L/R, DOB: 6/24/1987
2008 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: #7
While Juan Francisco's recent performance has him rising to "blue chip prospect" status in the minds of many, a combination of factors actually has him falling in value in my mind. At this point, there doesn't seem to be all that much upside left with Juan, as he has proven himself to be a two tool player (power and strong arm), which limits his overall projection.
The Reds sent Juan Francisco to high-A Sarasota for the entire 2008 season. After posting a solid 2007 line of .268/.301/.463/.764 at low-A Dayton, Francisco followed up with another solid line of .277/.303/.496/.799 in 2008. He cranked 23 homeruns in a challenging environment for hitters. In addition, Francisco demonstrated an improved line drive rate, jumping from 13% in 2007 to 21% in 2008. Unfortunately, the solid batting average and power came at a cost, as he posted a horrendous K/BB ratio of 123/19 and he struck out once every 4.2 ABs.
Francisco also made the decision to scrap switch hitting and focus strictly on hitting from the leftside. Obviously, the decision paid off, as he hit for a good average and very good power. Unfortunately, hitting from only the left side didn't improve his contact or walk rate.
Here's a video clip of Francisco at the plate. He utilizes both a wide spread stance and an open stance at the plate. He also has a big bat waggle in his pre-pitch stance and some length to his swing, which is due in part to his long arms. As he hustles down the line you can see his slightly stocky build and the problems that additional weight gain will likely cause.
After a solid season high-A Sarasota, Francisco joined Gigantes del Cibao to play in the Dominican winter league. His performance opened more than a few eyes, as he posted a slash line of .360/.419/.665/1.084 to go along with 12 homeruns and a 34/12 K/BB ratio. However, it's important to put his performance in the proper perspective.
The Dominican Winter league is widely regarded as having had very poor pitching this season, which is why offensive numbers are up across the board. This provides a bit more context for Francisco's performance and makes it less impressive than it appears at first glance.
More than anything, it seems to be Francisco's performance in winter ball that has people talking, but at this point I'm not sure it's quite justified. He clearly got a significant boost from watered down pitching and has yet to post an .800+ OPS season in his professional career.
In my mind, the combination of factors that are beginning to decrease Francisco's value are 1) Plate Discipline and 2) Positional Value.
Individually, neither would be an insurmountable problem, but when combined they are a substantial drag on Francisco's value.
The elephant in the room that can't go without comment is Francisco's horrendous control of the strikezone. It's almost indescribable just how bad it is. In 1,268 minor league At Bats, Francisco has walked only 48 times and struck out 327 times. That works out to be one walk every 26.4 ABs and one strikeout every 3.9 ABs. Not the kind of ratios you want to see out of your prospects.
It must be said that it's entirely possible to be a successful big league hitter despite having little ability to control the strikezone. In 2008, Juan Francisco had a BB/K ratio of .154, which would have qualified for worst among all qualified MLB regulars behind Kevin Kouzmanoff, Carlos Gomez, Adam Jones, Jose Guillen, and Corey Hart. Obviously, those players aren't without value, but what they aren't is first basemen. And, ultimately that may be where Francisco ends up.
Players like Gomez, Jones, and Hart have a much broader set of skills and play much more valuable positions than first base. The positional value of a player like Adam Jones or Carlos Gomez allows them to get away with poor strikezone control. It's a lot easier for a player in a premier defensive position to succeed with a flawed offensive approach than it is for a first baseman, because a first baseman's value is driven almost exclusively by his bat. Players in premier defensive positions typically have enough secondary skills (defense, speed, etc.) to offset their poor control of the strikezone. However, that's rarely the case for first basemen, who have to hit and hit well to keep their jobs.
In 2008, Francisco played primarily at third base, but the Reds are facing a logjam at the hot corner. Edwin Encarnacion continues (for reasons beyond my comprehension) to start at third at the MLB level, while Neftali Soto and Todd Frazier are both in the mix for the third base jobs in the system. Ultimately, something has to give and it may well be Francisco, who is beginning to profile better at firstbase. A reality that becomes more likely as Francisco continues to fill out. I've read reports recently indicating that Francisco has added some bad weight to his lower body, which won't help his already below average range.
If Francisco ends up at firstbase, then not only is the value of his power bat diminished, but his only other plus tool is completely negated. Francisco has a very strong arm, but for obvious reasons that just isn't very valuable at first base. At first base, Francisco's offensive game will have to carry him and he just doesn't have the complete offensive skills to be a valuable first baseman.
Hitting is made up of three things: 1) batting average, 2) on-base percentage, and 3) power. To hit for a high average, you have to make contact at a good clip: Francisco doesn't. To have a high on-base percentage, you have to have a selective approach: Francisco doesn't. To hit for power, you have to have strength and loft in your swing: Francisco does. So, Juan has only one of three hitting skills at a position that requires at least two.
Not surprisingly, there just aren't many MLB first basemen who exhibit poor control of the strikezone and those who do typically have the ability to hit for a high batting average. Unfortunately, Francisco's high strikeout rate likely will preclude him from hitting for a high average, which would leave him with just the ability to hit for power. Perhaps the best MLB comparison for Juan Francisco is Kansas City Royal Mike Jacobs: a low contact, poor plate discipline, good power first baseman who just isn't all that valuable and likely won't hold onto a starting job for very long.
Ironically enough, Francisco's value may be at an all-time high, but there's also a good chance that it'll never go any higher. Realistically speaking, he's staring a detrimental position change in the face and just doesn't have the hitting skill-set to sustain his value after such a move. Now might be the ideal time for the Reds to consider dealing him. Overall, Francisco still has value, but there are a number of red flags that drag down his upside. For now, he checks in at #9 on the list.
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- AnonymousFebruary 21, 2009 at 8:17 AM
Lark great post! I was wondering who would come in at number 9. So you think first base is where he will end up? Could he not play a corner outfield spot to utilize his arm?ReplyDelete
I heard he had a much better walk rate in the winter league and that's another big reason he has jumped his value
One thing that jumped at me in the video is he already has kind of a wide stance, but still takes a step towards the pitcher to start his swing. That's a bit unusual don't you think? Maybe If he learned to shorten his stance he could hit for a more consistent avg. thus bringing his hitting skills up to two; wouldn't it be nice?
Hey Smitty,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment!
As for Francisco, the Reds could try him in the outfield, but given his build he seems like a better fit at first. You're right that his arm would be more valuable and a better fit in the outfield, but Francisco has a stocky build and he's only going to continue to fill out. If he adds more weight to his lower half, then I'm just not sure that he'll have the mobility to play an effective outfield.
You could play him in the outfield and just accept the fact that he will very likely have below average range. But, again, do his other skills play well enough to offset his diminished range? Personally, I don't think so.
Another reason why it might be the right time to trade him is that we have Joey Votto at first and Yonder Alonso on the cusp of the majors. Personally, I don't think either one of those two can handle any spot other than first, so you already have a 1b logjam.
As for Francisco's walk rate in winter ball, I think it's more indicative of poor pitching over a small sample size than of any appreciable improvement by Francisco. He walked 12 times in 161 ABs, so it's tough to draw any conclusions from that type of sample size. It's possible that there was some improvement, but I think it is more likely that he received a couple intentional walks and a pitcher threw 4 to the backstop during one of his ABs.
It'll be interesting to see if he shows any appreciable improvement in controlling the strikezone in 2009, but I'm not too optimistic.
As for his stance, it is a bit unusual. As with most hitters who use an open stance, his first move with his stride foot is to close up by moving his foot towards homeplate. He then uses a toe tap and strides forward towards the pitcher. So, it's really a two stage stride. Most hitters who use such a wide stance just pick up their front foot and put it back down, but Juan has a bit more forward movement with his.
He could shorten up his stance, but what he really needs to do is shorten up his swing. He's got long arms and a long swing, which makes it difficult to maintain consistent contact. Of course, the question then becomes, if you shorten up his swing, then does he still generate the same power. If not, then would the trade off be worth it? Something to consider.
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM
I cant figure out how ofton you post. is it every 3 or 4 days, or is it just whenever you feel like posting. Im sure it takes you awhile to right these articals, because they are the most in depth and well thought out i can find. keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment!
I wish I could give you a clear schedule of when I post these write ups, but it depends on a number of different factors. Before writing, I try to do comprehensive research on the player. Then, of course, I have to figure out what angle to take for the write up and what to focus on. As you mentioned, it actually does take a while to complete each write-up. And, on top of it all, I have to find time in the day to get it done.
I'd love to get one up every other day, but obviously it doesn't always work that way. Right now, I'm about halfway done with #8, so I'll probably have that one up tonight or tomorrow.
Anyway, I'll try to pick up the pace! :)
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Francisco played just as well in the Winter League playoffs when he faced better pitchers such as E Santana and U Jimenez. He walk 8 times in 90 abs in the playoffs with 6 HRs to go with his regular season.ReplyDelete
But the real test will be AAA this year.
Also Buddy Bell said he has what it takes defensively at 3B saying he has the footwork and soft hands to be a 3B.
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
You're right, Francisco certainly had a nice Winter League, but from what I've read and heard, the offensive numbers were up across the league.
Still, better to have the strong performance than not. I'm not convinced that Francisco demonstrated improved discipline, as the sample size is too small. Personally, I think the hitters who actually CAN improve their ability to control the strike zone are the exception, rather than the rule. So, I'm not going to hold my breath on Francisco take a big step forward in that department.
I have a lot of respect for Buddy Bell and what he's accomplished in the game. And, who knows, maybe Buddy's right, but I think Francisco is going to have to move to a less demanding defensive position. He's going to continue to fill out and his range is already merely average at best. To me, the odds of him staying at third are pretty slim.
As for 2009, the real test for Francisco will be double-A, rather than triple-A. I'm sure you know this already and just mistyped it, but Francisco hasn't been above high-A yet. But, you're right, 2009 will be an important test for Francisco and I hope he passes with flying colors.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!!


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Al-Qaida has returned to its ranting, anti-American ways with a new propaganda video that predicts terrorist victory over President Obama.
In the 106-minute Arabic-language video called "The West and the Dark Tunnel," several top terrorists, including American Qaida Adam Gadahn, try to portray Obama as akin to former President Bush, The Associated Press reports.
"America has come in a new, hypocritical face. Smiling at us, but stabbing us with the same dagger that Bush used," Al-Qaida's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri taunts. "God willing, your end will be at the hands of the Muslim nation, so that the world and history will be free of your crimes and lies."
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The video is a follow-up to terror mastermind Osama bin Laden's less strident message on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In that video, bin Laden asks Americans to break with support for Israel and to stop fighting Al-Qaida. He also recommends a handful of books to read, including a tome authored by ex-prez Jimmy Carter.
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I'm going to tell you something that you probably already know: not everything I make, my children enjoy. Even the things I think, "Oh now this will be a hit!" The kids sometimes say, "Meh."
But this project, this right here, is something my kids have absolutely loved and haven't stopped playing with since I gave it to them!
I'm so crazy that this was an idea that woke me up early one morning. Kids love faces, don't they? They do. They love them and study them and observe them in a way that only a growing noggin can.
My kids now spread this Face Mat out on the coffee table and spend long chunks of time moving the different accessories around. And the coolest part is that I can keep dreaming up accessories! I only made one of these Face Mats, but I plan on making another as well and when I do, I'll post about her too.
Here are the fun looks we came up with:
Create your template on Freezer Paper. Draw your face on the non-waxy side. I drew my face as you can see--making sure (this part is important) to use double lines for al of my features. Since the template will be an outline of a face, you'll need to draw your line in this manner.
Step 5
Cutting out the face can be a bit tricky so here are some tips. Cut first all the way around the most outer line of the face. Once the face is removed, go back and cut out (remove) the strip between the outer an inner line of the outline of the face by cutting along the second line. Cut out the lines of the features.
When you get to the eyes, cut out the circles then add an additional hollow portion in the center.
Step 7
Iron on the face template using the DRY setting of your iron and taking care to press along all the edges of each detail. You can use the tip of your iron to do this.
Step 8
Pour a little black fabric paint into a shallow container and paint your template. Don't use excess paint. Use what is on your brush until that is gone. You could also do this step before you begin sewing--but I knew if I used just enough paint (and not too much) the felt inside the mat would absorb the remaining and it would not seep through. It did not seep through using this method, by the way.
Remove your template and allow the paint to dry.
Step 10
Use your creativity to make accessories for the face. I used felt for the accessories and for each design I doubled the felt then sewed the two pieces together. I used my zig zag stitch and used thread colors that were fun contrasts to my felt colors.
So here is how I sewed the gray hair for example. I cut out the shape of the hair. I used paper to form a template, placing it on top of the face then cut that out onto my felt. I sewed the two felt pieces of the gray hair that I cut out together with a pastel rainbow thread on a zig-zag stitch to give it a fun, cartoon-like, outlined look.


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Hopefully someone can help me out.
The iPod equivalent is the iPod Shuffle. Wife has one, and it is the size of a 5-sticks gum pack. Holds about 120+ songs, and costs about $100. It is a Flash memory stick in essence, but has great sound quality
I have a really urgent question. I was going to listen to some 'tunes on my Nano but it woudn't turn on. I pressed all the buttons, woudn't turn on. Charged it two times for the full three hours, still doesn't turn on. An answer would be appreciated.
Did I ever say how much I fondle my little white buddy? Far too often, I know
QUESTION REGARDING THE IPOD SHUFFLE:My niece got an iPod Shuffle for Christmas. I set her iPod up on my home computer, since she was not allowed to build a library of music on her home computer. My wife has a Shuffle and I have a iPod Mini. We are able to load music on our own iPods by using the same iTunes on our home computer. So I figured one more Shuffle would be no problem.First, I had to update iTunes b/c my niece's version had to use the version packed with her player. So I upgraded our iTunes on my home computer. Next, I created a new folder under her name for her specific iPod. I then loaded about 80 songs onto her iPod from our iTunes library. When I disconnected it and reconnected, iTunes showed the 80 songs on her iPod.The problem is the Shuffle will not play! I tried the various settings (Off, Play, Shuffle) and nothing. I tried the volume, and nothing. I tried skipping songs, and still nothing.I told my niece to plug the Shuffle into her own computer and allow it to charge for several hours, since it was brand new. She was still unable to play any of the songs after 5 hours of charging.Is there anything else I can try? My niece's parent are going to return the Shuffle since they believe it is defective.Any suggestions?
Sorry. I could help you out, but since you didn't say it was a "really urgent question" like Hunter of the Pegs above I'm not going to help you. At least not until we get an update of how things went with his "insanely urgent now I'm going to just ******* disappear" bull****.
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