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How to Remember Rosa Parks
As I write this column, Rosa Parks, an icon of the US civil rights movement, lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda. Parks' iconic status hides a vital question. What are we celebrating in her passing? The mainstream media celebrate a woman whose activism, civil disobedience, and willingness to extend rights more broadly runs against the spirit of the age. The recent commemorations of Parks' life read as narratives that celebrate America as the quintessentially just society. Her brave acts forced this nation finally to embrace and implement the full meaning of its professed faith in the rights and equality of all citizens. As Condoleezza Rice recently suggested, without Parks' struggle she could not have become secretary of state.
A closer look at Parks' struggle opens other interpretations of her significance. Perhaps the greatest gift Parks can bequeath is a willingness to ask further questions. Have we as a nation extended basic rights as broadly as we claim and are our currently sanctioned list of rights sufficiently broad?
It was the common sense of Southern society, inscribed both in law and in social custom, that whites enjoyed preferential treatment on buses and the other "public" transit. Rosa Parks challenged this common sense, but she was not the first. The recent obituary of Parks in the New York Times tells an often forgotten part of her story: "Her arrest was the answer to prayers... Blacks had been arrested, and even killed, for disobeying bus drivers. They had begun to build a case around a 15-year-old girl's arrest for refusing to give up her seat, and Mrs. Parks had been among those raising money for the girl's defense. But when they learned that the girl was pregnant, they decided that she was an unsuitable symbol for their cause. Mrs. Parks, on the other hand, was regarded as 'one of the finest citizens of Montgomery -- not one of the finest Negro citizens -- but one of the finest citizens of Montgomery,' Dr. King said."
It is hard to question the tactical savvy in abandoning the cause of the pregnant teenager to choose the quiet, married department store clerk as the poster child for one's political cause. To challenge one set of social conventions, building on others is often a necessity.
Yet however tactically necessary, does not that choice also entail possible elements of current or future injustice? Aren't even pregnant teenage girls entitled to a seat on the bus? One can of course argue that choosing a meritorious woman like Rosa Parks will allow progressives to win the struggles that may eventually benefit everyone.
The operative word here is "may". Winning the struggle for rights to equal seating on buses on the grounds that segregated transit hurts quiet married store clerks also can entrench and further reinforce conceptions about unmarried pregnant teens and unemployed African American teenagers. Social Security, though purportedly a universal program, did not originally encompass domestic workers and seasonal agricultural labor. Their exclusion was needed to garner support from Southern Democrats. Their inclusion years later required active political struggle. Even today, unemployment compensation statutes discriminate against part time labor, disproportionately disadvantaging minorities.
Conceptions of the unemployed and pregnant teens as in need of pity at the best and continuous supervision or discipline at the worst historically worked themselves into and became entrenched in employment practices and welfare policies.
The civil rights activists of Parks' era faced other unpleasant surprises. Extraordinary levels of violence were unleashed against activists. In addition, after their victory in the courts, Parks herself could no longer get a job. She and her husband were forced to move in search of employment.
Late in her life, Parks wondered aloud about the use of Martin Luther King in our mainstream media. She objected to portrayals of him as a dreamer rather than a social activist. For her the importance of King lay in taking on new injustice rather than in commemorating past accomplishments as proof of final rectitude. She recognized that even the most well motivated struggles for justice could still leave ugly remainders in their wake.
Today, even members of the African American middle class, like Bill Cosby, suggest that the poverty of urban ghettoes is a consequence of the negligence and lasciviousness of young male fathers. Yet, during President Bush first term, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice both acknowledged that affirmative action programs had contributed to their career success. These remarks constituted an admission that lingering stereotypes had made equal employment opportunities elusive half a century after Montgomery even for middle class African Americans. The Rosa Parks I honor would continue to ask unsettling questions and thus risk losing mainstream iconic status. Are schools, healthcare, housing, access to transit, and entry-level jobs equally available to the African American underclass Cosby condemns?
John Buell is a columnist for the Bangor Daily News and co-author of Liars, Cheaters, Evil Doers: Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American Politics (New York University Press). He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Based on the fact that several of Fukushima's reactors are now believed to have melted down, Japan's nuclear safety agency is revising their figures on the amount of radiation spewed at the start of the crisis. By over 100 per cent.
The government now says 770,000 terabecquerels of radiation were launched outside of the plant. The news coincides with the detection of plutonium in dirt over a mile away from the plant. You don't want plutonium in your dirt. [Kyodo News]


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Following the trend.
[Note: New Play Control Pikmin is a Wii version of Pikmin on the GameCube except for (you guessed it) the Wii-mote-centric play control. The following is mainly a description and analysis of the Wii controls, written by Windy. Following that is the original review for the GameCube version of the game, written by Johnny_Liu in 2001. The report card and grade are mainly taken from his review, though a few changes were made considering the new controls and the context of video games in today's market.]
The one thing you have to know about Pikmin is that they are expendable. This is not to say that you won't feel a slight twinge of guilt when you get them killed. You just shouldn't feel too bad. Remember, you're using them, they know you're using them, and they seem to be okay with it. Besides, you have your own mortality to worry about.
[image1]If this sounds familiar, it's probably because you've played the GameCube version. Not much has changed. Graphics are a little sharper, but the real novelty of this new release lies in the play control. This version uses the remote and nunchuk, and while it makes navigation a little simpler, I'm not convinced it warrants a separate purchase.
You can move Captain Olimar with the nunchuk analog stick, pluck and throw Pikmin using the A button, and aim by pointing at your target . Other buttons get wayward Pikmin to come back to you, line up for tasks, or disband. The remote directional pad along with the Z button controls the camera. The few motions you'll need are fairly easy to learn. As in the original, success really depends on your vantage point, so get comfortable with all the ways to manipulate the camera.
I was initially disappointed that the game did not to employ any of the Wii-mote's motion control capabilities, opting instead for a mouse-like interface. After a few minutes of play I changed my mind. I realized just how often you need to throw Pikmin and deferred to Nintendo's wisdom. It's best that the control is more point-and-click than fling, or this would quickly end up in the sport and fitness genre.
Play is enjoyable, control is smooth, and the remote is accurate with no lag. There is some nice use of the remote speaker and vibration features. I really had fun with this game, and have no problems recommending it, except… the problem lies not in the what but in the why.
[image2]I worked it out. You can get a used copy of the original game for around 15 bucks. With a little effort, you can find a GameCube controller for under $5. So for $20 you can pretty much play the same game, and give yourself a reason to browse through the used racks for long forgotten GameCube treasures. Or you can get the new play control version and pay $10 more. The choice is yours… depending on whether your money is as expendable as your Pikmin.
[Note: Johnny_Liu's original review, posted here for your convenience.]
In the far reaches of space, on a world not unlike our very own Earth, an epic struggle for survival is underway. Captain Olimar has crash-landed his spaceship, The Dolphin, transforming his once proud vessel into a smoldering hunk of junk. See what happens when you talk on your cell phone while driving.
All hope of returning to the great beyond rests on the recovery of 30 missing parts scattered across the foreign landscape. Coincidentally (and most unfortunately), Olimar's life support systems will only last him 30 more days.
Upon his escape from the wreckage, Olimar is greeted not by those damn dirty apes, but by a bemused little plant creature, lovingly dubbed a Pikmin. The thing has taken a liking to Olimar, following him around and offering up an indentured life of servitude. Eventually, new Pikmin are sprouted, and soon, Olimar has his own bad posse. Looks like Olimar has someone to do his dirty work.
[image3]At its grassy heart, Pikmin is a real-time strategy game brimming with action. The little Pikmin function as both resource and worker. The only way to recover all 30 parts is to grow enough Pikmin and multi-task the little guys through the different environments. Legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto has ushered forth another game rife with creativity and fun to play, though it might not be everyone's cup of herbal tea.
Lucky for us, growing Pikmin doesn't involve anything as scandalous as a mommy Pikmin and a daddy Pikmin making sweet Pikmin love. Instead, reproduction happens through pellets. Just order your little Pikmin to find a colored pellet and it will carry it back to your base. The pellet gets sent to the Onion, a storehouse for Pikmin creation. Out pops the seeds of new Pikmin, which promptly dive straight into the fertile soil, just waiting to sprout and be pulled from the earth as new units.
It gets weirder. Not only are these pellets the seeds for growth, but so are the vicious beasts that dot the environment. If you take down the wily Wollywog, you can drag his stinky carcass back the Onion and hatch out even more seeds. The cycle of life works in strange ways on the planet of Pikmin.
There are three races of Pikmin. Red pikmin are endowed with fire resistance and are especially keen in battle. The blue pikmin have gills and can trek through watery threats. Yellow pikmin can blow stuff up. You'll need to use all three to get anything done.
[image4]The Pikmin may look unassumingly innocent, but these sprouts are actually some of the most violent little mothers ever unearthed. On your mark, they unleash hell, tearing it up across the world with wanton indiscretion. The sound of their little battle peeps resound a fury unmatched by the soldiers of Napoleon.
You may have up to 100 Pikmin employed actively on screen. Any number you grow beyond that are nestled safely in the warmth of the Onions. The spaceship parts require a set number of Pikmin to haul back, so the game moves along at a steady pace.
In order to assign tasks, Olimar can either throw a single Pikmin towards whatever needs to be done, or he can direct the entire entourage right at the feet of a particularly problematic Puffstool
courtesy of the C-stick. The game was clearly designed with the Gamecube controller in mind.
The micro-management can sometimes get annoying, as you often must pause to scold the dawdlers or stop a few errant Pikmin from attacking a non-violent Iridescent Flint Beetle, but it's more fun than not. Olimar has a little whistle to keep the scamps in check, which makes you feel like a teacher leading school children around. This helps cut down the irritation.
[image5]Each day takes 15 minutes, so the game goes by relatively quick. It may take more than one try to properly work your way through the 30 days, but what then? A Challenge mode has been added that starts you off with a limited number of Pikmin and one day to grow as many as possible. The environments have been slightly altered, but in all, these stages are more geared towards top scores than anything else.
The view of the world is up close and personal, lending A Bug's Life sense of awe. This is aided by the use of photo-realistic textures, which are amusingly offset by the cartoon look of the colorful creatures. From the terrific lighting and shadows to the imaginative beasties, this is a very pretty game.
However, there's more than one way to see things unfold. Alternate side and overhead cameras as well as a handy Z-centering ability has been provided to control your view. Even though there are more than enough camera manipulations to work your way around problems, sometimes the molehills become mountainous blockades. Further, the game occasionally drops frames very noticeably, as if the entire thing just froze. I'm not sure what incites these awkward moments, but it can happen even when there are minimal amounts of action on screen.
The music is happy-go-lucky fare that fits the cartoon feel of the game. I like the little peeps of the Pikmin, but Olimar is oddly silent. After each day of busy work, he leaves a little diary entry, reflecting on his progress and misfortunes. If the diary entries were narrated audibly, they could have gotten a cool Jacques Cousteau thing going, a sort of archaeological memoir. At least he doesn't talk in classic Nintendo gibberish noise.
[image6]If there's one thing I would have liked to see in this one and demand in the probable Pikmin 2, it's some multiplayer. Guess that will have to wait for the network expansions.
But what's multiplayer without more weapons of mass destruction? If it takes 20 Pikmin to move one of Olimar's ship parts, why not have vehicles that take a certain amount of Pikmin to drive? What if instead of just subduing the bellowing Bulbear en masse, the Pikmin can commandeer one to use against the other creatures of the field?
Early on in the game, when you begin with but a few Pikmin, each one feels more special. Somewhere along the way, though, the Pikmin become defined by their group power. This makes the gameplay more about sheer strength of numbers instead of the clever use of individuals. I would have preferred a mix of both. Perhaps if there was some way to keep tabs on individual Pikmin, like the ability to name them or assign basic personality traits…oh well, maybe I'm just obsessed with the little guys.
And in all likelihood, you will be too. Pikmin is a creative, original take on console strategy gaming. Not everyone may take to the strategic undercurrent, but as it stands, this Pikmin has already fixed its roots deep in my jaded gamer's heart.


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We will be donating $10 for every A2B Electric Bike sold this weekend, 22 - 24th April 2016
Mayor of McMinnville, TN, share's his A2B experience
Mayor of McMinville, TN, Jimmy Haley, is a self confessed 'old guy' and an occassional cyclist who took on the challenge to ride an A2B as part of the Ride the Future Tour. Mayor Haley rode approximately 70 miles from Chattanooga to McMinnville in Tennessee alongside our Guinness World Record Attempt cyclist Ben Hopkins and other members of the public arriving to a party celebrating a greener, more sustainable future with electric vehicles.
The Ride The Future Tour team took a few moments to ask Mayor Haley about his experience on the A2B and his ride through Tennessee.


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The SEC and FINRA took a number of enforcement actions recently, against both individuals and businesses for a range of offenses from insider trading to fraud and influence peddling. Among those finding themselves on the wrong end of an SEC action were a movie producer, a former mayor and a Shanghai-based auditing firm.
Former Detroit Mayor, Others Charged With Influence Peddling
The SEC also took action against former Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, former city treasurer Jeffrey W. Beasley and the investment adviser to the city's public pension funds, and charged them with involvement in a secret exchange of lavish gifts to peddle influence over the funds' investment process.
Kilpatrick and Beasley, who were trustees to the pension funds, are alleged to have solicited and received $125,000 worth of private jet travel and other perks paid for by MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors LLC, an investment adviser whose CEO, Chauncey Mayfield, was recommending to the trustees that the pension funds invest approximately $117 million in a REIT controlled by the firm.
The complaint alleges that, despite their fiduciary duties, neither Kilpatrick and Beasley nor Mayfield and his firm informed the boards of trustees about these trips and the conflicts of interest they presented. Some of the trips were presented as business travel, but no business was done and despite the fact that Mayfield knew this, he never questioned the arrangement. Other trips were for destinations such as Las Vegas, Tallahassee and Bermuda. The funds ultimately voted to approve the REIT investment, and MayfieldGentry received millions of dollars in management fees.
The SEC seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, penalties and permanent injunctions, including an injunction against Kilpatrick and Beasley to prohibit them from participating in any decisions involving investments in securities by public pensions.
Movie Producer Charged by SEC
In another SEC action, a Hollywood movie producer, his brother, cousin, and three others among his friends and business partners were charged for insider trading in the stock of a company for which he served on the board of directors.
The producer, Mohammed Mark Amin, and five others agreed to settle the SEC's charges by collectively paying nearly $2 million.
Amin, who is credited as either the producer or the executive producer for more than 75 movies, including Frida, Eve's Bayou and four films in the Leprechaun series, is alleged by the SEC to have gained confidential information before a board meeting of DuPont Fabros Technology, which develops and manages highly specialized and secure facilities that, through long-term leases, maintain large computer servers for technology companies.
Amin provided nonpublic details to his brother Robert Reza Amin, his cousin Michael Mahmood Amin, and longtime friend and business manager Sam Saeed Pirnazar about three new leases DuPont Fabros was negotiating and three loans it was obtaining to develop new facilities.
The Amins and Pirnazar illegally traded on that information, and Reza Amin also gave the information to his friends and business associates Mary Coley and Ali Tashakori, who also illegally traded. After an earnings release that highlighted the development of these facilities, DuPont Fabros stock rose 36% and the five individuals together made more than $618,000 in insider trading profits.
They also have agreed to the entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining them from violating Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5. Mark Amin has additionally agreed to a bar from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 10 years. The settlement is subject to court approval.
SEC, British Financial Services Authority Fine Scotland-Based Fund Management Group $14 Million
A Scotland-based fund management group was charged by the SEC with fraudulently using one of its U.S. fund clients to rescue another client, a China-focused hedge fund suffering from the global financial crisis.
Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, Martin Currie agreed to settle the SEC's charges by paying a total of nearly $14 million to the SEC and the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA)—a penalty of $8.3 million to the SEC, and acceptance of censures and cease-and-desist orders against future violations, and a penalty of £3.5 million ($5.6 million) to settle the FSA's action.
The SEC charged Martin Currie with violations of the antifraud, affiliated transaction, reporting and compliance provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and alleged that it steered a U.S. publicly traded fund called The China Fund Inc. into an investment to bolster the hedge fund.
The hedge fund had acquired a significant and largely illiquid exposure to a single Chinese company. Martin Currie directly alleviated the hedge fund's liquidity problems by deciding to use the China Fund—to the detriment of the fund and its shareholders—in a bond transaction that reduced the hedge fund's exposure.
FINRA Hearing Officer Expels BD
During a recent hearing, a FINRA hearing officer found that Pinnacle Partners Financial Corp., a broker-dealer based in San Antonio, Texas, and its president, Brian Alfaro, conducted fraudulent sales of oil and gas private placements and unregistered securities. Alfaro was also found to have used customer funds for personal and business expenses.
Already under a temporary cease and desist order from FINRA that had been issued January 21, 2011, Pinnacle and Alfaro were indefinitely suspended by FINRA in April of that year for failing to comply with the order's terms prohibiting their fraudulent misrepresentations.
The hearing officer expelled Pinnacle and barred Alfaro for conducting a boiler room operation that raised more than $10 million from more than 100 investors. In addition, Pinnacle and Alfaro have been ordered to offer as restitution to investors who were sold fraudulent offerings rescission of those offerings, and to refund all sales commissions to those customers who do not request rescission.
Alfaro and Pinnacle Partners failed to appear before the hearing panel, and the hearing officer as a result issued a default decision.
First Foreign Audit Firm Charged by SEC
Shanghai-based Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. was the target of an enforcement action by the SEC for its refusal to provide the agency with audit work papers related to a China-based company under investigation for potential accounting fraud against U.S. investors.
According to the SEC's order instituting administrative proceedings against D&T Shanghai, the agency has tried extensively for more than two years to obtain documents related to the D&T Shanghai's work for the company, which issues U.S. securities registered with the SEC. The firm is charged with violating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires foreign public accounting firms to provide audit work papers concerning U.S. issuers to the SEC upon request. D&T Shanghai has nonetheless failed to provide the documents, citing Chinese law as the reason for its refusal.
This isn't the first time D&T Shanghai has been the object of an enforcement action. Last year in another matter, the SEC filed a subpoena enforcement action against the firm in federal court after it failed to produce documents in response to a subpoena related to an SEC investigation into possible fraud by one of its longtime clients, Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. The SEC later filed charges against Longtop for alleged reporting failures.
This is, however, the first time the SEC has brought an enforcement action against a foreign audit firm for failing to comply with a Section 106 request.
SEC Charges Daughter and Father on Insider Trading
In an SEC action, a former paralegal at a Kalispell, Mont.-based semiconductor company and her father were charged with insider trading on confidential information about the 2009 acquisition of the company. They have agreed to settle the SEC's charges without admitting or denying the allegations by paying more than $175,000.
The SEC alleges that Angela Milliard wired money to her boyfriend's brokerage account so she could illegally trade on nonpublic details she learned while working as a legal assistant on Semitool's then-secret deal with a Silicon Valley company, Applied Materials.
She also provided the information to her father, Kenneth Milliard, that Applied Materials would make a tender offer in mid-November at a nearly 30% premium over Semitool's then-trading price. Kenneth Milliard not only also bought shares of Semitool but gave the information to his sons, who did the same. The Milliards sold their shares on the morning the acquisition was announced and reaped illicit profits of more than $67,000.
Manhattan Man Charged With Market Manipulation
The agency also charged a Manhattan resident, David Blech, with carrying out a complex market manipulation scheme in biopharmaceutical stocks after he was kicked out of the brokerage industry for fraud.
Apparently unwilling to take "no" for an answer, David Blech is alleged to have established more than 50 brokerage accounts in the names of family members, friends and even a private religious institution, Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph, managed by a cousin.
He used those accounts, according to the SEC charge, to buy and sell significant amounts of stock in two biopharmaceutical companies, Pluristem Therapeutics and Intellect Neurosciences, in order to create the artificial appearance of activity in their securities so he could maintain their market price and use it to his own financial advantage.
Blech, previously convicted of securities fraud, also solicited investments for biopharmaceutical companies—including the two companies whose stock he manipulated—despite being barred by the SEC from acting as a broker-dealer.
In addition, the SEC further alleges that Blech and his wife Margaret Chassman, who also is charged in the case, flouted federal securities laws when they repeatedly made unregistered sales of securities and failed to disclose their transactions in the various brokerage accounts.
The SEC's complaint seeks a final judgment ordering Blech and Chassman to disgorge their ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, pay financial penalties, and be permanently enjoined from future violations of the provisions of the federal securities laws they violated. It also seeks orders requiring Blech to comply with a prior SEC order barring him from association with a broker or dealer, and prohibiting him from various other stock activities.
Blech has also been criminally charged in a parallel action by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.


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Is H7 tipping the doorman here?
This picture is cracking me up. I would totally open the door for H7. For free!
Here she is leaving a members' club in London today with her mother and earlier in the day on a walk with her father in Notting Hill. She seems to like sticking her hand in people's faces. This is very cute and I love her so much.
In other Beckham news, a few of you have sent me this link to a story about Posh finally, after years and years of desperately trying to get on the cover of US Vogue, realising her dream. But wait...
The source is The Daily Star. In other words, the source is sh-t.
Anna Wintour's happy place is withholding the cover of Vogue from Victoria Beckham. Do you think Anna Wintour is ready to give up her happy place? One of the great pleasures of her life?
Well, that depends. What would Posh have to give up in return?
You know what would be really, really, REALLY funny?
If Anna said yes. On the condition that Posh SMILE WIDE WITH TEETH in every.single.shot.


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Business Situation
To support its goal of business growth through new customer acquisition, Pacific Specialty undertook an initiative to gain a better understanding of its customer base and policy trends. They recognized that the company's technology environment was dated and needed to be modernized and enhanced to create a better environment for growth.
Pacific Specialty engaged Avanade to design and build a data and analytics platform to provide employees with better insights into the business.
Avanade began by hosting an envisioning session with the client to better understand Pacific Specialty's vision for employee empowerment and customer experience. After this, Avanade mapped the company's business processes and analytics capabilities. This mapping, connected to a cloud-based data and analytics solution in Microsoft Azure, provides a consolidated, seamless view of the internal customer and policy data which crosses departmental boundaries and provides a consistent baseline to the organization.
The data and analytics solution is opening the door for the company to achieve its growth goals. The solution allows operational and executive users to gain valuable insights into existing policyholder behaviour and trends in order to improve performance ratios and inform new product development. Pacific Specialty is already realizing a number of benefits.


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Two of the nine members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee were outvoted at the committees last meeting when they sought to boost its stimulus to 75 billion pounds ($118 billion). The majority was concerned that such a move would cause alarm over the state of the economy and make it appear weaker than it was.
Bloomberg reported Wednesday that, in minutes released from the BoE meeting of Feb. 8-9, Adam Posen and David Miles proposed that, instead of a stimulus increase of 50 billion pounds to bring the overall amount to 325 billion pounds, a package of 75 billion pounds be authorized instead.
However, according to the minutes, the other members said that such a move "risked sending a signal that the committee thought the economic situation was weaker than it was." The seven argued that "Recent data on the domestic and international economies had on balance been more positive than might have been anticipated towards the end of 2011, pointing to the possibility that growth might be stronger than expected in the near term."
Posen and Miles had argued for the larger amount of 75 billion pounds of quantitative easing because of "the considerable margin of spare capacity remaining in the economy and the extent of deleveraging still likely to be required," according to the minutes. They also said there was risk of a "prolonged period of depressed demand causing inflation to fall materially below" the 2% target rate set by the central bank.
QE was expanded in February after figures showed that the economy shrank in Q4 as consumers tightened their belts and the eurozone debt crisis escalated. On Wednesday the MPC said that, despite expected near-term "volatile" growth, the pace of expansion should "strengthen gradually" beginning later in the year. All nine members agreed that the benchmark interest rate should be maintained at its current record low of 0.5%.
According to the minutes, some members also feel that the probability of inflation exceeding the central bank's target was "slightly higher than shown in the projection" in the Inflation Report issued by BoE last week. Those members argued that a "case could be made for maintaining the stance of policy at this meeting."
Victoria Cadman, an economist at Investec Securities in London, was quoted saying, "This leaves the door open for more QE. We're looking for another 50 billion pounds in May, and after that we don't see any more as the economy picks up in the second half."


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Lomax » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:05 pm wrote:If you were paying attention you'll have noticed that I acknowledged their relation to success and solvency. What we should not do is confuse those things with the entire notion of intelligence. Spatio-temporal reasoning, unlike race, is not a dubious concept. But it is a narrow one.
I didn't say we should confuse anything and what difference does it make.


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Adding a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR3700 to an existing FIOS Wireless AP for improved wireless coverage
A few months ago I added a second wireless access point (AP) to my existing network in order to get better wireless coverage. We have a house that's kind of spread out and we were getting really spotty 802.11g around the house. Laptops we getting one or two bars, or worse yet, they were constantly negotiating network speeds and never getting a decent one. The iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, etc) would barely get any signal in certain rooms. It was certainly irritating.
So, I added a second identical AP with the same SSID upstairs so we could move between floors without trouble. However, this AP (some crappy standard one that came with the FIOS service) was/is really inconsistent. While the network architecture is solid, as is the idea behind my "add a second AP" post, the implementation using these 5 year old crappy routers was flaky at best.
Techie Background: I have FIOS optical internet service, and have for the last 3 years. It's upgraded from 15Mbs to 35Mbs recently. The house is Gigabit Ethernet (all CAT6, see the related links below). All the wired devices are running through a Netgear GS724T-300 24-port Gigabit Smart Switch and all of the wireless devices are at least 2.4Ghz 802.11g, and some are 802.11n, with one being 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.
Since I have a home office, meaning I literally work at home 90% of the time for my living, having flaky wireless is a problem. I decided to start researching a better solution. I decided to add a new wireless router. I figured that it was insane for one house to have to APs and that surely if a cell phone could work over miles that a freaking wireless network router could cover a single house. I found the solution in the Netgear N600 Gigabit.
Here's the idea:
However, there are some important notes when adding a new wireless router to an existing system that is already performing these functions
- Passing out IP addresses via HDCP
- Acting as a wireless access point with lots of existing clients
- Has existing static IP leases setup, existing quality of service (QoS) settings
Stated differently, my existing router is nicely and intricately configured for my house. It works fine and I like it fine, except it has crappy wireless. I want to add a new wireless router without disturbing what already works. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I picked up a Netgear N600 Wireless Gigabit Router. Note that there are two versions of this, one with a large bright LED on the outside and one without. The one without has 4 Gigabit LAN ports, and that's the better router.
Let me tell you that this router is awesome. I figured I'd be moving from a 3-5 year old crappy router to some better router, sure, but not a totally awesome Swiss Army Knife. Networking has come a long way since 2005 or whenever my stock router was made.
This Netgear is awesome because of these features:
- Two separate bands for wireless, each with 300Mbs of independent bandwidth. There's 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz frequencies. Nice for copying VMs over wireless. I made a "HANSELMAN" and "HANSELMAN-N" network.
- Four Gigabit Ethernet points. Not needed for me, but it's nice to have four more Gigabit ports.
- Eight internal antennas - Seriously, this thing has insane range. I had already added an external antenna to my FIOS router and still had bad range. This little Netgear covers 3500+ square feet and more. I'm thrilled with the range. I don't need two routers anymore. Adding this router totally achieved my goal.
There were a few gotchas. I still need my ISP's router because it's the bridge to the ISP and the Optical Network Terminal (ONT) they installed on the house. It's also totally configured as I like.
Here's the steps I took:
- Logged into the FIOS ActionTec at http://192.168.1.1 and disabled the wireless interface. I confirmed that the "HANSELMAN" network was no longer showing up.
- Plugged the Netgear directly into my laptop and visited it's default IP of http://10.0.0.1. I disabled the new router's DHCP (this is crucial).
- Important Trick: I temporarily plugged the new Netgear's yellow "external network" directly into the FIOs ActionTec so the Netgear could update its firmware the first time and get the initial setup wizard would stop nagging me. The router expects to be hooked up in this way at least initially, so you need to satisfy its setup.
- After the Netgear is configured, now unplug the yellow external LAN wire and instead plug into one of the standard four ethernet ports into either your switch (that's what I did, gigabit to gigabit) or directly into your ISP's router. We want the new router to get an IP address from our existing router and route traffic and DHCP requests to the ISP's router. To be clear: Setting up your new router in this way will leave the yellow upstream external network port empty, despite what the documentation says.
- On the new router, setup the 2.4GHz wireless network with your SSID, and the 5GHz wireless network with something like YOURSSID-N. Here's what I did:
Now I've got 192.x.x.x addresses being handed out on two wireless networks. My Wireless-N network is getting 300Mbs throughput on my Lenovo, as its Intel Wireless LAN does 5Ghz 802.11n. Also, my iOS devices are using 2.4Ghz 802.11n and are suddenly a LOT snappier on large downloads and email.
I'm absolutely thrilled with the a Netgear N600 Wireless Gigabit Router. It's the top of the line for the house, definitely a "prosumer" router and a really nice upgrade to any existing system if you know a little about setting up your network. Totally recommended.
Related Links
- Configuring two wireless routers with one SSID (network name) at home for free roaming
- Wiring the house for a Home Network
- Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 2 - Design Q&A
- Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 3 - ISP Hookup
- Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 4 - Thank You Cat 6 Gigabit Ethernet
- Wiring the house for a Home Network - Part 5 - Gigabit Throughput and Vista
- New Job, New House, New Baby, and Designing a Totally New Home Office
- How To: Use Google Earth or Virtual Earth to Visualize a New House Lot - Part 1
- How To: Use Google Earth and SketchItUp to Visualize a New House Lot - Part 2
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Wall Street rallies as threat of US default eases
NEW YORK >> Wall Street roared in approval Thursday after Washington appeared to break an impasse that threatened to push the country into default.
The stock market was on track for its best day since January after Republican leaders said they would vote to extend the government's borrowing authority. A spokesman for President Barack Obama said Obama would "likely" sign a bill to increase the nation's ability to borrow money so it can continue paying its bills and avoid a default on its debt.
Stocks opened sharply higher on early signs that the borrowing limit would be raised. The gains accelerated after House Speaker John Boehner confirmed the Republicans' plans at a news conference. The positive news from Washington also eased concerns in the market for short-term U.S. government debt.
"Congressmen and women are coming to terms with how calamitous it would be if the debt ceiling was not raised," said Joseph Tanious, Global Market Strategist for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. "Cooler heads are prevailing."
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 228 points, or 1.7 percent, to 15,032 as of 2 p.m. Eastern.
The surge broke a three-week funk in the stock market. Stocks have steadily declined since mid-September as Washington's gridlock got investors worried that the U.S. could default on its debt and wreak havoc on financial markets. As of Wednesday, the Standard & Poor's 500 index had fallen 4 percent from its all-time high of 1,725 reached on Sept. 18.
On Thursday, the S&P 500 index rose 27 points, or 1.6 percent, to 1,683.
The gains were extraordinarily broad. Of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 index, only 17 fell. Banks and industrial stocks rose the most.
The Nasdaq composite index added 71 points, or 1.9 percent, to 3,749.
A potential compromise between the two political parties could not come soon enough. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has said the government will hit its borrowing limit on Oct. 17. That would leave the U.S. with enough cash to last just a week or two before a default became a real risk.
A short-term extension of the debt limit is "the right approach," said Jack Ablin, who manages $66 billion as chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank. "It allows politicians to turn down the heat a bit while still keeping the broader issues on the front burner," Ablin said.
In another bullish signal, small-company stocks rose even more than the rest of the market. Those stocks tend to be riskier than large, well-established companies but can also offer investors greater rewards. A sharp increase in small-company stocks means investors are more comfortable taking on risk. The Russell 2000 index jumped 23 points, or 2.2 percent, to 1,066. The Russell is just 20 points below an all-time high it reached Oct. 1.
There were hopeful signs in the market for short-term U.S. government debt. The yield on the one-month Treasury bill dropped to 0.23 percent from 0.27 late Wednesday.
The yield had spiked from near zero at the beginning of the month to as high as 0.35 percent Tuesday as investors dumped the bills out of concern that the government might not be able to pay them back when they're due. Investors demand higher yields when they perceive debt as being risky.
On major investor made a move to cut its exposure to short-term U.S. government debt. Fidelity Investments, the nation's largest money market fund manager, said Wednesday it had sold all of its short-term U.S. government debt.
Among stocks making big moves:
— Teva Pharmaceuticals rose $1, or 3 percent, to $40.20 after the generic drug maker announced it was cutting its workforce by 10 percent.
— Ruby Tuesday plunged $1.30, or 17 percent, to $6.25. The restaurant chain reported a wider first quarter loss than expected, citing increased competition a difficult economic climate.
— Citrix Systems dropped $7.81, or 12 percent, to $59.81 after the company warned investors that its third-quarter revenue and profit will miss Wall Street's expectations.


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Jeremy from Morganfield, KY
Reviewer is A current student here.
1 of 5
Categories Comments Campus Safety
Right next to a police station
Greek Life
Not familar with it.
Clubs and Activities
Some Clubs and Activites. I joined a Talent Show
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
Located.... In the middle of nowhere.
Bang for the buck
Cheap classes. I didnt pay anything outta pocket
What to do for fun
Louge around, Board games,
Food and Dining
Small Cafe with Great food. Cheap $$$ Bookstore costs ya ;)
Dorm Life
No Dorms
Academic Rigor
They Push you to get you to pass
Tips for prospective students
STUDY! And show up for class
In three sentences
Small campus, however it is very informative with small class rooms for one-on-one teaching and great Advisors.
Taylor from Smith Mills, KY
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 of 5
Categories Comments What to do for fun
At HCC they have a lounge area with pool tables, if your into that. They also have a grill and workout area.
Tips for prospective students
Its not like high-school you have to study your butt off!
In three sentences
This is over all a good school. Most teachers are friendly and helpful. However some are not.
Lacy from Henderson, KY
Reviewer is A current student here.
3 of 5
Categories Comments Campus Safety
This college takes a lot of pride in being clean and safe for students, employees and visitors.
Greek Life
There is none because this is a 2-yr school and not a 4-yr.
Clubs and Activities
Student Government, History club, Science Club, PTK, A Church organization, academic team, newspaper column and I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
Great for these types of students
We have a great nursing program and elementary ed.
Bang for the buck
I think the community college is best for graduation high school seniors because it eases you into college life and prepares you for a 4-yr while getting your basic requirements out of the way.
What to do for fun
student government association, history club, science club and much more. There is also community appreciation days with food and games.
Food and Dining
We have a small campus grill and though its a bit pricey you get great food in big portion size. Plus the ladies that work it are extremely nice.
Dorm Life
With this being a community college there is not a dorm life. Though there are still many organizations and activities that you can join.
Tips for prospective students
You must always remember that college is not high school and you are required to keep up with your assignments and do your homework. No one will help you with a thousand reminders or hold your hand.
In three sentences
HCC has small classroom sizes for better learning opportunities. It also has many different ways to get extra help if you get stuck on any topic. Overall great campus when comes to hospitality and friendliness.
Lisa from Madisonville, KY
Reviewer is A current student here.
4 of 5
Categories Comments Tips for prospective students
Never give up your educational dreams and goals. They may change, get moved back, etc.... but never give up on them. If you are willing, there is always a way.
In three sentences
Henderson is the best college, rate of 10. The faculty is helpful and amazing and the students are eager to learn and most helpful too. I am proud to be a student there.
Christy from Henderson, KY
Reviewer is A current student here.
5 of 5
Categories Comments Bang for the buck
Outstanding. If you are looking for a medical degree, there isn't a better choice. Even future four-year transfers can get their core classes in for a much more affordable rate than anywhere else in this area.
What to do for fun
There are monthly Night at the movies, plenty of events to attend and clubs to join.
Food and Dining
The Grill at the Student Center is top notch, and gives true bang for the buck.
Academic Rigor
Amazing education and top notch teaching staff and guest Professors. Much better than I would have imagined for a standard community college.
Tips for prospective students
Sign up early, and apply for as much student aid as possible. Don't be afraid to sign up for and use all the free tutoring you can, and utilize the free programs the college has to offer.
In three sentences
This is a great Community College for those that are first time students, students returning to school after a hiatus, or first time adult students. With a wide variety of technical programs to solid AA degrees to transfer to four-year Universities; this college is the most affordable option for most everyone. From traditional day classes, to night classes, and even online only classes, there is enough flexibilty for anyone to obtain a quality higher education.


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The water level at the massive central Massachusetts reservoir that supplies drinking water to much of the eastern part of the state has dropped to the lowest it's been at this time of year in nearly a decade, but officials say there's no need for concern.
Less than normal rainfall every month from November 2011 through April 2012 left the Quabbin Reservoir at less than 89 percent of capacity on Oct. 1.
Frederick Laskey, executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which oversees the reservoir, tells The Republican newspaper (http://bit.ly/RWhpXs ) that because the Quabbin holds 417 billion gallons of water, it takes years of drought to draw it down to worrisome levels.
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Imago theory explains why we choose a partner that fits with our past
While relationships can damage us, they can also be a source for healing.
Ask someone what they look for in a partner and they may say things like smart, funny, good-looking, and may even trustworthy, loyal, and kind, all the adjectives you might expect. If you give them a chance to probe a bit deeper, they'll probably mention similar tastes in movies, music, in hobbies, or foods. Then there are personal likes and dislikes. Women usually say someone taller than them. While men explain certain physical attributes they find attractive. Few people would say, "They should remind me of my father" or "mother."
But if you look closer, you'll see that there is a strong connection between the milieu in which we were raised and the type of partner we choose. Have you ever noticed that people pick mates very much like their opposite sex parent or childhood caregiver? An "imago" (pronounced like embargo) is the image that's build into our subconscious. It contains all the positive and negative qualities of our caregiver(s) who raised us. This becomes a template for the romantic partner we look for down the road.
When we first meet someone we're attracted to, we may not be aware of what draws us in. When the way another person operates is familiar to us, it makes us feel comfortable and safe, like "we've known them forever." We feel good around this person and are able to let our guard down, even to be vulnerable. This allows us to build intimacy, from which the relationship springs.
The theory was developed by psychologists and romantic partners Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD. Their work culminated in the bestseller, Getting the Love You Want, a groundbreaking work now celebrating its 20th anniversary.
We model our adult relationships around how our caregivers interacted when we were children. Getty Images.
Growing up, watching our parents or caregivers interact modeled for us adult relationships. How dad treated mom for instance, can communicate how a woman feels, subconsciously, she should be treated by her partner in adulthood. How mom treats dad models how she should act. This works for men as well. If a boy's father treats his mother like a queen growing up, he's likely to do the same when he's a husband.
One problem that happens along the way is, a caregiver may fail to meet a child's needs. The child then adapts to accommodate the situation. The first stage usually occurs between birth and a year and a half. This is when one's attachment style starts to form. If the caregivers are loving and responsive to the baby's physical and emotional needs, he or she develops a secure attachment style.
If they are unresponsive or neglectful, the child internalizes feelings of rejection and begins to withdraw. Later on, he or she will avoid interacting with others, including peers. As the child gets older, they learn to cater to their own needs and become what is known as an "avoider."
Others have inconsistent caregivers when they're small. Sometimes they're neglectful and at others, attentive. This can give the child feelings of abandonment, leading to another insecure attachment style. This person becomes a "clinger." One's attachment style acts as a foundation, upon which future stages are built. Stages go all the way up to adolescence and in each phase, a new behavior or tendency is added.
How we're cared for informs us of our self-worth, how we'll attach to others, and how we think we should be treated. Getty Images.
At age three to four, one develops a sense of self. Depending on how well it goes, he or she can become a "controller," "diffuser," or "an integrated self." At four to seven, the child starts to feel their own power. As a result, they might become empowered, a "compromiser," or a "competitor."
At seven to 13, they learn about friendship, which can teach them how to conduct healthy relationships. But they may also become a "loner" or a "caretaker," who always puts others first, and hardly ever mentioning their own needs. Finally, there's adolescence, where we develop positive sexual and emotional relationships, or become a "conformist" or even a "rebel." Each stage adds another element to our personality and instructs us in how to manage our relationships and fall in love.
None of these are concrete, however. Behaviors can be situational. We may be an avoider in one instance, and securely attached in another. What tends to happen is, negative background experiences set one up, for what Dr. Hendrix calls, malatropism, or responding in the wrong way to a person or stimulus. Consider the little boy who runs up and punches the girl he likes. It's the wrong response for what he secretly desires.
Some psychologists believe we pick certain partners for psychological healing, to work through unresolved issues. So what if you weren't raised in the best environment or you keep picking the wrong people? Are you stuck? Fortunately, patterns can change.
Drs. Hendrix and Hunt created Imago Relationship Therapy, practiced by many couples counselors today. This is talk therapy arranged around structured dialogue, aiming at contingent communication. Each person starts to understand the meaning behind what the other person is saying, their motivation, what forces shaped them, and how they feel, deep down inside. As Dr. Hendrix wrote in the book, "We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship."
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What does kindness look like? It wears a mask.
Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling has an important favor to ask of the American people.
- Michael Dowling is president and CEO of Northwell Health, the largest health care system in New York state. In this PSA, speaking as someone whose company has seen more COVID-19 patients than any other in the country, Dowling implores Americans to wear masks—not only for their own health, but for the health of those around them.
- The CDC reports that there have been close to 7.9 million cases of coronavirus reported in the United States since January. Around 216,000 people have died from the virus so far with hundreds more added to the tally every day. Several labs around the world are working on solutions, but there is currently no vaccine for COVID-19.
- The most basic thing that everyone can do to help slow the spread is to practice social distancing, wash your hands, and to wear a mask. The CDC recommends that everyone ages two and up wear a mask that is two or more layers of material and that covers the nose, mouth, and chin. Gaiters and face shields have been shown to be less effective at blocking droplets. Homemade face coverings are acceptable, but wearers should make sure they are constructed out of the proper materials and that they are washed between uses. Wearing a mask is the most important thing you can do to save lives in your community.
Science confirms: Earth has more than one 'moon'
Two massive clouds of dust in orbit around the Earth have been discussed for years and finally proven to exist.
- Hungarian astronomers have proven the existence of two "pseudo-satellites" in orbit around the earth.
- These dust clouds were first discovered in the sixties, but are so difficult to spot that scientists have debated their existence since then.
- The findings may be used to decide where to put satellites in the future and will have to be considered when interplanetary space missions are undertaken.
What are they?
Artist's impression of the Kordylewski cloud in the night sky (with its brightness greatly enhanced) at the time of the observations.
G. Horváth
The Kordylewski clouds are two dust clouds first observed by Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski in 1961. They are situated at two of the Lagrange points in Earth's orbit. These points are locations where the gravity of two objects, such as the Earth and the Moon or a planet and the Sun, equals the centripetal required to orbit the objects while staying in the same relative position. There are five of these spots between the Earth and Moon. The clouds rest at what are called points four and five, forming a triangle with the clouds and the Earth at the three corners.

The clouds are enormous, taking up the same space in the night sky as twenty lunar discs; covering an area of 45,000 miles. They are roughly 250,000 miles away, about the same distance from us as the Moon. They are entirely comprised of specks of dust which reflect the light of the sun so faintly most astronomers that looked for them were unable to see them at all.

The clouds themselves are probably ancient, but the model that the scientists created to learn about them suggests that the individual dust particles that comprise them can be blown away by solar wind and replaced by the dust from other cosmic sources like comet tails. This means that the clouds hardly move but are eternally changing.

How did they discover this?
"In this picture the central region of the Kordylewski dust cloud is visible (bright red pixels). The straight tilted lines are traces of satellites."
J. Slíz-Balogh
In their study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Hungarian astronomers Judit Slíz-Balogh, András Barta, and Gábor Horváth described how they were able to find the dust clouds using polarized lenses.

Since the clouds were expected to polarize the light that bounces off of them, by configuring the telescopes to look for this kind of light the clouds were much easier to spot. What the scientists observed, polarized light in patterns that extended outside the view of the telescope lens, was in line with the predictions of their mathematical model and ruled out other possible sources.

Why are we just learning this now?
"Mosaic pattern of the angle of polarization around the L5 point (white dot) of the Earth-Moon system. The five rectangular windows correspond to the imaging telescope with which the patterns of the Kordylewski cloud were measured."
J. Slíz-Balogh
The objects, being dust clouds, are very faint and hard to see. While Kordylewski observed them in 1961, other astronomers have looked there and given mixed reports over the following decades. This discouraged many astronomers from joining the search, as study co-author Judit Slíz-Balogh explained, "The Kordylewski clouds are two of the toughest objects to find, and though they are as close to Earth as the Moon are largely overlooked by researchers in astronomy. It is intriguing to confirm that our planet has dusty pseudo-satellites in orbit alongside our lunar neighbor."

Will this have any impact on space travel?
Lagrange points have been put forward as excellent locations for a space station or satellites like the James Webb Telescope to be put into orbit, as they would require little fuel to stay in place. Knowing about a massive dust cloud that could damage sensitive equipment already being there could save money and lives in the future. While we only know about the clouds at Lagrange points four and five right now, the study's authors suggest there could be more at the other points.

While the discovery of a couple of dust clouds might not seem all that impressive, it is the result of a half-century of astronomical and mathematical work and reminds us that wonders are still hidden in our cosmic backyard. While you might never need to worry about these clouds again, there is nothing wrong with looking at the sky with wonder at the strange and fantastic things we can discover.

Scientists stumble across new organs in the human head
New cancer-scanning technology reveals a previously unknown detail of human anatomy.
- Scientists using new scanning technology and hunting for prostate tumors get a surprise.
- Behind the nasopharynx is a set of salivary glands that no one knew about.
- Finding the glands may allow for more complication-free radiation therapies.
PSMA PET/CT technology
PSMA PET/CT is a new combination of PET scans and CT scans that is believed to offer a more reliable means of locating prostate cancer metastasis. A study published last spring suggests it may be the most accurate way to diagnose prostate cancer metastasis than any method previously available.

Prior to PSMA PET/CT, the primary way to look for metastatic prostate cancer was to image the body using x-ray-based CT scans and to perform bone scans, since bone is where prostate cancer often spreads. CT scans, however, often miss small tumors, and bone scans can generate false positives as a result of other damage or abnormalities that have nothing to do with prostate cancer.

PSMA PET/CT scans track the travels of an intravenously administered radioactive glucose tracer throughout the body. For hunting down prostate cancer, this tracer contains a molecule that binds to the PSMA protein that's present in large amounts in prostate tumors. The molecule is linked to a radioisotope, gallium-68 (Ga-68).

In last spring's research, PSAM PET/CT was shown to be 27 percent more accurate than previous methods at finding metastases (92 percent accuracy as opposed to 65 percent). In addition, it was found to be much less likely to produce false positives, and it was particularly good at detecting tumors far removed from the prostate.

A good kind of avoidance behavior
"Radiation therapy can damage the salivary glands," says Vogel, "which may lead to complications. Patients may have trouble eating, swallowing, or speaking, which can be a real burden."

The researchers looked back through the cases of 723 patients who had undergone radiation treatment, interested in seeing if inadvertent radiation of the tubarial glands was associated with the complications experienced by the patients. It turned out that this was the case: In cases where more radiation had been delivered to this area, patients did indeed report more in the way of complications of the type one would expect when salivary glands are radiated.

Now that we know the tubarial salivary glands exist, therapists can stay out of their way. Vogel says, "For most patients, it should technically be possible to avoid delivering radiation to this newly discovered location of the salivary gland system in the same way we try to spare known glands."

He's hopeful that that things may be about to get at least a bit better for cancer patients: "Our next step is to find out how we can best spare these new glands and in which patients. If we can do this, patients may experience less side effects which will benefit their overall quality of life after treatment."

Millennials reconsidering finances and future under COVID-19
A new survey found that 27 percent of millennials are saving more money due to the pandemic, but most can't stay within their budgets.
Taking control of bad luck
According to a recent survey by The Manifest, a business news website, millennials agree with Cramer. The study found that, of millennials surveyed, their largest expenses were housing (66 percent), educational expenses (9 percent), and health insurance (6 percent). In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, millennials are using the remaining 19 percent of their paychecks to budget and increase their savings.

About a third of millennials said they are saving more money in response to the pandemic and creating new budgets for themselves. In fact, of all generations surveyed, millennials felt the most comfortable creating personal budgets. They were also willing to think critically and adjust budgets to match financial changes, both signs that this highly-educated generation is willing to learn and adapt.

Millennials still have a rough road ahead, though. According to the survey, about half of millennials make less than $50,000 a year. That puts them into the upper-lower or lower-middle income class, depending on where in the country they live. That matches BLS data, which shows millennials earning less than older non-millennials. The BLS also notes that while millennials have less debt than GenXers, most of that is student loan debt rather than mortgages.

And despite their budgetary plans, only 11 percent of millennials surveyed were able to stay within budget, while uncertainty still looms in the future job market.

With all this said, there are caveats to The Manifest survey. It hosted a relatively small sample size, only surveying 502 Americans. Of those, millennials made up 22 percent of respondents. They weren't even the largest cohort in the study. That was the baby boomers at 32 percent.

This makes the survey more suggestive than indicative. But the suggestion is that millennials, to borrow a phrase from writer Vicki Robin, are ready to reinterpret their relationship with finances.

A push for financial freedom
While budgeting and financial savvy have always been important, the millennial generation will need to be far more critical of their relationship with the economy. What Robin calls the old roadmap—the idea that "growth is good, more is better, game over"—is unlikely to support millennials as it did past generations. They'll need a new roadmap, charting both a new macro (the relationship between our economic and ecological footprints, for example) and micro (our individual relationships with money).

Because the macro is a whole other article, we'll stick with the micro here:

1) Track and cut your spending

The first step to financial freedom is to track your spending and cut unnecessary purchases. For Robin, these are often the things, services, and subscriptions that we buy out of habit, but we no longer consider whether they add value to our lives.

A pernicious modern example is the subscription economy. We subscribe to services for food, clothes, television, exercise, self-help, video games, bric-a-brac, computer programs, and on and on. These services quickly fade into the financial background as just another bill we pay.

But if we watch Netflix nine times out of ten, why pay for Hulu and Disney+ and HBO Max and CBS All access? Instead, every month or so, we should scrutinize our subscriptions to ask whether they still add value to our lives. If they don't, unsubscribe.

2) Kill your debt

Debt doesn't just take away money we could save elsewhere; it's also a self-replicating devourer of wealth. Your debt interest rates are almost certainly higher than your investment returns, especially on credit cards. Because of this, no matter your saving rituals, you're likely bleeding wealth the longer you remain in debt.

Instead, focus on removing debt from your life. Again, credit card debt especially. The good news is that most companies have hardship programs to help debtors. You can call them to see if they can lower your interest rates or provide other helpful services.

"Financial accommodations are generally readily available right now," Amy Thomann, the head of consumer credit education at TransUnion, told the New York Times. "Lenders, just like consumers, understand the hardships that are going on in the economy."

3) Have an emergency fund

Of course, you'll need some savings when the unexpected happens. Say—I don't know—a worldwide pandemic? Experts like Robin and Thomann recommend people have three to six months' worth of expenses on reserve. These should be in liquid assets so you can access them easily and quickly.

Of course, that's not always feasible, but you should save what you can.

4) Find social outlets that don't cost

The economic shutdown has offered one financial boon: It has revealed ways we can enjoy each other's company with overspending. We can host movies remotely with our friends. Play video games online. Enjoy physical-distance strolls through the park. And a host of other creative connections. After the pandemic, the occasional bar hop or Friday dinner out can still be a guilty pleasure. But unlike sitcom characters, we shouldn't be spending our social lives on the set of our favorite coffee shops or local watering holes.

5) Reconsider your relationship with money

Robin pushes her readers to be financially free. That is, to understand that there's an economy, people have a relationship with it, but it shouldn't become an obsession that runs their lives. As she told Big Think: "It's like there are so many presumptions that drive us into wage [slavery], and it doesn't matter whether you are at the low end or the high end. If you are engaged in that sort of anxious process of 'more, more, more,' you are not free."

The millennial generation has certainly been dealt a bum hand, but it's perhaps defeatist, and more than a little premature, to label them the unluckiest generation. Perhaps after being led astray by the old roadmap, they will be the generation to reconsider their relationship with money—not as an end itself but a means to a healthier and more beneficial life.

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WebService::ISBNDB::APUseroContributed Perl DWebService::ISBNDB::API::Books(3) NAME WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books - Data class for book information SYNOPSIS use WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books; my $book = WebService::ISBNDB::API->new({ api_key => $key, isbn => '0596002068' }); DESCRIPTION This class represents book data from isbndb.com. It is a sub-class of WebService::ISBNDB::API (see WebService::ISBNDB::API), and inherits all the attributes and methods from that class. METHODS The following methods are specific to this class, or overridden from the super-class. Constructor The constructor for this class may take a single scalar argument in lieu of a hash reference: new($ISBN|$TITLE|$ARGS) This constructs a new object and returns a referent to it. If the parameter passed is a hash reference, it is handled as normal, per Class::Std mechanics. If the value is a scalar, it is tested to see if it is a valid ISBN (using the Business::ISBN module). If it is, it is used as a search key to find the corresponding book. If it is not a valid ISBN, it is assumed to be the title, and is likewise used as a search key. Since the title may return more than one match, the first matching record from the source is used to construct the object. If the argument is the hash-reference form, then a new object is always constructed; to perform searches see the search() and find() methods. Thus, the following two lines are in fact different: $book = WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books->new({ isbn => '0596002068' }); $book = WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books->new('0596002068'); The first creates a new object that has only the "isbn" attribute set. The second returns a new object that represents the book with ISBN 0596002068, with all data present. The class also defines: copy($TARGET) Copies the target object into the calling object. All attributes (including the ID) are copied. This method is marked "CUMULATIVE" (see Class::Std), and any sub-class of this class should provide their own copy() and also mark it "CUMULATIVE", to ensure that all attributes at all levels are copied. See the copy() method in WebService::ISBNDB::API. Accessors The following attributes are used to maintain the content of a book object: id The unique ID within the isbndb.com system for this book. isbn The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) for the book (without hyphens). title The title of the book. longtitle The full title of the book, including any sub-title. authors An array (stored as a reference) of the WebService::ISBNDB::API::Authors objects that refer to the authors of the book. These are not actually loaded from the service until they are first fetched. authors_text A simple textual representation of the authors, as returned by the service. This may be more convenient to use than the author objects, if you only want to display the names themselves. publisher The WebService::ISBNDB::API::Publisher object that refers to the book's publisher. This is not loaded until the first request to fetch it is made. publisher_text A simple textual representation of the publisher, as returned by the service. This may be more convenient to use than the object, if you only wish to display the publisher's name. subjects An array (stored as a reference) of the WebService::ISBNDB::API::Subjects objects that refer to the subjects this book is associated with. As with the authors, the actual objects are not loaded until requested. dewey_decimal The book's Dewey Decimal classification number. dewey_decimal_normalized The normalized form of the Dewey Decimal number for the book. lcc_number The Library of Congress Classification number for the book. language The language the book is printed in. The form and content of this field may not be standardized. physical_description_text Text describing the physical dimensions of the book. edition_info Any additional information on the particular edition of the book. change_time A string representation of the time when this record was last changed. The string is in ISO 8601 form, with no explicit time-zone specified. UTC time is assumed in internal manipulations. change_time_sec If the Date::Parse module is available, this attribute will hold the value from "change_time", converted to seconds since the UNIX Epoch. Otherwise, this attribute will always be "undef". price_time A string representation of the time when the price information for this record was last updated. As above, the string is in ISO 8601 format with no time-zone, and it assumed to be UTC internally. price_time_sec As with "change_time_sec", only for the price-change value. Requires the availability of Date::Parse, or else the value will always be "undef". summary The content of the "<Summary>" tag, which is free-form text. The text has leading and trailing white-space removed, and all new- lines converted to spaces, to yield a single-line string value. notes Another free-form text field, similar to "summary", but less used. urlstext Fairly free-form text, used to specify URLs related to the book. awardstext More free-form text, this to specify any awards the book has received. prices If price information is available for the book, this attribute will contain a list-reference containing zero or more hash references. Each hash reference will have the following keys (all will be present on every hash reference, but some may be empty or "undef"): store_isbn The ISBN for the book at the store, if different from the book's regular ISBN. Not set if the two are the same. store_title The book's title at the store, if different from the book's regular title. Not usually set if the two are the same. store_url URL for the book. This may be a relative URL, in which case it is relative to the store's website. If it is an absolute URL (complete URL), it is a redirector URL originating at isbndb.com. The URL is used for purchasing the book, and the redirect URLs allow isbndb.com to collect small commissions off of sales they facilitate, which in turn helps to keep their service available and free. store_id Unique identifier for the store. currency_code The code for the currency the price is expressed in. is_in_stock A boolean value indicating whether the book is in stock. is_historic A boolean value indicating whether the price this record describes is considered "historic". Any price older than 24 hours should generally be considered historic, even if this value is true. is_new A boolean value indicating whether the book offered is new or used. currency_rate Currency rate against the US dollar, only set if the "currency_code" is not "USD". price The price of the book (expressed in the currency indicated by "currency_code", above). check_time String representation of the time when this price was last checked. As with the other time-oriented values, this is in ISO 8601 format with no explicit time-zone. check_time_sec If the Date::Parse package is available, this is the value of "check_time" expressed in seconds, suitable for use with the Perl localtime keyword. marc If MARC information is available for the book, this attribute will contain a list-reference containing zero or more hash references. Each hash reference will have the following keys (all will be present on every hash reference, but some may be empty or "undef"): library_name Name of the library this record is taken from. last_update ISO 8601 string representing the last time the record was updated from the library. last_update_sec If Date::Parse is available, this will be the "last_update" attribute converted to seconds, measured from the UNIX epoch. marc_url The URL to the MARC record on the library's site. The following accessors are provided to manage these attributes: get_id Return the book ID. set_id($ID) Sets the book ID. This method is restricted to this class, and cannot be called outside of it. In general, you shouldn't need to set the ID after the object is created, since isbndb.com is a read- only source. get_isbn Return the ISBN of the book. In general, the ISBN has had any hyphens removed. set_isbn($ISBN) Set the book ISBN. The value is tested with Business::ISBN to ensure that the value is a valid ISBN. get_title Return the common title of the book. set_title($TITLE) Set the title of the book. get_longtitle Return the long title of the book. This will include subtitles, for example. set_longtitle($LONGTITLE) Set the long title of the book. get_authors Get the list of author objects (instances of WebService::ISBNDB::API::Authors or a sub-class) for the book. The objects are not fetched from the source until the first call to this method. set_authors($LIST) Set the list of authors for this book. The value must be a list- reference. If the values in the list reference are strings instead of objects, then the first call to get_authors() will convert them into objects. The strings must be the author ID values as returned by the service. get_authors_text Return the text-representation of the authors, as returned by the service. set_authors_text($TEXT) Set the text-representation of the authors. get_publisher Return the publisher object (instance of WebService::ISBNDB::API::Publishers or a sub-class) for this book. The object is not loaded from the source until the first request to this method. set_publisher($PUBLISHER) Set the publisher for this book. The value should be either a publisher object or a string containing the publisher ID. If the ID is set as the value, the next call to get_publisher() will resolve it into an object. get_subjects Get the list of subject objects (instances of WebService::ISBNDB::API::Subjects or a sub-class) for the book. The objects are not fetched from the source until the first call to this method. set_subjects($LIST) Set the list of subjects. The value must be a list-reference, and may contain either the objects themselves or the subject ID values as returned by the source. If the content is the ID values, then the next call to get_subjects() will resolve them to objects. get_dewey_decimal Get the Dewey Decimal number. set_dewey_decimal($DEWEY) Set the Dewey Decimal number. get_dewey_decimal_normalized Get the normalized Dewey Decimal number. set_dewey_decimal_normalized($DEWEY_NORM) Set the normalized Dewey Decimal number. get_lcc_number Get the Library of Congress Classification number. set_lcc_number($LCC) Set the Library of Congress Classification number. get_language Get the language code for the book's text. set_language($LANG) Set the language code. get_physical_description_text Get the book's physical description text. set_physical_description_text($PHYS) Set the book's physical description text. get_edition_info Get any information on the specific edition of the book. set_edition_info($INFO) Set the edition information for the book. get_change_time Get the change-time of the book record (an ISO 8601 string, no explicit time-zone, presumed to be UTC). set_change_time($TIME) Sets the change-time of the book record. If Parse::Date is available, and the value passed in $TIME is parsable, then the "change_time_sec" attribute will also be updated with the equivalent value. get_change_time_sec Get the change-time as a number of seconds since the Epoch (as defined in UNIX terms, see Parse::Date). This attribute is only set if the Date::Parse module is available. set_change_time_sec($TIME) Set the seconds-since-Epoch representation of the change-time to the new value. This will also update the "change_time" attribute, setting it to an ISO 8601-style string that is the textual representation of $TIME. get_price_time set_price_time($TIME) get_price_time_sec set_price_time_sec($TIME) These are identical to the previous four, only they apply to the time-stamp marking when the price information was last updated. The same restrictions apply to the "price_time_sec" attribute (Parse::Date is required for it to be set when data is read from the source). get_summary Get the summary text for this book. The summary is free-form text that has has leading and trailing white-space removed, as well as having any internal new-lines or tabs converted to single spaces. set_summary($SUMMARY) Set the summary text to the new content in $SUMMARY. get_notes Get the notes for the book. The notes are also free-form text, and are trimmed in the same fashion as "summary". set_notes($NOTES) Set the notes text for the book. get_urlstext Get the "urlstext" attribute. This text should provide URLs related to the book, when present. set_urlstext($URLS) Set the "urlstext" attribute to the new value. get_awardstext Get the awards-text data for the book. If present, this should refer to any awards the book has won. set_awardstext($AWARDS) Set the awards-text to the new data given. get_prices Get the price data for the book. This comes in the form of a list- reference of hash-references (see earlier description of the keys). set_prices($PRICELIST) Set the price data. The value passed in must be a list reference, and every element in the list mush be a hash reference. Otherwise an exception will be thrown. get_marc Get the MARC data for the book. MARC data comes in the form of a list-reference of hash-references (see above for description of the keys). set_marc($MARCLIST) Set the MARC data. The value passed in must be a list reference, and every element in the list mush be a hash reference. Otherwise an exception will be thrown. Utility Methods Besides the constructor and the accessors, the following methods are provided for utility: find($ARG|$ARGS) This is a specialization of find() from the parent class. It allows the argument passed in to be a scalar in place of the usual hash reference. If the value is a scalar, it is tested to see if it is a valid ISBN, and if so the search is made against the ISBN with that value. If the scalar value is not a valid ISBN, the search is made against the title instead. If the value is a hash reference, it is passed to the super-class method. normalize_args($ARGS) This method maps the user-visible arguments as defined for find() and search() into the actual arguments that must be passed to the service itself. In addition, some arguments are added to the request to make the service return extra data used for retrieving subjects, publisher information, etc. The method changes $ARGS in place, and also returns $ARGS as the value from the method. See the next section for an explanation of the available keys for searches. SEARCHING Both find() and search() allow the user to look up data in the isbndb.com database. The allowable search fields are limited to a certain set, however. When either of find() or search() are called, the argument to the method should be a hash reference of key/value pairs to be passed as arguments for the search (the exception being that find() can accept a single string, which has special meaning as detailed earlier). Searches in the text fields are done in a case-insensitive manner. The available search keys are: title The value should be a text string. The search returns books whose title matches the string. isbn The value should be a text string. The search returns the book whose ISBN matches the string. The string is not checked for validity, so a bad ISBN will simply not return any records. author The value for this key should be either an object of the WebService::ISBNDB::API::Authors class (or sub-class thereof), or a text string. If the value is an object, the search is done against the specific author ID. If the value is a string, the search is done using the "combined" search key, and may return results unrelated to the intended query. publisher The value for this key may be an object of the WebService::ISBNDB::API::Publishers class (or sub-class thereof) or a text string. If it is an object, the ID is used in a specific search. If the value is a string, it is used with the "combined" search-key, and may return unexpected results. subject The value for this key is expected to be either an object (of the WebService::ISBNDB::API::Subjects class or sub-class thereof) or a literal subject ID as a string. The subject cannot be searched for using the "combined" key. combined The value should be a text string, and is searched against a combined field that includes titles, authors and publisher names. full The value should be a text string, and is searched against almost all of the textual data, including title, authors, publishers, summary, notes, award information, etc. dewey_decimal The value should be a Dewey Decimal Classification number, and is used directly in the search. lcc_number The value should be a Library of Congress Classification number, and is used directly in the search. Note that the names above may not be the same as the corresponding parameters to the service. The names are chosen to match the related attributes as closely as possible, for ease of understanding. EXAMPLES Search for all books with "perl" in the title: $perlbooks = WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books-> search({ title => "perl" }); Search for all books by Edgar Allan Poe: $poebooks = WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books-> search({ author => 'edgar allan poe' }); Find the record for "Progamming Web Services With Perl": $pwswp = WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books->find('0596002068'); CAVEATS The data returned by this class is only as accurate as the data retrieved from isbndb.com. The list of results from calling search() is currently limited to 10 items. This limit will be removed in an upcoming release, when iterators are implemented. SEE ALSO WebService::ISBNDB::API, WebService::ISBNDB::API::Authors, WebService::ISBNDB::API::Publishers, WebService::ISBNDB::API::Subjects, Business::ISBN, Date::Parse AUTHOR Randy J. Ray <email@example.com> LICENSE This module and the code within are released under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0.php). This code may be redistributed under either the Artistic License or the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php). perl v5.32.0 2020-08-25 WebService::ISBNDB::API::Books(3)
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I want to thank Jasia for expanding the Resolution COG to include goals, aims, declarations, intentions, aspirations, objectives, plans, targets, schemes, wishes, or whatever you want to call them! It's still not working for me.
". . .does the word "permission" give me "permission" to ignore the word "permission" guilt free, thereby putting me in the win column for the year?"
That was a total cop out. As totally ineffectual and transparent as making a resolution.
The second year "I Solemnly Resolved" to make "Year Long Aspirations of Good Intentions." Even mere aspirations have resulted in disappointment a year later. While I didn't resolve, only aspired, the heat should have been off, but it wasn't. A resolution by any other name. . .
Perhaps my attitude toward selection has been rather cavalier. Perhaps the aspirations were written for the reader and not the author. Perhaps I'm on to something.
You know, as I sit here and contemplate, it becomes more and more evident. I am really quite happy. Just as I never wanted to know the sex of my unborn children, I don't want to plan or research the twists and turns of life. I want to experience them. Embrace them. Revel in them.
So as I stand on the precipice of 2010, I will neither resolve nor aspire. I will not treat my life as a business and set goals or objectives. I won't aim, it's more fun to hit something not intended.
So 2010, surprise me. Connect a family, connect my family, drop some wonderful photographs on me. Let me continue to enjoy what I do, what my family does, what my friends do. Amaze me with new contacts, new directions, new technology. Sneak in some time, patience, and perseverance.
I want to wake every morning excited about what the day holds for me. The bitter. The sweet. It's my life and I'm really looking forward to it. No plan, no map, just serendipity. And you know I'm going to tell you all about it, right here.
So I give you pearls. Mine, while wearing Jackie's.
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