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Cheng, Yifang and Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Brenguier, Florent et al. (2020) An Automated Method for Developing a Catalog of Small Earthquakes Using Data of a Dense Seismic Array and Nearby Stations. Seismological Research Letters, 91 (5). pp. 2862-2871. ISSN 0895-0695. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20201001-123520618
Cheng, Yifang and Ross, Zachary E. and Ben-Zion, Yehuda (2018) Diverse volumetric faulting patterns in the San Jacinto fault zone. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 123 (6). pp. 5068-5081. ISSN 2169-9313. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180529-081945138
Qin, L. and Ben-Zion, Y. and Qiu, H. et al. (2018) Internal structure of the San Jacinto fault zone in the trifurcation area southeast of Anza, California, from data of dense seismic arrays. Geophysical Journal International, 213 (1). pp. 98-114. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180208-083541297
Allam, A. A. and Schulte-Pelkum, V. and Ben-Zion, Y. et al. (2017) Ten kilometer vertical Moho offset and shallow velocity contrast along the Denali fault zone from double-difference tomography, receiver functions, and fault zone head waves. Tectonophysics, 721 . pp. 56-69. ISSN 0040-1951. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170911-082601115
Ross, Zachary E. and Rollins, Christopher and Cochran, Elizabeth S. et al. (2017) Aftershocks driven by afterslip and fluid pressure sweeping through a fault-fracture mesh. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (16). pp. 8260-8267. ISSN 0094-8276. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170808-080406085
Share, Pieter-Ewald and Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Ross, Zachary E. et al. (2017) Internal structure of the San Jacinto fault zone at Blackburn Saddle from seismic data of a linear array. Geophysical Journal International, 210 (2). pp. 819-832. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170921-100722609
Qiu, H. and Ben-Zion, Y. and Ross, Z. E. et al. (2017) Internal structure of the San Jacinto fault zone at Jackass Flat from data recorded by a dense linear array. Geophysical Journal International, 209 (3). pp. 1369-1388. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170913-154346772
Ross, Zachary E. and Hauksson, Egill and Ben-Zion, Yehuda (2017) Abundant off-fault seismicity and orthogonal structures in the San Jacinto fault zone. Science Advances, 3 (3). Art. No. e1601946. ISSN 2375-2548. PMCID PMC5351979. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170403-082404597
Wu, Francis T. and Ross, Zachary E. and Okaya, David et al. (2016) Dense network, intense seismicity and tectonics of Taiwan. Tectonophysics, 692, Pt. B . pp. 152-163. ISSN 0040-1951. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155306303
Ross, Zachary E. and Ben-Zion, Yehuda and White, Malcolm C. et al. (2016) Analysis of earthquake body wave spectra for potency and magnitude values: implications for magnitude scaling relations. Geophysical Journal International, 207 (2). pp. 1158-1164. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161017-141543484
Ross, Z. E. and White, M. C. and Vernon, F. L. et al. (2016) An Improved Algorithm for Real‐TimeS‐Wave Picking with Application to the (Augmented) ANZA Network in Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106 (5). pp. 2013-2022. ISSN 0037-1106. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155306054
Ross, Zachary E. and Ben-Zion, Yehuda (2016) Toward reliable automated estimates of earthquake source properties from body wave spectra. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 121 (6). pp. 4390-4407. ISSN 2169-9313. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155306174
Ross, Z. E. and Ben-Zion, Y. (2015) An algorithm for automated identification of fault zone trapped waves. Geophysical Journal International, 202 (2). pp. 933-942. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155306809
Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Vernon, Frank L. and Ozakin, Yaman et al. (2015) Basic data features and results from a spatially dense seismic array on the San Jacinto fault zone. Geophysical Journal International, 202 (1). pp. 370-380. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155306901
Xu, Shiqing and Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Ampuero, Jean-Paul et al. (2015) Dynamic Ruptures on a Frictional Interface with Off-Fault Brittle Damage: Feedback Mechanisms and Effects on Slip and Near-Fault Motion. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172 (5). pp. 1243-1267. ISSN 0033-4553. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150501-153321787
Xu, Shiqing and Fukuyama, Eiichi and Ben-Zion, Yehuda et al. (2015) Dynamic rupture activation of backthrust fault branching. Tectonophysics, 644 . pp. 161-183. ISSN 0040-1951. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150423-105209879
Ross, Z. E. and Ben-Zion, Y. and Zhu, L. (2015) Isotropic source terms of San Jacinto fault zone earthquakes based on waveform inversions with a generalized CAP method. Geophysical Journal International, 200 (2). pp. 1269-1280. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155306997
Ross, Z. E. and Ben-Zion, Y. (2014) Automatic picking of direct P, S seismic phases and fault zone head waves. Geophysical Journal International, 199 (1). pp. 368-381. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155307099
Ross, Z. E. and Ben-Zion, Y. (2014) An earthquake detection algorithm with pseudo-probabilities of multiple indicators. Geophysical Journal International, 197 (1). pp. 458-463. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155307190
Ross, Z. E. and Ben-Zion, Y. (2013) Spatio-temporal variations of double-couple aftershock mechanisms and possible volumetric earthquake strain. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 118 (5). pp. 2347-2355. ISSN 2169-9313. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190423-155307308
Xu, Shiqing and Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Ampuero, Jean-Paul (2012) Properties of inelastic yielding zones generated by in-plane dynamic ruptures—I. Model description and basic results. Geophysical Journal International, 191 (3). pp. 1325-1342. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130102-113352479
Xu, Shiqing and Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Ampuero, Jean-Paul (2012) Properties of inelastic yielding zones generated by in-plane dynamic ruptures—II. Detailed parameter-space study. Geophysical Journal International, 191 (3). pp. 1343-1360. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130125-112713437
Hillers, G. and Ben-Zion, Y. (2011) Seasonal variations of observed noise amplitudes at 2–18 Hz in southern California. Geophysical Journal International, 184 (2). pp. 860-868. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110228-152223780
Ben-Zion, Yehuda and Ampuero, Jean-Paul (2009) Seismic radiation from regions sustaining material damage. Geophysical Journal International, 178 (3). pp. 1351-1356. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090828-231037246
Lyakhovsky, V. and Hamiel, Y. and Ampuero, J.-P. et al. (2009) Non-linear damage rheology and wave resonance in rocks. Geophysical Journal International, 178 (2). pp. 910-920. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090911-151635277
Ampuero, J.-P. and Ben-Zion, Y. (2008) Cracks, pulses and macroscopic asymmetry of dynamic rupture on a bimaterial interface with velocity-weakening friction. Geophysical Journal International, 173 (2). pp. 674-692. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:AMPgji08
Hillers, G. and Mai, P. M. and Ben-Zion, Y. et al. (2007) Statistical properties of seismicity of fault zones at different evolutionary stages. Geophysical Journal International, 169 (2). pp. 515-533. ISSN 0956-540X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:HILjgi07
Lapusta, Nadia and Rice, James R. and Ben-Zion, Yehuda et al. (2000) Elastodynamic analysis for slow tectonic loading with spontaneous rupture episodes on faults with rate- and state-dependent friction. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 105 (B10). pp. 23765-23789. ISSN 0148-0227. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130308-135516190
Hough, S. E. and Ben-Zion, Y. and Leary, P. (1994) Fault-Zone Waves Observed at the Southern Joshua Tree Earthquake Rupture Zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 84 (3). pp. 761-767. ISSN 0037-1106. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140806-100144966


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Teachers' Unions Jockey To Sway Races in Pivotal Election Year
Sensing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to influence both state and national education policy, the two major teachers' unions and their state affiliates are mounting intensive efforts to affect the outcomes of many of the nation's 36 gubernatorial elections.
The heightened role of governors in school reform and their strategic position in the upcoming battles over Congressional and state-legislative redistricting have created major stakes for the unions, say political operatives for the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
Moreover, the presence of a substantial number of open governor's chairs--13--has left a fertile field for the financial support and formidable organizational muscle of the state affiliates.
"The stakes for the AFT could not be higher this election year," said Rachelle Horowitz, political director of the union.
"This opportunity, as we view it, only rolls around every 20 years,'' said Mickey Ibarra, political-advocacy manager for the n.e.a. office of governmental relations. "When we have 36 governorships up, that's a big piece of business."
While the two national unions share a common commitment to the gubernatorial races, their efforts have revealed a significant difference in emphasis.
The AFT, through its national Governors Project, has sought to find and support candidates who agree with the union's stand both on bread-and-butter issues and on broader reform goals.
Although the NEA has not ignored those concerns, it has focused its energies on a different target--the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives. Affiliates in California, Texas, and Florida in particular are going all-out to put Democratic governors at the helm of the redistricting process, which will shape the composition of those huge and growing House delegations for a decade.
Both unions have continued their traditional Democratic orientation, with NEA affiliates giving only five of 30 endorsements to Republican candidates, and the AFT two of 22. In addition, the NEA affiliate in Connecticut is backing a former Republican senator, Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who is running as an independent.
Nevertheless, some political analysts see in this year's endorsements evidence of a slight shift to the GOP, both because of greater Republican interest in education issues and the desire of some state affiliates to project a more bipartisan image.
One symbol of the unions' growing involvement in these contests comes from Alabama, where the veteran head of the NEA affiliate, Paul R. Hubbert, is the first teachers' union official in any state in recent memory to serve as a major-party gubernatorial candidate. Mr. Hubbert is seen as mounting a credible campaign, although he trails the Republican incumbent, Guy Hunt, in the polls.
Governors Project
Responding to the growing role of governors in education reform, AFT officials this summer launched the Governors Project to supplement their traditional political strategy, which helps local affiliates determine candidates' stands on a wide assortment of education issues and guides the affiliates in helping supportive candidates to develop their education planks.
The Governors Project provides the affiliates with candidate questionnaires that are designed to expand the criteria for endorsement beyond the candidates' views on education funding, tenure laws, and pensions. New areas covered include such issues as school-finance reform and the educational goals put forward by President Bush and the nation's governors.
The project also seeks to gauge the willingness of candidates to serve as advocates for education reform on the national level, by asking them to use the stature of their office to persuade the Congress and the President to increase education funding to at least 3 percent of the federal budget.
As part of the project, the AFT has, for the first time, offered to match up to $10,000 of a state federation's contribution to an endorsed candidate.
The Governors Project also provides guidance to affiliates in helping their endorsed candidates spell out their stands on education issues. Ms. Horowitz said the project has had a significant role in shaping the education planks of George Voinovich of Ohio, Bruce King of New Mexico, Rudy Perpich of Minnesota, and Neil Hartigan of Illinois.
"I don't want to claim it has turned the world around," she said, ''but it has had an impact on what is going on."
Mr. Voinovich, the Republican former mayor of Cleveland, won the endorsement of the 20,000-member Ohio Federation of Teachers in part by adopting detailed AFT-recommended positions on student discipline, career ladders, and peer review.
The decision to support a Republican candidate over the Democratic contender, Attorney General Anthony Celebrezze Jr., stirred criticism from the state afl-cio But Ronald E. Marec, president of the oft, defended the move.
"The truth is, we've got two well-qualified candidates," Mr. Marec said. "But the truth also is that Mr. Voinovich is much more progressive when it comes to the basic issues of educational reform."
Targeting Redistricting
The NEA, by contrast, has invested most of its campaign war chest in those states that are predicted to to gain or lose the most population under the 1990 Census, and thus stand to gain or lose influence in the House, Mr. Ibarra said.
"This is the last election where we are going to have an opportunity to impact those officeholders who are very much a part of redrawing district lines," said Mr. Ibarra, stressing a point that his union has been trying to get across to state affiliates through briefings and training sessions.
"Florida, Texas, and California are going to be the biggest gainers," he noted. "Are we interested in who is going to be governor in those states? You bet we are."
Mr. Ibarra said the n.e.a. is especially concerned about the impact of the Census because demographic trends have been undermining its friends and strengthening its enemies in the House.
"Those Congressional districts that are most declining in terms of population are in fact some of our best supporters of public education as measured by their voting records," he said. "And the districts that are showing the greatest growth are those that have the least favorable voting records as far as members of the Congress."
The n.e.a. annually invests $2million in political-action committees and spends an additional $300,000 to $400,000 to communicate with members about political issues, Mr. Ibarra noted.
Major beneficiaries of the union's support have been the Democratic candidates in California, which is predicted to gain seven House seats; Florida, predicted to gain four seats; Texas, predicted to gain three seats; and Arizona, predicted to gain one.
Seeking to minimize its losses in states with falling populations, the union also is backing the Democratic incumbents in New York, which is predicted to lose three seats, and Pennsylvania, predicted to lose two.
But Mr. Ibarra said the n.e.a. has not always backed candidates who stand to further its interests in redistricting. Where education interests and redistricting interests have come into conflict, he maintained, the union has gone with its interests on the education issues.
He cited the examples of Illinois, which may lose two House seats and has an n.e.a.-endorsed Republican candidate, and Iowa, which may lose one seat but in which the Iowa State Education Association endorsed the Republican incumbent, Terry E. Branstad.
The isea's decision to endorse Governor Branstad over the Democratic candidate, Speaker of the House Donald D. Avenson, has generated heated debate within the ranks of the state's teachers.
Union officials said Mr. Branstad won their support with his promise to raise the state's teacher salaries to the national average within four years and his cooperation during his most recent term in pumping $92.5 million into teacher salaries and giving teachers a stronger voice in setting standards for the profession. They also praised his efforts to include the n.e.a. in the setting of national education goals as chairman of the National Governors' Association.
Many Iowa Teachers Angry
"The thinking was that we would lose credibility as an organization if we failed to support a Governor who had turned 180 degrees in terms of his support for education," said Bill Sherman, a spokesman for the isea
But many teachers in the state were angered by the abandonment of Mr. Avenson, who has been a strong ally of the union during his 18 years in the legislature.
Representative Arthur C. Ollie, the chairman of the House Education Committee and an i.s.e.a. member, for example, responded to the union endorsement by helping organize "Educators for Avenson."
Joe Shannahan, a spokesman for the Iowa Democratic Party, last week asserted that teachers throughout the state have become active in Mr. Avenson's campaign.
Another controversial decision to endorse a Republican occurred in Minnesota, where the Minnesota Education Association this summer voted to endorse a Republican contender, State Auditor Arne Carlson, rather than the veteran Democratic incumbent, Mr. Perpich.
Mr. Carlson was defeated in the Republican primary, however, by Jon Grunseth, who was generally seen as the more conservative candidate. The mea subsequently decided to back Mr. Perpich.
In four other states, the NEA and AFT affiliates have split their endorsements along partisan lines.
Illinois Race
Perhaps the most closely watched division is in Illinois, where the Illinois Education Association is backing the Republican candidate, Secretary of State Jim Edgar, who favors making permanent a temporary income-tax surcharge that provides more than $350 million a year for education. But the state AFT affiliate favors the Democrat, Attorney General Hartigan, who opposes extension of the surcharge, while proposing to increase education funding through other means.
The Ohio Education Association is backing Mr. Celebrezze against the oft's candidate, Mr. Voinovich.
The National Education Association Rhode Island has endorsed the Republican incumbent, Edward D. DiPrete, while the AFT affiliate supports his Democratic opponent, Bruce Sundlun.
A slightly different sort of split has occurred in Connecticut, where the AFT affiliate is backing the Democratic candidate, U.S. Representative Bruce A. Morrison, against Mr. Weicker, who is favored by the Connecticut Education Association. As a Republican member of the U.S. Senate, Mr. Weicker was a close ally of the nea
In one state, Alaska, the two affiliates have united in backing a Republican candidate, State Senator Arliss Sturgulewski. The Democatic candidate, Tony Knowles, earned the enmity of unions in the state by frequently clashing with city employees when he was Mayor of Anchorage, and by allegedly trying to block efforts to organize workers at a delicatessen he owns.
'Slight Tilt' to G.O.P.
Although teachers' unions have backed Republican candidates in the past, this year has seen a "slight tilt" by the unions away from the Democrats, according to Steven D. Henriksen, a consultant who has been monitoring the elections for the Education Commission of the States.
Further losses of teachers' union backing could be a major setback for Democratic candidates, who traditionally have relied on the affiliates for campaign funding and manpower.
But Mark D. Gearan, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, asserted that the affiliates who have backed Republicans are "a very small minority" who made their endorsements "for reasons particular to those states."
"There are particular stories in each one of those cases," Mr. Gearan said, maintaining that the endorsements of g.o.p. candidates "do not re4flect the membership" of the unions.
Michele Davis, executive director of the Republican Governors Association, countered that "the standard stereotype that unions automatically just back Democrats is no longer accurate."
A number of Republican gubernatorial candidates have established a good rapport with educators, Ms. Davis observed. "There is a general sense out there that if you establish a relationship and bring outside groups to the table it ultimately will pay political dividends," she said.
Mr. Ibarra interpreted the nea affiliates' endorsements of g.o.p. candidates as a sign that Republicans are becoming more aware of educational issues, particularly at the state level.
"We are delighted that we have Republicans who are worth our endorsement," Mr. Ibarra said. "We are a bipartisan organization, and we would love to endorse more Republican candidates."
Lorraine M. McDonnell, a senior political scientist at the rand Corporation who has studied the development of teachers' unions in depth, sought to place the groups' involvement in gubernatorial races in the broader context of their role in state politics as a whole.
The increased interest of teachers' unions in Republican candidates, she asserted, is not just the result of change within the g.o.p. It also reflects efforts by the unions to become perceived as more politically moderate and interested in education reform in an attempt to regain political ground lost during the early 1980's, she said.
Mr. Henriksen of the e.c.s. found a pragmatic motive, though, in many of the union endorsements of Republican candidates.
"Where you have a clear Republican winner," he said, "you are going to find the teachers' unions doing 'the smart political thing' and going with the winner."
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Pragmatic Guide to JavaScript is the Pragprog's book by Christophe Porteneuve which I have wanted to read for a while.
However I went into the book expecting a framework agnostic approach. This book however is very heavily focussed on Pototype. Initial chapters start as framework agnostic, but they soon turn into Prototype based. [1]
- Bread and butter: pure JavaScript
- The DOM, events, and timers
- UI tricks
- Form-fu
- Talking with the server side
- Making mashups
Bread and butter: pure JavaScript
Has some basic tasks around managing namespace pollution and named and optional parameters. Framework agnostic.
The DOM, events, and timers
Tasks around getting and manipulating Dom elements. Has examples is Prototype, Jquery, YUI, Dojo and MooTools.
UI tricks
Task around common UI tasks like tooltips, lightboxes and unobtrusive popups. Becomes Prototype based from this point onwards.
Tasks around form validation, conditionally disabling elements and auto-complete.
Talking with the server side
Task around understanding Ajax and cross domain Ajax using JSON-P and other techniques.
Making mashups
Tasks around making mashups using Twitter and Flickr API. Also has discussion and history of various common JS frameworks.
Overall this book is good read if
- You work with prototype.
- Work with other libraries, but would like to know about debugging JS in various browsers.
It is a pass if
- You work with Jquery/Other libraries and want a book tailored to that.
- Want a language agnostic book.
[1] It tries to get around this problem by putting code on Github and asking people to fork and create other framework translations. https://github.com/tdd/pragmatic-javascript
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The Outcry! As we all know by now Cruz did not endorse Donald Trump, which he told him he was not going to do days before he gave his speech. This was not a cloak and dagger move. Cruz is now being lambasted by many for going back on his word.
While I believe that your "yes" needs to be "yes", and your "no" needs to be "no", is there a place for concession to be made? I think, Biblically, yes.
I will make this short: It is not ok for you to agree to do something wrong. If you signed a business deal, and later found out that there were unlawful dealings going on, you would be obligated as a Christian to pull out of that agreement.
Anther example given by the well articulate, Ben Thompson:
"Hey Steve, I'll come help you move all your stuff on Saturday. I promise!"
"That's cool. Oh, by the way, hey everybody! Bob's wife is crazy, Bob's a man-slut, and I think his dad wanted to assassinate the president! And he lies, like, ALL THE TIME!"
"Uh, Steve? I don't think I'm going to help you move anymore."
Yes, I am equating endorsing Trump with doing the wrong thing, but before you tear into me let me explain the difference between possibly voting for him and endorsing him:
I think there are some very good reasons to vote for the Trump platform vs the Hillary platform. A friend of mine gave some very sound political reasoning for voting for Trump that had practically nothing to do with Trump. I can even understand the "better of two evils argument" even if I disagree. But to outright support the person that is Donald Trump I think is wrong, the same as I would not endorse any other blatantly immoral celebrity or person.
Yes, all people are sinful on some level but this is often a red herring argument. There is a difference between a sinful person trying to do what is right and a person who boasts of their sin.
Cruz may be making a purely selfish political move. I think that is speculative. I think he has shown consistency during his entire campaign. I watched almost every debate, I read the articles, I read the accusations, and I read the rebuttals. Cruz could have wiped the…well you know..of the Republican Nominee like he was supposed to at the RNC, but instead He chose to stay principled.
We should be voting by our conscience, not by partisan loyalties. That may mean you need to vote for Trump, but that doesn't mean Cruz is disloyal, a promise breaker, or a liar because he opted not to endorse a man who celebrates his immorality, and is not qualified on character alone to lead a nation. Cruz may even vote for Trump, but that is not the same as publicly endorsing.


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More intense exercise after a liver transplant may stave off metabolic syndrome, at least in some patients. Also, a possible genetic basis for statin-related myopathy and news about a peripheral stent and a heart valve.
Exercise May Cut Metabolic Syndrome After Liver Transplant
Higher exercise intensity was associated with a lower likelihood of metabolic syndrome among patients more than a year out from a liver transplant, according to a study in Liver Transplantation.
Liver transplant recipients, who often have a low tolerance for exercise, have elevated risks of metabolic abnormalities and cardiovascular disease, and Eric Kallwitz, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., and colleagues explored the relationship between physical activity and metabolic syndrome. The syndrome was defined as the presence of at least three of the following traits: impaired fasting glucose, elevated blood pressure, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL cholesterol, and increased waist circumference.
Of 204 patients who were more than 3 months past their transplant, 58.8% had metabolic syndrome and slightly more than half (52%) said they didn't perform any formal exercise.
The researchers found that increased exercise intensity -- as measured by metabolic equivalents (METS) -- was not significantly associated with a lower occurrence of metabolic syndrome in the overall patient population (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.68-1.01), although the relationship did reach statistical significance in patients who had their transplant more than a year previously (OR 0.69, 95% CI 0.54-0.89).
"The observation that exercise intensity was inversely related to metabolic syndrome post transplant is novel and suggests physical activity might provide a means to reduce metabolic syndrome complications in liver transplant recipients," the authors wrote.
Statin Concentrations Come Down to Genetics
Although statins are effective at reducing cardiovascular risk, one potential side effect is myopathy, which is associated with increased systemic drug exposure. That risk might be predicted by genetics, researchers found.
Richard Kim, MD, of the University of Western Ontario, and colleagues examined clinical and pharmacogenetic predictors of circulating atorvastatin and rosuvastatin (Crestor) concentrations in 299 patients. There was a 45-fold variation in statin concentration among them, even at the same dose.
As reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, certain single nucleotide polymorphisms in uptake and efflux transporter genes were associated with concentrations of the two statins. The researchers described an algorithm incorporating that information that could be used to predict which patients would be exposed to high concentrations of the drugs, and thus could have a greater risk of myopathy.
The researchers noted that "controlled, randomized trials are required to determine whether statin myopathy is reduced if statins are prescribed using this approach."
PAD Stent Makes Comeback After Recall
Cook Medical said that it has restarted distribution of the Zilver PTX paclitaxel-eluting peripheral stent in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and elsewhere after a halt caused by a defect in the stent's delivery system that resulted in separation of the catheter tip.
The stent, which is used for treating peripheral arterial disease in the superficial femoral artery, was recalled in April because of the problem, which carried a risk of surgery to remove the tip, vascular occlusion by the tip, thrombosis, amputation, cardiac arrest, or death, according to the FDA. At the time of the recall, Cook Medical said one patient death had been tied to the catheter issue.
The Zilver PTX stent was first approved in Europe in 2009. It was approved in Japan in April 2012 and in the U.S. last November.
Next-Generation TAVI Device Gets Go-Ahead for Trial
Edwards Lifesciences said that it has received conditional Investigational Device Exemption approval from the FDA to perform a trial of the Edwards Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic heart valve and related accessories in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis.
The transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device will be studied in inoperable patients and those considered to have a high surgical risk. The trial is expected to enroll up to 500 patients and will evaluate TAVI performed via the transfemoral, transapical, and transaortic routes.
The control for the trial will consist of data from previous incarnations of the Edwards Sapien valve in the PARTNER trials. There will be a primary composite endpoint -- measured at 1 year -- that has not yet been finalized.
The company said the new valve has a lower-profile delivery system and a fabric cuff designed to reduce paravalvular leak, which has been associated with worse outcomes.


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Sixty four per cent of residents of the likes of Brazil, Colombia and Peru prefer to travel around their own country rather than head abroad for their vacations.
The Latin American Travel and Tourism Trends Study found that people take on average five trips a year, much more than other countries, and the average trip takes around 10 days.
When they decide to go away, six in 10 are undecided on where they want to take a trip too and 70 per cent are open to help and inspiration when choosing their destination.
Jennifer Andre, Senior Director at North America and Latin America at Expedia Group Media Solutions, said: "Latin American travelers are taking more trips and longer trips than travelers from other countries, but interestingly, the majority opt to explore their own countries over travelling internationally.
"Although Latin Americans may be more apt to travel domestically, they are often undecided on a destination, and they're turning to a variety of sources for inspiration and information. This indicates a significant opportunity for marketers to reach and influence this audience throughout the path to purchase."


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MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Merrimack College men's tennis program secured a second consecutive second-place finish in the Northeast-10 Conference with an 8-1 win Saturday afternoon at Saint Anselm. The Warriors will face either the third-seeded Adelphi or the sixth-seeded Assumption in the NE10 Semifinals at home on Thursday at 2 p.m.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 8, Saint Anselm 1
Records: Merrimack (9-8, 7-2 NE10) | Saint Anselm (4-14, 1-8 NE10)
Location: Saint Anselm Tennis Courts | Manchester, N.H.
NE10 Championship Outlook
With the Warriors' victory on Saturday, Merrimack secured the second seed in next week's NE10 Championship. Merrimack will enjoy a first-round bye and play either the third or sixth seed in the semifinals on Thursday at home.
1. Southern New Hampshire – 9-0
2. Merrimack – 7-2
3. Adelphi – 7-2
4. Bentley – 5-4
5. Le Moyne – 5-4
6. Assumption – 4-5
7. Stonehill – 4-5
8. Franklin Pierce – 3-6
9. Saint Anselm – 1-8
10. Saint Michael's – 0-9
How It Happened (Doubles)
- No. 1 – Senior Nick Majewski (Brewster, Mass.) and junior Mikhail Belov (Krasnoarmeyskoy, Russia) concluded their regular season as a regionally ranked tandem with an 8-3 victory at the first flight
- No. 2 – Junior Frank Vega (Lima, Peru) and freshman Alex Fedorov (Guilderland, N.Y.) strung together a dominant outing at second doubles, needing only nine games to dispatch their opposition (8-1)
- No. 3 – Senior Tayyab Sheikh (Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore Alex Slobin (Fairfield, Conn.) played the closest match of the three, but still secured a comfortable 8-5 win to complete the doubles sweep
How It Happened (Singles)
- No. 1 – Vega started a run of four wins at the top-four flights with a straight-sets victory at first singles (6-3, 6-0)
- No. 2 – Belov needed only eight games to win his opener (6-2) before pitching a shutout in the second set to record the sweep, 6-0
- No. 3 – Majewski also played in the minimum, closing out his final regular season with a straight-sets victory at third singles (6-2, 6-4)
- No. 4 – Fedorov concluded his debut regular season with his eighth NE10 singles win of the spring with seven-game sets in each of his frames on Saturday (6-1, 6-1)
- No. 5 – Slobin dropped the only contest of the day for the Warriors, but did win his first set by a 6-1 win. The Hawks' Kyle Harris forced a third set with a 6-4 victory in the middle frame, and prevailed in a tightly contest final set, 11-9
- No. 6 – Sheikh also needed three sets, but emerged on the winning end with an 11-9 besting of Benji Page in the final frame of the day
1. Nick Majewski/Mikhail Belov (MER) def. Adam Weinstein/Daniel Kimetz (STA), 8-3
2. Frank Vega/Alex Fedorov (MER) def. Eric Howes/Kyle Harris (STA), 8-1
3. Alex Slobin/Tayyab Sheikh (MER) def. Brian Kavanagh /Brian Madden (STA), 8-5
1. Frank Vega (MER) def. Eric Howes (STA) 6-3, 6-0
2. Mikhail Belov (MER) def. Adam Weinstein (STA) 6-2, 6-0
3. Nick Majewski (MER) def. Daniel Kimetz (STA) 6-2, 6-4
4. Alex Fedorov (MER) def. Brian Kavanagh (STA) 6-1, 6-1
5. Kyle Harris (STA) def. Alex Slobin (MER) 1-6, 6-4, 11-9
6. Tayyab Sheikh (MER) def. Benji Page (STA) 7-5, 5-7, 11-9
Up Next
The Warriors advance to face either No. 3 Adelphi University or No. 6 Assumption in the NE10 Semifinals at home on Thursday afternoon.


text: While most people place the blame, or credit, for CMHC changes to lending practices scheduled for April 19 with the Finance Dept., it was really the banks who lobbied for tighter rules. Making buyers qualify at the posted five year mortgage rate seemed straight forward (buyers were already being qualified at the three year rate previously), the kicker was that buyers who opted for a five year or longer term could then be qualified at the contract rate – usually a lower discounted rate. The net effect is that buyers will be channelled into a five year mortgage. Then the banks all announced an increase of 60 Basis Points in their five year rates – at about the same time and with about the same increase – sounds like a job for the Competition Bureau. But wait, their hands are full dealing with the real estate industry and its association – CREA. At the same time the CMHC rules for investors – remember the first press release which called these people speculators – requires 20% down and provides for less credit assigned to rental income offsets. Again this will remove a significant number of smaller Canadian property investors. So why do banks want to take the 'steam' out of the real estate market? Remember that their growth business going forward is 'wealth management' and brokerages. That is selling stocks, bonds, and mutual funds to average Canadians for their retirement. But past portfolio performance has more and more average Canadians looking at alternative investments such as real estate. So how to compete? Just kill the real estate market and drive everyone back to stocks and mutual funds. The criticism levelled against people such as me who comment on the real estate market is that we have a vested interest and we could never be unbiased in our analysis and forecasting of real estate markets. But what about all these bank economists and banking personnel? They also have a vested interest in getting the average Canadian out of real estate and back into their products. Sound a little farfetched? While the rest of the economy struggles, banks are making record profits. And yes they will succeed in putting a damper on this real estate market. Let's hope people are smart enough to realize that long term, real estate is a better investment with more personal control of one's affairs.


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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Meat Experts @ Hartamas Shopping Center
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I've heard about them. My colleague kept pastering me to go there with her. Guess I just might have to.ReplyDelete
qwazymonkey: yeah, apparently this company has been in the catering and delivery business since may 2009, and they decided to recently open a restaurant as well. worth trying if u feel carnivorous :DReplyDelete
imported duck? i thought tats not allowed (so i was told by the four seasons boss)..ReplyDelete
joe: ya lor, we were very skeptical, but the manager insisted it was flown in from bayswater... i think it's just local duck though, cos it tastes like the one at capsquare...ReplyDelete
So the ribs are where it's at! I'm actually getting dizzy with the speed of new places opening up and how you're breezily covering them! It's going to take me a long long time to even think about catching up!ReplyDelete
min: yeah, it's tough trying to keep track of what's opening! next week will be hectic: at least 4 high-profile places opening between dec. 14-18 in different locations (jln sultan ismail, jln tun razak, the gardens, damansara perdana)...ReplyDelete
ooh this is new to me! I wanna make my own roast pork pasta after this!ReplyDelete
wahh...another PORK-y place!ReplyDelete
Whats with the sudden surge?!
hey, great clear pics. New camera or the lighting was good?
eh.. I thought that you are not really a beer person?? how come got beer one?? lol...ReplyDelete
Hartamas Shopping Centre... time to go!!!
eiling: good luck! but the spaghetti should be easy, while roast pork can be bought, right? :DReplyDelete
tng: businesses are learning the power of pork! in this case, i have to thank the good shopping mall lighting =)
leo: u have a great memory! actually i've been learning to drink beer in the last few weeks, so you'll be seeing more reviews with beer soon. but i still prefer wine :D
culatello! Neroteca also has that, exp stuff.ReplyDelete
boo: yeah! i think it was more than double the price of the parma ham...ReplyDelete
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If you can find black kale (cavalo nero), try it in place of regular kale. Serve with a grilled Swiss cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with sliced tomato or a grilled fontina sandwich with roasted red bell peppers.
How to Make It
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add leek and potato; cook 8 minutes or until leek is tender, stirring frequently. Add 1/3 cup water, kale, rice, salt, thyme, pepper, and garlic; cook 5 minutes or until kale wilts, stirring frequently. Add remaining 4 2/3 cups water and bouillon cubes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Sprinkle each serving with 2 tablespoons cheese. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups).


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Large pothole
Reported in the Potholes / Highway Condition category anonymously at 17:01, Wed 15 May 2019
Sent to Northamptonshire County Council 4 minutes later. ref: 1630823.
Pothole on edge of road heading towards Yelvertoft next to national speed limit sign
Thank you for reporting a fault on the highway. We will use the information you have provided to assess and prioritise this fault in accordance with our published response times for fault reports.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Northamptonshire County Council at 17:05, Wed 15 May 2019
Work instructed and will be undertaken within 7 days.
State changed to: In progress
Posted by Northamptonshire County Council at 14:25, Mon 20 May 2019
This pothole has been marked for a while now but not filled in
Posted anonymously at 09:42, Wed 5 June 2019
Still hasn't been fixed. Your report says 7 days from 20th May and now it's July
Posted anonymously at 11:31, Fri 5 July 2019
Now Fixed
State changed to: Fixed
Posted anonymously at 15:37, Mon 23 September 2019
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Trades and Occupations
Have I mentioned the Rumors of War Relaunch Project FUNDED?
See for yourself!
So, where have my game design updates been lately?
And why have I taken so long to roll up the last dozen characters for the character pool? (What are you talking about? The Kickstarter Campaign of course!)
Two big things happened — I completely changed how skills are assigned, and I finally started in on the "occupations" aspect of the Trades system. If you've sampled 5th Edition, you'll have an idea of how occupations work — every character gets one, and each offers a bit of lore and a non-combat feature.
What I hope to do with occupations is really flesh out the parts of the world the adventurers tend to miss. Occupations aren't just a list of real-world jobs — they are effectively 0th-level character classes. While they offer players a connection to the world, they provide DMs with an invaluable resource.
Need an NPC? Pick an occupation. Done. You immediately know the character does (show not tell?) and their place in society. Many people are defined by what they do, and really once you have their job it's easy to see the different directions they can go in terms of physical appearance — to type, or against type?
Is the blacksmith a grizzled man with a beard and a funny accent? Is the blacksmith a woman? Is the blacksmith covered in burn scars and layers of calloused skin?
I don't know about WotC, but I plan to use this system to model all aspects of society — not just the nice ones. I'm working on a "Renegade" occupation that includes bandits, slavers, and pirates. The trick I think is creating an occupation without that "universal allure" that all players want. *frowns*
Actually, let me tell you about three others — in addition to the "Renegade" occupation for all the baddies to belong to, there are separate bounty hunter, fugitive, and smuggler occupations. I'm rounding out bounty hunters to include monsters and beasts at well — you know, like they do.
Fugitives are perpetually on the run — whether they're guilty or not — and know how to hide. Not sure how groups will play with this one. It isn't exactly the same as the "lone wolf" Rogue Problem — the party might decide to protect the fugitive, and just because they can run doesn't mean they will.
Smugglers move and store illicit goods. Or people, on occasion. They aren't obvious villain material like pirates or slavers, and even Han Solo was a smuggler. They're rogues. Scoundrels. Lawbreakers. But they might be taking medicine to people in a quarantine zone. Or rescuing people from the secret police.


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The BeetJet / Fiesta Gun has been specifically designed for the application of Beet Molasses based products and for the use of applying Fiesta.
- Plastic on/off trigger stands up the corrosive nature of the Beet Molasses and Fiesta compound much better then the metal trigger, in its repeated application.
- 18" spray wand
- Provides a 4' to 6' swath
- Comes standard with a TF-VS10 Stainless Steel nozzle - flow rates from 1 GPM to 3 GPM depending on pressure.
This gun was designed for the spraying of Beet juice or Fiesta on turf.
A successful, environmentally friendly method of controlling unsightly turf weeds.


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Con/ EF; thick glossy green patina, well-centered with sharp stikes on both sides. In hand, this large and heavy coin sings.
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Seller's Note/ Not sure why, perhaps due to the alloy (?), but Viminacium issues tend to accrue spectacular green patinas.


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Catch websites Ferret - ferret.com.au and infolink.com.au took first place in their respective categories at the annual Hitwise Online Performance Awards last night (8/2/07).
At a sold-out event attended by the online A-list including Bessie Bardot, with James O'Lauchlan as MC, Catch – the online specialist division of Reed Business Information - was well-represented with Ferret taking out number one website for 2006 in the category of Manufacturing and Industrial, while Infolink came first for Building and Construction.
The Hitwise Online Performance Awards celebrate the most popular website in respective categories over the period of 12 months.
Receiving the awards on behalf of Ferret and Infolink were Alastair Simpson, and Johnny Kairouz respectively.
"This award is the product of a year's hard work by everyone involved, and it's great to see our drive and team work have paid off," Simpson said.
These awards represent the culmination of a great year for both ferret.com.au, infolink.com.au and Catch as a whole, with both websites experiencing massive and rapid growth in content, business listings advertising and traffic.
The Hitwise Online Performance Awards measure over one third of all Australian websites and local Internet users throughout the course of the year and the results are audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Success confirms that for Australian Businesses in the categories of Manfacturing and Industrial, and Building and Construction, Ferret and Infolink are the online business directories at the top.


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Punk rockers The Clash meet The Jungle Book at Bonhams' urban art sale
Punk rockers The Clash meet The Jungle Book at Bonhams' urban art sale
Some of the world's most famous graffiti and pop artists are going under the hammer in London
Bonhams' Urban Art auction in January next year will see cutting edge work by some of the world's most famous graffiti artists go under the hammer.
The sale on January 11 will feature work by artists such as Banksy, D*Face, Futura 2000, Eineand Shepard Fairey, and is expected at attract attention from collectors and investors alike.
One of the sale's highlights will be an original art work by the legendary Bristol street artist Banksy, created for a Greenpeace Save or Delete campaign poster.
It features characters from Disney's The Jungle Book pictured in a devastated forest, and was intended for use on posters, billboards and postcards. While it was printed, it was never put into circulation because of the protectionist policies at Disney.
Banksy's artwork was originally created for a Greenpeace poster campaign
A version of this poster is illustrated in Banksy's Wall and Piece book. Estimated at 60,000 - 80,000, the unique piece was given to the vendor by the artist himself.
Another sale highlight is a performance piece created by American graffiti artist, Futura 2000, for punk rock band The Clash's Combat Rock tour.
Best-known for painting subway trains during the 1970s, Futura 2000 pioneered an abstract approach to graffiti art that remained influential to this day.
He was commissioned to paint the stage backdrop for The Clash whilst they performed in 1983. Estimated at 15,000 - 20,000, it is believed to be the only work to have survived from the gigs.
The piece was created live on stage with The Clash during their European tour
With prices ranging from 400 to 80,000 the sale will offer collectors of every level a chance to invest in a market which has seen huge growth in recent years.
Street art is proving an accessible and affordable way into the art market for many collectors, and with prices rising for many artists it could also prove to be an excellent entry-level investment.
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From a purely visceral standpoint Houston International Festival offers entertainment. True to its name, it's both international and festive, with four days of carefully curated music. iFest also has an cultural educational element. The intersection of those two things — education and entertainment, assisted also by grilled meat — is for my money the festival's great gift to Houston. Over two weekends it effectively shrinks the world into an easily traversed expanse. Much has been written about how the internet has rendered irrelevant music's seemingly tenured gatekeepers, when in actuality, the access to so much more music makes future gatekeepers more important.
And the view should be bright and global. Which was my thought watching Bombino — a young guitarist from Niger — perform Saturday afternoon. He played a hypnotic 30 minute set on acoustic guitar before plugging in and instantly creating a swell of interest from festival passers-by. Bombino's sound is rooted in ages-old Tuareg tradition, but having stumbled on an electric guitar as a kid as well as videos of Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler, he found a new sound, one that spanned an ocean and crosses language barriers. As he peeled off prickly solos with a particular flair, my first thought was Prince. One person in my company could swear the rhythms weren't too far from those in zydeco. Another asked about one particular song that was played, which I called Song 4. Because, honestly, "Kammou Taliat" isn't a title I'd taken the time to memorize. And it didn't matter: The music made a strong connection through the flecks of the familiar and the mystery of what was not.
Bombino played one week after iFest hosted Tidal Waves, who hail from South Africa. The group turned out a magnificent set that fused reggae, that most-Jamaican of musics, with some highlife and other African sounds. Later that day Los Amigos Invisibles played music from its native Venezuela that seemed also to show some influence of American funk (Prince again) and garage rock.
Unrelated to iFest but bearing mention was Lee Fields, who played the Continental Club Friday night, one of the most explosive soul shows I've had the good fortune to see. Fields first recorded in 1969 but his classic sound was a few years behind the times, gritty and earthy when glitzy and funky had become the rage. Yet the basic brassy soul that he made then and now has found its audience years after he seemed certain for a breakthrough, all thanks to a few music industry types who heard a singular talent and realized there was a demand for his music. There's a touch of classic country in his ballads. And Fields entered the Continental before show time wearing a Ramones shirt.
So the popular myth that the gatekeepers, tastemakers or whatever you want to call them are going the way of the dodo is a creaky one. That said, the rigid prejudices that existed about music — which led to genres, playlists, formats and other models of categorical shorthand — do feel antiquated as we all move further away from the music of our youth.


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"Robot" means "work". It means "work" in the "Czech" language. The word comes from a novel by a Czech novelist.
Winston Smith's robot did not work. It was a nanny robot but it had been converted from a pleasure model. It had been used in the off world colonies by military and security personnel and it had been taken to the ooze by top down maintenance crews. It had been inside most of the main structural pillars of Universal City in this sector and it had about two dozen miscellaneous human parts.
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had been converted
had been used
had been taken
had been inside
The name of the robot was Grace. She had scars on her face and lines around her eyes but her smile was still beautiful and Winston liked to look at her. He actually stared at her. He just stared. He knew it was rude but she was a machine.
"Your wife called" said Grace as Winston walked in with the pizza and the milk and mower fuel. "She got tired of waiting for milk for her coffee so she went out and had a coffee at one of the coffee shops near Katrina Fashion."
"When is she coming back?" said Winston.
"She wants me to pick her up thirty minutes ago" said Grace.
"Why didn't you take the train down to get her?"
"I have to mind the children."
"The children are old enough to look after themselves."
"Not according to my programming."
"She will be angry."
"She will."
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5 Reasons You Should Definitely Never Live in Maine During the Winter
Thinking about living in Maine during the winter? Well, you've been warned...
Your Winter Photos Will Be Too Perfect
Your out-of-state friends are going to get jealous by how incredible Maine looks with a fresh blanket of snow, and who wants that? Winter pictures that look like postcards? No need for filters on your photos of a snowy landscape? Beautiful backdrops amidst falling snow?
Way Too Much Skiing and Snowboarding
The fresh powder is going to make you want to take a sick day so you can go hit the slopes. You've got just too many options from Lost Valley to Shawnee Peak to Sugarloaf, so it will be oh so hard to decide where to go, too. Sounds stressful.
You'll Have a Hard Time Deciding Which Maine Beer to Enjoy by the Fire
According to the Maine Brewers' Guild, there were 89 breweries as of Oct. 31, 2016. That's a lot of beers! Imagine how difficult it must be deciding which great local place to choose from. And then imagine once you find a brewer, which of the many delicious types of beer you'll have to sift through before you settle on one while lounging next to a roaring fire. Tough stuff.
The Holidays Are Just Too Festive
With so many holiday light shows, tree lightings, and holiday events seemingly at every corner, there just winds up being too much cheer in Maine during the winter. And the mesmerizing display of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is so incredibly colorful, you'll probably want to go back again because it truly lights up the holidays. It's like a magical winter wonderland for the holidays.
You'll Want to Stay for the Other Seasons
Once you're enjoying winter in Maine, you'll also be sitting around looking forward to the state's other seasons. The beautiful spring, the fantastic warm summer, and the crisp fall are just around the corner. Basically, you'll never want to leave this great state in any season!


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Tabulation of data :
Tabulation may be defined as systematic presentation of data with the help of a statistical table having a number of rows and columns and complete with reference number, title, description of rows as well as columns and foot notes, if any.
We may consider the following guidelines for tabulation :
1. A statistical table should be allotted a serial number along with a self-explanatory title.
2. The table under consideration should be divided into caption, Box-head, Stub and Body.
Caption :
Caption is the upper part of the table, describing the columns and sub-columns, if any.
Box-head :
The Box-head is the entire upper part of the table which includes columns and sub-column numbers, unit(s) of measurement along with caption.
Stub :
Stub is the left part of the table providing the description of the rows.
Body :
The body is the main part of the table that contains
the numerical figures.
3. The table should be well-balanced in length and breadth.
4. The data must be arranged in a table in such a way that comparison(s) between different figures are made possible without much labor and time.
Also the row totals, column totals, the units of measurement must be shown.
5. The data should be arranged intelligently in a well-balanced sequence and the presentation of data in the table should be appealing to the eyes as far as practicable.
6. Notes describing the source of the data and bringing clarity and, if necessary, about any rows or columns known as footnotes, should be shown at the bottom part of the table.
The textual presentation of data, relating to the workers of a factory is shown in the following table.
Status of the workers of the factory on the basis of their trade union membership for 1999 and 2000.
Source :
Here, we have to write the source through which we got the above data.
Footnote :
TU, M, F and T stand for trade union, male, female and total respectively.
The tabulation method is usually preferred to textual presentation as
(i) It facilitates comparison between rows and columns.
(ii) Complicated data can also be represented using tabulation.
(iii) It is a must for diagrammatic representation.
(iv) Without tabulation, statistical analysis of data is not possible.
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methinks I should hear with indifference if a trustworthy messenger were to inform me that the sun drowned himself last night
Thoreau's Journal: 19-Aug-1851
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live! Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow, as if I had given vent to the stream at the lower end and consequently new fountains flowed into it at the upper. A thousand rills which have their rise in the sources of thought burst forth and fertilize my brain. You need to increase the draught below, as the owners of meadows on Concord River say of the Billerica Dam. Only while we are in action is the circulation perfect. The writing which consists with habitual sitting is mechanical, wooden, dull to read.
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How to Move Emails From Gmail to a Yahoo Account
Gmail forwarding gives users the ability to move email messages from the Gmail inbox to external accounts. Below each message appears a box that invites the user to reply or forward. The Forward tab sends the message to a different email address, which could be your Yahoo account or that of a coworker. If you decide that you want to regularly forward Gmail messages to the Yahoo account, it's not necessary to forward them one by one – you can have Gmail transfer your mail automatically.
Log in to your Gmail account.
Click the "Gear" icon in the upper right corner of the browser window.
Click "Settings" from the pop-up menu to load the Settings page.
Click the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.
Click the "Add a Forwarding Address" button to open a new dialog box.
Type the Yahoo email address into the text box and click "Next."
Click "Proceed." Gmail sends an email to the Yahoo account.
Log in to the Yahoo account using a separate browser window. Read the message from Gmail and copy the confirmation code.
Switch back to the Gmail window and paste the confirmation code into the "Verify" text box.
Click "Verify." Gmail adds the Yahoo account to your list of forwarding addresses.
Click the button labeled "Forward a copy of incoming mail to."
Click the first drop-down box next to the option button and select the Yahoo email address.
Click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the screen.
- If you use your Gmail account for personal correspondence, do not forward your email to any Yahoo user's account other than your own unless you want that user to read your mail. If you want to forward only certain messages, forward them one by one to safeguard your privacy.
- To delete a message from your Gmail account after forwarding it, click the second drop-down box next to the option button described in Step 12. Click "Delete Gmail's Copy."
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Errand for Apothecary ZingeTake the purchase order to Alessandro Luca in the Undercity.
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DescriptionThe Royal Apothecary Society needs your assistance. Listen closely, and both of us may profit from my plan.
Apothecary Keever in the next room may be... touched... but his research does potentially bear fruit if it were pursued by a clever researcher. Fortunately, I am such a researcher. I want you to take this purchase order to Alessandro Luca, the proprietor of Blue Moon Odds and Ends; he'll give you a testing kit. When you have it, bring it back to me and I'll outline your task in detail.
Yes, and what may I assist you with? Are you here on business for the Royal Apothecary Society, or have you arrived here merely to brighten my day?
Ah, Zinge needs a kit, does she? It saddens me that Zinge does not choose to grace myself with her sweet presence.
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Here are my reasons for (and why you might want to as well):
- To reduce abuse of access to your data: There are more and more stories of organizations, government and other, using and abusing data given off from your cell phone (e.g. this story on location based marketing in Toronto being just one). This product can help put a stop to that.
- To increase the amount of control I have: I may not have an issue with others using this data and there may be times when I think there is a benefit to me to have this data accessible. Generally I don't, but I like the option. This product helps with that.
- To encourage more people to make such products: if this campaign is successful, I hope to see more businesses attempting similar but different and possibly better products, which is a benefit to me and people like me who values their privacy.
Reasons against:
- it's not foolproof. By that, I mean anyone with enough motivation could still use the data you inevitably will give off when you are using your phone to extrapolate things about you. As well, there are other ways you can be tracked (E.g., abusive apps).
In my case, I think the reasons for outweigh the reasons against, and that is why I have pledged to this Kickstarter campaign . I would encourage you to pledge as well.
Here's a link to it: '1984' Stealth Fashion for the Under-Surveillance Society by Zoltan Csaki — Kickstarter.


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Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders for Today's Workplace
Vlog with Dr. Suzanne Minarcine
Faculty Director, School of Business, American Public University
Dr. Cassandra Shaw
Program Director, Entrepreneurship, American Public University
Dr. Marie Gould Harper
Program Director, Management, American Public University
Today's quick-changing workplace, employees and customers are greatly different from previous eras. Leaders must alter their behavior in order for their companies to remain competitive in the marketplace, as well as to inspire and retain their best employees.
In this vlog, APU professors Dr. Suzanne Minarcine, Dr. Cassandra Shaw and Dr. Marie Gould Harper offer their perspectives on how to train and prepare the next generation of leaders in business, entrepreneurship and HR. Among the topics covered are the ideal qualities to develop in leaders, entrepreneurial leadership, emotional intelligence (EI), the role of leaders in the modern workplace and digital leadership.
About the Speakers
Dr. Suzanne Minarcine is the Faculty Director for the School of Business at American Public University. She currently teaches strategic management, leadership and entrepreneurship courses.
Dr. Cassandra (Sandy) Shaw is the Program Director for Entrepreneurship at APU. As a solopreneur, intrapreneur and instructor, she enjoys seeing others succeed. Her passion comes from helping others to see and reach their greatest potential. Follow Sandy on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shawcassandra/ and Twitter: @ResearchShaw.
Dr. Marie Gould Harper is the Program Director of Management at American Public University. She holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Wellesley College, a master's degree in instructional systems from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in business from Capella University. She is a progressive coach, facilitator, writer, strategist and human resources/organizational development professional with more than 30 years of leadership, project management, and administrative experience. Dr. Gould Harper has worked in both corporate and academic environments.
Dr. Gould Harper is an innovative thinker and strong leader, manifesting people skills, a methodical approach to problems, organizational vision and ability to inspire followers. She is committed to continuous improvement in organizational effectiveness and human capital development, customer service and the development of future leaders.


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OVER THE YEARS, THE ROLE of the Federal Reserve Board has steadily evolved. Once a cloistered tender of the money supply and manipulator of interest rates, its writ has quietly but inexorably expanded to that of de facto caretaker of the greater economy. As the agency's reach and influence have risen, so, too, has the status of its chairmen, most notably in Washington, and Wall Street.
In his frequent obligatory close encounters with congress folk, a Fed chairman these days need only clear his throat in preparation for delivering anything from a financial forecast to an idle comment about the weather -- or, for that matter, to merely swallow some spittle -- to make lawmakers cock an eager ear. In Wall Street, of course, the faintest rumor of action, or lack of action, by the Fed can trigger a pyrotechnic reaction.
The legacy of a Fed chairman tends to be described, rightly or not, in a mot or two, encapsulating his approach to the job, some pivotal tactic during his tenure or a particularly telling phrase attributed to him. William McChesney Martin, for example, is invariably identified with for his vow to curb an eruption of animal spirits in the stock market by "taking away the punch bowl." Paul Volcker will always be known as the man who proved there was no such thing as a mission impossible by taming the horrendous outbreak of inflation of the 1970s and early '80s.
Alan Greenspan has left several indelible imprints that are destined to commemorate his extended reign as head of the Fed: his unrivaled skill as bubble-enabler and what some inspired options aficionado dubbed "The Greenspan Put," in which Mr. G. implicitly pledged (or so the conventional Street wisdom interpreted it) to protect investors from the full consequences of their feckless follies.
Not to be outdone by his immediate predecessor, and perhaps with an eye not only on his legacy but possibly on keeping his job when his present term expires early next year, the current occupant of the high and mighty post, Ben Bernanke, last week went a long ways toward establishing his bona fides for entry into the Fed Chairman Hall of Fame, by promising some $1.1 trillion to get the credit markets -- and by extension, the economy -- breathing freely again.
He thus became that rarity among Fed chiefs -- an admitted "quant," which stands for an adherent of quantitative easing -- and his conversion represents a quantum leap from the old-fogey notion favored by Fed chairmen of yore of rousing or restraining the economy by fiddling with fed-fund rates and kindred oblique monetary moves.
More specifically, this embrace of unorthodox policy which, if memory serves, Japan took a whirl at without much success as it sought to emerge from its near-perpetual recession, calls for Mr. Bernanke and his minions to gobble up long-term Treasury bonds ($300 billion worth for openers) and mortgage-backed securities, with the Fed's legendary printing press churning out the moola to pay for them.
As the estimable John Gray, of the London School of Economics, wryly explains in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, the point of quantitative easing is to furnish the means to "re-energize the economic activity so that society can in effect borrow itself out of debt." Why do we think there's something counterintuitive about the idea?
It beggars the imagination to suppose that a trillion bucks, atop trillions more that good old Uncle Sam has been shelling out, won't have an impact on the economy. Of course it will. But it's by no means clear that any fillip will be anything more than temporary, or prove a prelude to a broad economic recovery.
And while the Fed's exertions may help lower interest rates still further (they're already rather minuscule), they're not, as covertly hoped, destined to spark another consumer-borrowing binge or reverse the gathering swing from spending to saving.
As we've noted before, the "problem" is not so much the unavailability of credit, for all its tightness, but the reluctance of consumers to go deeper into hock for all sorts of reasons, most of them conspicuously sensible, from the worsening job drought to the foreclosure epidemic and plunging house prices -- which, all by themselves, to echo Bill Martin, have taken away the punch bowl.
Inevitably, Ben Bernanke's surprising and radical move -- however much it may have been designed to buck up the economy and reassure an antsy populace -- prompted suspicions that he and his cohorts were moved to such precipitous measures because they fear things are worse than they're letting on. Happily (and we sense the feeling is reciprocal), we're not intimate with anybody in the Fed's inner circle, so we can't say if that's true or not.
We do think, however, that with the Treasury and the administration at the center of the big brouhaha over AIG's bonuses (what's the world coming to when a company can't reward its employees for their contribution to its failure?), Ben, who's nothing if not a team player, wasn't sorry to do what he could to divert attention from Messrs. Geithner and Obama. Bernanke & Co. also may have been anxious to launch their megabuck initiative before the rage of the masses reached a fever pitch that might endanger anything that smells even vaguely of a bailout.
Besides goosing Treasuries, the Fed managed to resurrect the specter of inflation, which had long been moldering in the grave. Or, as Euro-Pacific's Peter Schiff, in his captivatingly shrill manner, warned, "the Federal Reserve finally made clear what should have been obvious for some: The only weapon that the Fed is willing to use to fight the economic downturn is a continuing torrent of pure, undiluted inflation." And it won't knock your socks off to hear that Peter predicts all sorts of bad happenings as a result.
The ferocity of Peter's tirade aside (and we should say, he has a commendable track record), Mr. Bernanke did achieve at least a minor miracle last week by temporarily diluting concerns about deflation and replacing them with worries about inflation. We can hardly wait for his next magic trick.
THE IMMEDIATE VERDICT OF the stock market on the prospect of another trillion being added to the nearly $14 trillion or so that Washington has pledged in its so far unrewarded effort to turn the relentless recessionary tides was quite positive. But some second thoughts intruded, and by week's end equities had lost a lot of the steam that had powered them to an eye-popping performance in the early March going.
That sparkling advance, starting on March 9 and ending seven sessions later, boosted the S&P 500 some 17%, which, according to Merrill Lynch, was the sharpest rise by that venerable index in a comparable stretch since 1939. For its part, the Dow's performance during that span wasn't exactly what you'd call shabby, either, climbing 14%. And the financials, reduced to a tribe of cowering skeletons, rose from the ignominious depths to which they'd fallen almost without letup, posting a 54% recovery, as dread fears of nationalization (whatever that is) abated.
The Fed's announcement, in other words, briefly added to what already had the makings of a stellar bear-market bounce. As you're probably tired of hearing (so put some cotton in your ears while we tell you this), bear-market rallies are pretty standard investment fare and can go on for a spell, tacking on as much as 20-25% in appreciation before petering out.
How long will this one last? We'll hazard a couple of weeks, perhaps, but we confess we don't hold any strong conviction. Two things to keep in mind: The rush by shorts to cover that played a sizable part in fuelling the rally is pretty much history. And the market faces some punk news -- an- other truly ugly employment and a trickle that'll become a flow of depressing earnings releases -- as we head into April.
On the other hand, it's spring and the sap in Wall Street as well as in human habitats tends to rise in spring. But most of that process may already have spent itself.
In many ways, the most noteworthy and certainly the most ominous impact the Fed announcement had last week was in the currency and commodities markets. The dollar turned tail and slid significantly lower, spooked by unease about that old devil inflation, and grumblings by our foreign creditors, China and Japan in particular, about the fresh threat of debasement of their stashes of dollar assets.
That was accompanied by sharp gains in the price of oil and gold -- around 4% for both -- following disclosure of the Fed's move. Oil is valued in dollars and whenever the greenback turns even greener around the gills, it automatically causes a compensatory rise in petro prices. Any real rebound in oil stacks up as great for the producers, but bad news for just about everyone else.
Even a whiff of inflation is elixir for gold, and the precious metal has been sniffing the odor of decaying paper money -- a distinct inflationary omen -- for months now. Political tension and economic misery are also great stimulants for gold and, sad to relate, there's no shortage of either just about anywhere on the globe.


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Well, we live in a world that conspicuously consumes a $5,000 burger and a $10,000 martini, so why not a $1,000 ice cream sundae?
Serendipity is one of those schlocky romantic movies that I hate, yet feel inextricably drawn to whenever TBS, TNT, or one of those other Saturday afternoon movie cable channels airs it. Serendipity 3, which is heavily featured in the movie, is a historic restaurant and ice cream bar in New York that just happens to serve the world's most expensive sundae.
A thousand bucks and a two-day advance reservation will get you the Golden Opulence Sundae, created to celebrate Serendipity 3's 50th anniversary two years ago. What melting pile of sticky sweetness could possibly warrant such a huge price tag? According to luxury-goods newsletter Pocket Change, which also has a photo of the sundae in all its gory glory, your $1,000 buys the following:
Five scoops of rich Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream wrapped in edible 23 karat gold leaf. Fauchon pears, and exotic red figs, star fruit, angelique, and delicious pineapple combine with a 3.5 oz mixture of melted, chunked and flaked Amedei Porcelana and Chuao chocolates (made from rare cocoa beans grown only on the Venezuelan coast) to take any and everyone to ice cream nirvana. And what's more, twelve gold dipped dragées and salt-free Grande Passion caviar infused with Armagnac and juices from blood oranges and passion fruit add sophisticated texture and a gush of bold sweetness.
The Golden Opulence Sundae is plated with four French marzipan cherries paired with four creamy white and dark chocolate truffles. To top off the hour-prep time required to serve specialty cake designer Ron Ben-Isreal's design, eight more hours are invested in hand crafting the delicate and splendid edible gold leaf sugar flowers. And what better way to delve into a $300 Baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet than with an 18-karat gold spoon, with none other than a mother of pearl inlay. Even if you can't polish off the Kilimanjaro of sundaes, the crystal goblet is yours to keep.
Do you get to keep the spoon, too?
So, if you have that person on your holiday gift list that has everything, including the voice-activated R2-D2 from the Hammacher-Schlemmer catalog, AND the Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra (which is $12.5 million worth of chafing), think about dropping a few large ones on this Guinness Book of World Records sundae. Just make sure they aren't lactose intolerant.


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