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August 25, 2008
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If you had to choose, for an important position requiring brains, between a person who was among the best in his class at the Harvard Law School and a person who was near the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy, you would obviously choose, since the position does require brains, the person who was among the best at Harvard Law, right? Well, maybe wrong, if the position is President of the U.S. (an office held since 2001 by a brainless one) and if the chooser is, as in 2000 and 2004, the American electorate.
The brainlessness of one current candidate -- however charming this good ol' boy may be -- and the equal vacuousness of parts of the electorate, were on display at the somewhat preposterous debate, or forum, held by Rick Warren. When Warren asked questions that were mindless set ups for any good ol' boy, questions like what Supreme Court Justices would you not have nominated, or when does life or its rights begin, the good ol' boy came back quickly with simple minded, expectable answers beloved of the right wing and the audience; he would not have nominated the four liberals and life begins at conception. Such answers were as dumb, and as unreflective, as they were expectable when one panders to the right wing of this country. For Warren even to have asked such questions illustrates that the supposed debate, or forum, was a set-up for McCain, which it in fact was despite Warren's attempts to project a patina of fairness. One wonders how Obama, who is a smart guy, let himself get suckered into such a set up.
Ain't it a hoot?: the MSM, as is finally beginning to penetrate, gives the Naval Academy Anchorman a free pass when he makes dumb mistakes or displays ignorance, as seems to be more frequent than one would care to see in a president (as when he claims it's safe to walk in Iraqi markets (which maybe it is, if and when you're surrounded by guys in dark glasses carrying automatic rifles), to not knowing who was doing what in Iraq or when, to not knowing how many houses he owns). Then, not to be outdone by the ignorant MSM, Obama himself agrees to a set-up that makes the Anchorman look good, by agreeing to a deal where, as expectable, the questions are setups for the Anchorman and the audience loves simple minded answers. Way to help the MSM assist McCain and hurt you, Barack.
Obama should be vigorously pointing out McCain's lack of acumen and honesty -- this is a guy who was part of the Keating Five, you know, and who pretends to integrity while he gave in to George Bush on Iraq in order to placate the right wing and while his campaign is chock full of the wealthy abomination known as Washington lobbyists. (Nor will anyone ever know whether he remarried for love, as he would surely claim, or to get the money for a political career, as he would surely deny.) But instead of giving McCain the "what fer" that he deserves, Obama played Mr. Nice Guy so that the new "naval person" (pace Churchill -- or was it FDR?) can swiftboat him with impunity across the length and breadth of the country. This is how liberals running for President came to grief in the past, as Kerry and Gore found out. God forbid it should happen again.
Of course, it's also true that campaigns have their ups and downs. People forget this in the heat of the moment, and as they focus on one moment after another instead of on the long view -- a phenomenon of short run thinking symptomatic of almost everything in politics and the media. By definition momentary things change all the time, and there may shortly be another one of those changes now that Obama has picked Biden, who apparently will make his bones partly by assailing McCain. (Incidentally, has anyone noticed that the Democrats now have a ticket comprised of two persons who have each taught constitutional law to law students? This is truly unique -- I don't know that a ticket ever before had one such person -- and maybe it is hopeful, although using Biden as an attack dog does seem inconsistent with being a professor of constitutional law.)
The short run thinking symptomatic of both this country and its media does bring to the fore another essential point or two, however. One revolves around the unhappy fact that, at least when it comes to public affairs, much of this country is, to put it as nicely as possible, highly unintelligent. (It would be rude to say stupid.) This terribly elitist idea has lately come to have an increasing purchase; it even has recently been the subject of a book by a professor of history at George Mason named Rick Shenkman. A host of the usual subjects, from television on down, are suspected of causing the lack of acumen, with my personal "favorite" being the widespread, gross lack of knowledge of history. Knowing little, people are prone to believe anything, so that we keep doing the same dumb things over and over again, even if they don't work. (Wasn't it Einstein who defined insanity as taking the same failed action over and over again in the expectation that the result will change?) In the United States, the conservatives, the neocons, have persuaded people that military action is still the answer, forgetting the horrors of two world wars (which at least we won), of Korea, of Viet Nam, of Iraq, of British and French colonial experiences, and so forth. Now, remembering nothing of these horrors, never having seen their own country destroyed as the Europeans have, not having the imaginations to see the horror in their minds' eye when their country has not in fact suffered it, and their own families being safe, the conservatives beat the drums for war with Iran. They talk tough about Georgia (and Poland, and Ukraine, and Latvia, etc.), ignoring the history showing that as abominable a country as Russia has in fact been for at least 350 years, it nonetheless feels it has vital interests in these places and it does hold the geographical cards there.
This is the kind of ignorance that the Democratic ticket has to face and that McCain panders to in his warmongering.
In a recent collection of his prior essays (Reappraisals [:] Reflections On The Forgotten Twentieth Century), Tony Judt discusses the argument over why France collapsed to the Germans in the 1940s. Judt believes you simply cannot discount the general situation in France, the hatred of right versus left, the hatred of Jews, the viciousness of the nationalists -- who had not forgotten the Paris Commune of 1871 -- the unforgivingness of the left, the incompetence of the generals. And then Judt goes back to 1870 and finds some of the same faults in the France of that day, faults which led to the same kind of collapse then as occurred later in 1940. He concludes his essay by writing of the "general conclusion [from 1870] (which can be applied virtually unchanged to the collapse of 1940) . . . . The incompetence of the French high command explained much: but the basic reasons for the catastrophe lay deeper, as the French themselves, in their humiliation, were to discern. The collapse at Sedan, like that of the Prussians at Jena sixty-four years earlier, was the result not simply of faulty command but of a faulty military system; and the military system of a nation is not an independent section of the social system but an aspect of it in its totality. The French had good reason to look on their disasters as a judgment." "[W]e should do likewise" with regard to 1940, says Judt. (Emphasis added.)
The lesson I take from all this is that sometimes nations don't change, at least not for a very long time. That is what we face today. Starting from at least 1898, if not from King Philip's War in the seventeenth century, this country has often gotten what it wanted via war, and much of its citizenry is [stupidly] brainwashed to think war is the way. There is "good reason to look on [the] disasters" of Korea, Viet Nam, and now Iraq as "a judgment," but much of the nation has neither the knowledge, nor the wit, nor the imagination to understand. Even Obama, who really ought to know better, apparently feels compelled to say we shall fight them in Afghanistan, where both the British and the Russians (and, I am told, even Alexander the Great) previously met disaster.
There is also another crucial aspect of public life, discussed by Judt, where a lack of knowledge and lack of imagination are at play, to the enormous detriment of the country. This is the economy. The free-market-uber-alles-in-all-things-at-all-times, non-regulation ideas of Milton Freedman and Ronald Reagan became so overwhelmingly followed since 1980, just as in the Gilded Age, that we are seeing results of the type that existed then. Fantastic gulfs in income and wealth, housing problems, food problems, bought legislators, economic downturns, you name it, are rampant again as they were 100 to 140 years ago. What Galbraith called the "moral justification for selfishness" has been caused to the point of disaster for millions while the Gatsbys thrive. Once again we are faced with what Judt calls the "Social Question," and people who know no history and have no imagination, people who do not know or care about the horrors which brought about social welfare legislation lest there be socialism or Communism, revile anything that is not based on the free market, revile such things though an unfettered, unregulated free market can itself cause the most awful disasters, as in the 1830s, 1850s, 1890s, 1907, 1929, and early 2000s.
Fortunately, the body politic, after nearly 30 years of Friedmanesque, Reaganesque hoodwinking has to some extent caught on. For, unlike Iraq, millions of the body politic have been personally affected by the failure of reactionary economics.
Yet, though it may take the personal and national effects of disaster to cause persons and nations to change (as Germany and Japan changed after the most astounding destruction and thoroughgoing defeat in WWII and America changed for awhile because of the 1930s), and it is also true that sometimes even disasters do not change countries or people. The South didn't change after the disaster of the Civil War. The French remained the same despite 1870. World War I, a disaster for the Germans even if not as thoroughgoing a one as WWII, did not change them. Neither Korea nor Viet Nam changed the U.S., and Iraq doesn't seem likely to either. The Depression worked a change, yet did not stop unregulated, unfettered capitalism from staging a dramatic, now-thirty-years-old comeback. That people and nations may not change despite logic and the experience of disaster is the ultimate battle that has to be fought by the societally decent and knowledgeable people of this country. They will suffer a setback if McCain and the right wing crowd wins. Presumably, on the other hand, the ball may be advanced if Obama wins. One hopes. But one counts on nothing.


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NEFCO's Summit Brownfields Revitalization Program, funded by a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, contracts with environmental consulting firms to investigate Summit County properties that have suspected or actual environmental contaminants that inhibit redevelopment. NEFCO will fund a Phase I environmental site assessment, an ecological data evaluation, and a Phase II lake assessment of Summit Lake properties. This work will inform the direction of activities coordinated by the Trust for Public Land, and initiated by a $5 million Reimagining the Civic Commons grant, to revitalize public spaces. Besides NEFCO, the Summit Lake project partners include the City of Akron, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Knight Foundation, Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition, and the Trust for Public Land. The Summit Brownfields Revitalization Program, led by NEFCO, has assessed over 20 brownfield properties in Summit County. Program coalition members consist of NEFCO, Summit County Public Health, and the Development Finance Authority of Summit County.
To Improve The Region's Quality of Life, Through Collaborative Planning Efforts with NEFCO's Area Governments, in Order to Ensure:
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Environmental Resources Technical Advisory Committee (ERTAC) Meeting
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I've been meaning to update everyone on introducing a new queen to my failing hive, but the last few days have been really hectic. Then when I got a post from my long distance beekeeping friend Mil over at Urban Farm and Beehives, I knew I couldn't keep everyone in suspense any longer and had to relay the good news!
I decided to check my orange hive on Thursday, May 29th. The new caged queen from Triad Bee Supply had been in the hive since Saturday, so most likely had already been released. While I felt confident she would most likely be okay, I was still a little apprehensive. Even though the process of introducing a caged queen is pretty textbook, I don't think you can always be 100% certain that everything will always work out. But when I opened the hive and took the cage out, it was empty. The good news was that she and her attendants were free of the cage. Now it would be the task of finding her to make sure she was okay. The apprehension was up a little once again!
Starting with the wall frame, I checked. No queen. I made my way from left to right, picking up each frame and checked them left to right and up and down. No queen. When I made it to frame #9 which was next to the last frame, I picked it up and there she was. There was no denying it was my new monarch. Between her young, bright yellow abdomen, and the new paint dot on her back, I knew it was my new queen. She casually made her way across the frame and didn't try to dodge the light as many queens do. So I gently put the frame back to make sure she wouldn't get hurt and so she could go back to work. She had apparently already started. I found new eggs on a couple of the frames, so I knew she had already been to work. By the way, that's her on the right. Isn't she a beauty?
I also found a closed swarm cell on the bottom of one of the frames. Not wanting to risk it hatching and upsetting the new set-up, I cut it off and decided to open it. Inside was a developing pupa, but it appeared to be dehydrated. I am now wondering if the queen-to-be may have been killed by the old queen, a competing virgin queen, or possibly killed by my new queen. Or maybe she died of natural causes. I guess we'll never know.
And the frames of eggs and brood that I moved to the orange hive before I introduced the new queen are doing fine. When I examined things, I could see small, curvy larvae developing in the bottom of the cells. Apparently the bees that were left in the hive have been tending to things pretty well overall. So I added the second deep body and ten new frames and closed everything back up. I also added a feeder so the girls can draw comb. I'll check it again in a week to see how the progress is going.
I am very confident the new queen will save this colony. To be honest, I probably could have moved eggs over and hoped the bees would take the initiative to raise their own queen. But it seemed a little "iffy" since things had changed dramatically in a month's time. With the population low and no brood, I just didn't want to chance it. And with the new queen being raised locally, I'm sure she'll do just fine here.
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Prices of Super Bowl tickets on the secondary market plunged nearly 10 percent three days before the game, even in light of a better weather forecast for Sunday's evening kickoff at the New Jersey Meadowlands, according to online ticket tracker TiqIQ.
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Between midnight EST Wednesday and 3 p.m. Thursday, average ticket prices declined by 9.4 percent— to $2,567 from $2,834—part of a steady decline since the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos secured their Super Bowl contest two weeks ago. Prices continued to drop into Friday morning, amounting to a 38 percent decrease since Jan. 19, said Chris Matcovich, vice president of data and communications at TiqIQ, an event ticket search engine that tracks ticket market prices.
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First, gratuitous pictures of our trip to NC for Thanksgiving:
It was really too cold to go in the water, but that didn't stop Rach and I from going in up to our waists! Oh I LOVE the beach!!!
This is Arden's shawl all done (and in time for X-mas too!) modeled by my lovely girlfriend Rachel. And yes, that is a giant ceramic badger in the lower left corner. Rach loves badgers the way I love llamas and she made it in her Handforming Clay Studio. Leila is poking about in the bottom right there.
Here are my Mom's Monkey Socks all complete. (Thanks Mom for the picture):
These are my Dad's socks.For some reason the first one self-striped beautifully (it was not self-striping yarn) and the second one refused! I cast it on and ripped it out 6 or 7 times before my Dad said I should just knit them and get it over with. Sorry these were late Daddy!(Thanks again to my Mom for the picture):
My Mom has been inspired by the handknit socks I made them and has picked back up her knitting needles after many years away from them. She had never knit socks but I showed her how to make a baby bootie with a heel flap and gusset and she's been feverishly knitting socks for her and Dad since!!! Yay someone to enable and share fibery goodness with!! I don't know if I've mentioned this on the blog but my Mom is my best friend and I call her and talk with her every day, so it's exciting to have her as a knitting buddy too! (Like we really needed more to chatter on about!)
Speaking of Mom, she bought me some stash when we went yarn store crawling in Buffalo this January during their visit to buy my laptop (SQUEEE!! I love my new MacBook more than life itself...and it's purple!!!::licks laptop::) I've never tried Flat Feet and I was helping my Mom pick out her first sock yarn ever, so she get me this as a pressie!!!
At this point, chronologically speaking, my life blew up. With the help of my parents I decided to leave school and pursue other things. It was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make but my parents were beyond amazing about it!! I have mental health disorders (those who get squeamish about such things can scroll down, there are more pretty pictures to come) and I've taken time off of school before to deal with them and come back and it was just not working out. I was stagnating there, and using it as an excuse not to grow. I may go back someday, I may not, but for now I am focusing on new endeavors and it has really been good for me!
I still am going to keep the new endeavor a bit secret until I know more, but stay tuned!
I had a spinning swap in January for which I spun this lovely batt from Crystal Creek Fibers (nice transition huh?):
It turned into this yarn: (Photo compliments of my swap partner Hattie because I forgot to take any ::headesk::
I received this lovely skein in exchange (I don't normally like glitz but this is quite subtle and nice):
I spun up another Crystal Creek Fiber batt (I adore her batts!!) for myself. This is the single, I'll probably do a 2-ply.
These are Mark's Slytherin socks that I just finished (sorry for the lateness Mark!) I'd never done two colors before and I had to wing the heel a bit. If I do another pair with accent heels I'll start further up the heel flap with the color change, do a peasant heel or do toe-up.
This is what I'm spinning right now. The amazing BFL I picked up at the Knox Farm Fiber Festival this fall. I'm going to handpaint it when I'm done.
I still need to make Rach's holiday socks (it's a good thing she loves me), but I need to order size 1 1/2 needles from Knit Picks.
I also need to make my sister's 80's Glam Rock Legwarmers (she asked for them, what can I say, we were children of the 80's) and a BSJ for a friend of the family who is due in April (yikes!). I don't have the yarn (or the money for the yarn) right now so I'm kinda stuck on those.
I'm making the Putting on the Ritz Legwarmers from Knit Picks (these are actually cool legwarmers, not the cheezy 80's kind) for myself and I am done with one. I still need to seam it and I need buttons.
Whew, so much to update on. Hopefully my blog posts will become more frequent again and I promise I'll let you in on my secret soon!!


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Do you have a smartphone that runs Google's operating system? Rejoice, because Amazon's new Appstore for Android is officially open for business. Now you can use your familiar Amazon account to buy games and apps, and Amazon is even promising to offer a free paid app every day. (Today's freebie is Angry Birds Rio.)
Just don't expect Steve Jobs to join the app-happy party, because the folks at Cupertino aren't exactly thrilled about Amazon's choice of names for the new Android shop. In fact, Apple has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, claiming that Amazon's use of "Appstore" is a little too close to "App Store," Apple's marketplace for mobile software.
Huh. "App Store" ... "Appstore." Nope, I can't see any similarities there.
While Amazon will likely try and claim that the term "app store" has become too generic to be trademarked, other companies have wisely avoided Apple's wrath by using variations on the theme, including HP's webOS App Catalog, RIM's BlackBerry App World, Google's Android Market, and Microsoft's own Marketplace.
I can understand Apple wanting to protect the name, but as in most lawsuits, things are getting a little silly already. Apple goes so far as to imply that people will be too stupid to know if they're on Amazon or Apple when they're buying mobile software:
Consumers of mobile software downloads are likely to be confused as to whether Amazon's mobile software download service is sponsored or approved by Apple.
Duhhhhh. Me buy game for phone—do me need Android or iPhone version?
You have to assume this disagreement went all the way to the CEO level before it ended up in the courts. Wouldn't you love to know what kind of conversation went down between Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos? I imagine it happening something like this:
Jobs: "You've got some balls, my friend."
Bezos: *grabs crotch* "One-click this, Steve-O."
Jobs: "Nice. Real nice. I will bury your little CrappStore, Jeffrey."
Bezos: *strokes Kindle*
Jobs: *rolls eyes, points to prominent chart of iPad sales*
Bezos: *lunges across table*
Jobs: *whips off shirt to reveal hidden ninja stars*
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Commenting on reports that the Conservatives will retain the promise to cut annual net migration to the 'tens of thousands' in their General Election manifesto, Chuka Umunna MP, leading supporter of Open Britain, said:
"Tory Ministers are persisting with a damaging migration target they have never met and will never achieve without crippling our economy.
"Setting an unachievable target undermines public trust in the immigration system and ramps up division in this country.
"The Government should drop the target and not get embroiled in a race to the bottom on immigration numbers with UKIP."
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Illegal Immigration Parodies Draw Racism Charge From Colorado Teacher
Folk Singer Bob Haworth's parodies were too much for a Colorado teacher
Big hat tip to Freedom Folks who caught this a few days ago in the Washington Times of all places, as a singer from Lakewood, Colorado faced the charge of racism for his illegal immigration parodies:
Folk singer Bob Haworth lost a gig after a high school teacher accused him of racism for his song parodies about illegal aliens. Now Mr. Haworth says the teacher should lose his job, too.Freedom Folks did the research and found clips of the parodies in question. Really tame stuff. The moonbat teacher tried to exercise a little authority and intimidation, and it seemed to work:
Mr. Haworth, who sang with the Brothers Four and Kingston Trio revival groups, pleaded his case two weeks ago at a Jefferson County school board meeting, arguing the teacher should be fired for using class time to defame him in front of students.
"I asked for the appropriate discipline, and I indicated the appropriate discipline would be dismissal, which is what he asked for me," Mr. Haworth said. "I'm just hoping the school board will do the right thing."
It began Sept. 13 during one of Mr. Haworth's regular Thursday night performances here at the Atlanta Bread Company. The audience had requested several of his song parodies, including "Pizza for Pesos" and "Can You Let Me In?"
Both tunes, which he wrote for KHOW-AM radio in Denver, poke fun at federal and local immigration policy.
"It was a very casual atmosphere, lots of people having a good time," Mr. Haworth said. "But there was one very touchy customer who apparently didn't like my songs and wrote a letter demanding I be fired."The company certainly has the right to select who they want to perform. But these days, even the hint of offensiveness usually yields a quick exit for the alleged offender, as the others attempt to avoid controversy:
Included in the letter was a business card identifying the customer as a teacher with the Jefferson County public schools.
Rob Rudloff, the restaurant's owner, said he initially tried to suspend Mr. Haworth for a few performances. When Mr. Haworth balked, Mr. Rudloff took him off the schedule, but then said he wanted to work out a compromise.
"We're personally fairly conservative. But when we put on our Atlanta Bread Company shirts, we get really uncomfortable when politics come up," Mr. Rudloff said. "We want an environment that's comfortable for everyone's political beliefs."
Mr. Haworth said he would have been willing to take the immigration songs out of his repertoire. "I respect an owner's right to have control over what goes on in his walls," he said. "It's not a free-speech issue. They're paying me, so it's their prerogative."Yet another Colorado teacher that believes agenda trumps education. At least the district reprimanded the teacher for an improper use of his position--and by extension, the district--to shut off speech he found unpleasant:
It looked as if Mr. Haworth would get his job back, which is why he said he was startled to receive an e-mail from Mr. Rudloff a few days later bidding him adieu. "At this point, I don't see any way of reconciling this with you. Good luck going forward," said the Oct. 2 e-mail.
By this time, Mr. Haworth was telling his story on talk radio, finding a sympathetic audience on KHOW-AM's "The Peter Boyles Show." He was also trying to learn the name of his accuser when the show received a call from a woman he had never met named Jennifer Barbagiovanni.
She had learned of Mr. Haworth's plight from a friend who listened to the Boyles show, and it all sounded familiar. Her son, Joey, a 15-year-old sophomore at Arvada High School, had been complaining about an English teacher who was trying to have a singer named Bob Haworth fired for his "racist" and "offensive" songs.
"He said how flat-out racist these songs were against Mexicans and Asians," Joey said. "He talked about it the whole class period. He said he wrote a letter and told them he didn't want Bob Haworth ever playing at this restaurant again."
Joey identified the English teacher as Scott Murphy. Jefferson County schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer would not confirm the teacher's name, and a message left with her for Mr. Murphy was not returned by press time.
Ms. Setzer said the teacher had been scolded for including his business card with the letter of complaint. The restaurant does about $8,800 annually in catering business with the district, she said.Whacktivist teachers should stick pedagogy and refrain from politics inside the classroom, but to their moonbat mind education is merely the justification for political indoctrination.
"The teacher did have a conversation with the superintendent of schools, who told him it was bad judgment to include his business card," Ms. Setzer said. "He's not representing the school district by any means. He agreed it was an error in judgment."
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How effective is aikido in self defense?
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The initial disorientation from an attacker's first strike would make it difficult to assess what was happening quickly enough in order to engage in an appropriate defensive behaviour before being struck again and then repeatedly. People that have not been trained to receive landed punches are generally not well-equipped to handle them, and attacks can happen lightningly quickly - before you know it, a person can be upon you, levying a series of blows that have left you injured.
Your assessment is spot on. This is my greatest priority in studying martial arts. That is training at point of failure. Too often it gets dismissed as "well what can u do about it", or " just don't let him do that", or " train to prevent it from happening", or "budo is not about this". Etc.
I spend most of my training in this mode, that is, my opponent, assailant etc has the tactical advantage and I need to mitigate this, recover, and put myself back in control.
Those that dismiss this or fail to address this aspect typically do not understand fighting and/or do not have the ability to teach it, so therefore they don't emphasize it.
it may also not be your thing either and you are doing budo for another reason, I'm good with that as long as u are not giving flippant remarks concerning the importance of addressing this important dynamic in a fight.
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The people who want Obama really want Obama, and the people who want Clinton really want Clinton. If they are on the same ticket then you merge two groups of enthusiastic supporters and McCain doesn't stand a chance. However without the "dream ticket" then the Democratic candidate won't have as much combined enthusiasm and the Democrats might lose. I'm glad to hear that both Clinton and Obama are talking about the possibility of running together. Maybe it's time for Obama and Clinton to agree to flip a coin and the winner gets the top of the dream ticket.


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The above clip is from my daughter's rehearsal dinner on December 16, 2011. As my husband spoke, I was overcome with gratitude for the kind of father he has been to our children. I am so very blessed. Our kids are so very blessed. I've written and spoken extensively on the importance of the father/daughter relationship, but the 2 1/2 minute clip above sums it up more beautifully than any combination of carefully crafted words. The clip provides the answer to many of the concerns Christian parents have when it comes to raising daughters:
How can I raise her to have confidence and see herself through God's eyes?
How can I model God's unconditional love to her?
How can I discourage her from dating too young?
When she is old enough to date, how can I encourage her to refuse to settle for anything less than God's best?
In a culture that bombards her with the message that it's no big deal to have sex, how can I encourage her to save sex for marriage?
How can I help her guard her heart?
As I filmed my husband's tribute to our daughter from behind the camera, I couldn't help but wonder how different this world might look if more little girls had dads who asked them to go on ice cream dates from the preschool to teenage years. And played board games and Barbies with them. And took them on an annual weekend camping trip each year. And reminded them over the years that God appointed them to be the "man in their lives," and "their protector" and "spiritual leader" until they meet their future husbands. And modeled for them what sort of standard they should have when it comes to choosing a future husband.
I dare say if we had more dads like that, we would see a dramatic decrease in many of the issues that plague our girls today: low self-esteem, eating disorders, negative body image, anxiety, rebelliousness, immodesty, promiscuity, and a desperate, insatiable need for male attention, just to name a few. The remedy for these problems cannot be found in more self-help books and Christian pep talks. The remedy is simple: We need fewer absent fathers and more "sweet-daddy-boy-dates." We need fewer sad stories and more locket stories.


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Resolving to lose weight in the new year? It's easier than ever to get in shape using your video game console, thanks to the Playstation Move, Wii Fit and Xbox 360 Kinect motion controllers, and the latest available games.
Exercise on the Nintendo Wii is twofold: some games utilize the included Wii Remote, while more fitness-specific options require purchasing the Wii Fit balance board for $90. (An extra remote and nunchuk cost $25.)
- Wii Fit Plus, software only ($13.25) – If you already have a balance board, the newest version of the Wii Fit software is worth your time. The benefit of the balance board over other systems is that it allows you to track your actual weight loss with daily weigh-ins. The original Wii Fit had a large range of exercises, yoga workouts and fitness games, and the Wii Fit Plus adds on more customization options as well as revised routines.
- Just Dance 2 ($29.99) – "A workout in disguise", Just Dance 2 is more party-oriented than its wildly popular predecessor. This game senses the movement of the Wii Remote as players dance along with moves choreographed to popular tunes. Currently number one on the Amazon video games bestseller list, and there's even a version for kids.
- Gold's Gym Dance workout ($19.99) – workouts on the Wii are all about dancing (there's also a Zumba fitness game). This one uses the Balance Board and Wii Remote for a dance workout, boxing workout and calorie-burning minigames. It measures your BMI progress, and has an option to create a "circuit program", a 30-minute continuous session of dancing and minigames.
Also check out our post on the 10 best weight loss games for Wii.
Movement detection on the PlayStation 3 seems to be one of the more accurate options, but any kind of exercise will likely require buying a peripheral, which can get expensive. The Playstation Move starter bundle costs $99.99 and includes a sports game, one Move controller and a PlayStation Eye camera.
- Dance Dance Revolution bundle ($59.99) – DDR, a fast-paced dance routine game, has been a staple of game geek exercise routines since its arcade version appeared in 1998. This version, the first console version in HD, requires a dance pad (included in the bundle) and has one mode that works with Move.
- The Fight: Lights Out ($36.99) – One of the Move launch titles, The Fight is a boxing game that uses 1:1 motion control. Recommended as an exercise game, and it displays how many calories you've burned while playing.
- Get Fit with Mel B ($39.99) – This former Spice Girl-led workout seems like a super-interactive celebrity workout video, and it's one of the first Move-specific exercise games. You identify fitness goals and receive a daily 30-minute routine, chart your progress and learn about nutrition. You also see a video version of yourself doing steps right next to Scary Spice herself.
Fitness games dominated the Xbox 360 Amazon bestsellers list this year, thanks to the release of the Kinect, which will set you back $149.99. The top picks:
- Your Shape: Fitness Evolved ($33.99) – This game, the highest-ranked Xbox 360 game on Amazon, utilizes the Kinect to analyze your body shape to track your progress, and includes hundreds of exercises and routines including martial arts, yoga, weight loss and Tai Chi.
- Dance Central ($39.00) – In addition to turning you into a lean, mean dancing queen, Dance Central promises to burn calories as you shake your booty on the virtual dance floor — and it even tracks them for you.
- The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout ($39.99) – Like Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, the Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout analyzes your body shape. It also helps you track your caloric intake, suggests recipes, and has a feature that lets you create a video diary to track your weekly progress, "just like the contestants in the show". Optional accessories include resistance bands, a stability ball and free weights.
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Originally for the Wii, EA Sports Active 2 improves upon the original by adding new wireless controllers to increase the players' range of motion. Uses the Wii Remote, and the Balance Board is optional for some exercises. For the transition from the Wii to the Playstation, EA created its own arm and leg controllers and heart rate monitor — it doesn't actually use the Move at all. And reviews for the Kinect version of EA Sports Active 2 are mixed, but look for improvements in the future. Currently problems include requiring absolutely clear playing space and sensitivity issues.
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Scott earned his Master's Degree in Physical Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. He also holds a B.S. in Athletic Training from Carthage College in Kenosha, WI.
Continuing Education: Medical Screening for Physical Therapists, McKenzie Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment Part A, Functional Relationships of the Lower Half, Richard Jackson Pelvic Assessment, Big Sky Sports Medicine Conference, Recognition and Treatment of Shoulder Joint Injuries, Practical Nutrition for Fitness Professionals, Lumbo-pelvic Integration, Therapeutic Yoga, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Take the Next Step, & The Running Course; Angelo DiMaggio Headache and Spinal Seminars; Myopain Seminars Dry Needling-1 & DN-2.
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American Physical Therapy Association, National Athletic Trainer's Association, Whitefish Chamber of Commerce.


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All things come with an expiry date – it has sort of become a saying among us. This is not always true. Yes, many of the things we have in life do have an expiry date and we keep moving towards it. But there does exist a few items that go the other way – "the curious case of Benjamin button". Just like in the movie, there are certain foods that grow better and sweeter with age.
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Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn't believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola's style is outrageous, she's a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.
When Cricket -- a gifted inventor -- steps out from his twin sister's shadow and back into Lola's life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.
*Sigh.* I love Stephanie Perkins. I wish I could just say that and be done with this review. But do you know why I love Stephanie Perkins? I love what she is able to do. How she makes me fall in love with the characters, the BOY, the story, the everything. I've been so excited to read LOLA since I read ANNA and fell in love with everything about it *cough* especially St. Clair *cough*. LOLA most definitely did not disappoint! I loved this book!
First off, Lola herself is a fantastic lead. I loved her quirkiness. All the different costumes. And just her attitude in general. She was such a fun and fresh character, but she had her faults and problems too. Perkins's characterization is always so spot on. She knows how to make her characters come off the pages, and really makes them feel like real people, people that I could know or even be friends with. Lola has her problems to deal with, but don't we all. Though, admittedly, sometimes I just wanted to shake her, and make her see what was right in front of her.
Cricket was so adorkable. Yes, adorkable. He was just so cute and sweet and nice. A reoccurring problem I've noticed in YA is that a lot of the guys have this--attitude and aloofness about them. What happened to the nice guys? No, they don't always finish last! In my opinion, the world needs more of them! I LOVED Cricket and all of his awkwardness. His tallness, him being a science nerd. His pants (LOL). So cute!
Though Max creeped me out, majorly. Like dude, you're 22. What do you want with a 17-year-old girl? (Though, it wasn't the age difference so much that creeped me out, but just him in general.) But that's all I'll say on that topic.
I loved Lola's dads! Yes, dads. Gay parents are something that's rarely done in books, and I totally loved it. They were perfect, and I just love it in general when parents play an important role in a story. And they always do in Perkins's books. The characterization of Nathan and Andy were just so perfect and real and protective and awesome.
And then we got to see more Anna and St. Clair!!! Which, admittedly at first was the reason I was most excited to read this book. I liked how they weren't just thrown in as a random cameo, but they were actually a part of a story by working at the movie theater Lola worked at. Also, Cricket goes to the same college as St. Clair. They were given a purpose in this story, and it was still nice to see how they were doing as a couple (Awww!) Though, I did find it ironic that St. Clair was the one to tell Lola that she needed to start being honest with herself.
The writing is still witty and fresh. And the plot is fun and complex which leads to me not being able to put this book down. I can't believe how invested in these books I get. How in ANNA I was yelling at St. Clair, and in this book, I'm yelling at Lola. That's when I know a book is awesome. When I delude myself into thinking these characters are real people. (St. Clair, where the heck are you) I just couldn't get enough of this book. And I want to reread ANNA right now, despite only reading it a few months ago. The stories are fun, but the writing really strikes a chord. Like, it's both deep yet light at the same time. If that makes sense. All I know is that it saddens me when I realize how long I have to wait to read another Stephanie Perkins book. (WHYY IS THE PUBLICATION PROCESS SO SLOW?)


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Local businesses discuss economic crisis, tourism, taxation, security with PMPosted: April 18, 2016 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: aviation, Bauerfield, Business, fisheries, policing, security, taxation, tourism, Vanuatu, VCCI Comments Off on Local businesses discuss economic crisis, tourism, taxation, security with PM
The Council of the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) met with PM Salwai recently to discuss major issues facing them currently and hear the Government's views on the same, and of course Bauerfield topped the Chamber's list. VCCI acknowledged the work being done on the damaged runway. They were anxious to know whether the runway would be upgraded to Code E to enable larger passenger aircraft to land. The answer to that is not yet available. Tourism has suffered during the renovation period, intended to be completed today. Hoteliers met recently with Deputy PM/Tourism Minister Natuman to discuss how industry stakeholders might work together to bring it back up again. Room rates have dropped significantly for some hotels and resorts and Minister Natuman is hoping to have Air Vanuatu reduce airfares to encourage tourists to come. Pekoa airport on Santo was another tourism-related topic discussed with the PM and the VCCI heard that land acquisition will be needed to enable extensions. On a positive note, Iririki Island Resort is re-opening this week, but this was not on the agenda of the VCCI.
The review of taxation might be thought of greatest interest to investors of the VCCI in a meeting essentially concerned with the economic crisis. They had many questions. However, they were told they must still await the Government's crisis management plan on which a tax review team is making contributions.
Security is also important to investors, and they are promised a major review of the Police Act. The Government is committed to it as a means to upgrade the force. PM Salwai stressed the need for the Port Vila Efate Land Transport Association and the Cruise Tourism Committee to be actively involved in implementing the security plans for cruise ship days.
VCCI says "No" to the fishery opening at Blacksands, for the usual reasons. None of us want a new disaster after the airport runway matter, they say. No. However the fishery is there: wharfage is now the question. And an EIA for it.


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The ship-owners and ship-owners' representatives from Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) were in Suva attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO)-funded Pacific Domestic Ferry Safety Forum, which was co-hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. A major outcome was the decision to integrate national ship-owners and their representatives in all PICTs into a single entity. This is a significant milestone for the shipping community in the Pacific. Pacific Island ship-owners have been exploring the concept of integration for some time. 'We believe in and recognise the benefit of joining forces and working together to advance ship-owners' interests. PISA will serve as the link to the regional and international ship-and ship-operators movement', said Papalii Willie Nansen of Samoa Shipping Corporation Ltd., who was elected Chair of PISA. Captain Viliami Vi, CEO of the Friendly Islands Shipping Agency Ltd (FISA), was elected Vice-Chair. The objectives of PISA are:* to foster, develop and maintain close cooperation and coordination among members on shipping policies and other relevant matters of mutual and/or collective interest;* to assist any member on request, consistent with PISA policies and capability;* to formulate a common stand on national, regional and international matters concerning PISA members, especially in creating a balance of rights and responsibilities between the developed and developing countries in maritime transport;* to assist shipping services in order to achieve equitable, adequate, efficient and economic carriage of goods and passengers, particularly in the Pacific region, and promote the optimum growth of national, regional and international trade; and* to represent the members in their collective dealing with any government, organisation, shippers' council and port authority. Mr Milhar Fuazudeen, Head of the Maritime Training and Human Element Section of the Maritime Safety Division of IMO remarked, 'The desire to seek solutions outside the accepted norms in the region led to the formation of the Pacific Islands Ship-owners' Association during the Forum, which will always be remembered as a beacon of the spirit of this Forum. Certainly, IMO hopes that this collective spirit will permeate deeper to achieve success in your endeavour to find practical solutions to the region's shipping concerns.' Mr Stuart Ballantyne, CEO Sea Transport, added, 'I support the formation of PISA as it is an important player in tackling ferry safety in the Pacific.' Mrs Stephanie Dawson, from Sea Transport, commented, 'I congratulate PISA, as their combined voice will be a more effective means of addressing domestic ferry safety issues in the Pacific region.' Mr David Penny, Manager, Maritime Operations, Maritime Operations Division, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, said, 'PISA will be a start of something good for the region.' Work is in progress to formally set up and register PISA, along with the necessary documentation and processes required for its operations. The Transport Programme of SPC's Economic Development Division (EDD) will act as Secretariat to PISA and will provide technical assistance to address the domestic shipping issues facing the region.
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Timo BOLL forced to cancel the European ChampionshipsPhoto: Manfred SCHILLINGS, DTTB
With Olympic Games in focus, BOLL made hard decision
Timo BOLL was forced to withdraw from all Events at the forthcoming LIEBHERR 2015 ITTF European Championships in Ekaterinburg (25 Sep - 4 Oct). Despite the hopes he will be able to play at Singles Event, today he reviled he will miss this year's European Championships.
After extensive research BOLL'S medical officer Dr. Johannes PEIL diagnosed the thickening of a "Mocous fold" below the kneecap.
"Almost ten months before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio I will have to undergo a surgery on Thursday, in order to preserve the chances of my 5th Olympic participation. If this problem is not solved in time, the cartilage may be affected," explains Boll. "In recent weeks I've mostly been playing under pain. This has nothing to do with a surcharge. Now I have to act, even if I have to cancel the European Championships and also will some time be not available for my club Borussia Dusseldorf. How long the break will take, is not clear at the moment."


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Viewers remark on how strongly Martin from Essex resembles the Blackadder writer — or perhaps Monty Python's Terry Jones
FIRST Dates viewers were wondering what the hell had happened to comedy icon Ben Elton when one unlucky-in-love contestant walked through the restaurant's door.
Martin from Essex — a self-confessed nerd whose last girlfriend dumped him and became a lesbian — bore an uncanny resemblance to stand-up, known for writing Blackadder, Love Actually and The Young Ones.
While we know Ben can't be looking for love as is married with kids, some watching thought Ben must have a doppelganger with more hair and a bigger waistline.
Viewers regularly spot lookalikes on First Dates, and Jo Wood went on an awkward date with someone who looked just like her rocker ex Ronnie.
And while Martin made an impression on Ben Elton fans, some other viewers actually reckoned he was the secret love child of Monty Python comic Terry Jones.
It's clear both men must have somehow had a hand in the creation of poor Martin, who had zero success with his date Susie, as she ended up not fancying him.
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Martin and Susie, a burlesque performer with a stutter, agreed to be friends in the end, the only couple of the episode who didn't share a romantic spark.
Maybe if he'd had as much comic banter as either of his lookalikes it might have worked out better.
- First Dates continues next Tuesday at 10.00pm on Channel 4.


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Apple employees who have contributed the maximum to Apple's employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) over the past seven years have seen their shares grow by $500,000 just in the past six months, to approximately $1,628,481 (as of today's trading high of $589.58). And this is after Steve Job's death, and the beginning of an era of leadership under new CEO, Tim Cook.
At the beginning of the new offering period for Apple's ESPP about six months ago I wrote a post on this topic then and the value of employee shares under this scenario was about $1.1 million.
869% Return Over 7 Years
If an employee participated at the maximum contribution level of $25,000 per year (you may contribute less of course), the total investment over the seven year period that I tracked Apple's plan is $182,500 (includes contributions through the current offering period ending 3/31/2012), and the total return on that investment has been 869%. That's a very juicy return for those employees that chose to purchase a bite of the Apple that they work for.
How They Did It
Most of the appreciation came from the dramatic rise in the price of Apple's stock (AAPL) from the beginning of the offering period on October 1, 2004, to today's price level, but the total return was boosted, like most ESPPs, because employees are able to purchase shares at a discount. In the case of Apple's ESPP, the offering (participation) periods are every six months, and employees may buy shares through payroll deduction at a 15% discount. The purchase price of those shares is determined using a "look-back" provision, so-called because on the purchase date at the end of the offering period they "look back" to see which price is lower, the price on the date the offering period begins, or the price on the purchase date (at the end of the offering period). The Plan then uses the employees money that has been payroll deducted during the offering period to automatically purchase shares at a 15% discount to the purchase price. The discount and the look-back provision are important features in Apple's ESPP because they can substantially enhance employee returns.
Bruce Brumberg, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning website, myStockOptions.com, points out that, "Some companies have reduced the discount to 5%, eliminated the look back, or shortened the offering period. You want to understand these features of your plan before deciding how much to contribute."
So Apple has continued to make their plan very attractive to their employees. And as is the case with many employee stock purchase plans, regardless of whether the stock is a high flyer like Apple or not, they can be a very effective way to invest for a variety of financial objectives such as prep school costs, college costs, paying for a home, a vacation property or retirement. When you combine ESPPs with a few tax-saving tactics, these plans may just offer one of the best ways to accumulate wealth without a lot of hassle. Of course shares can go down in value, and company stock can trade flat for years, but even then there are ways to "flip" shares and lock in the gain from the discount short term. You'll pay a little more tax when you do that but you will have made some nice money in a short period of time.
College Planning With Employee Stock Purchase Plans
To understand how employees can use their highly appreciated shares of company stock purchased through their company's ESPP to pay for college with little or no federal tax, please read my previous post, Investing for College: Employee Stock Purchase Plans Get an "A."
Troy Onink is the CEO of Stratagee.com, a professional college planning consulting firm and the developer of college planning software for the financial services industry.
This is not an official valuation of Apple's ESPP, but an estimate based on published plan documents and historical trading data. Employees should refer to official company plan information for planning and valuation purposes.


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The Scottish Lettercutters Association: Sweets and Doughnuts: Dulcia et Circuli
Exhibiting members: Ian Evans-Boiten, Gus Fisher, Gillian Forbes, Alex Holmes, Ian Newton, Jane Raven, Robbie Schneider MRBS.
Letters cut in stone, wood, plaster and glass will be on show in the first exhibition of Scottish Lettercutters Association at the Open Eye Gallery. The Scottish Lettercutters Association (SLA) was established by a group of professional lettercutters in 2000 to promote and encourage the development of high standards of contemporary lettercutting in Scotland and to increase public awareness and interest in both historic and contemporary lettercutting. The exhibition will celebrate the creativity, scope and exquisite craftsmanship of the SLA's work.
'Bring on the Sweets and Doughnuts... with jam and cream ! Why not? As letter carvers the ABC is our bread and butter, but as a diet it can sometimes get a bit dry. A little perk is needed, a sweetener. And since it's the Roman Alphabet we're working with, let's take a lead from the Romans themselves. They knew all about bribes and the ABC. The author Horace, in his first satire published in 35 BCE, writes of teachers bribing their pupils with biscuits so that they will be willing to learn their alphabet (ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima: from Satirae 1). The offer of similar enticements, "sweets and donuts and whatever children enjoy" is recorded in the 4th century CE Augustan History (dulcia et circuli et quaecumque voluptas puerilis invitet: from Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Tacitus 3.5). Sweets and donuts? Perhaps perk enough for us is to show our work to you.'
The Scottish Lettercutters Association will be giving a talk about their exhibition on Saturday 24 June, 12 noon.
To attend, please rsvp by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or by phoning 0131 557 1020. Please note that this is an informal talk and seating will be limited.


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The song was also featured on the US edition of the soundtrack to the 1999 film Notting Hill, and was released to American radio on 10 May 1999.
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Collecting Q: Divide-And-Conquer: a tad more details
As I mentioned before, outer QR step is essentially bottom-up n-indegree Divide-And-Conquer algorithm.
\[\mathbf{Y}=\left(\begin{matrix}\cdots\\\mathbf{Y}_{i}\\\mathbf{Y}_{i+1}\\\mathbf{Y}_{i+2}\\\cdots\end{matrix}\right)=\begin{matrix}\cdots\\\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\\\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\\\cdots & \cdots\\\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\end{matrix}\right]\\\\\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\\\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\\\cdots & \cdots\\\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\end{matrix}\right]\\\\\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\\\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\\\cdots & \cdots\\\mathbf{Q} & \mathbf{R}\end{matrix}\right]\\\cdots\end{matrix}\Rightarrow\begin{matrix}\cdots\\\left.\begin{matrix}\cdots & \mathbf{\cdots}\\\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}\\\mathbf{Q}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}\end{matrix}\right] & \mathbf{R}\\\\\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}\\\mathbf{Q}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}\end{matrix}\right] & \mathbf{R}\\\\\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}\\\mathbf{Q}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}\end{matrix}\right] & \mathbf{R}\\\cdots & \cdots\end{matrix}\right]\\\cdots\end{matrix}\Rightarrow\cdots\Rightarrow\begin{matrix}\left.\begin{matrix}\mathbf{\cdots}\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{\hat{Q}}\\\cdots\end{matrix}\right] & \hat{\mathbf{R}}\end{matrix}\]The way generalized Givens thin QR works, it applies a number of Givens transformations on a Q-accumulator matrix given some initial tall matrix (in this case, Y blocks) until the tall matrix is reduced to a form of $\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{R}\\\mathbf{Z}\end{matrix}\right)$ , where Z has all zero elements and R is an upper-triangular. Initial value for Q-accumulator matrix is chosen as I (square identity matrix). To tranform result to a 'thin' QR result, only first n columns of accumulator are taken (that becomes Q of the decomposition) and R part is taken as the second matrix of the thin decomposition.
In our case, in order to enable Givens recursive use, we generalize standard Givens algorithm by making it accept two parameters: pre-existing 'thick qr' Q accumulator instead of I (in reality only shifting 'thin' Q accumulator is sufficient) and the tall input matrix as second input.
Bottom-up divide-and-conquer algorithm hence can be described as follows:
- First, we split all input (Y) into vertical blocks (see illustration above). For each block, we compute slightly modified version of standard Givens QR which is optimized for sequential (streaming) access to the tall input block elements without running into big memory requirements. The output of this step is bunch of (Q,R) pairs (each pair corresponds to the original block). For benefit of subsequent step, we will consider this block data as ({Q}, R) where sequence of Q blocks is denoted as {Q} and contains only one matrix. (Actually math stuff normally uses parenthesis () to distinguish sequences from sets, but I feel using {} notation is much more expressive in this case).
- Second, we group the input of form {Q}, R into new groups, each group thus would be denoted as {{Q},R} such that number of R in each group doesn't exceed certain maximum bottom-up indegree limit N (usually 1000 for 1G RAM solvers).
- Third, for each group formed in step 2 above, we run row-wise Givens solver, which produces ("merges") a valid Givens solution for each group {{Q},R} → {Q},R. Essentually this solves "QR reduction" at nodes of divide-and-conquer:
,which is essentially equivalent to solving a number of individual block-wise QR decompositions over a one ore more initial blocks of Y into single one
- Fourth, we consider each result of step 3 to form a sequence again and restart form step 2 and repeat it from there unless the number of groups is 1, which would produce our final Q blocks and single R as a result.
- We can consider the iterations above from the point of view of individual block Yi as a set of isolated parallel steps. We can view the entire computation as a series of independent computations over Qi,{R1...Rn}. It also turns out we always consume the sequence of R in the same order and never have to load more than one upper triangular matrix in the memory, so the parameters of such algorithms can actually be [Qi, iterator{R1...Rn}]. The algorithm produces new version of Q block, and the last solver in a group would produce a new R item for the next step R-sequence (as can be demonstrated further on). Then solver is reloaded with next R sequence and runs again (until we are left with just one R). That would be next map-only job run but each run reduces total number of Rs thousands of times. so 3 map-only runs can handle 1 billion blocks (besides the last run is really combined with the next step, computation of $\mathbf{B}^{\top}$, so we save at least one iteration setup overhead here.
- Another small enhancement is that it turns out each Q computation doesn't need entire {R1...Rn}. Let's rewrite Q block indexes into 2-variable index to reflect their group and subgroup indices:\[\left(\begin{matrix}\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}_{1}\\\mathbf{Q}_{2}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}\end{matrix}\right)\mathbf{R}_{1}\\\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}\\\mathbf{Q}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}\end{matrix}\right)\mathbf{R}_{2}\\\cdots\\\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}\\\mathbf{Q}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}_{z}\end{matrix}\right)\mathbf{R}_{n}\end{matrix}\right)\equiv\left(\begin{matrix}\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}_{11}\\\mathbf{Q}_{12}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}_{1k}\end{matrix}\right)\mathbf{R}_{1}\\\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}_{21}\\\mathbf{Q}_{22}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}_{2k}\end{matrix}\right)\mathbf{R}_{2}\\\cdots\\\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}_{n1}\\\mathbf{Q}_{n2}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}_{nk}\end{matrix}\right)\mathbf{R}_{n}\end{matrix}\right).\] It turns out that computation over Q1i and Q2i requires entire {R1...Rn} but computation over Q3i requires $\left\{ \mathrm{GivensQR}\left[\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{R}_{1}\\\mathbf{R}_{2}\end{matrix}\right)\right].\mathbf{R},\mathbf{R}_{3}...\mathbf{R}_{n}\right\}$, i.e only n-1 upper-triangulars. Going on, сomputation over Q4i requires sequence $\left\{ \mathrm{GivensQR}\left[\left(\begin{matrix}\mathrm{GivensQR}\left[\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{R}_{1}\\\mathbf{R}_{2}\end{matrix}\right)\right].\mathbf{R}\\\mathbf{R}_{3}\end{matrix}\right)\right].\mathbf{R},\mathbf{R}_{4}...\mathbf{R}_{n}\right\}$. And so on, with the Qn requiring only two upper-triangular arguments. That means that we quite legally can split computation into at most k independent jobs, each i-th parallel job computing blocks Q1i, Q2i...Qni in sequence while also reducing R sequence per above. To aid parallelization even more, we can actually choose k to be whatever we want: inside the algorithm, matrix $\left(\begin{matrix}\mathbf{Q}_{i1}\\\mathbf{Q}_{i2}\\\cdots\\\mathbf{Q}_{ik}\end{matrix}\right)$ is only ever transformed by applying column-wise Givens operations and horizontal shifts. Hence, it doesn't matter how it is being split into blocks, we can regroup rows there in any way to come up with a degree of parallelism k we are comfortable with.
Looks pretty complicated, huh? I guess it's not most complicated part yet though. Besides, I haven't implemented bottom-up approach 100% yet. I only implemented 2-step hierarchy (i.e. we can have n×n Y blocks initially only). I think it is kind of enough for what my company does, but it can be worked on to insert more steps in between to enable as many blocks as we want.
We've just started on the path uphill.


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Anti-scatter collimators (also referred to as anti-scatter septa or grid) are used in CT X-ray equipment used for medical imaging, but also non-medical X-ray applications such as cargo scanners at (air)ports.
CT scanners consist of an x-ray source opposite an arc-shaped array of detectors. The collimator is located immediately in front of the detectors to protect them from scattered X-rays. Ideally, each detector in a CT scanner measures intensity of X-rays that reach the detector after traveling along a straight-line path from the X-ray source to the detector.
The commonly known anti-scatter collimator is comprised of thin plates formed from a suitable X-ray absorbing material like lead or tungsten. These plates are focused at the x-ray focal spot and generally located between columns of detectors (z-direction) but not between rows of detectors. This collimator is referred to as a "1D" anti-scatter collimator. In multi-slice scanners it has been found more advantageous to have shielding between both columns and rows of detectors; both directions are focusing to the X-ray source. This type is called a "2D" anti-scatter collimator.
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The Museum of Ventura County celebrates, preserves and interprets the art, history and culture of Ventura County, the California Channel Islands and the surrounding region through its collections, exhibitions, events, educational programs, publications and its research library, and serves as a gathering place for the community.
We're celebrating our 100th Birthday! The Museum of Ventura County first opened in 1913 in the newly built Ventura County Courthouse (now Ventura City Hall). Soon known as the Pioneer Museum, its collections of artifacts and curios were the legacy of Dr. Cephas Bard, a Pennsylvania doctor who came to Ventura after the Civil War. A compassionate man with wide-ranging interests, Dr. Bard accepted historical objects in lieu of cash payment for his services. Priceless Chumash, Spanish and Mexican-American objects from his collection are on display in the galleries today.
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Aaron Finch is an Australian cricketer who will play for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in Vivo IPL 2018. Please find below Profile, Bio of Aaron Finch.
Player Name : Aaron Finch
Nickname : Finchy
Role : Batsman
Bats : Right-handed
Bowls : Left-arm Medium
Nationality : Australia
IPL Team : Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
Jersey Number : N/A
Aaron Finch Profile :
Born on 17th November 1986, Aaron Finch is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for Victoria in the domestic cricket in Australia and also represents the Australia in T20 and ODI's.
He also plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League, where he is the captain of the team.
He is an aggressive right-handed batsman who is not onlt a solid striker of the cricket ball but is also a consistent run-getter for his team.
Aaron Finch currently holds the record for the highest innings in a Twenty20 International match, 156, scored against England on 29 August 2013.
Aaron Finch has been part of IPL since 2010. He played for Rajasthan Royals in 2010 and 2011. He was then signed by the Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2012 and then played for the Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013.
He did not feature in IPL 2014.
He joined SunRisers Hyderabad for IPL 2015 and then was bought by Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2015 season.
In players auction for IPL 2016, Aaron Finch was bought by Rajkot based Gujarat Lions (GL) team for Rs. 1 Crore. In IPL 2016 he played in 13 matches scoring 393 runs at an average of 39.30
He was retained by the team for IPL 2017. In IPL 2017 he played in 13 matches scoring 300 runs at an average of 25.00.
In players auction for IPL 2018 he was bought by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for Rs. 6.2 Crores.
Lets hope he plays better in Vivo IPL 2018 for Kings XI Punjab.


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8.00 am, under the station clock. Cold air whipping around my face, my gloved hands shoved deep inside my fleece jacket pocket to keep the cold out. Expectantly looking for the train that is supposed to draw in on platform 7.
Hearing my name, i look up, and there he is, arms outstretched, walking towards me. He envelops me within them, and kisses me softly but with such passion that my head spins, and I literally forget where I am for a brief moment. Automatically, I respond, one arm around him, one lifted so that i can feel his cheek beneath my palm as we endlessly kiss; and that he can feel my palm on his cheek.
Finally breaking, and setting off for my place, our bodies continually colliding sideways; we cannot bear to be separated. We half-hug, half-walk through central London's crowded streets, bumping into pedestrians and obstacles alike. Every so often, I stop, and stand back to regard him carefully. He doesn't object, and returns the favour.
I see an older, bearded man, with gentle and laughing blue eyes that readily meet my own. I see height and strength — broad shoulders with arms that held me tight only moments before; the feeling being a fusion of total security combined and complemented by raw, steaming desire.
I see the love of my life.
We arrive at mine, and pause to catch our breath before ascending the stone steps at the front of my building. Turning to me, he rests his chin on the top of my head ("Adorable!" squeaks the little man living in my head) and once again pulls me close to him. I feel myself held close and revel in the euphoria i feel swelling in my heart, before I grasp his hand tightly in my gloved one, and lead him inside.
Once in my room, we part to remove the various outer garments necessitated by the inclement conditions outside. My room is rather warm, and he looks on with little surprise as, instead of stopping the shedding of layers at coat, scarf, hat and extra sweater, i continue until I am standing before him, in my white socks and a warm, welcoming smile.
He draws an appreciative and audible breath and crosses the room in two strides, gathering me close as if he needs to engulf me with his body. I murmur at him, disapprovingly.
"You really need to be less clothed, darling."
Obediently, he complies with my wishes, his laughing eyes meeting mine, and informing me silently that he loves the way my mouth moves as i speak. [He will repeat this fact later, in the dim, lamp-lit post-coital glow that surrounds us like an autumnal haze.] I undo his shirt slowly, my chocolate-brown nail polish in stark contrast against the pearlized buttons and brushed cotton, his eyes following my every move. My hands reach his waist and within seconds, he is evidently more naked than I.
We maneuver ourselves to a horizontal position on the bed; each lying on their side, resting their head on their upturned palm, regarding the other with unsuppressed longing. He sees my socks, and smiles a secret smile at me that only I could possibly understand. For months he has expressed a wish that the first time we fuck, I be wearing knee-high white socks… and I have complied.
He leans forward to kiss me softly as he takes me into his arms once again, and i realise that we have just been enjoying the calm before the storm. And what a wonderful storm.
We lie next to each other, naked apart from my white socks, which i utilize in causing a gentle friction on his skin, as i run my toe up and down the back of his calf. He strokes my hair, and kisses me, stopping every now and then to look into my eyes lovingly, and then kiss me again.
His hands feel strong and comforting around me, but they do not remain still. He feels my skin as if he were learning my body in braille, although for now he studiously avoids any of the more easily ignitable erogenous zones. I know he is holding back to increase the anticipation, not in order to tease, and i feel very relaxed and comfortable.
Our bodies melt into one another as we lie there, caressing each other as a prelude to hiking up the proceedings a notch. He takes my face in my hands, and kisses me tenderly, drawing back to look deep into my eyes.
"Juno, my love, I simply must fuck you now."
I smile at him.
"Well, since you insist."
We begin in basic missionary, as he pulls himself into me. My legs wrapped around his body, his arms supporting them from beneath them. I feel his cockhead press against my labia, his wetness mingling with my own, and i gasp as he slides right into me.
I mean it. He slides straight in. No fumbling, or "oh.. no, left a bit… yes, right a bit… yes!". None of that. It is as though we have been built to fit together: jigsaw pieces, magnets, yin and yang, true connections… however you wish to describe it, that's how it is.
He moves within me, as i tilt my hips to match his thrusts. My lips move along his collarbone, leaving butterfly kisses and delicate nips until I suddenly find myself flying up into the air, and landing astride him, looking down into his twinkling eyes through my tousled hair.
"That was a nifty little move there," I say, admiringly.
I grind my hips against his, recapturing the momentarily-lost rhythm and increasing the intensity.
"I like this. I like watching your mouth as you talk, while I fuck you," he says, looking into my face as he fucks me in a leisurely manner.
I lean my head towards his, and move my lips softly against his ear, whispering specific details regarding the other man i'd fucked not hours before; vivid descriptions of how he'd taken me, fucked me good and hard, left me spent and exhausted, full and satisfied.
The more lurid the description, the more aroused he becomes.
The more aroused he becomes, the more intense our fucking.
The more intense our fucking, the better he feels inside me.
And he feels so very, very good inside me.
We keep at it for nearly an hour… the orgasms mounting in their intensity for me, and his unswerving self-control keeping him focused.
"I love you," one of us says.
"I love you," the other replies.
"I could stay like this forever," I whisper.
"What ever suggested to you that there was a statute of limitations regarding my cock in your gorgeous cunt?" he murmurs back, as he pumps and bucks beneath me, swirling me ever higher into my orgasmic haze. "My darling, you are the most unbelievably glorious fuck. Don't ever leave here. Stay."
"I'm certainly not going anywhere until you come, baby," I assure him, redoubling my efforts to make him come. Damn, but he has amazing control. Then it hits me — and i move my hand to his chest.
"I'll come when I'm damn well good and ready young lady, don't you– ah! oh! yes! oh god yes! oh god, that's good, that's so good…"
I've shifted my hand to his nipples and am paying them some serious attention. I am back in the saddle, so to speak.
"Just for that," he grunts breathlessly, "I'm going to come. Right. Now. Oh god!"
I lean forward again and kiss him as his body jerks and writhes in pleasure concurrently with my own. His soft, full mouth responds to mine, our kiss sealing our ethereal passion for each other with our mutual corporeal lust and desire.
He holds me on him, close to him, his lips against mine, as we both subside, shuddering quietly as we come down. I am speechless. No one has ever fucked me in that way before. I've never felt so euphoric.
I know this is the real thing. That connection we all search for. It. Love.
And so does he.