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Hassenfeld Fellow Overseas Immersion Program provides an up-close lookBrandeis' International Business School recently sent 30 MA and MBA candidates on a one-week academic trip to Cuba for a first-person look at that country's economy in transition.
The group visited tobacco farms and farmers' markets, exchanged ideas with members of the economics department at the University of Havana, and became the first U.S. business school delegation to connect with a new Cuban MBA program run by the Spain-based Catholic University Saint Anthony of Murcia.
"To truly immerse yourself in a culture, you have to experience it up-close and personal," said business school Dean Bruce Magid. "This was an exciting opportunity for students to see a closed, state-controlled country start to open up to the global economy."
The visit was made possible by the Brandeis business school's new Hassenfeld Fellow Overseas Immersion Program. The new program is funded by retired Hasbro Chairman and CEO Alan Hassenfeld, who made the trip alongside Magid and three professors. The program's inaugural trip, to Turkey last summer, proved so popular that over 100 students applied for spots on February's excursion.
The Hassenfeld Fellows spent five weeks this winter in a special Cuba module taught by trip organizer Alfonso Canella, a Cuban-born professor who hadn't set foot in his homeland in nearly 50 years. The communist nation recently enacted several changes to liberalize its economy, allowing citizens to start small businesses and to buy and sell cars and real estate to each other.
Students saw these sorts of dynamic developments first-hand during the week they spent in Cuba, during which the government announced it would begin to sell inefficient state-run restaurants to the emerging private sector.
"It's clear that this is a country on the cusp of economic change," said Gonzalo Montes Viguera MA '12. "Walking through the streets and talking to the locals, you can really see it and feel it."
Particularly enlightening was the visit with the new Cuban MBA program, which started this past fall and is intended to provide Cubans with the management skills to launch and operate new entrepreneurial opportunities in the coming years.
"It was fascinating to get their perspectives on the recent economic developments in Cuba," said Nihan Celiktas MBA '12. "We got a little bit of everything from the trip, which helped provide us with the whole picture."
The Hassenfeld Fellows also found time to donate medical supplies, visit a jazz club, stop by Havana's Hemingway Museum, and take salsa-dancing lessons in the country where the art form was created.
"The trip went far above and beyond any of our expectations," said Hassenfeld. "Students got the chance to exchange ideas with their peers in Cuba and partake in an extraordinary, truly experiential education."
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KINGSTON >> In Mark Hogancamp's world, women do bad things to men.
They torture and kill Nazi soldiers in a miniature, hand-built village he calls Marwencol, set in World War II Belgium.
"They attack in packs," he said proudly of his femme fatales. "I smile."
Not even a hint of one crosses his lips at the moment, though.
Hogancamp looks down tenderly at the figure he wears like a necklace. He pauses and draws a deep breath.
It is almost as if he is inhaling a shot of courage from the mystical "Deja," a gothic-looking doll cloaked in faux mink.
"I'm grateful. I love killing Nazis and splashing their blood all over the place."
Those unfamiliar with his story might regard such talk as strange, but it really is harmless "play" and therapeutic for the 51-year-old Kingston-area man, who suffered a ruthless beating by five teenagers outside a Kingston bar 14 years ago.
With childlike honesty, Hogancamp explains that the dolls inhabiting his universe are cast daily in the roles of good and evil.
The females are "hot" heroines with "hot clothing and nylons and heels," he said.
Four of them are Tonner-made dolls that serve as the Belgian goddesses of Marwencol (named after himself and two women, Wendy and Colleen).
He sees the males collectively as the enemy, likening them to the gang that stomped on his skull all those years back.
"I kill men very badly … like they did to me, but I don't do it myself. Women are my catalyst because some women hate men that much," he said.
Indeed, the grown man with dolls works out his demons through an ongoing, dark drama that stars his alter ego, Captain Hogancamp, a Ken-like action figure with a scar running down his cheek.
A few represent his friends, and somehow, they all have roles in the never-ending story that includes wartime battles, fits of jealousy, moments of rage and scenes of despair.
"Every day, there's a different episode," Hogancamp said. "It's one continuous story. I shoot it as if I were the director of a film."
To most observers, the 200 or so dolls that populate his home and outdoor lot represent a collection.
Hogancamp has received many as gifts or bought them with funds left over from his disability checks. To him, they are companions that help him make sense in a cruel world.
The 25 male dolls resemble GI Joes, while the females are Barbie-like figures.
Some are kept in boxes inside his home, while others are carried from room to room. His female heroines surround him at night and are tucked in a bed on a night stand in his room.
While Hogancamp's dolls and the universe he has created for them have become a sort of therapy to cope since the assault, they will, nonetheless, serve as a starting point in the Freeman's yearlong series "Hudson Valley Collections."
The series will run the last Sunday of each month and spotlight some of the area's most extraordinary collections and those who build them.
Though Hogancamp likes to talk about Marwencol, he rarely grants interviews to the press, preferring instead to keep private in his mobile home in the country.
On this rare occasion at the One Mile Gallery on Abeel Street, Hogancamp smiled timidly and extended a trembling hand when introduced to a Freeman reporter last weekend.
After a few ice breakers, he began to relax and spoke freely about his life since the attack in the parking lot of the former Looney Tunes Bar on East Chester Street in April of 2000.
All five teens were convicted and three went to prison for the attack that left Hogancamp in a coma for nine days.
"It felt like an eight-hour sleep, and when I woke up, I thought it was still 1984 and I was still in the Navy," he said.
Indeed, his recovery has been long and grueling.
Hogancamp, who suffered brain damage, spent 40 days in the hospital and had to relearn how to eat, talk and walk.
One skill he would never regain was the ability to draw.
The former alcoholic had produced countless sketches that dealt with his addiction, but after the attack, that talent was forever out of reach.
"They destroyed all the motor skills in my brain," he said of his attackers. "My right side … is the messed-up side. My mind won't move my hand where I want it to go, and the left side is all nice and calm and chilled."
Still, he regards his survival as a sort of second life.
"I was a different human being when I woke up (from the coma)" he said.
In that second life, Hogancamp has found his niche through the lens of his Canon PowerShot G6 camera.
The photographs he captured of Marwencol over the years were eventually discovered by Esopus magazine and have since been featured at various art venues, including the One Mile Gallery in Kingston.
The gallery, co-owned by Eddie Mullins and Janet Hicks, first spotlighted his work in 2012 and, most recently, in December with the exhibit, "Saving the Major."
He also sells his work online, and each photograph is an analogy to Hogancamp's life, said Hicks, his gallerist.
"Usually, every Saturday, I'll go to Mark's house for him to sign them. They get sent out everywhere. Mark has fans all around the world," Hicks said.
Hogancamp indeed has become a sort of celebrity, and though he and those who look after him are fiercely guarded, his story has managed to capture international attention.
The acclaimed documentary "Marwencol," directed by Jeff Malmberg, premiered in 2010 at the SXSW Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Award for best documentary.
The film was shot over four years and went on to win more than 25 awards, including the Maverick Award for best feature documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival in October 2010.
There is talk these days that Universal Studios plans to produce a movie on Hogancamp's life, which will be directed by Robert Zemeckis, according to www.indiewire.com and other sources.
Also in the works is a book, "Welcome to Marwencol," written by Chris Shellen, who served as a producer of Malmberg's documentary.
"While we were shooting, we realized there was so much more material than we could fit into an 80-minute movie, so I started gathering material for a book," Shellen said.
"After the documentary was released, we asked fans on Facebook and Twitter for their ideas for the book, and we came up with something that I think is very different from the traditional art book.
"It does have some really beautiful full-page spreads of Mark's photos, but it also includes an expanded version of his story, Marwencol character dossiers, information on his process and town buildings and several of his stories laid out in a graphic novel format," she said.
Shellen has a few publishing offers and anticipates it will come out later this year.
"I think the book answers a lot of common questions about Mark and Marwencol, but it still tries to look at Marwencol through Mark's eyes, without that cold distance you feel sometimes in art books," she said.
Her hope for readers is that they will react the same way she did when she started digging into his world.
Complex though it is, to Hogancamp, it is what drives him and gives him purpose.
"I never got any closure," he said. "Five guys … kicked me like I was a piece of s**t."
By now, Hogancamp was itching for a cigarette. The two-hour interview in the loft at One Mile Gallery had taken its toll, and he was anxious to move on, but one question still needed to be settled.
Will Marwencol ever have a final episode?
With that, he stood and put on his leather jacket and cap.
"It's all that matters to me," Hogancamp said with the unlit cigarette dangling from the side of his mouth in that cool Humphrey Bogart manner.
"I don't want to come out of my fantasy world. If I'm home alone, if I'm feeling something, that's a catalyst to go out and film."
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In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel has -- by a huge margin -- the biggest following on social media of any top prospect in this draft. The No. 2 guy, though, might surprise you.
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Manziel has a combined 1.52 million followers of his Twitter and Instagram accounts (even though he hasn't tweeted since January). He has more than five times as many followers as former Alabama QB AJ McCarron, who is the No. 2 guy on sportsbusinessdaily.com's list of the prospects with the biggest social-media following as of April 22. All of McCarron's followers are on Twitter, as he does not have an Instagram account; he is one of seven players in the top 50 who doesn't post on Instagram.
Sportsbusinessdaily.com reports it consulted NFL.com's draft rankings to come up with its list of the draft's top prospects.
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is third on the list; his 155,050 followers are more than 100,000 fewer than McCarron's 276,249. Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins is fourth (128,941) while Auburn running back Tre Mason is fifth (114,520).
The list does not include four players that have at least 100,000 followers: Oregon running back De'Anthony Thomas, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, Missouri defensive end Michael Sam and Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd. No one in that quartet is considered an elite prospect. If their numbers were included, Thomas would rank third (261,088 followers), Murray fourth (215,954), Sam sixth (111,076) and Boyd seventh (109,819).
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The scenario sounds all too familiar. A widespread cheating scandal as waves of allegations reveal corrupt school district officials not only knew about the misconduct but actively directed it. Shocking financial improprieties involving a former teacher, a woman who goes by multiple names depending on which form she is filling out. A board of trustees at best unwilling or unable to stand up to wrongdoers, at worst complicit in their misdeeds. Multiple investigations by the Texas Education Agency that finally shine a light on these dark deeds.
In this case, it was not the still-unfolding scandal at the Beaumont Independent School District but another series of misdeeds at a different school district.
This scandal alone was more than enough to convince the Texas Legislature to set aside partisan wrangling and pass a bill that provided for the removal from office of a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. SB 122 amended Section 87.012 of the Local Government Code to add school board trustees to the list of elected officials who could be removed from office for misconduct by a state district judge.
The bill's primary sponsor was Sen. Jose Rodriguez, a Democrat from El Paso. He was joined by state representatives Marisa Marquez and Joseph Moody, both Democrats, and Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a Republican, all from the El Paso area.
Not a controversial bill, it sailed through House and Senate committees without drawing a single vote against the measure then unanimously passed both houses before being quietly signed by Gov. Rick Perry.
It was no coincidence the bill's sponsors were all legislators from El Paso because the scandal that prompted it involved the El Paso Independent School District, but the events in the westernmost county in the state should sound a warning for parents and teachers throughout Texas.
Lorenzo Garcia, the former superintendent of schools in El Paso, has been sitting in a federal prison since last year, convicted of fraud and reporting bogus test scores for financial gain. Evidence showed Garcia schemed to inflate test scores at Bowie High School by not testing the poorest performing 10th graders, changing failing grades to passing grades and forcing struggling students to drop out of school altogether. It worked. Bowie's rating quickly went from "failing" to "academically acceptable."
The Texas Education Agency conducted two investigations with blinders on and failed to detect the cheating, but the third time was the charm. TEA Commissioner Michael Williams said the response by the El Paso school board was "wholly insufficient" and stripped the elected school board of its authority. He appointed a five-member "board of managers" to oversee the district for at least two years. He has also asked the state auditor to examine why TEA investigators cleared Garcia in the first place.
Then the FBI uncovered another Garcia scheme — a bogus $450,000 contract he awarded to a crony named Tracy Rose, allegedly a teacher and former girlfriend who also uses the names Tracy Hannah Ledford, Tracy Mandell, Tracy Denane Davis and Tracy Schillaci.
Any direct comparison between the El Paso ISD scandal and alleged misdeeds by any other school district would be premature. In that case, parents and teachers were finally able to raise their voices loud enough to attract the attention of state and federal officials and bring down a corrupt house of cards.
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It's been clear for some time now not only that IT professionals face better-than-average prospects in today's tough marketplace for jobs, but also that those with Linux skills tend to fare even better.
I wrote about several pieces of encouraging data that came out last fall, but on Tuesday a fresh report emerged that paints an even rosier outlook.
Following up on its January 2012 study that found tech salaries had finally started to climb again, IT careers site Dice today published an annual update showing not just a continuing trend in that respect, but also a huge boost for those in the Linux field.
'No one wants to lose talent'
"Technology salaries in the US saw the biggest jump in more than a decade," begins Dice's announcement of its 2013-2012 Salary Survey, which was administered online to more than 15,000 employed technology professionals last fall.
That, however, is just the beginning of the good news it reports.
First, average annual wages for tech professionals in general jumped by more than five percent in the past year, increasing to $85,619 from $81,327 in 2011, the company found.
A full 64 percent of tech professionals said they are confident they could find a favorable new position in 2013, moreover, while employers are offering incentives including also more interesting or challenging assignments and the ability to telecommute.
"In the early stages of the recovery, companies were staying flexible by using performance pay to reward their top performers," explained Scot Melland, chairman, president, and CEO of Dice Holdings. "Now, companies are writing the checks that will stick. With a 3.8 percent tech unemployment rate, no one wants to lose talent."
Tech professionals with two years of experience or less earned their first year-over-year increase in three years, in fact, jumping 8 percent to $46,315, while those with at least 15 years of experience topped six figures for the first time, growing 4 percent year over year to $103,012.
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For Linux professionals, however, the news was even better.
Rather than a 5 percent increase in average salaries over the past year, those among professionals who regularly use Linux leaped a full 9 percent to $90,853.
Linux-using professionals also saw a 2 percent increase in the number who received bonuses last year. In addition, their bonuses--which amounted to $9,224, on average--were considerably bigger than the average $8,636 received by IT professionals in general.
"For the last few years, we've seen paychecks for Linux professionals grow faster than what we see for tech professionals overall," Dice.com VP Jennifer Bewley told me. "That's true of both salaries and bonuses.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A 16-year-old is recovering after he was possibly bitten by a shark.
The teen and his mother were staying near Butler Beach in St. Augustine. The two went to the beach and while in the water, the teen was bitten by something, according to a report from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
The teen was swimming about 150 feet from the sand, the report detailed, when he felt something bite and pull his right leg down and back.
Deputies on scene described the bite as four cuts on the back calf area of the teen's leg, in the shape of a half circle. The cuts were three inches long and two were bleeding.
St. Johns County Fire Rescue also responded to the attack in the water and advised the teen he would need stitches.
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Creating a transition plan to make sure a farm continues as a productive, agricultural business can be challenging. Farm women can have a key role in successful farm transitions. Managing for Today and Tomorrow, a new Annie's Project course for women, is divided into the following planning areas: Succession Planning - Transferring knowledge, skills, labor, management, control and ownership between generations. Business Planning - Developing goals, strategies and actions that form a road map to business growth. Estate Planning - Managing an individual's asset base in one's lifetime, at death or after death. Retirement Planning - Designing an enjoyable and productive time in life. Extension specialists and local professionals will teach the sessions on business, estate, retirement and succession planning. Besides brief presentations, there will be discussions based on participant questions and follow-up activities for family members to complete at home. Managing Today and Tomorrow is supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2011-49400-30584. This new Annie's Project course is offered by state university extension programs, Farm Credit Council, Farm Credit National Contributions Program, and several local Farm Credit associations.
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Plantar fasciitis. If you haven't had to deal with it personally, just ask around. Chances are you know lots of people who can describe it in great detail: stabbing heel pain and agonizing steps followed by a frustratingly slow recovery. Plantar fasciitis — an inflammation of the plantar facsia, a thick band of tissue that runs along the arch from the heel to the toes — has become so ubiquitous that podiatrists can practically make the diagnosis before a patient even sets foot in their office.
"I see 18 to 20 patients a day with plantar fasciitis. Heel pain is epidemic," says Michael King, a podiatrist practicing in Fall River, Mass., and the immediate past president of the American Podiatric Medical Assn. He can only guess how many more cases are out there. "Some people just tolerate the pain and try to get by."
Like Pau Gasol, perhaps. The L.A. Laker had been bothered all season by plantar fasciitis in his right foot, but in a game last month he tore the plantar fascia and was expected to be out of play for about two months. "It's not uncommon for it to occur for a patient who has had plantar fasciitis in the past," said Keith Feder, a Manhattan Beach orthopedic surgeon.


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We are an existing medical spa and laser center, and we are looking for a new spin to our current logo. We need it to be contemporary and sleek, yet convey professionalism. We need it to be Dynamic!
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Our client is One of the top medical spas in the US is looking for a new logo to re-brand their identity. They have a current logo - please see http://www.reflectionsmedspas.com.
We are looking for something DIFFERENT. Please do not take that logo and merely change it. We want to see designs that are outside of the box, and sleek and modern. The winning design will be used effectively in print, on the website and on television. Please create something that has 3d elements, and conveys the name - reflections. This should be done by water, mirror, or other creative ways. Please feel free to be different and unique.
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Boots Boots UK 5 Heel Closure Womens Closed Urethane Lining 1TO9 4 Black Toe Outdoor Urethane Kitten Warm MNS02644 Top Leather No Low Waterproof Smooth Have you ever felt like your organization functions in silos? Marketing is focused on entering a new vertical, while sales is aggressively trying to grow existing accounts, while customer success is stretched across multiple verticals, struggling to provide a tailored customer experience? While the functions of each of these departments are inherently distinct, their goals should be consistent - otherwise, your organization will quickly work itself out of business, by stretching its precious resources into too many directions at once. The introduction of cross functional teams can promote cohesion across your organization, allowing you to optimize your efforts to achieve goals faster with less waste. Read on to learn how cross functional teams work, and why they could be the answer for any organization looking to grow with agility and speed.
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Cross functional teams are groups consisting of people from different functional areas of the company - for example, marketing, product, sales, and customer success. These can be working groups, where each member belongs to their functional team as well as the cross functional team, or they can be the primary structure of your organization.
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If you've ever called a company with a simple question - say, an airline or a healthcare clinic, and found yourself being tossed from department to department, feeling no closer to your solution after 20 minutes than you did when you first made the call - you've felt what it's like to experience an organization functioning in silos.
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|From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
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You probably want (require (for-syntax scheme/base)) and then a whole bunch of other changes too :) Robby On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Todd O'Bryan<toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I've dug into teachprims.ss, but immediately hit a problem. > > I changed the language to > > #lang typed-scheme > > but if I try to run the file, I get an immediate error before I make > anymore changes: > > compile: unbound identifier in the transformer environment (and no > #%app syntax transformer is bound) in: syntax-case > > Does Typed Scheme interact strangely with macros so that I'd have to > unpack all the define-teach definitions in the teachprims file, or am > I just doing something stupid? > > Todd > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Todd O'Bryan<toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote: >> I guess the big problem I'm having dealing with the primitives in >> places like beginner-funs.ss and teachprims.ss is that they use a lot >> of macros--provide-and-document and define-teach--to name two. Is it >> safe to just change the languages in those files to typed-scheme and >> stick in a type annotation, or will that have some kind of weird >> interaction with the macro-provided definitions and the later >> renaming? I really need to get a good handle on macros and I just >> don't have it yet. >> >> I considered trying OCaml, but currying of functions, the lack of >> warnings about function arguments not appearing in application >> positions, and the wealth of other stuff that the teaching languages >> do convinced me it was just a bad idea. >> >> Todd >> >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Matthias Felleisen<matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >>> >>> The languages are located in collects/lang/htdp*. The primitives come from >>> private/ and are obviously labeled as such. Create copies and introduce type >>> checking at your leisure. >>> >>> ;; --- >>> >>> WARNING: If you really believe that type checking should be an integral part >>> of the first few weeks, you do NOT need to use Typed Scheme for this >>> purpose. The type system of Typed Scheme is designed so that programmers can >>> easily port existing Scheme code, programmed in an idiomatic manner, into a >>> typed setting -- with little more effort than annotating all binding >>> occurrences of variables and fields (aka declarations). It isn't perfect in >>> this manner but it's the best such practical effort out there. >>> >>> Since your programming novices are NOT porting code and you DO NOT wish to >>> program in the specific idioms of Scheme, I recommend that you spare >>> yourself the rather large implementation effort for now and experiment with >>> OCAML instead. The language is quite similar to Scheme but comes with a >>> native type system. (I strongly recommend always using type annotations and >>> to shunt type inference as much as possible.) Use only those constructs that >>> are close to the ones in HtDP teaching languages. While this doesn't give >>> you the teaching languages, it restricts the potential for truly weird >>> syntax errors. >>> >>> ;; --- >>> >>> IN GENERAL, we have not thought through the exact nature of the type system >>> that is appropriate for novice programmers. We do know, however, that we can >>> build a contract system that supports dynamic checking. Doing so will be our >>> next step. >>> >>> The DEIN PROGRAM sister project in Germany (included in the core >>> distribution) has beaten us this time and has already done so. I suspect our >>> solution will be similar to theirs. >>> >>> ;; --- >>> >>> Good luck -- Matthias >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 8, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Todd O'Bryan wrote: >>> >>>> Can somebody explain how the structure of the HtDP teaching languages >>>> works? >>>> >>>> I'm interested in, as an experiment, having my students write type >>>> annotations for their programs, just to see whether it clears up their >>>> type confusions or makes it even harder for them to get things right. >>>> I've received advice from several people stating that this is a bad >>>> idea and that I am going to create a great deal of pain for myself, so >>>> I've been forewarned. Realize, however, that I'll spend probably two >>>> months dealing with simple functions and structures before I ever get >>>> to lists, so the problems of polymorphism that rear their heads so >>>> early in a typical college class won't bother me until Halloween or >>>> so. I'm willing to risk the pain, and I'm even willing to accept the >>>> laughing and pointing that are likely to occur when I give up and tell >>>> everyone that I now accept that this was just a bad idea. >>>> >>>> But I can't even get things to begin to work, because I can't grok how >>>> the teaching languages are structured. How would I go about adding >>>> types and type checking (provided by Typed Scheme) to the language >>>> constructs of Beginning Student? I tried obvious things like changing >>>> scheme/base to typed-scheme in the htdp-beginner files, but I end up >>>> not being able to make the colon type annotation available and when I >>>> try to run programs I get errors saying that there are type >>>> annotations missing. >>>> >>>> David Van Horn provided me with some work he started on in this vein, >>>> but he was working with Advanced Student rather than Beginning and the >>>> internal structure of each of the teaching languages is so complicated >>>> that I can't tell which htdp-advanced's I can just replace with >>>> htdp-beginner's and which ones I have to reconstruct. >>>> >>>> Is there a document anywhere that describes how the teaching languages >>>> are built or is it all just in the code? >>>> >>>> Parenthetically, it's really hard to figure out where things are >>>> coming from as I'm trying to read through Scheme code without running >>>> Check Syntax and using Jump to Definition. 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I started out super slowly. Went through 5K in 21:30-ish, which is slower than 3 hour pace. The fast people were long gone and I was ok with that. 10K in 42:17, just a hair under 3 hour pace still.
Then I got anxious and sped up a little. I wish I had held back another few kilometers; maybe next time. Came through halfway in 1:27-something.
I had still held back significantly and finally it was time to run. I drank a caffeine drink I had stashed in the woods and got a huge high almost immediately. I went from 7th at the halfway point to 2nd with 10K to go. I hit the 31K mark at 2:11, which meant that a 38 minute 10K would lead to a small PR. The legs easily felt like I could run that.
With 4 K to go, I got a huge cramp in my hamstrings and had to stop and stretch out. It was really aggravating, because the legs felt great, except for the cramps. But it was what it was. I walked some of the hills the last few Ks and was able to run gingerly on the flats and downhills. Thankfully, I got passed by only one guy and still ended up on the podium with some nice prizes. My time was 2:54 something.
Those last 4K shouldn't spoil the race, though. It was fun to continuously speed up through the race. In retrospect, I probably went too fast from 21 to 37K, but it felt really effortless at the time. At the Milwaukee marathon, everything just got suckier as the race progressed. This was a different kind of collapse; after Milwaukee, I thought, "never again", whereas yesterday, I couldn't wait to come back next year.
The Girl took 2nd after starting out slowly and speeding up at the end. Her time was 3:27.
6 comments:
- SteveQ said...
Well, my predictions were as bad as usual. Congrats on placing!
I haven't done an actual official road marathon in a long time; I still remember how much it sucked to hit the wall at 8 (eight!) miles and stagger for almost three hours. Until I can guarantee that doesn't happen again, I won't be doing another.
- November 7, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- DDitlev said...
Sorry to hear about the cramp :( Soo close! Otherwise it sounds like a truly perfect marathon for you.
Btw. you had planned a nearly 15 minutes negativ split .. I thought that a very small negativ split was the most optimal. Have I misunderstood something? *remember I'm a noob who have only knowledge self-taught or stumbled upon on the net*
Good to see you again. Glad that you found the right spot for your bottle after all.
- November 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Fast Bastard said...
Steve, you know I'm always hoping you'll come back as a world class master. Hopefully, we'll be doing a lot of the same races next year.
Daniel, I guess in a physiological sense, you want even splits, or maybe a slightly negative split. But the negative split that we see some pros run may just be from the surge over the last few miles. I bet most world records are set at a very, even pace.
But I think it also depends on how you train. All my long runs start slowly and then build up to something like a tempo run at the end. So I'm not really used to running even splits.
If I had a group to train with, it might be different. Training alone, it's pretty boring to run 20 miles at the same pace.
- November 7, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- PiccolaPineCone said...
Basically the same comment as Daniel, I don't think your plan was optimal for a PB however I can definitely see how, given your experiences as of late, you would have just wanted to get one "clean" marathon in, i.e. no walls, no major unforeseens etc. I agree with you that most world records are probably run with even or very slightly negative splits (should confirm by google but too lazy). My marathon PB to date is still run with a 4 minute positive split, the last mile was 9 minutes as opposed to all the others which were an average of 6:38 with a slowing trend i.e. even mile 25 was 6-something and then mile 26 was 3 minutes slower which I took to mean I emptied the tank at ALMOST precisely the right moment.
I wonder if you would benefit from some serious overdistance runs like every 3 weeks during a marathon build up running 45 + km but then again you do ultras so you should be covered...
- November 9, 2011 at 3:03 AM
- PiccolaPineCone said...
p.s. as I said on SLG's blog, you are both looking astoundingly lean and fit (not to imply that either of you ever look rotund!).
-signed the envious waddler
- November 9, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- SteveQ said...
@PPC: Most times the 5K record has been broken, it was done with heavily positive splits. The marathon tends to be evener, though Steve Jones ran a near-record 1/2-marathon and jogged (for him) the last half when he set the record. My fastest official marathon was done with the half in 1:18, second half in 1:24; my second best had the first half in 1:14, second half in 1:29... but then I always run that way, except my splits for my best 5 Mile were 5:06,5:06,5:06,5:06,5:05!
- November 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM


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If a deadly strain of an exotic disease were ravaging Los Angeles, the state and federal governments would waste no time declaring a public health emergency. The Department of Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control would mobilize armies of researchers. The governor and the president would authorize the release of as much money as necessary to stop the spread of the epidemic and protect public health.
Last week, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), a regional planning body, made a plea for help dealing with a public health emergency that kills 5,400 Californians each year: air pollution. SCAG passed a resolution calling on Gov. Schwarzenegger and President Bush to declare a state of emergency in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Imperial counties, authorizing extraordinary measures to fight smog.
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Calgary wrestling wizard Bret (Hitman) Hart will be trading his role in the ring for a magic genie's bottle on the stage in an upcoming Toronto production of Aladdin. "I'm loving it -- it's been a lot of fun," Hart, who's featured as The Genie of the Lamp, said during a break from rehearsals this week.
Aladdin, the Magical Family Musical, by Ross Petty Productions, runs Dec. 2-31 at Toronto's Elgin Theatre.
It's his Toronto stage debut, but Hart, now retired from the wrestling ring, is no stranger to the stage.
His performing resume includes voicing the character of the Hooded Fang in the animated series Jacob Two-Two and appearances as Luther Root in Lonesome Dove: The Series.
However, after suffering a stroke two years ago, Hart said there were times he thought it was curtains for his acting career.
Then he got the call in May from Aladdin director Ted Dykstra, with whom he's worked before, offering him the role.
"I'm really excited about doing it and that they gave me a chance," said Hart, who also writes a regular sports column in the Sun.
"It's a personal thing for me just to go out there and do it, even if I don't do it very well, I'd just be proud to find myself in this position again."
And, although Aladdin isn't known for wrestling, there are some grappling references in the play.
"There's a little tongue and cheek about wrestling all the way through the play," he said of the part written with him in mind.
"It's a bit of a humorous resurrection of the Hitman character."


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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Potential Areas of Need - Defense
Defensive Tackle (Jay Ratliff, Josh Brent, Sean Lissemore) - Rob Ryan seems to be planning on keeping Ratliff as the starter in the middle rather than moving him out to defensive end. That means the Cowboys are pretty well set at this position. Ratliff is a pro bowler and Josh Brent showed promise last year in his limited time. Lissemore is a developmental project so it is too early to determine if he has any long term promise. I would still like to see the Cowboys find a big, sloppy, mean guy to man the middle and move Ratliff out to defensive end but it doesn't look like that will happen.
Defensive End (Stephen Bowen, Igor Olshanksky, Marcus Spears, Jason Hatcher, Clifton Geathers) - The Cowboys need a lot of help at defensive end as it stands right now. Bowen, Spears and Hatcher are all set to be free agents this offseason. I would like to see Spears come back because he is so stout against the run. Hatcher and Bowen both had a chance to win the job after Spears went down and neither guy played lights out. Bowen seems to get the most praise from opposing coaches between the two. Olshansky was a Wade Phillips guy but he has been solid since he arrived in Dallas. I expect the Cowboys to draft a defensive end but I think Spears and/or Hatcher will be re-signed.
Outside Linebacker (Demarcus Ware, Anthony Spencer, Victor Butler, Brandon Williams) - The starters are set here. Demarcus is one of the best defensive players in the league but Spencer needs a bounce back season. Rob Ryan had a lot of praise for Spencer so I expect the new attacking defensive scheme to benefit Spencer. Depth is the problem at outside linebacker. Victor Butler is a good pass rusher but undersized against the run. Brandon Williams was a Wade Phillips guy and has battled knee problems so he is running short on time to prove himself. I expect the Cowboys to draft an outside linebacker for depth.
Middle Linebacker (Bradie James, Keith Brooking, Sean Lee, Leon Williams) - The Cowboys are old at middle linebacker. Keith Brooking will probably lose his job to Sean Lee next season. Bradie James is a solid player but is hitting the downside of his productive years. I hope the Cowboys can find a way to convince Brooking to come back next season in a reserve role. I'm hoping the Cowboys target a middle linebacker in the first half of the draft that can supplant Bradie James in the next few years.
Cornerback (Terence Newman, Orlando Scandrick, Mike Jenkins, Bryan McCann, Alan Ball?) - I know a lot of people want to run Newman off but I think he has 2-3 very good years left in him. He is a good player when he has help at safety. Jenkins got off to a bad start and then the officials seemed to be looking for a reason to throw a flag on him for the first 8 games this year. He settled down and played better in the second half of the season. I was ready to cut Scandrick early in the season he was so bad, but by the end of the season he was playing very good. McCann showed some flashes last season but he needs a lot of work. Alan Ball is now listed as a cornerback on the Cowboys roster on their website so hopefully the experiment is over and he can move back to his natural position. If Ball moves back to cornerback the Cowboys are in good position in terms of depth but still need to find a cornerback late in the draft to develop.
Safety (Gerald Sensabaugh, Alan Ball?, Barry Church, Danny McCray, Akwasi Owusu-Ansah) - The Cowboys are hurting at safety. Sensabaugh is a free agent but could come back if the price is right. But the free safety spot is probably the biggest hole on the roster. I'm hoping the Cowboys will target a proven free agent to step in a immediately improve the secondary. Alan Ball needs to be moved back to corner if he hasn't been already. Barry Church has promise down the road as a strong safety. AOA had so many injuries this season there is no way to know if he has any potential. The Cowboys need to hit safety in free agency and early in the draft. This position has been a problem for far too long.
When you go through position by position it doesn't feel quite so much like the sky is falling like it did during the season. There are players who regressed like Spencer and Jenkins, but they have shown they have the talent to play at a high level. I expect to see the defense bounce back in a big way next season...but only if free safety and depth concerns are addressed.
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Two words... Free Safety. This is the where biggest area if need on the whole team lies. It just happens that atogwe has been released by the rams. Jerry really needs to go get this guy. The Ball experiment was a failure, and I honestly believe that the problems at safety were one if the biggest reasons for the failure of 2010. And even though the guy has been kind of snake bitten on the injury front I would like to see bob sanders wearing a star. He is elite when he's healthy, and hey the whole defense is learning a new system so why not bring in some new blood with way more potential? They can take care of safety via free agency and go get OL help through the draft.ReplyDelete
Hey there. Diggin' the 'Boys blog, seriously.ReplyDelete
In fact, probably the best fan-made Cowboys blog on the Internet -- that we've seen at least.
Anyway, we run a weekly NFL podcast/blog. We record shows every Monday (or so) and we'd love to have you on this week, since we're going to do some "camp reports" starting with the NFC East. It would be awesome if you joined us to discuss what's going on with the 'Boys, where they need to improve, and a projected win-loss record for next year.
Also, the e-mail -- if you're interested -- is firstname.lastname@example.com
- AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Jerry better go get the DB from Oakland or Champ Bailey & get the Atogwe from the rams. We know the Eagles are looking at the guy from Oakland, we don't want them getting their hands on him. We already got to worry about Samuels and if they get the guy from the raiders they'll have two shut down corners and move the other starting DB to the nickle.ReplyDelete
Jerry messed up last yr by not going after key FAs, he can't afford to do that this yr we the fans want a superbowl NOW.
- AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 1:06 PM
You know honestly R2W it is hard to even venture a guess anymore. It seems like everywhere needs improvements and etc. Honestly with a new DC things couldn't straighten up. Look at the offense under garrett. All it took was a fire. Hopefully the new DC will start a fire for Defense.
Again it just seems overwhelming to even venture guesses or have a conversation on it. I'm sure the boys will make a lot of improvements and move arounds and redirects. I just hope this new DC is able to step in and pull it all together whatever the outcome is.
That and you know me i'm an Offense man myself Defense i've never been to good at(talking about it anyways.)
Also congrats on getting invited to a podcast.
- AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Hey man great blog, i like ideas. i agree that they should make a deal on the lockout instead of letting egos getting in the way. please follow meReplyDelete


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The X Gear Anti Glare film for iPad aims to make Apple's very shiny iPad shine just a little less in our eyes. Now screen protectors have always been my arch nemesis -- I have always much preferred the feel of the actual glass over the feel of any screen protector. But I figured I'd give the X Gear anti-glare version a chance to change my mind.
Did it succeed? Read on to find out!
I'm extremely careful with my devices and always have a case on them so I'm not too concerned with screen protectors. The one reason I "would" consider one is to minimize fingerprints. That's what I was really hoping to do here. Some screen protectors seem to minimize the rate at which fingerprints take over your screen. I was left disappointed after applying the X Gear anti-glare film as it seemed to accumulate just as many fingerprints (if not more), than the naked glass did. It did seem to wipe down quicker than the glass does so I suppose that could be considered a positive. And it didn't do too much to minimize glare either.
The process of putting the screen protector on was simple enough. If this process is something you're unfamiliar with, check out our guide on how to apply a screen protector to your iPhone or iPad. I did end up with a few bubbles but I managed to get those out with the soft card that X Gear provides with the screen protector. They also include a cleaning cloth as well.
Overall, the quality of the screen protector was pretty good. It just doesn't do much to minimize fingerprints. If you're looking for something to add more protection from scratches, the thickness seems to be pretty substantial. It isn't that noticeable when it's on the device until you feel the screen. There's a noticeable difference from what the glass feels like. When scrolling and sliding your finger around, it just isn't as smooth. This is unfortunately the case with most screen protectors. It's just not the same experience.
If you're in the market for a screen protector that's a bit more durable and you don't mind getting used to your iPad screen feeling a bit different to the touch, I'd say this is a pretty decent screen protector. I still prefer the feel of other protectors better, such as the BodyGuardz screen protectors that are also available in the TiPb accessory store for around the same price.
You can check out the X Gear Anti Glare film for iPad in the TiPb Accessory store.
- Easy to apply
- Thicker than some other, flimsier screen protectors
- After applied, it's barely visible
- Doesn't do much when it comes to preventing fingerprints
- The area by the home button didn't stick as well as it should
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Nats welcome Cubs to D.C.
Lefty Ross Detwiler can make it five straight wins for the Washington Nationals - while ending a personal slide - when they host the Chicago Cubs on Friday night in the opener of a three-game set at Nationals Park.
A 10-game winner for the Nationals in 2012, Detwiler opened this season with a win and two no-decisions in his initial three starts but has since dropped three in a row.
He allowed two runs in six innings of a 2-0 loss to St. Louis on April 23, then was subsequently beaten by Cincinnati and Pittsburgh while allowing seven runs on 17 hits in 10 innings.
In 36 innings across six starts, he's given up 42 hits and 12 runs, allowing a .296 batting average.
Detwiler is 2-1 in three career starts against the Cubs.
Chicago goes with righty Jeff Samardzija, who's made six starts since his last victory.
The former Notre Dame football player defeated Pittsburgh, 3-1 in his initial outing of 2013 on April 1, but dropped four straight games to Atlanta, San Francisco, Milwaukee and Cincinnati through April 24.
Two subsequent starts have yielded two no-decisions, in which he's allowed five runs on eight hits in 11 innings.
Samardzija is 1-1 in nine career meetings with Washington.
On Thursday in Washington, Adam LaRoche and Ryan Zimmerman each recorded multiple hits and drove in a run as the Nationals completed a two-game interleague sweep with a 5-4 victory over Detroit.
Bryce Harper and Ian Desmond also supplied an RBI apiece for the Nationals, who have won six of seven. Starter Dan Haren (4-3) allowed four runs on nine hits and struck out three over six innings.
"We've come a long way in a week," Haren said, "and we're still not at full strength."
On Wednesday in Chicago, Jon Jay's tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth inning proved to be the difference in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-4 victory over the Cubs in the finale of a two-game series at Wrigley Field.
Nate Schierholtz plated two runs for the Cubs, while James Russell blew the lead in the seventh after allowing Carlos Beltran to tie the game at 4-4 with an RBI single. Michael Bowden (1-2) gave up a run on two hits, including Jay's eventual game-winner, to absorb the loss.
"We can't seem to shut anybody down in the sixth, seventh inning," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "We can't make a pitch when we have to."
Chicago's Carlos Villanueva, who was looking to avoid losing three straight starts for the first time in his eight-year career, earned a no-decision after yielding three runs and three walks over 6 2/3 innings.
The Nationals won six of seven games with the Cubs in 2012 and four of seven in 2011. Chicago last won the series, 4-2, in 2010.


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The winning numbers drawn Wednesday were: 1, 17, 35, 49, 54 and a Powerball of 34.
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The jackpot is estimated at $425.3 million, with a cash payout option of $242.2 million. That's one of the largest in U.S. history — but far from the record.
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They're Not So Bad For Your Infant After All
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The findings
According to scientists at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions, "Infants exposed to rodent and pet dander, roach allergens and a wide variety of household bacteria in the first year of life appear less likely to suffer from allergies, wheezing and asthma."
Prior research has shown that babies who grow up on farms — and are regularly exposed to microorganisms in farm soil — have lower asthma and allergy rates. Meanwhile, other studies have shown that babies who grow up in urban environments have an increased risk for asthma because of the exposure to high levels of roach and mouse allergens and pollutants.
Surprisingly, however, the new study results show that if a child is exposed to those substances in their first year of life, they have a lower risk of developing asthma and allergies as that early exposure "may have a protective effect by shaping children's immune responses," according to the study data. This could help researchers create better methods of preventing allergies and wheezing, which are both precursors to asthma. However, the outcome is not the same if the child is introduced to these substances after his first birthday.
The study
The study tracked the health of 467 inner-city newborns from Baltimore, Boston, New York and St. Louis over the course of three years. Researchers visited the homes to measure levels and types of existing allergens in the infants' living environments and periodically tested them for allergies and wheezing. The researchers also sampled the bacterial content of dust collected from the homes of 104 of the 467 infants in the study.
The scientists found that 41 percent of children who were allergy- and wheeze-free had grown up in homes rich with allergens and bacteria, yet just eight percent of children that had symptoms of allergies and wheezing had been introduced to these substances in their first year of life.
So the next time you're stressed about whether to cuddle with your newborn or dust the furniture, pick the former... in the name of your baby's health, of course.
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