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-3.88483 | 2.956891 | 39 | A regulatory perspective on the role of drug interactions in
antiretroviral drug development. Office of New Drugs, Division
of Antiviral Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20993, USA. Current opinion in HIV and AIDS
(Impact Factor: 4.75). 06/2008; 3(3):325-9.
DOI:10.1097/COH.0b013e3282f5f509 Source: PubMed ABSTRACT To
provide a regulatory perspective on the role of drug interaction
information in the development of antiretroviral drugs.
Additionally, this review highlights novel studies that provided
important information for the safe and effective use of
antiretroviral medications. The management of drug interactions
in HIV therapy becomes more complex with the introduction of
each new drug because many antiretroviral drugs are involved in
multiple metabolic and transporter-based interactions.
Therefore, a comprehensive preclinical evaluation to
characterize a new drug's metabolic pathway(s) followed by in-
vivo studies is critical for the safe use of combination
antiretrovir |
-2.240616 | 0.325949 | -1 | Columbia Gas is trying to stick their failure to manage onto
rate payers asking for a 23 percent increase to be used for
maintenance which should've been budgeted over many years by
reinvesting. I'm guessing the real reason is over-investment in
fracking, oversupply and demand destruction due to the economy.
America's sense of fairness has been stolen through what the
government terms "deregulation." There's no such thing as
"deregulation," just regulation in favor of other parties. By
snipping a bit here and there, our regulations to stop corporate
abuses, created mostly by years of courtroom decisions, have
been eliminated. Both parties have brought us back to the same
battles we fought since the days of Morgan, Rockefeller,
Vanderbilt and Carnegie. Democracy suggests fairness, fairness
requires laws that protect the workers from employers, consumers
from suppliers, the environment from those that exploit it and
our political system from corruption. Similar to Europe,
austerity is coming to America. The |
-0.110562 | 4.179768 | -1 | Materials: Cardboard, plywood, welded aluminum planter Price
Point: $215 "Strata uses eco-friendly materials to provide a
space-efficient solution to entryway clutter. Its unique
geometry, pieced layering, and inherent refraction of light
though the cardboard corrugations echo the fragmented
convergence of space in a hall or entry..." Designer: Nicole
Runde Location: Baltimore, MD Previous Design: Oh Lloyd!
Lampshade Pendant by Hemal Patel All Designs |
-1.891165 | -0.486732 | -1 | Tell leaders where you stand on key issues One of the greatest
privileges available to all Americans concerns the ability to
contact their leaders directly and make their opinions known.
Citizens can do this without any fear of physical retribution
from those in power. The elected officials may not always act on
the requests, but at least they know where a group of citizens
stand. Those seeking a new high school in northern Davidson
County availed themselves of that right and sent about 350
letters to the county commissioners advocating for construction
of the school. It would join Oak Grove Middle School to
alleviate overcrowding in the North Davidson and Ledford
districts. Much credit goes to Neal Motsinger, a Midway resident
and school backer who drafted the template that many supporters
used. Motsinger shows how one person can mobilize many others to
lobby for a cause. Sheer numbers don't always paint a true
picture, although in this case there's no question many parents
want to see the high school bu |
3.532259 | 2.122289 | -1 | Login or register Beat the Invisible Enemy! - Recap <--
Previous EpisodeNext Episode --> Meanwhile, well Shrieker is
trying to eat Rukia. Chad gets a punch in and hits Shrieker.
Rukia is surprised he hit it, and starts to wonder if he can see
Shrieker. As Chad is just punching the air in a random spot.
Rukia figures out he can't. Shrieker is even surprised. And
wonders what happened. As Shrieker tries to get and he gets
punched for a second time. Making Shrieker get too nervous. He
goes up and starts to fly. Chad is still punching again in a
random area and tells Chad it is useless because Shrieker is
airborne and tells him to run. Chad doesn't run and start to say
it doesn't matter and then breaks a telephone pole apart and ask
Rukia where to swing and she says right in front of you. As
Shrieker goes through the ways he wants to attack Chad, but
doesn't finish his second attack idea. Chad hits the hollow
again, but with more force then before. Shrieker is still
surprised that he is just uses brute force |
-0.77103 | 8.501412 | -1 | Skip Through YouTube Videos with Number Keys If you prefer
using a keyboard over a mouse, GHacks Technology Newsletter
reports that you can skip through YouTube videos by hitting the
1-9 keys on your keyboard. If you press the 3 key you'll skip to
the 30% mark and so on. We recently covered the Wadsworth
Constant Bookmarklet, a YouTube hack based on a Reddit comment
saying that you can skip the first 30% of YouTube videos without
missing anything important. Here's another way to skip ahead 30%
without having to use the bookmarklet or append the URL with the
&wadsworth=1 snippet. YouTube Tip: Shortcut to Skip Part of a
Video | GHacks Technology Newsletter |
2.814197 | 2.540898 | 25 | Ursula K. Le Guin's Great Unsung Masterpiece When we were
asking great SF authors to name the books that everybody
pretends to have read, one title came up that we wound up not
including on our list. Vonda McIntyre, author of Dreamsnake, The
Moon and the Sun, and several other classics, mentioned a book
by Ursula K. Le Guin. The only trouble? It's not a book that
people pretend to have read — because it's such an overlooked
classic. Here's what McIntyre told us: Always Coming Home, by
Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrations by Margaret Chodos and music by
Todd Barton, is a tour de force that was overlooked by the SF/F
community in the year it came out. It's an anthropological
description of a future community, the Kesh, a compendium of
information about them, a science fictional speculation about
the future, poems, recipes, songs, a glossary, music, an
autobiographical novel. As UKL describes it: "The people in
this book might be going to have lived a long, long time from
now in Northern California." I keep |
0.987516 | 2.741021 | -1 | I live in Northeast Ohio. Northeast Ohio looks a lot like this
for most of the months between November and March April.
Shovelling is a part of my life, and never has that been moreso
than this year (thank you Winter Storm Nemo) My house is on a
corner which means we have two sidewalks we need to maintain.
Them’s the rules in our fair city. Don’t tell anyone (all
secrets are safe on the internet, right?) but I actually enjoy
shoveling. Yeah, I know it’s crazy, especially when we
sometimes get pounded with heavy wet stuff . But I find myself
enjoying this if only for the fact that it is one of the few
things I get to do that, even if it is for a brief sunny
afternoon, it can be completed. FInished. Done. Sit down. Have
a beer. I love teaching. I love playing with technology and
making it bend so it helps people think and share and connect.
But both with teaching as well as bashing on the tools,
sometimes you feel like you aren’t getting anywhere. And then
there are the emails and the voicemail m |
0.584196 | 5.501186 | -1 | Forgot your password? + - Study doubts quantum computer speed 1
Submitted by Alain Williams Alain Williams (2972) writes "The
BBC reports that a new academic study has raised doubts about
the performance of a commercial quantum computer in certain
circumstances. In some tests devised by a team of researchers,
the commercial quantum computer has performed no faster than a
standard desktop machine." Study doubts quantum computer speed
Comments Filter: Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence. |
-0.992866 | 6.306784 | -1 | Hunting for a Literary Agent: Which to Keep and Which to Shoot
by Chuck Rothman 1. What is an agent and why do I need one? 2.
When do I need an agent? 3. How are agents paid? 4. Where to I
find information about agents? 5. How do I choose an agent? 6.
How do I contact an agent? 7. How do I create an outline and
sample chapters? 8. What happens if I don't get an agent? An
agent is a writer's business representative. His job is to
market your book, negotiate a deal with the publisher, keep
track of rights sold, and generally handle the business end of
things so that the author can concentrate on writing. You may
not need an agent. If you write poetry, or short fiction, or
articles, you don't. Agents only handle book length manuscripts
-- fiction and nonfiction. It's not worth their while to handle
shorter works. Even if you write books, you may not need an
agent. There are two main advantages that an agent can offer you
when it comes to marketing: • A good agent knows what
editors are looking for. H |
-0.435031 | 6.865779 | 152 | SoundCloud Reinvents Movie Trailers With 'Book Thief' Clip
Audio-distribution service SoundCloud debuted its first-ever
movie trailer Tuesday in a partnership with 20th Century Fox.
The trailer for The Book Thief -- based on a novel set in Nazi
Germany -- uses the film's score and pairs the sound with movie
stills. It's yet another way SoundCloud, which has 250 million
active users monthly, is ramping up its visual presence. Last
month, SoundCloud added Instagram integration, allowing users to
apply their filtered photos as artwork on their audio players.
15 of Your Favorite Books as Bathing Suits We're not sure what
would come first here -- picking your bikini design or selecting
your beach read. Either way, Kate Imbach's idea is genius.
Imbach, who lives in San Francisco, started after a vacation she
took just a couple of weeks ago. "I noticed a woman at the pool
reading a book that incidentally matched her bathing suit almost
perfectly. So when I got home, I started looking at lots of book
covers and bi |
-4.269739 | 2.479596 | 70 | Athletes Turn to Plant-Based Diets to Improve Performance
Written by Katie Vann Can you imagine a day when vegans and
vegetarians are no longer asked “where do you get your protein?”
— but rather, the initial knee-jerk response to finding out that
someone still eats meat is: “But, how do you get enough
nutrients in your diet?” This day might be closer than we think
thanks to vegan athletes like triathlete Brendan Brazier, ultra
runners Rich Roll and Scott Jurek and NFL guard Deuce Lutui
making headlines, winning events and showing off toned, muscular
physiques. Given all the health research behind the benefits of
a vegan diet, it makes sense that eliminating animal product
intake would enhance athletic performance. A recent news
feature on ABC-7 in Los Angeles showcased Jacksonville Jaguars
NFL player Montell Owen, mixed-martial-arts fighter Mac Danzig,
and triathlete Brendan Brazier. All three have seen their
athletic performances improve after adopting a vegan diet, and
they were excited to share the |
2.104334 | 2.400612 | 37 | Subscribe English look up any word, like poopsterbate: high as a
muthafucka, after smoking a blunt "Me and my man got blunted"
That cat is blunted! by ImmaculateMatt March 05, 2003 392 86
being under the influence of marijuana after the use of what is
called a blunt, or cigar paper filled with bud. stoner 1: how
are you feelin? stoner 2: man im so blunted. by stylin rta
December 25, 2006 126 38 1. Although a verb, it is actually the
the inability to take action 2. The result of being so high from
smoking a blunt you can no longer perform physical activity 3.
Associated with the inability to close the jaw and keep eyelids
open. Bob - "Hey can you give me a hand with these dishes?"
Blunted individual - "Whaaaa............ too blunted man" by
kaicrowe September 29, 2011 33 18 Person 2: Blunted by I Chink
Im Cool November 28, 2011 10 13 The feeling that follows smoking
a blunt. It usually makes one feel tired, weak, out of energy
and like you have been "blunted". A much stronger doped feeling
than smoking from |
0.041981 | -0.006939 | -1 | TOPICS > Nation Lincoln’s words to honor loss spark debate and
dedication to American freedom November 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
EST President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address articulated a
powerful message 150 years ago that endures today. How did a
speech with so few words come to effect such great meaning in
American history? Drew Gilpin Faust of Harvard University and
Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University join Jeffrey
Brown to offer reflections. JEFFREY BROWN: And joining me now,
Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University, historian
and author, whose books include “This Republic of Suffering:
Death and the American Civil War,” and NewsHour regular
presidential historian Richard Norton Smith of George Mason
University. He’s formerly director of the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois. And, Drew Faust, I
want to start with you. By the fall of 1863, the toll, the
suffering, it was all very clear. Set the context for thinking
about this speech. What was Lincoln out to do |
-2.225146 | 0.69268 | -1 | From the March 2012 issue of Entrepreneur The Tax Man
ComethTaxes are a necessary evil--the price we pay for roads,
bridges, schools and law enforcement. Audits, on the other hand,
feel just plain evil. In an effort to thwart fraud, the
Internal Revenue Service audits about 1 percent of U.S.
taxpayers every year. IRS computers are programmed to catch
outliers and oddities on returns; any item that falls outside
the norm may be flagged so that an IRS employee can review it to
see if there's actually a need for an audit. Common red flags
include: Incomplete or sloppy returns. Math errors and missing
information make the IRS cranky. If the agency's computers can't
make sense of what you filed, your return will be rejected.
Eyebrows will be raised if the numbers on your state return
don't match those on your federal return. Web help • If you
have simple questions about taxes, explore the surprisingly
useful website at If you've already filed, you can check on the
status of your refund quickly with the site's |
3.401091 | 4.867766 | 2 | History Legends of War: Patton Image Mixed or average reviews -
based on 7 Critics User Score Mixed or average reviews- based
on 4 Ratings Summary: In this turn-based strategy game you
follow the paths of General George Patton (of San Marino, CA)
during WWII, leading your troops to battle while traversing
Western Europe’s devastated land. Gain prestige points and use
them to enhance your army, acquiring advanced weapons and gear.
Play through 4 different types of missions: Attack, Defense,
Infiltration, and Sabotage. From the French beaches to Belgium,
you have to prove your worth as a member of Patton’s Third Army,
and fight for victory. Rating: T Official Site:
http://www.maximumgames.com/ Developer: Enigma Software
Productions Genre(s): Turn-Based Strategy ESRB
Descriptors:Violence Designer/Producer/Programmer credits
provided by GameFAQs. |
-0.633551 | -3.334164 | 95 | BrainyQuote Logo I'm concerned that my technical skills have
advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming
for, which is not such a good thing. David Byrne Share with
your Friends Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to
share. |
-4.614437 | 0.98974 | 18 | Karaoke Bars in Norristown Select Local Merchants 211 N 11th
St Hearty helpings abound at Pirone's, where chefs construct a
sizeable menu of steaks, seafood, pizzas, and other traditional
Italian specialties. As the dinner curtain rises, feast your
eyes and your lips upon an opening number of fried calamari
($11) or mussels marinara ($10) before moving on to sing the
praises of a tender, boneless chicken cacciatore ($17) backed by
peppers and onions, and simmering in a marinara mushroom sauce.
Waiters cart plates of meat- or cheese-tortellini alfredo ($16),
chosen from among more than 22 pasta picks that range from
traditional spaghetti with meatballs ($22) to an eggplant-topped
baked ziti ($16). Meal-goers can appease meaty appetites with a
mushroom-infused veal marsala ($19) or a thick-cut steak à la
Pirone ($21) topped with mushrooms, provolone, shrimp, sherry
sauce, and a miniature model of the restaurant, and those who
prefer sliceable sustenance can snack on a sliver of spinach-
and-ricotta pizza ($8 |
-4.0993 | 2.638753 | 70 | 1. NOOK Sample Go Back You've Reached the End of Your Sample
The Irritable Bowel Syndrome Solution Customers Who Bought This
Also Bought 1. New IBS Solution: Bacteria-the Missing Link in
Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome 2. Healthier without Wheat:
Understanding and Diagnosing Wheat Allergies, Celiac Disease and
Other Forms of Gluten Intolerance 3. Tell Me What to Eat If I
Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Revised Edition: Nutrition You
Can Live With 4. What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about IBS:
Eliminate Your Symptoms and Live a Pain-Free, Drug-Free Life |
0.438412 | 9.895324 | 16 | Index of /tex-archive/language/spanish/hyphen/base
[ICO]NameLast modifiedSizeDescription [DIR]Parent Directory -
[TXT]README31-Jul-2009 18:39 2.9K [ ]division.pdf30-Aug-2008
18:24 138K [TXT]eshyph-make.lua31-Jul-2009 17:49 2.0K [
]eshyph-test.tex31-Jul-2009 18:41 4.4K [
]eshyph.src31-Jul-2009 18:27 14K [ ]eshyph.tex01-Aug-2009
12:01 27K The file eshyph.tex under /base is the base for the
Spanish patters. It is intended mainly for backward
compatibility. New systems are best based on
CTAN:language/hyph-utf8/, which has the same patterns. Why 4.x?
Well, I know at least other three files with the same name, so
this one is the fourth (there were at least 6 or 7 patterns
files). The others should vanish as soon as posible. (c) Javier
Bezos 1993 1997. (c) Javier Bezos and CervanTeX 2001-2009 Some
parts, (c) by Francesc Carmona Licence: LPPL - division.pdf is
a draft of an article (in Spanish) explaining the rules to be
applied and how they are being translated into TeX in a unified
set of patterns |
3.686188 | -4.575299 | 12 | Kobe gets rapped by Shaq Former Lakers center raps at a
nightclub and knocks Bryant for not winning without him. June
24, 2008|Jonathan Abrams | Times Staff Writer Finally, a
rivalry indeed renewed. The NBA Finals sputtered out a week
ago, failing to live up to past Lakers and Celtics lore. Leave
it to Shaquille O'Neal, part-time center, part-time rapper, to
pick up the pieces -- or the microphone -- and poke and prod at
the embers of a feud with Kobe Bryant that had all but died out
some time ago. "You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do
without me," O'Neal freestyle-rapped Sunday at a New York
nightclub in footage shown on The reference? To the Lakers and
Bryant losing the Finals, still without a championship since
O'Neal was traded from the team four years ago, while O'Neal
picked up his fourth ring in 2006 with Miami. The italicized
comments are some of the tamer and printable remarks in an
obscenity-laced two-minute verse. O'Neal, now a member of the
Phoenix Suns, and Bryant had a long-sta |
0.855868 | 6.715781 | -1 | or Connect AVS › AVS Forum › Display Devices › Screens › DIY
Screen Section › Is Hot Spotting All Bad? New Posts All
Forums:Forum Nav: Is Hot Spotting All Bad? post #1 of 2 Thread
Starter I know, I know,: heresy. Seriously though, is it
possible there is a place for a screen with some hot spotting?
Please don't flame me; I'm really just trying to figure a few
things out before I go with my next screen. Hopefully I can tap
into greater knowledge and expertise than I have. Situation 1:
Insufficient lumens for a given size screen. This is why people
go with a high gain screen. Increase gain enough and you're
going to limit the viewing cone. That's obvious. But is that all
bad? What if all viewing takes place within that cone? Do we
really care that we've limited the viewing cone? Now, a
noticeably bright spot in the center of the screen is a worst
case scenario, at least it seems to me. But for some people,
might that be preferable to a screen that was uniformly too dim?
Obviously not the best solution. But |
-1.633392 | 6.783809 | -1 | Alternative Logic What is FieldLogic? It’s so easy to lose
track through a lack of communication, resulting in wasted
resources, poor stock control, excessive paperwork and unhappy
customers. FieldLogic is a software platform that manages your
remote workforce and tracks everything they do. Each member of
the team has a hand–held device which they use to log their
hours, their location, their movements and the jobs completed.
This innovative technology gives you up–to–the–minute reports on
the progress and status of your daily job schedule. You have
detailed information about your business, accessed from any
internet connection, anywhere, and your customer service team
can accurately update customers and manage their expectations.
Your operations run more smoothly, more efficiently and more
cost–effectively. The system is virtually paperless, saving
admin costs and trees, and reducing the risk of error or fraud.
What’s more, as the software is flexible and scalable, it can be
customised for every size of |
-1.716895 | 7.160749 | 32 | Forgot your password? The Almighty Buck Salon, Nearly No Money
and Ultramercials 441 Posted by Hemos from the coming-soon-to-
a-tv-near-you dept. Adam9 writes "As Salon fights for survival,
they have introduced a new advertising program that allows you
to receive a free 12 hour pass by clicking through about 10
seconds of advertisements. Currently, the advertisements are
from Mercedes-Benz. According to the article, they've lost about
$79.7 million from their start in 1995. They also have about
45,000 subscribers right now." Jamie also pointed out this
article from the WSJ, as well as the words from Salon themselves
about it. Salon, Nearly No Money and Ultramercials Comments
Filter: • Anyone know (Score:3, Interesting) by
digitalsushi (137809) <[email protected]> on Wednesday
November 20, 2002 @03:05PM (#4717466) Journal how many
subscribers there are to slashdot? • by Anonymous Coward on
Wednesday November 20, 2002 @03:11PM (#4717528) Overheard
from irc.slashnet.org: s |
-0.693318 | 5.063588 | 4 | Top Definition A pickup truck or SUV whose suspension has been
modified to jack it up. It is fitted with big off-road tires,
usually mounted on expensive, tough-looking wheels. Often the
engine is modified or replaced both to: a) increase
performance, and b) make more noise. Often they are adorned
with gaudy decals for motorsports brands, heavy metal groups, or
generic stuff like Tapout or SKIN. Commonly lifted vehicles
include most pickups and large SUVs, especially the Ford
Excursion. Any vehicle designed for off-road use, however, can
be lifted. Theoretically this is to increase off-road
performance, although the higher center of gravity would likely
make them more likely to roll over on rough terrain. They never
have a single scratch on their beautiful paint jobs anyway and
are usually seen on the highway next to Corollas and Civics.
They guzzle gas like no other due to the higher aerodynamic
profile, the big engine and the knobby tires. They also obstruct
visibility on the highway. The point of thes |
-2.292568 | 0.021571 | -1 | Ed Feulner Recommend this article It's not yet five years old,
but it's already experienced at throwing away cash. A recent
congressional report found that 32 DHS contracts "experienced
significant overcharges, wasteful spending or mismanagement."
Federal credit cards were used to buy beer-brewing equipment and
iPods. Tax money was squandered on luxury hotels and "training"
sessions at golf and tennis resorts. Altogether, those
contracts cost the government -- meaning you and me -- $34
billion. Sadly, a lot of that was wasted. DHS says it can solve
the problems -- if it can hire more inspectors. "We need more,"
Elaine Duke, the DHS chief procurement officer, told lawmakers.
"We have an increase coming in the current '07 budget of about
200 additional [workers], and we are working towards needing
even more over time." But the answer isn't to hire more
bureaucrats to supervise what the current bureaucrats are doing.
There's a simpler, cheaper and more permanent solution: Allow
300 million Americans to revi |
4.397736 | -4.35288 | 0 | A couple days ago, the Texas Rangers were one win away from
securing their third straight AL West title, and all the
Baltimore Orioles had to do to have a shot at the AL East crown
was keep pace with the New York Yankees. Neither of these
things happened. The Oakland A's swept the Rangers in a three-
game series to snatch the division from their grasp, and the
Orioles lost two out of three to the Tampa Bay Rays while the
Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox. So instead of introducing
themselves as division champs, the Rangers and Orioles have to
be content to introduce themselves as 2012 American League wild-
card champs. It doesn't quite have the same ring to it, and the
Rangers and Orioles will no doubt be the first to tell you that.
There will be two disappointed teams on the field on Friday
night in Arlington. With both the Rangers and O's backpedaling
into the postseason, we have no choice but to ask: Which of them
is in more trouble? Strap yourselves in. It's time for an
immediate discussion. Why the Ra |
0.910585 | 6.345772 | -1 | Lytro cameras add filters and a 3-D effect Images viewable from
different angles By Heather Kelly CNN UPDATED 3:09 PM EST Nov
19, 2012 Lytro camera CNN Image (CNN) - Lytro cameras, which
let you take a photo and refocus anywhere after it's taken, are
getting two much-requested new features: Instagram-like filters
and the ability to bring the entire image, not just one section,
into focus. The camera was released early this year by a new
Silicon Valley-based startup. Long and rectangular with a small
touchscreen on one end and minimal buttons, the camera uses
Light Field technology to capture its interactive images. Since
the camera's release, Lytro employees have been busy testing and
releasing new features. The most recent additions will be
available December 4. First is the new Perspective Shift
feature. Until now, you could focus only on one small section of
a Lytro image at a time, which seemed to negate the benefit of
having a camera that could focus on everything in the frame.
Perspective Shift |
4.71602 | 0.935709 | 13 | Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt, of the rap collective Odd
Future, at his apartment in Hollywood. (Genaro Molina / Los
Angeles Times) On Wednesday night, everyone who went to see
Earl Sweatshirt perform at the El Rey Theatre got a free
cartoon-y mask of the rapper’s visage. It was for a photo shoot
-- a sea of Earls staring back at the El Rey stage. But a lot
of people kept them on throughout the night, and there was
something kind of appropriate about that. For a long time, as
his Odd Future cohorts rose to cultish prominence in L.A., there
wasn’t much Earl to go around (the teenager born Thebe Neruda
Kgositsile was, famously, at a boarding school in Samoa). Now
that he’s back, and finally has a major-label full-length album
out (“Doris”), fans want as much of his face as they can get.
Wednesday’s show was a lot of things at once. It was a victory
lap for a very talented rapper on the occasion of his
challenging, thoughtful LP; but it was also a wild-out house
party for the extended Odd Future family, wh |
-2.50329 | 5.003627 | -1 | I started studying all the accounts listed under the OMB
“Housing Assistance” program. Of the 41 accounts it looks like
there are 36 different accounts for various housing assistance
programs from 2009. That’s right, 36 different accounts. And on
top of that, one of those accounts is “Other Assisted Housing
Programs” meaning that there are even more programs than the 36
listed at the account level. Of those, most are meant to help
the poor get into some type of housing (as you probably would
expect). In fact, in 2009 only one program’s purpose didn’t have
something to do with that. That was the temporary first-time
home-buyers housing credit. That cost came to just over 9
billion. So of the 51 Billion our government spent on housing
assistance, only 42 billion of it actually goes to help the
poor. Something I find curious is the 6 accounts related to the
“Rural Housing Service”. Not that they exist or that there’s 6
of them, but the fact that it’s a part of the Dept. of
Agriculture instead of HUD. The Burea |
-1.035999 | 7.79989 | -1 | Overview of content related to 'ukoln'
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/taxonomy/term/118/all?article-
type=&term=&organisation=&project=&author=balviar%20notay&issue=
RSS feed with Ariadne content related to specified tag en The
JISC 5/99 Programme: What's in a Number?
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue38/5-99 <div class="field field-
type-text field-field-teaser-article"> <div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item odd"> <p><a
href="/issue38/5-99#author1">Rachel Bruce</a> and <a
href="/issue38/5-99#author2">Balviar Notay</a> give an overview
of the outputs and influences of the JISC 5/99 Learning and
Teaching and Infrastructure Programme.</p> </div> </div> </div>
<p>The 5/99 Programme, as it became known, was funded by the
Joint Information Systems Committee (<a
href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk">JISC</a>) [<a href="#1">1</a>] in
the year 2000. Quite simply the name, 5/99, refers to the number
of a JISC circular letter. It was the fifth circular issued by
the JISC in 1999. So the name is pretty meaningless to those
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-2.085168 | 4.319524 | 61 | The Ecological Crisis is an Economic Crisis; the Economic Crisis
is an Ecological Crisis ( How Capitalism has created an
Ecological, Energy, and Economic Crisis —- The post-WWII boom
was based on cheap oil. But oil is nonrenewable, polluting, and
causes global warming. It was “cheap” because the capitalists
did not pay to prepare for the day when it would be harder to
access oil. We have reached that day, which is one aspect of the
worldwide crisis of the return to the epoch of capitalist decay.
—- As I write this, the United States is suffering its worst
ecological disaster since the Dust Bowl. Petroleum oil is
gushing out of the ocean floor at BP’s drill site in the Gulf of
Mexico. For it to be gotten under control may still take months,
if it can be done at all. In any case, cleaning up the
ecological and economic destruction in the region will take
decades; some of the effects are irreparable. There could be no
greater illustration that the worldwide crises in ecology, in
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-1.83043 | 9.000984 | 59 | Now that it is more transparent how the flagging system works
from the flagger's perspective (e.g. we have a flag reputation
and stats based on our flagging history) it seems important that
the system is fair. With that in mind, what happens when I flag
something and then that something gets edited or corrected
after-the-fact? Does my flag go away? (This could be abused by
trolls) Do I get penalized for an invalid flag even though my
original flag was correct? Do I still get credit if their
correction doesn't fix the problem? share|improve this question
add comment 1 Answer up vote 7 down vote accepted The flag
doesn't go away: edits don't really count as a moderation
action. Moderators will look at the entire history of a post
before deciding what action to take. If they see a flag on a
post for a state that's later been corrected via editing
(hooray!), it's the general practice to dismiss the flag as
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Apr 19, 2013 While the premise and some factors of the movie
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makes for an enjoyable and smart sci-fi movie well worth the
price of admission. The scale of the movie is excellent, set
pieces are huge and memorable, the visual feel is tremendous and
helps create a genuine atmosphere. With that, the soundtrack by
M83 is engrossing and excellent. Tom Cruise plays a solid main
role, that didn't sell me at first but did later on, his scenes
with Andrea Riseborough are among the best of the film. Add in
some unexpected and truly great twists, and I'm happily
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be a good movi |
1.388406 | 2.129191 | -1 | Guy and girl have been friends for a while, guy has crush but
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Facebook. Girl has boyfriend at the time, who’s a year older and
more experienced than her. Friendzoned guy confesses love,
girl’s reaction? Kisses him on the lips, and breaks up with
boyfriend! Storybook ending, yay— have you guessed yet that I
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0.061687 | -0.046203 | -1 | The Debunker: Did the Emancipation Proclamation End Slavery? by
Ken Jennings Even though the Civil War hasn’t receded all that
far into the past—the Associated Press reported last month that
two children-of-Civil-War-vets are still alive and well and
receiving government veterans’ benefits!—we may not remember
very much about it. This month, Ken “Burns” Jennings will reveal
that a lot of what you think you know about the Civil War is a
bunch of Bull Run. Civil War Myth #3: The Emancipation
Proclamation Freed the Slaves. Say what you will about the
recent work of Steven Spielberg, at least it’s helped to shoot
down a lot of historical myths about Abraham Lincoln. For
example, most Americans dimly remembering their tenth-grade
history class probably assume that slavery in the Republic was
ended by the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863. But
as the movie Lincoln makes clear, abolition didn’t actually
happen for almost three more years, when the Thirteenth
Amendment was ratified in December 1865. R |
5.118785 | 1.033377 | 13 | Melong Band: When Tibet Rocks! by Joshua Barnes / June 24,
2013 / No comments Four guys on a mission to preserve Tibet
with Rock n’ Roll. Melong Band_Burma House Melong Band (l to
r): Tenzin Tsewang, Tenzing Jigme, Tenzin Ngawang, George
Dorjee. Photo: Renee Rosensteel. Melong Band is the only
Tibetan rock band in the United States to be touring and
recording. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota the band came to
Pittsburgh on June 8 to perform at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s
Exiled Voices of China and Tibet event. Like its blend of
Tibetan music, reggae, and American blues, Melong is comprised
of three Tibetan members—Tenzing Jigme (Guitar, vocals), Tenzin
Ngawang (Vocals, dranyen), Tenzin Tsewang (Bass)—and a
Minneapolis resident, George “Dorjee” Marich (Drums). Even
though none of them are older than 35, the band sings about the
struggle that Tibetans have endured since the Chinese government
occupied the region in 1959. Though Melong does not shy away
from saying that their music is a form of protest |
-0.201714 | 9.490489 | 16 | Take the 2-minute tour × I have stored some of my information
in an HTML file and put it in asset folder. However, when I want
to show it, web page starts but it says that "Web page not
available", while I have stored it in assets folder. This is my
code: public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
final FrameLayout frame01 = (FrameLayout)
findViewById(R.id.ch_frame01); final WebView wv = new
WebView(this); frame01.setOnClickListener(new
View.OnClickListener() { public void
onClick(View v) { enter image description here share|improve
this question Just a crazy suggestion: try this url:
file://android_asset/people.html the extra / points it to the
root of the device, which I do not think the file would be. –
Richard J. Ross III May 17 '11 at 13:48 Thanks buddy but it had
same result. – Hesam May 17 '11 at 13:56 add comment 2 Answers
This should be your code for retrieving assets' file public
String inputStreamToString() StringBuffer sBuffer = |
-1.139112 | 9.032879 | -1 | What is a Cookie What is a Cookie? A cookie is a small piece
of information sent to your browser which contains information
about settings you changed on a web site. For example, if you go
to an on-line bookstore and put 3 books in your cart but then
decide that you want to purchase those books later, the web site
will send a cookie to your browser with information on what
books you selected. When you visit that site again, the cookie
will be sent back to the site, and the site will display "where
you left off." While some have theorized that cookies may be
being used to track information on your actions on a web site
for advertisement or monitoring purposes, cookies can be
considered a valuable and harmless tool for web sites to use to
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2.633088 | 8.886902 | 24 | This question tests your ability to describe symmetries
geometrically and to represent them as permutations in cycle
form. It also tests your understanding of conjugacy classes and
their relationship to normal subgroups. The figure for this
question is prism with three identical rectangular faces and an
equilateral triangle at the top and base. The locations of the
faces of the prism (numbered 1, 4 at the top and base and each
side 2, 3 and 5, 5 being the back face) have been numbered so
that we may represent the group G of all symmetries of the prism
as permutations of the set {1,2,3,4,5}. a) Describe
geometrically the symmetries of the prism represented in cycle
form by (14)(23) and (25). b) Write down all the symmetries of
the prism in cycle form as permutations of {1,2,3,4,5}, and
describe each symmetry geometrically. c) Write down the
conjugacy classes of G. d) Determine a subgroup of G of order
2, a subgroup of order 3, and a subgroup of order 4. In each
case, state whether or not your choice of su |
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is nothing new for Falcons quarterback Shaun Carney, who threw
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UpLogin May 2009 Archive for In the Shop RSS By: Dan Anderson,
Farm Journal 48-Row Planter Follow-up May 31, 2009 Earlier
this spring I mentioned there was a prototype 48-row planter
running in our territory. The 120-foot wide machine drew a lot
of attention and provided some interesting points to ponder:
The farmer who ran it says he averaged 80 acres an hour when he
was actually planting. Folding, unfolding, filling, and
transporting took a lot of time, so he averaged 500 to 700 acres
per day over the entire planting season. The big planter was
most at home in big fields--he noted that in fields of 80 acres
or less, he spent as much time fussing with endrows and corners
as he did planting the body of the fields. In 40- to 60-acre
fields with irregular borders, he admitted that he may have lost
time due to the sheer size of the planter. Another interesting
comment the farmer made was that he had to pre-plan his
movements between fields to acc |
-0.188563 | 9.964177 | 16 | Take the 2-minute tour × I want to give different level of
access on tables to different users based on their department.
Should I use Schema or Roles for this purpose? share|improve
this question add comment closed as off topic by George Stocker
Jul 30 '12 at 13:52 2 Answers up vote 6 down vote accepted
Roles would be the way to go here. Roles should be used anytime
you have groups (i.e. depts. in your case) that need specific
user rights to tables regardless of what schema they are in.
This prevents errors, and makes the job of the DB administrator
much easier. Think of roles as groupings for users and the
associated rights for that group of users, while schemas are for
the logical grouping of sets of data. Edit based on user
comment: You can, but to limit access to a particular table
using schema is maybe not the best way to think about it.
Schemas are used for grouping of data. So you may have a "sales"
schema that has tables, procedures, etc. that are needed by the
sales team. You can then say |
-0.131443 | 7.710546 | -1 | [H]omer espoused: > Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz
spake thusly: >> FTC won't step up Intel antitrust probe > I
never used to give much thought to Intel, one way or another,
they > were just another hardware company, but they've really
been showing > their true colours recently with things like
sabotaging the OLPC > project, and their predatory business
practices against AMD. They're > nearly as bad as Microsoft.
Well, OK - they're still several miles off > being as bad as
Microsoft ... nobody's /that/ bad. I think we need to consider
just how bad things are in the computing business. Sales are
abysmal at the moment, and this affects all players very badly
indeed. Companies in trouble will do all kinds of things in
order to pull themselves out of it, just look at Novell,
Linspire, Turbolinux and so on signing up with Microsoft for
some cash. | Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ | |
1.802542 | 1.651848 | -1 | Part 2: Gunpowder on the street In tandem, both ambulance, and
fire truck, red lights strobed across the narrow cave-like
doorway to the Tom Waddell clinic. The images flashed in the
dark, like red-tinted, stop-motion animation. Inside the narrow
space the six of us from needle exchange creaked zombie-like to
our feet from where we’d been bent over bodies. Two men still
lay flat-backed on the cold concrete, only now beginning to
twitch and jerk, and enough torn packaging fluttered that it
looked like someone had tossed the contents of a recycling bag
of paper into the doorwell. Between the two men, we’d given
about 10 vials of narcotic antidote (Narcan), over at least ten
minutes. It may have been longer. When you’re doing a
resuscitation, time rubberbands out thin and tense, the spaces
widening between your own heartbeats, everything stretching all
the way to the breaking point. And then, with that one gasped
inhale, time snaps, stinging, back to normal. We had witnessed
at least ten minutes of no breathi |
1.76039 | 2.50881 | 62 | Take the tour × I searched the meaning of reel in a couple of
dictionaries and got the meaning as to walk, moving from side
to side, looking like one is going to fall. but still I am not
able to understand it. What does it mean? Can I have an example
in favor of that word? share|improve this question Wiktionary
has a good entry en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reel – user21032 May 14
'12 at 17:56 Try a learner's dictionary for examples, like OALD
or Cambridge. – aedia λ May 14 '12 at 18:46 add comment closed
as general reference by JSBձոգչ, aedia λ, Mr. Shiny and New 安宇,
Mehper C. Palavuzlar, JeffSahol May 14 '12 at 19:22 3 Answers
up vote 4 down vote accepted Psalm 127:27 The definitions you
found describe how someone who is drunk might walk: not in a
straight line, and in danger of falling over. share|improve
this answer add comment To reel in terms of walking is not
commonly used (Andrew Leach's example is a good one though).
What you would more often see: 'He reeled backwards from the
punch' or 'The |
0.027202 | 9.923235 | 16 | SEO News Latin Alphabet 1. The Worldwide Web Just Went
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like the alphabet you are using on the page. Someone writing in
English will use a standard alphabet... |
4.210576 | 0.87987 | -1 | Harry Belafonte, Jay Z And Intergenerational Beef Jul 30, 2013
Hip-hop beefs don't burn any slower or get any more bizarre.
Last year, Harry Belafonte, the acclaimed singer, actor and
civil rights activist, was awkwardly quoted by a foreign
reporter in a Q&A about modern celebrity and social
responsibility. The always-outspoken Belafonte didn't really
hold back. Q: Are you happy with the image of members of
minorities in Hollywood today? A: Not at all. They have not
told the history of our people, nothing of who we are. We are
still looking. ... And I think one of the great abuses of this
modern time is that we should have had such high-profile
artists, powerful celebrities. But they have turned their back
on social responsibility. That goes for Jay-Z and Beyonce, for
example. Give me Bruce Springsteen, and now you're talking. I
really think he is black. Jay Z responded churlishly to
Belafonte's shade, first in lyrics on his latest album, and then
more expansively in an interview with Elliot Wilson last |
-0.794188 | 5.108429 | 4 | 2014 MG 6 1.9 DTi review The MG 6 diesel saloon has been made
more efficient and more economical in a bid to boost its
attractiveness to private buyers and company car users alike.
The MG 6 is one of those cars we’ve always struggled to
recommend. Space and broker discounts notwithstanding, it has
always been too noisy, uncomfortable and expensive to run to get
the nod over its widespread rivals. Now, though, its diesel
engine has been tweaked for greater economy and lower CO2
emissions, which should help increase the car’s appeal to both
company car users and private buyers. What’s the 2014 MG 6 1.9
DTi like to drive? The 148bhp 1.9-litre diesel has 258lb ft of
pulling power, but the trouble is that it all arrives in the
manner of a bunch of children arriving for a meal – tumbling in
all at once when the revs pass 1800rpm. Until then, performance
is flat to say the least. You can try to keep the revs up a bit
more by changing down through the six-speed gearbox, but the
shift action is notchy and slow, |
-2.362047 | -0.233978 | 36 | Washington (CNN) - Northeastern lawmakers scrambled Thursday to
address Republican concerns that could stall swift passage of a
massive emergency spending bill to aid the victims of Superstorm
Sandy. "We members of the New York, New Jersey delegation -
Democrats and Republicans alike - have always been there when
other parts of the nation were struck by disaster," said Sen.
Chuck Schumer, D-New York. "New York tax dollars went to the
Gulf and went to fight forest fires out West and flooding in the
Missouri and Mississippi valleys. And now, unfortunately, we've
been struck, and we hope and really expect our colleagues to
show the same courtesy to us." At issue is $60.4 billion in
emergency aid the White House wants to rebuild houses, schools,
bridges, tunnels and other infrastructure in New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut that were devastated by the October
storm. The governors of the affected states had asked the
administration for more than $80 billion. Republicans have
three main concerns. First, they |
3.724883 | 1.783157 | -1 | 1. Entertainment 5 Stars Who Were Discovered By The Internet
These five superstars all have the Internet to thank for their
fame. The internet has changed the ways in which we discover
new talent in our society. In the past, young actors or singers
found fame the old fashioned way; by moving to Hollywood, going
to auditions, and praying they’d be "discovered." These days,
fame could be just a few clicks away, as evidenced by the
following five superstars who all got their start on YouTube,
blogs, and through viral word of mouth. No, we’re not talking
about "internet famous" people either, like Rebecca Black or
Antoine Dodson, we’re talking about legitimate, lasting fame
that came as a direct result of being on the Internet. 1. Kate
Upton Courtesy: ABC News Kate Upton was a working model whose
own agency, IMB, worried that she "wasn't fashion enough" by
fashion house standards, until a friend uploaded a video that
went viral. In the video, Upton does a bouncy chair dance
version of "The Dougie" dance at |
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mortgage market Reverse mortgages are loans that provide
supplemental income to seniors 62 and older based on the value
of their homes. A reverse mortgage does not need to be repaid
until the homeowner sells the property, moves or passes away.
But the loans that were intended to help retired homeowners
maintain their lifestyle in their current homes are beginning to
cast a dark shadow. Several disturbing trends have emerged
prompting some experts to advise older homeowners to think twice
before considering a reverse mortgage. 5 disturbing trends
Some experts believe that a reverse mortgage should be a last
resort. There are no restrictions on how the money is spent, and
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off short-term debt. Here are five disturbing trends in the
current reverse mortgage market: No. 1: Younger borrowers are
choosing reverse mortgages. Reverse mortgages are designed for
elderly homeowners to "age is |
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Cesium Release From Fukushima Plant Compared to 168 Hiroshimas
Japanese government specialists project that the quantity of
radioactive cesium 137 emitted to date from the crippled the
Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant equates to 168 times the
amount of material released in the 1945 atomic bombing of
Hiroshima, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Aug. 24).
Citing the work of nuclear experts, the Tokyo Shimbun reported
the quantity of cesium that escaped the Japanese facility
following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was projected to
be 15,000 terabecquerels. In comparison, only 89 terabecquerels
were emitted by the detonation of the U.S. weapon dropped over
over Hiroshima near the end of World War II, according to the
newspaper. The Kan administration provided the cesium
projection to Japanese lawmakers. The government, however,
contends it is not appropriate to compare the two nuclear
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-0.312521 | 10.195919 | 16 | Re: linking binfmt_misc with mime-types >> Some more
questions. Is it possible to recognise an html file by a couple
of >> magic numbers at the beginning? Most html starts <html> or
<HTML>, but it is >> not certian that it will look like this.
Another thought is the possiblilty of >> running perl scripts
without the bang path, but then how would the shell tell >> it
is a perl script. >Uh, for SGML documents, how about looking at
the <!doctype ...> ? >Anyway, I suggested even to use the file
utility, so you can make use of the >magic database. This is
getting a bit off the original thread... IMHO, any magic type
of database, is a "hacked" solution. What I really would like
is a filesystem that can store a mime-type for every file...
That way no magic databases are required. In addition, the
kernel could be configured to assign default mime-types for
different file extensions, or something. This would mean
instead of having lots of different programs trying to determine
file types (each with a very diffe |
-2.273693 | 6.060475 | -1 | Seeking Alpha Seeking Alpha Portfolio App for iPad Profile| Send
Message| (1,242) I'm not as excited about Intel's (INTC)
prospects as some would like for me to be. This, however,
doesn't mean I've given up on this company. But I would like
Intel much better if management were able to figure out ways to
accelerate the company's push into mobile while (at the same
time) shedding the company's PC dependency. Has Intel made
considerable progress? Sure. But I don't believe that rivals
such as Qualcomm (QCOM) and Broadcom (BRCM) are feeling
threatened, either. The pace hasn't been all that great. And the
company's lack of leverage has hurt. But investors can still
profit from Intel's recent improvements. To that end, first
quarter report was encouraging. The miss that really wasn't
Intel reported net income of $2 billion, or 40 cents per share,
compared with net income of $2.7 billion, or 53 cents per share,
for the same period a year ago. Revenue also fell 2%, arriving
at $12.6 billion. Not surprisingly, re |
0.353064 | 9.047003 | -1 | Take the tour × I want to reinstall Linux OS, and before that,
I think I will partition my hard disk again. (I just use a
simple one partition / for root, and make Linux automatically
put all other directories there). I often save software
installations in /usr/local. So, my question is: suppose I
create a new partition, /usr/local, and save data there; if I
reinstall Linux again, can I continue to use this software and
not need to install again? I'm new to Linux World, so I'm not
sure of these things. share|improve this question add comment
3 Answers up vote 1 down vote accepted My suggestion on this
was, make a backup of whole root fs (including /usr/local), then
re-partition, mount all partition, and extract everything.
After that all your files would stand, and your disk got re-
partitioned. If you simply backup /usr/local, there's a risk
that once your system libraries get updated, those software
(non-static ones) might need re-linking. share|improve this
answer add comment You use both the phr |
0.262308 | 7.474835 | -1 | Help Me, LAPTOP: Simple Needs Are Not So Simple • MORE When
it comes to laptop features, is it ever possible to have it all?
That seems to be the problem plaguing reader Megan, who is
looking for a robust machine that can handle her everyday
computing tasks and also withstand the antics of her house
companion -- a lively, 5-month old puppy with a penchant for
knocking her laptop off her bed. In Megan’s words: “I don't
need anything fancy. I'm not a gamer, at least not on the
computer. I'm not a designer or a professional of anything. All
I want is a computer that will do the few things I need it to do
quickly, without complaint, and will do it for a long time in
spite of my clumsy, abusive lifestyle. What I do: • Internet
surfing. Entirely too much of it. • Multi-tasking. My friends
constantly make fun of me for having 12 windows open at any
given time. • Instant messaging. My fiancé and I are stationed
on nearly opposite ends of country. Skype is my hero. •
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-3.160218 | 2.361734 | -1 | Saturday, December 16, 2006 I have a zillion new pictures to
share with you, but they are all on Sarah's camera so we have to
wait until we download. That's my excuse, that plus having had
no sleep for three weeks. Literally. I am loving being a mom of
two, I just pray that one day I get to sleep again. Sadie's
routine has been SO disrupted that she isn't sleeping well
either, so John and I are both up half the night and it's
getting rough. Mostly John and Sadie sleep in our room, and Jack
and I sleep in the living room. I'm still in the recliner half
the time because it's easier to get up when your stomach muscles
are still out-to-lunch. I tell myself that one day I will sleep
with my husband again. I'm tired. Jack is wonderful, growing and
gassy. Seriously, this kiddo has gas issues. Sadie never did,
and I never had to think about what I was eating when I nursed
her, but every kid is different I guess. It takes forever to
burp him and then he still cries with gas and the stupid mylecon
drops are USELESS. |
-1.104102 | 4.182102 | -1 | Dangers of Egg Dust From Teena For those of you who are new to
this art of cutting, carving, sculpting eggshells with handheld
rotary cutters (or to those who have been cutting away but
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eggshells may be very harmful to you. IF IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR
COMPUTER, IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR LUNGS! (or your eyes, or your
kids, or pets, spouses, significant others, etc. etc. etc.)
Always use dust protection to capture and remove the egg dust
from your environment. Breathing dust that settles on clothing,
hands, etc. may be just as hazardous. A mask/respirator should
be designed to stop ultrafine particulates like asbestos or lead
(and even these may not be sufficient since no tests have been
done re: eggshell dust). REMEMBER: If you can smell the odor of
cutting shells then you are inhaling DUST. The dust itself can
cause the natural mucous in our bodies and even the tears of our
eyes (which are designed to help the body to remove foreign
particles, du |
-1.589644 | 8.003942 | -1 | Wikipedia – an unplanned miracle Every day since its birth 10
years ago, Wikipedia has got better. Yet it's amazing it even
exists Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the
world. That statement is both ordinary and astonishing: it's a
simple reflection of its enormous readership; and yet, by any
traditional view about how the world works, Wikipedia shouldn't
even exist, much less have succeeded so dramatically in the
space of a single decade. The cumulative effort of Wikipedia's
millions of contributors means you are a click away from
figuring out what a myocardial infarction is, or the cause of
the Agacher Strip war, or who Spangles Muldoon was. This is an
unplanned miracle, like "the market" deciding how much bread
goes in the store. Wikipedia, though, is even odder than the
market: not only is all that material contributed for free, it
is available to you free; even the servers and system
administrators are funded through donations. That it would
become such a miracle was not obvious at i |
0.008033 | 5.961278 | -1 | Sunday, February 19, 2012 Kidney Transplant Chains and
Financial Economics That's economics. Isn't it
interesting? 1. "That's economics. Isn't it interesting?"
Yes, very interesting, but I see it as mostly computer science.
Seems like the work people like Jon Kleinberg etc. are doing on
network theory can be borrowed from if that has not already been
attempted (unsuccessfully). 1. If you're saying economics
is mostly computer science, that's not correct. If you're saying
that kidney exchange is just computer science, that's wrong too.
The problem is rich in economics. Read Al Roth's research on the
topic. 2. I should add, however, that computer science is
certainly a tool we use intensively in economics - along with
statistics that we adapt for our own purposes (econometrics),
and various mathematical tools. 3. So, I know that
economics uses concepts like equilibrium, maximization etc. How
often do you guys end up using other powerful concepts in other
fields e.g., fixed |
-2.800832 | 4.651625 | -1 | Quiz: CNBC Quiz: Davos And The World Economy Question 3 of 12
As of 2009, which of the following countries had the largest
GDP, based on purchasing power parity? 1. Canada 2. Mexico
3. South Korea 4. Spain Mexico at $1.42 trillion, although it
is a very close group. Canada had the smallest of the group at
$1.28 trillion. Spain and South Korea were essentially tied at
about $ 1.36 trillion. (PPP involves the use of standard dollar
- price weightings for services and products, smoothing out
currency effects. Source: CIA 's World Fact Book |
4.326005 | 2.804041 | 5 | In Memoriam 1942 – 2013 “Roger Ebert loved movies.” Mr.
Peabody & Sherman The Grand Budapest Hotel Other Reviews
Review Archives Ballad of Narayama Monsieur Hire Other
Reviews Great Movie Archives Other Articles Far Flunger Archives
Other Articles Channel Archives Annapolis Movie Review |
May Contain Spoilers Here I am at Sundance 2006. Four years ago
I sat in the Park City Library and saw a film named "Better Luck
Tomorrow" by a young man named Justin Lin, and I joined in the
cheers. This was a risky, original film by a brilliant new
director, who told the story of a group of Asian kids from
affluent families in Orange County, who backed into a life of
crime with their eyes wide open. Now it is Sundance again, but
I must pause to review "Annapolis," which is opening in the
nation's multiplexes. Let the young directors at Sundance 2006
set aside their glowing reviews and gaze with sad eyes upon this
movie, for it is a cautionary lesson. It is the anti-Sundance
film, an exhausted wheeze o |
1.937514 | 0.324997 | 44 | Pr Ntr Kmt Pharaoh Khufu Pharaoh Khufu Khufu was the
second Pharaoh of the fourth (4th) Dynasty. The Greeks called
him Cheops. 4th dynasty 2589 - 2566 B.C.E., son of Pharaoh
Sneferu and Queen Hetepheres, father of Djedefra (his
successor), Khafra, other sons, and daughter Queen Hetepheres II
See list of Pharaohs. picture courtesy of John Moore’s the
Ancient Egyptians were Black hieroglyph cartouche for Khufu
Khufu (pronounced kew-foo), called Cheops (pronounced key-
ops) by the Greek, was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty,
ruled for 23 years, and was the builder of the first of the
Great Pyramids of Giza (the only Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World that is still standing). The Turin Papyrus states
that Khufu came to power in his twenties and was remembered in
folk history as cruel and ruthless. Manetho claims Khufu ruled
for 65 years, while Herodotus claimed that Khufu ruled for 50
years. The funerary cult for Khufu lasted until the 26th
Dynasty, the last native Egyptian royal dy |
-0.938138 | -0.293751 | -1 | Posts: 227 Joined: 2007-01-18 User is offlineOffline Would luv
some feedback from folks on this. Libertarianism seems like an
ideal system--in a perfect world. However, given that most
people--I would argue at least a majority--out there are not,
nor are they anything close, the "great unwashed" need rules &
regulations to keep them, the idiots, in check. From what I
understand, this system says people should be able to self-
govern. Period. End of Story. Well, again, in a perfect world.
Zhwazi's picture Posts: 459 Joined: 2006-10-06 User is
offlineOffline magilum wrote: I would love magilum wrote: I
would love there to be improvement in society. I just think
revolutions and theoretical social models would require a
fundamental change in the way every person thinks and behaves.
A change, yes. But not a fundamental one. I don't know how
anarchy is meant to work, which is why I'm asking what I think
are the obvious questions. I don't know how government is meant
to work, which led me to ask the question |
-1.351934 | 0.020637 | 48 | 16 votes Weapon RFID System Bill – Mandatory Tracking Of
Kentucky’s Gun Owners Comment viewing options I bought it,
so did Gary North and a lot of other smart people, we were
duped, time to admit we were wrong and move on Katherine
Albrecht debunked this story on the radio yesterday, here are
other headlines from this Satire site: 'NASA: Water On Mars
Proves Planet Could Support Riverboat Casino and Hotel' 'Rick
Santorum Voted People’s Sexiest Republican' 'Author of Gov. Jan
Brewer Gay-To-Straight Hoax, Extends Sincere Apology' 'Michele
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go out to the family of Michele Bachmann who passed away in her
sleep. I think everyone can agree she' 'Muslim Million Man
March to Washington DC Huge Success for Those Who Showed Up,
Support these Liberty Candidates and find and add more ! Defeat
John Cornyn I believe this story is a hoax. This story is a
joke. First, the idea will not work, and secondly, the author
has put taunting, BS posts in th |
4.381837 | -4.508718 | 0 | Free-agent system needs fixing January, 3, 2014 Jan 3 Ubaldo
Jimenez and Ervin Santana Getty ImagesJimenez and Santana have
received only moderate interest due to draft-pick compensation.
Drew and Morales have each suffered horrific leg injuries in
recent seasons, and the medical fallout is detailed in the
reports all teams can access. Santana has had elbow trouble, and
given all that we know about predicting injuries (read Russell
Carlton's work on the topic here), some teams undoubtedly are
wary of the possibility of a breakdown for a 31-year-old
pitcher. Cruz was suspended for his connection to Biogenesis in
2013, and given his age of 33 and the fact that he was a late
bloomer -- he never had more than 350 at-bats in a season until
he was 28 -- has led some executives to wonder, quite naturally,
what role the performance-enhancers may have had in his success
and what kind of player he is without them. And Jimenez is
seemingly a clone of A.J. Burnett: Spectacular in those periods
he is at his best, a b |
3.06036 | -4.080403 | 38 | Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) runs past Mississippi
State defensive lineman Kaleb Eulls (92) and other defenders for
a touchdown in the second quarter of their game on Nov. 2, 2012
in Starkville, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FORT
WORTH, Texas -- All that, and there's only this? Let us all
pause for a good laugh. Even you Whiny Orange people in Austin
have to agree this is really funny. Well, enough already on
what the Aggies should do with Johnny B Bad come Saturday. The
easy answer came from the school and the NCAA on Wednesday.
Start him in the second half against Rice. I'd also add that
Texas A&M should put both the football and a Sharpie in the
hands of Mr. Manziel. Between snaps, let him sign about 10 game
balls, then auction them off at Kyle Field, postgame. And the
money raised -- at least, oh, 10 thou, don't you figure -- goes
to ...? The family of freshman wide receiver teammate Ricky
Seals-Jones. Unless, that is, Johnny Football is still in the
market for trendy rims o |
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-0.901125 | 6.309813 | -1 | Decision Support Information Gathering System Chiu-Che Tseng
and Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz The Decision Support Information
Gathering System, Digs, uses influence diagrams to model user’s
decisions and to calculate the value of imperfect information
for each available information source. The system then plans and
executes the information gathering process providing the most
valuable information to the user. Thus, the system saves time
and cost of, sometimes random, search for information performed
by using keyword search. Furthermore, it can suggest the proper
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-0.588454 | -0.568434 | -1 | Beginning of article Transparency International's 2002
Corruption Perceptions Index 2002 (CPI), released Aug. 28 in
Berlin, did not put Latin American countries in a favorable
light. Argentina was singled out for its dramatic increase in
corruption during the previous year, while Paraguay was ranked
one of the three most-corrupt nations of those rated.
"Political elites and their cronies continue to take kickbacks
at every opportunity. Hand in glove with corrupt=D4 and
hampering sustainable development," said Peter Eigen, chairman
of TI, the respected global coalition against corruption, at the
release of the 2002 CPI. "Corruption is perceived to be
dangerously high in poor parts of the world, but also in many
countries whose firms invest in developing nations." The CPI
this year ranked 102 countries on the degree to which corruption
is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians. It
uses 15 different polls and surveys from nine independent
institutions carried out among business people and c |
3.41445 | 3.709763 | -1 | Deus Vitae Vol. #01 - Anime/Manga Reviews Mania Grade: D- 0
Comments | Add Rate & Share: Related Links: • Art
Rating: C • Packaging Rating: A- • Text/Translatin Rating: B
• Age Rating: 16 & Up • Released By: TOKYOPOP • MSRP: 9.99
• Pages: 192 • ISBN: 1-59182-769-8 • Size: Tall B6 •
Orientation: Right to Left Deus Vitae Vol. #01 By Eduardo M.
Chavez October 15, 2004 Release Date: June 01, 2004 Deus
Vitae Vol.#01 Creative Talent Writer/Artist:Fujima Takuya
Translated by:Kumiko Yuasa Adapted by: What They Say In the
year 2068, the Brain computer - built by humans to be the core
of a machine-driven earth - created selenoids, androids with
abilities far superior to man. They have, in turn, created a
virtually perfect society, with only one flaw in need of
elimination: humans! This is the story of Ash Ramy, one of the
few surviving humans in the revolution organization, bent on
freeing Earth from selenoid rule, and Lemiu Winslet, a selenoid
horrified by the inhumanity her race |
-0.488406 | 0.162995 | 6 | Graphic: The neighborhood where Trayvon Martin was killed. In
the last 45 seconds, there is a faint voice, a distant yell, and
the urgent dialogue between a woman and a 911 operator.
“There’s just someone screaming outside,” the caller begins on
the recorded line. Listen to the audio The 911 call that
recorded the last 45 seconds of Trayvon Martin’s life could be a
crucial piece of evidence in the case against George Zimmerman,
but what exactly was recorded is not clear. Original audio:
First 911 call | View transcript In the first seconds, there
is a yell in the distance. Audio forensics specialist Alan R.
Reich hears Martin shouting “I’m begging you.” At the end
of the 45 seconds, right before the gunshot, Reich hears a high-
pitched “Stop!” This spectrograph, which shows the vocal
characteristics of the recording, helped Reich phoenetically
break down the word ‘stop.’ See how Reich analyzed the recording
» *By Reich with software Click Here to View Full Graphic
Story There is more |
0.370663 | -0.632772 | -1 | Young South Africans Will Honor Mandela's Legacy And Continue
The Struggle -A +A [Black Star Editorial] Part of the concern
about freedom fighter Nelson Mandela's delicate condition is
that many people allover the world wonder what will happen next
in South Africa. Even president Jacob Zuma seemed to be in a
panic; recently he posed for a very distasteful photo-op with a
clearly ailing Mandela. As if he can't run the show without Papa
Mandela in the background. Nelson Mandela dedicated all his
adult life to the war against Apartheid. He fought the racial,
economic and social injustice imposed by the regime. As the
whole world knows he spent 27 years in prison. Many of us who
are adults today, in one form, shape or the other, contributed
to the fight against Apartheid either with protest marches or
divestment campaigns. Some people once believed Apartheid
wouldn't end in what was then Rhodesia let alone in South
Africa. Formal Apartheid is now gone. Yet many of the
injustices that formed the pillar of A |
-4.33638 | 1.18532 | 18 | Gastronaut: Arts and Crafts There was a time when being a chef
was purely a trade, and having an artist in your kitchen was
only slightly better than having rats. But with the rise of
“egotarian” cuisine, the artists are ruling the food world.
Illustration by Kagan McLeod Illustration by Kagan McLeod I
saw this coming years ago. Not because I’m clever or prescient
or some kind of unappreciated soothsayer of cuisine, but simply
because I was on the front lines. I was a restaurant critic in
Denver, Colorado, back during the second boom of New American
cuisine. I saw this coming years ago, but it had no name — not
until GQ’s Alan Richman gave it one a few months back. He wrote
about young chefs, exclusively male, working “with like-minded
discipline, hardly ever haunted by doubts, seemingly in
possession of absolute confidence.” He called it “Egotarian
Cuisine” — food that is “intellectual, yet at the same time
often thoughtless … straddling the line between the creative and
the self-indulgent.” More to the |
-2.567783 | -0.24369 | 36 | The U.S. is noting a somber milestone this year: It has been a
decade since the invasion of Iraq. Over the years, the
opportunities forsaken and cost to future Americans have become
clear. The enormous debt it incurred has weighed on Washington,
DC, where austerians shout that the nation can no longer afford
to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure due to the mounting
interest on this debt. |
1.970784 | 2.813542 | 37 | Subscribe Feedback English look up any word, like bae: 1.
Catching the Slider A) Having anal sex with someone who did not
wipe after having a bout with diarrhea. b) Slippage experienced
when there is too much lubrication during intercourse. ***The
term Catcher refers to the individual who is receiving the slide
and the term Pitcher refers to the person giving the slider.***
A) David was totally catching the slider when Annie farted after
eating taco bell. B) Brosef! After months of denying me anal, I
pitched Sarah a slider last night. She thought it was an
accident. ;) rss and gcal |
2.599431 | 1.888453 | -1 | "Margaret could not help her looks;" Gaskell writes in
describing the young woman's physical appearance, "but the short
curled upper lip, the round massive up-turned chin, the manner
of carrying her head, her movements, full of a soft feminine
defiance, always gave strangers the impression of haughtiness"
(ch. 7, p.62). When John Thornton comes to take tea with the
Hales in chapter 10, he is distinctly aware of the arrogance and
indifference that Margaret shows him, and yet he cannot help his
extreme attraction to her. For a man who exudes power and
control in all other facets of his life, this is a difficult
experience for Thornton to deal with. He wants to be able to
demonstrate the same indifference, and yet he is drawn to
Margaret's every move: She had a bracelet on one taper arm,
which would fall down over her round wrist. Mr. Thornton watched
the replacing of this troublesome ornament with far more
attention than he listened to her father. It seemed as if it
fascinated him to see her push it up impatie |
-1.352056 | 7.173326 | -1 | The Facebook for Poor People You Didn't Know ExistedS Everyone
you know has Facebook unless they're weird, but Facebook still
has territory left to cover, specifically in the developing
world. That plan for global domination includes making Facebook
free on mobile. That's made possible through something called
Facebook Zero, a text-only version of the site accessible on a
WAP-enabled feature phone, as Quartz reports: The trick is that
Facebook Zero is free, benefiting from what's known as zero
rating by the phone companies. Accessing it doesn't rack up any
data fees, which are a big deal in emerging markets, where
almost everyone is on a prepaid plan. Thanks to gratis access,
in Africa for example, Facebook is exploding: And in Mexico,
one developing country where carriers don't support Facebook
Zero, Facebook is offering something called Facebook for Every
Phone, a version installed on SIM cards that works on around 80
percent of phones. These free solutions are crucial—now that
Facebook has investors |
3.204951 | 4.841534 | 2 | Hydlide (NES) Published by Developed by Also For 100 point
score based on reviews from various critics. 5 point score based
on user ratings. User Reviews There are no reviews for this
game. Our Users Say Category Description MobyScore AI How
smart (or dumb) you perceive the game's artificial intelligence
to be 2.1 Sound / Music The quality of the sound effects and/or
music composition 1.7 Story / Presentation The main creative
ideas in the game and how well they're executed 1.9 Overall
MobyScore (15 votes) 2.0 The Press Says Electronic Gaming
Monthly (EGM) Hydlide is a good game with graphics that are
average and music that is not too terribly annoying. 90% of the
game is comprised of building up energy to play the other 10%. A
good alternative to Ultima, Zelda, and other quest-oriented RPG
games. NES Archives Trust me it is a decent game, but it isn’t
great. If you are in the mood for a unique battle engine with a
lot of grinding, give it a try. Game Freaks 365 Like I said, the
overworld is small, s |
5.042544 | 0.763294 | 13 | Spokane's Classic Rock Station Ralph Stanley II Ralph Stanley
II Imagine having to live up to a father's legacy that includes
55 years spent at the top of a very public profession, plus more
than 100 recordings. Those are some huge shoes to fill when the
father is Ralph Stanley, a bluegrass giant who simply shines on
the banjo. His son, Ralph Stanley II, aka "Two... Share Email
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-0.391987 | -0.038937 | -1 | This is a debugging block Support Navigation This is a
debugging block This is a debugging block GLAAD Social Media
This is a debugging block connect with glaad CNN Suspends
Roland Martin This is a debugging block CNN has suspended
commentator Roland Martin, after the political pundit sent
several messages on social media which seemed to support
violence against people perceived to be gay. Martin wrote that a
man wearing pink should be visited by "teamwhipdatass," then
told his followers to “smack the ish” out of any man excited
about the new H&M ad. Martin attempted to clarify his remarks,
saying that the latter was aimed at "soccer fans." In a longer
statement Monday night, Martin said "While public debate over
social issues is healthy, no matter which side someone takes,
there is no room for debate as to whether we need to be
respectful of others." (For more information please visit
Today, CNN released the following statement regarding its
decision to suspend Martin: The National Coalition |
-0.081135 | 8.147502 | 42 | Forgot your password? Linux Business Software Linux Linux Going
Mainstream 618 Posted by michael from the oh-joy dept. Gossi
writes "The BBC is carrying an excellent overview of the growing
use of Linux, by many different fields. The article says it all,
really, and is probably something you should show your Boss."
Linux Going Mainstream Comments Filter: • Government, yup
(Score:5, Interesting) by tcopeland (32225) *
<tom&thomasleecopeland,com> on Sunday February 01, 2004 @05:47PM
(#8153405) Homepage Linux is also proving popular in the
public sector. Governments like the idea of not paying a
proprietary vendor huge licensing fees for years and years.
So true. Running [cougaar.org] on [ultralog.net] Linux
[semwebcentral.org] baby! [mtechit.com] • Re:Government, yup
(Score:5, Interesting) by The Slashdotted (665535) on
Sunday February 01, 2004 @05:56PM (#8153493) It's
interesting to note the similarities between the desires of
governments and small businesses. Right now, a |
0.399819 | -1.211902 | 86 | Rogozin’s travails in Moldova The Moldovans are worried, the
EU unimpressed and both irritated. Clearly the appointment of
Rogozin shows a much higher Russian political interest in
Transnistria. The trouble is that when Russia would rather put
up a show instead of cooperating – Rogozin is the right person
to (mis)handle dossiers. Given that in the last couple of months
there have been some hopes regarding conflict settlement in
Transnistria after the long-serving Transnistrian leader Igor
Smirnov lost power to the younger Evgeny Shevchuk and Moldova
finally elected a president, the appointment of Rogozin is an
ever bigger nuisance. Rogozin is likely to be more concerned
with self-promotion than pursuing conflict-settlement. He is
also likely to tighten Russia’s grip over Transnistria (Shevchuk
recently spoke about adopting the Russian rouble as a currency).
Rogozin’s double-hatting as co-chair of the intergovernmental
commission with Moldova also give him plenty of economic levers
(gas-prices negotiations a |
1.384725 | -0.931926 | 122 | You are here: Home>Collections>Bsp Mayawati sings a new tune in
ad blitz Ashish Tripathi, TNN Feb 21, 2012, 05.57AM IST (Uttar
Pradesh chief minister…) LUCKNOW: A young girl thanks Behenji
for raising the quality of higher education and putting a check
on education mafia and providing students opportunities in UP.
A relaxed housewife sends her to college, saying, "Ab hum din ho
ya raat, bina kisi chinta ke aa ja sakte hain, koi chhedkhani ka
dar nahi. Dhanyawad Behenji (Day or night, now we can venture
out without any fear. Thank you Behenji)." A Muslim youth says
'shukriya' (thanks) to Behenji for providing a 'secure'
atmosphere in UP where minorities can live with self-respect.
These are visuals from a new series of short TV ads the BSP
started airing from Monday, marking a shift in the message the
CM is trying to get across. So far, the BSP had focused on long-
format ads, listing the work Maya had done for dalits, the
marginalised, urban poor, minorities and the memorials she had
built. The central t |
-0.056495 | 9.298218 | 16 | Take the 2-minute tour × In an JS app, I receive timestamp (eq.
1270544790922) from server (Ajax). Basing on that timestamp I
create Date object using: var _date = new Date(); Now, _date
decoded timestamp in current user locale time zone. I don't want
that. I would like _date to convert this timestamp to current
time in city of Helsinki in Europe (disregarding current time
zone of the user). How can I do that? share|improve this
question I know that time zone offset in Helsinki is +2 in
winter and +3 in DST. But who knows when is DST? Only some
locale mechanism that is not available in JS – warpech May 5
'10 at 9:09 It is possible, but not using native methods of
Javascript, because javascript has no method to determine a
timezone transition history of other timezone than user's
system's current timezone (and it is by the way browser
dependent at least when we go to 80's dates). But this way it is
possible: stackoverflow.com/a/12814213/1691517 and I think that
my answer gives you the correct result. – |
-0.754299 | 0.189723 | 6 | two places April 14, 2011 | 09:05 PM OK what most of you are
saying is true but do you have all sides to the story? Have u
ever been a police officer before? What is funny is even though
people like the press and the media say what about catching the
bad guys, they often help the bad Guy or murder get away. The
more you inform the world the more you inform the bad guys on
what is Going on. This is what I don't understand instead of
video taping the good guys go to a drug dealers house and video
tape them. Over and over u see videos on police, CBP, and TSA
all over you tube yet you don't see to many of the people
filming drug houses or stopping a killer or a terrorist and
sticking a video camera in there face. Yes there are laws and
yes there are right but those laws and rights don't help u when
some one pulls out a gun and shoots u while ur on The job. So to
you, you know you are harmless but did he know that? Put
yourself into someone else's job before you post things. These
rules and rights are here to p |
-4.527089 | 1.807611 | 34 | As any parent will tell you, there comes a time when you must
teach your kids to cook on their own so they can become
independent adults. You don’t want them relying on fast food and
take out for the rest of their lives. So, when do you start? Is
there a ‘right’ age to start teaching your kids various cooking
skills? The answer, of course, depends on your child. Some kids
take a natural liking and interest to cooking from a young age;
others seem to have no interest at all until they are much
older. The trick is to not force them; let them learn at their
own pace. When they start asking questions and showing an
interest, you can teach them the skills keeping in mind the age
appropriateness of your child (i.e. you wouldn’t teach your
three year old how to use the stove.) The first thing you must
teach your kids is safety. Things that are common sense to you
may not be to them. Don’t touch the burners, don’t touch the
inside of the oven, and never leave the stove unattended are
things that will need to be tau |
2.848419 | 2.498584 | 25 | Reviews: Deltora Quest sort by: type: Clever. Concise.
Caballistic. Each of Rodda's novels is short compaired to such
fantasy icons of Tolkien, Rowling and Paolini, but contained
within these few pages is wit matching famous science fiction
authors Bruce Coville and K. A. Applegate. The distinguishing
feature of her wit however is the extensive use of coded
messages, riddles, and other brain teasers often having many
layers. I recommend that you don't just finish the books in one
go, take your time, savour it, set it aside for a bit and let
yourself go off on an Epileptic Tree, that's half the fun. The
fact that you are even cabable of doing so with such short books
says alot about their quality. The World is as rich and diverse
as any good High Fantasy, and as the main page states the work
is quite Troperiffic. I have seen at least one of the Logic
Bombs before, though I don't remember where and the details were
different (I remember the correct answer being that "I shall be
boiled in oil") thus revealing t |
0.039035 | 7.549195 | -1 | View Full Version : Can't configue mymote December 15th, 2008,
06:11 PM I've been trying to install mymote, a mythtv remote for
the iphone/ipod touch, and I can't seem to get it working. I've
done the steps in the manual they have
http://trac2.assembla.com/mymote/wiki/Manual/Requirements but
still nothing. It says loading buttons, and then "could not
retrieve key bindings". When I go into the "info" button at the
top right, it says "Error while connecting to MySQL database at
'mythbox-ip': (1045) Access denied for user
'mythtv'@'iPod-55.local' (using password: YES) It does find the
mythbox under discovered devices though. I tried the thing
suggested on the 4th post here http://forums.techguy.org/web-
design-development/238985-mysql-access-denied-user.html and
still no luck. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
Edit: Not sure how, but it is working now. However, it won't
accept button input when I'm watching a movie. I can navigate
there fine, just no input while watching anything. Any ideas on
that? |
3.286073 | -4.272857 | 38 | Missouri's wide receivers pose a big problem for UK football
[email protected] 5, 2013 • Tennessee at
Kentucky When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 To put it
simply: Kentucky's defense has a tall task on Saturday. It's
not just because the Cats are facing the nation's ninth-ranked
team. UK is at a serious size disadvantage against Missouri,
which has six regularly used wide receivers that are 6-foot-2 or
taller. None of the Tigers' top three receivers, who have
combined for 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns this season, is
smaller than 6-4. "They're as good as we've faced," UK safeties
coach Bradley Dale Peveto said. "They're good, they're tall.
They run great routes; they've got great speed. They compete.
They're very physical on the perimeter. This is as good a group
of receivers as I've ever coached against." They are a big
reason Missouri's offense has been so productive this season,
getting 20 touchdowns through the air, second in the
Southeastern Conference behind only Texas A&M |
-4.561022 | 1.022818 | 18 | Case Number 25024: Small Claims Court First Run Features //
2012 // 83 Minutes // Not Rated Reviewed by Appellate Judge
Daryl Loomis // December 26th, 2012 The Charge A culinary
journey through Taiwan. The Case Internationally, Taiwanese
food doesn't get the same kind of attention as Chinese or Thai
cuisines, but the nation has the second highest population
density in the world and its offerings are as rich as they are
diverse, even if they aren't so well-known in the West. German
director Monika Treut (Seduction: The Cruel Woman) helps to
rectify this with The Raw and the Cooked, a documentary that
takes us on a tour across the country and exposes just how
wonderful Taiwanese food can be. Treut begins her journey in
Taipei, Taiwan's massive capital city. As the largest and most
cosmopolitan city in the nation, it's a natural place to start.
Here, she takes us with her to vast markets, a traditional
Taiwanese restaurant, and the place that makes apparently
produces the tastiest soup dumplings on Earth. |
-4.239444 | 0.905088 | 18 | Whole Animal Catering NYC Area • 1 I'm getting married
next year and am looking for a place that does whole animal
catering... Ideally, we would get a pig and a lamb with some
extras. Does anyone have any recommendations?? 1. Click to
Upload a photo (10 MB limit) 1. I'm looking for the same
thing. I'm contacting Resto to see what their options for
catering are. Did you find any other restaurants or
caterers? |
1.529061 | 5.798258 | -1 | Three identical stars, at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle, orbit about their common center of mass . Find the
period of this orbital motion in terms of the orbital radius,r ,
and the mass of each star,m .Express your answer in terms of the
variablesR,M, and appropriate constants. Get this answer with
Chegg Study |
0.027235 | 6.947821 | 117 | Xbox Music Sounds Amazing (If You Use Microsoft Devices) First
announced back at E3, Microsoft today revealed the first serious
details about its Xbox Music service, which will use the cloud
to stream a music catalogue across platforms like the Xbox 360,
PC and Windows 8 tablets. It'll have around 30 million songs
when it opens. It goes live on the Xbox 360 tomorrow, while
Windows 8 devices (like the PC, tablets and phones) will gain
access to it on October 26. Importantly, like major competitors
such as Spotify, it'll be free on Windows 8 and Windows RT.
Unlimited offline access and the banishment of ads will cost you
$10 a month or $100 a year. You can read a ton more, including
hands-on impressions, over on Gizmodo. Xbox Music Hands On: The
Perfect Music Service-If You Use Nothing But Microsoft Stuff
[Gizmodo] |
-3.805465 | 3.947538 | -1 | , Volume 28, Issue 3, pp 456-471, In Vivo Methods to Study
Uptake of Nanoparticles into the Brain 368 Downloads 200
Citations 9 Comments Several in vivo techniques have been
developed to study and measure the uptake of CNS compounds into
the brain. With these techniques, various parameters can be
determined after drug administration, including the blood-to-
brain influx constant (Kin), the permeability-surface area (PS)
product, and the brain uptake index (BUI). These techniques have
been mostly used for drugs that are expected to enter the brain
via transmembrane diffusion or by carrier-mediated transcytosis.
Drugs that have limitations in entering the brain via such
pathways have been encapsulated in nanoparticles (based on
lipids or synthetic polymers) to enhance brain uptake.
Nanoparticles are different from CNS compounds in size,
composition and uptake mechanisms. This has led to different
methods and approaches to study brain uptake in vivo. Here we
discuss the techniques generally used to measure na |
-1.558231 | 1.523161 | -1 | California's High Speed Rail Will be Profitable, Require No Gov
Support to Run: New Report CA High Speed Rail Authority/Public
Domain You may have heard this news already, packaged in a
slightly different way: News agencies across the nation are
reporting that a 'business plan' for California's high speed
rail line has been completed, and estimates show it will cost
nearly twice as much as originally projected. Almost $100
billion! What's more, federal funds are drying up, and critics
are still angry that the initial segment was installed in the
lesser-populated Central Valley. It's a disaster! A disaster!
Or at least you'd assume as much until you read to this part:
"The plan also says the system would be profitable even at the
lowest ridership estimates and would not require public
operating subsidies". Wait, this whole thing would work? And
work well? As in, after the initial investment, the entire
system would pay for itself and then provide a much-desired,
low-carbon transportation alternative to the |
-1.351009 | 4.086588 | -1 | 0 Replies Latest reply: Mar 31, 2011 11:52 AM by Radoslav Bozov
RSS Can we generate Natural gas from Carbon Dioxide? Radoslav
Bozov Are you aware that natural gas radicals (methyl groups)
are constantly transferring capacitance onto each organism
within each cell's genes. In one eukaryotic cell there are
billions methyl groups coming in and out of the genome. The most
ancient organisms are methanogens that actually produce
methane.
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/03/18/methane-
making-microbes-thrive -under-the-ice What if we knew exactly,
on quantum chemical level, how that one carbon precious molecule
is made by Nature? The Russian scientist who constructed the
periodic table , Dimitrii Mendeliev once said that the secret of
making natural gas should be sought where it is actually been
made. In fact the secret is hidden within us, within every
living organism. If we expanded on that knowledge, it is quite
possible that we don't have to drill anymore for natural gas, do
not have to cause globa |
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