with labor law and based on findings supported by

substantial evidence.’ ” Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, 319 Ill. App. 3d at 736,

quoting Northwest Mosquito Abatement District v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board, 303 Ill.

App. 3d 735, 742 (1999).

       Section 9(b) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (the Act) (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.

(West 2004)) provides:

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             and IVs

frequently transfer between Bureau facilities or that they have significant interaction with AAIIIs

or IVs at other Bureau facilities. Bureau facilities are not located close to each other and are not

joined by a shuttle. Finally, there is no pattern of combining comparable employees of the

Bureau into single units. In fact, the opposite is true. Given these facts, while some

fragmentation and proliferation may occur as a result of the Board’s decision, we cannot say that

the Board’s determination that a Provident AAIII and IV bargaining unit was appropriate was

clearly erroneous.

       With regard to this issue, we also reject AFSCME’s argument that the Board’s alleged

mischaracterization of the ALJ’s finding that “there was no particular cohesiveness of the


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exception to a ruling, finding, conclusion, or recommendation which is not specifically urged

shall be deemed to have been waived’ ”).

       Cook County further contends that several of the Provident AAIIIs and IVs were

confidential employees. A confidential employee is one

               “who, in the regular course of his or her duties, assists and acts in a

       confidential capacity to persons who formulate, determine, and effectuate

       management policies with regard to labor relations or who, in the regular course

       of his or her duties, has authorized accessshow on the U.S. network CBS.

But he agreed to stay over a late-night cup of hot chocolate after Nash volunteered to move to The National's weekend desk.

"He was a mentor, you were going through whatever kind of work crisis you might be going through or career crisis, you'd talk to Knowlton, he'd give you fantastic advice," said Mansbridge.

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His departure — marked by a telephone call by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney — marked the end of one of the most important decades in the history of the CBC's television news division.

Nash had been a key player in transforming an ailing news show into a major ratings success. From 1969 when he retired his correspondent's trenchcoat to 1978 when he took over anchoring The National, Nash


Nov. 18, 1927, Nash was the son of a promotions manager. His mother, 20 years his father's junior, was the first woman to fly over Hamilton, he once bragged in an interview.

Except for a brief spell when Nash wanted to be a jockey, he always said he would be a newsman.

As a lad of less than 10, he put out several editions of his own weekly newspaper — six laboriously typed pages — which he sold for less than a nickel. He understood the business well enough to sell ad space in exchange for bubble gum and chocolate to local merchants.

By the Second World War, Nash was hawking the Toronto Star and Telegram on a Toronto street corner.

And before leaving his Forest Hill high school he was sellinghad regenerated over almost all of that area in the abdominal wall. The anti-adhesion membrane worked as a physical barrier to prevent postoperative adhesion until the mesothelial cells had regenerated completely. To our knowledge, this is the first study conducted to assess the regeneration of peritoneum mesothelial cells under a bioresorbable membrane using immunohistochemistry.


([Fig 2B](#pone.0137692.g002){ref-type="fig"}), compared to control cells. At the same time, cells that overexpress AQP3 showed significantly fewer cells in the G0/G1 ([Fig 2B](#pone.0137692.g002){ref-type="fig"}, p≤0.001) phase of the cell cycle. These results concurrently with the larger total number of cells described before indicate a more proliferative phenotype; and the possibility for cells being in a replicative senescence state was rule out after observing extremely low number of cells positive for the Beta-Galactosidase assay (data not shown). Furthermore, western blot analysis of levels of cyclins D1 and E1, two key cell cycle regulatory proteins crucial for phase transition during cell cycle progression, showed markedly high levels of both proteins ([Fig 2C](#pone.0137692.g002){ref-type="fig"}) in the AQP3-overexpression cell line, contrasting with the low levels detected in control cells. The larger expression of cyclinsrelated functions \[[@pone.0137692.ref023]\] we decided to explore whether some of those genes would have an altered expression in AQP3 overexpressing cells as well. With qPCR we checked the transcript levels of mRNA for 16 genes and confirmed that expression of all those genes was changed in a similar pattern in both AQP1- and AQP3-overexpression clones ([Fig 6](#pone.0137692.g006){ref-type="fig"}). Huge overexpression of two cytokines, CXCL9 and CXCL10, with important pro-tumor roles was detected, and up-regulation of expression of some transcription factors important in cell proliferation (ZEB2, JUN, JUNB and NFKB2), and three other genes (IGFBP5, MMP19, and ILR6) associated to proliferation, cell migration, growth and differentiation were found also overexpressed. On the contrary, down regulation of several other genes (CDC14B, USP11, CADM1, CDH22, S100A10 and S100A11) most of them implicated


appears to be the mainstay of U.S. efforts: nearly 3,000 people have been slain by drone strikes, according to a Post online database, including an undisclosed number of civilians. And the security agencies are preparing for even more.

As the Post's Greg Miller recounts, the security bureaucracy has dug in. The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the elite military organization that killed bin Laden, now runs a targeting center outside Washington. The CIA, Miller writes, seeks to expand its drone fleet and remain "a paramilitary force," rather than "return to its pre-Sept. 11 focus on gathering intelligence." The U.S. military might be drawing down from Afghanistan, but JSOC and the CIA are what backstop that retrenchment.

At the nearby National Counterterrorism Center, teams of analysts and officials compile the targetingsearch products while cosmetics are selected as the representatives of experience products. This study shows that both types of editors tend to include much evaluative language in their reviews and they like to make appreciation on products more than express their direct emotion or make judgment on people. Editors of experience products prefer to evaluate a little more than to the editors of search products by giving more appreciation on the quality of the goods than the search product reviews whereas search product reviewers make evaluation more on the value of the products. The results of the comparison can have important implications for discourse on different product types.


1. Technical Field
This disclosure is directed to a new trust metric for a network of public key certificates.
2. Discussion of Related Art
In any networked situation, trust in entities, especially business entities with which a user may have monetary transactions, is a challenging issue. Consider the case of the public key infrastructure (PKI), where a reputed entity called certificate authority (CA) authenticates, usually via a chain of public key authentications, a target entity's public key and other information about the target entity. This, however, requires a user's implicit trust in the CA's ability to associate the “other information” with the target public key. As the authentication of the target public key is done via a chain of authentications, a similar trust in the ability of intermediaries in associating information(except the root), this principle is satisfied.
Although, this metric is useful to a user, and also remedies many other issues with earlier metrics, it has some drawbacks: (a) it does not tell the user what the premium for the insurance is, (b) it does not model how the insurance amounts were determined, and (c) it forces the user to deal with all entities in the network for insurance claims. Although, the drawbacks (b) and (c) may really be implementation issues, drawback (a) may be of real concern, and actually violates one of their principles, namely “the metric should take into account as much information as possible that is relevant to the authentication decision that the user is trying to make”.


there 's no cited report or
study that suggests banks make most of their money from fees._

A couple of articles that make me wonder;

[http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-how-a-
bank-m...](http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-how-a-bank-makes-
money-2011-5?IR=T)

[http://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-fee-bonanza-dries-
up-14096...](http://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-fee-bonanza-dries-
up-1409699980)

~~~
mrmirz
"In fact, roughly half of respondents to the ICBA survey say that overdraft
fees constitute their most profitable non-depository and non-lending product,
despite regulatory changes that have crimped their income potential."

[http://independentbanker.org/2014/01/finding-more-fee-
income...](http://independentbanker.org/2014/01/finding-more-fee-income/)

~~~
morgante
So basically the article is completely wrong when it says:

> The most profitable source of income for banks is not mortgages, credit card
> fees or mutual funds, but the fees they charge clients for these short-term
> loans.

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outworlder
As a Brazilian, the whole concept of "overdraft fees" feels truly alien.

I am not aware of any banks that will charge you like that and wouldn't be
surprised if it were forbidden by the central bank. Some of them will even
charge you nothingoff from all
social and economic context because it gives you the most leverage to
rationalize their misfortunes away.

People are all connected and all economic relations are social relations. If
you treat everyone without their social context, you're basically saying that
every powerful individual or institution can make relations with them a
minefield because all that matters is that it's their weaker counterparty's
responsibility to avoid all the mines. After all, everyone 'consents' to a
'voluntary' exchange. How could 'voluntary' exchanges be bad???

Your worldview is just a very immature way to rationalize predatory
institutions and hostile power structures. Actions cannot be judged as
voluntary except in context. The context that people like you and the
grandparent tend to take is, at best, one of the law or some insipid moral
principles based off of a rancid individualism.

~~~
fredkbloggs
I don't feel


21st-century America bears little resemblance
to Enlightenment thinking. It is a toxic brew of extremely hardcore Communism
(Marx would have been appalled), beyond-stifling political correctness,
defeatism, and a vicious temporal smugness that glorifies both ignorance and
denigration of anything at all involving the past. Because of course we're so
much better than they were. Not just more knowledgeable about the Universe,
not just given the benefit of more experience, but _better_. Anyone who says
otherwise is "speaking from privilege" and must be ignored, shouted down, or
ideally punished or removed entirely from society (so that it can make more
progress, naturally). Better men than I have commented on the astonishing
narrowness of the range of ideas and narratives acceptable to these ideologues
who demand inclusiveness. This philosophy wouldn't even be worthy of comment
were it not occupying the entirety ofbother with the rule of law or written contracts;
whichever party, historically speaking, was in a position of lesser advantage
must prevail in any dispute. Anyone who's less than hopelessly impoverished
and disenfranchised must have achieved that exalted position through fraud,
theft, or murder; how else could one prosper in that past? And surely anyone
who is poor today owes it not to any defect in himself but to the inescapable
injustices of that past. Else what progress do we find in the march of
history?

So if you're a banker, it doesn't really matter whether you've followed the
law. It doesn't matter if you've disclosed your policies properly and timely.
It doesn't really matter because you're a banker and the other guy isn't.
You're wrong, and you'll always be wrong, and you'll keep being wrong no
matter what you


Executions by gas stalled indefinitely while state seeks willing seller of device

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, left, and state Corrections Department Director Joe Allbaugh in March announce their intent to come up with a protocol to use nitrogen gas for state executions. [Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman Archives]

Ten months after abandoning lethal injection, frustrated Oklahoma officials have yet to find a way to execute inmates with nitrogen gas.

"I've got both arms tied behind my back," said Joe Allbaugh, director of the Oklahoma Corrections Department.

At issue is an inability so far to find a manufacturer of a gas delivery device willing to sell it for use in executions.

"They're all concerned and afraid of the same thing — every one of them — retribution, losing their business, protests," Allbaughmagistrate could independently assess the reliability of the informant and the information he supplied. Second, Dollar asserts Brown misrepresented the evidence supporting probable cause by withholding information that exculpated Dollar.
(a) There is no absolute requirement that a search warrant affiant state circumstances which demonstrate the reliability of the informant and his information.[1] Those factors are highly relevant considerations, but the applicable test is based on the totality of the circumstances
"whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before [the magistrate], including the `veracity' and `basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place."[2]
Also, a showing that an informant and his information are reliable is not limited to proof


measuring drugs, small plastic bags commonly used for packaging drugs, and a scanner capable of picking up police radio communications. Dollar signed for the Federal Express package in the false name to which it was addressed, J. Ragland, without being prompted to do so. And finally, Dollar's statement at the scene that all of the drugs were his did not exclude the marijuana in the Federal Express package.
Judgment affirmed.
JOHNSON, C.J., and McMURRAY, P.J., concur.
NOTES
[1]  Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983).
[2]  (Citation omitted.) State v. Stephens, 252 Ga. 181, 182, 311 S.E.2d 823 (1984).
[3]  See Stewart v. State, 217 Ga.App. 45, 47, 456 S.E.2d 693 (1995).
[4]  Id.
[5]  Bickley v. State, 227 Ga.App. 413, 414(1)(a), 489 S.E.2d 167We’re done … when you think about it or when you talk about it, those emotions do come back. But right now, it’s just looking forward, looking to the future … and they are vivacious, they are just -- they’re spunky little girls.”


to t?  (a) 0.1  (b) 1/3  (c) v
a
Let q = 38/33 - 9/11. Let g be (-213)/144*(-4)/21. Let f = 2/63 - g. Which is the nearest to f?  (a) 3  (b) q  (c) -2/13
c
Let y be 2 - (5 - 2) - -2. What is the nearest to -0.1 in -3, y, 0.2?
0.2
Let f = -0.3 + 0.4. Let n = -10 + 7. What is the nearest to f in 1, -1, n?
1
Suppose 4*m - 4*y - 1 = 7, 3*m - 6 = -3*y. Let j = -3 - -5. Suppose 4*g + j*w - 20 = 0, -g + w = 3*g - 14. What is the nearest to 0.1 in m, 0.1, g?
0.1
Let r = -61.5 +Wyoh. As she explains, “Michelle is much more a woman than Mike was a man” — but when the male characters interact with the A.I., they’ll still get Mike. (Similarly, Holly on Red Dwarf changes genders, and it’s no big deal.)

In Ex Machina, Ava is played by ex-ballerina Alicia Vikander, who uses the perfection of ballet to create a too-perfect set of movements. Instead of moving jerkily, like Coppelia the mechanical doll, she has too much smoothness — but she also projects an intense vulnerability with her big eyes and soft voice.

One of the central questions in the movie is just how much her femininity is an essential part of what makes Ava a person, and how much of it is purely there to manage her interactions with


AND METHODS {#sec1-2}
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Simulated canals {#sec2-1}
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One hundred and twenty Endo Training Blocks (ISO 15, 0.02; Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) with an apical diameter of 15 mm and working length (WL) of 16 mm were acquired. The patency of these simulated canals was confirmed by passing a size 10 K-file just beyond the apex. After coloring each simulated canal with red ink (Quink, Parker, France) injected with a syringe, five landmarks were marked in each block. Each specimen was mounted on a stable support consisting of a rectangular slot of the size of the specimen (30 mm × 10 mm). Support for a digital camera (Nikon D90, Tokyo, Japan) was positioned centrally and at 90° to the specimen. Digital images of all specimens before instrumentation were obtained and saved as.TIFF format files.

Materials {#sec2-2}
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Two files were used for establishing glide path before SAF instrumentation: 20/0.02 NITIFLEX^®^ hand K-file (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) and 20/0.04 rotary HyFlex™ CM file (Coltene-Whaledent, Switzerland).

Study design {#sec2-3}
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The acquired 120 Endo Training Blocks were randomly divided into the following two groups:

Group 1: 20/0.02 glide path preparation followed by SAF instrumentationGroup 2: 20/0.04 glide path preparation followed by SAF instrumentation.

The concept of the study design was to test a recently proposed protocol for SAF instrumentation by Kfir *et al*. (2015),\[[@ref17]\] and its effect on the canal geometry.

Instrumentation of the canals {#sec2-4}
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A new instrument was used for each canal in all the groups. Glyde™ File Prep (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) was used as a lubricant before the utilization of each instrument, and saline was used for


CHM247H1/CHM249H1; and approval of the course coordinator.

Corequisite: BCH375H1 can be combined with BCH373H1.

Exclusion: BCH473Y1, BCH374Y1

Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4) BCH375H1 - Independent Research Project Hours: 144P This course provides an opportunity for individual research with a specific topic of study. Students are mentored and supervised by research scientists and faculty associated with the University of Toronto. It provides students an opportunity to enhance and apply their knowledge and understanding learned in other courses. Direct supervision must be provided by a faculty member within the Department of Biochemistry. Not eligible for the CR/NCR option. Prerequisite: (75% or higher in BCH242Y1)/(80% or higher in BCH210H1); BIO230H1; CHM247H1/CHM249H1; and approval of the course coordinator.

Corequisite: BCH375H1 can be combined with BCH373H1.

Exclusion: BCH473Y1, BCH374Y1

Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environmentthe (re)formation of communities grounded in the complex dynamics of identities produced in a space that is both ‘home’ and away’. We will also explore the specific practices, and connections that produce “Toronto” as a space that transcends its physical geographic boundaries and is continually reproduced in and through the flows of people, capital, objects, ideas, - and the many forces that reproduce and reconfigure these flows. Prerequisite: DTS200Y1

Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3) DTS311H1 - Fun in Diaspora Hours: 24L From parkour to “Baby Shark” remixes, concepts and practices surrounding fun, entertainment, and pleasure transcend cultural boundaries, reveal the reach of globalization, and help facilitate the maintenance of transnational communities through shared activities. This course will examine these relationships with fun, and


we will also assess cases where concepts of fun diverge and clash in intercultural contexts. Additionally, the class will consider the relationship between entertainment practices and politics, marketing, and social movements. Cases examined will include K-pop fandom, bucket challenges, social media memes, and global YouTube phenomena. Prerequisite: DTS200Y1

Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1) DTS312H1 - Exile Hours: 24S Historically used to describe both voluntary departure and enforced banishment from a city, today, "Exile" is perhaps most famously associated with both the Jewish and the Palestinian condition. But exile is also a state of being, one that is creative, critical, and full of meaning-making. This class posits “Exile” as a conceptual framework through which to think through the 21st-century condition of migration and diaspora.level, regional level and national level. The first part of the course deals with conceptual foundations of innovation processes, such as evolutionary and institutional views of innovation. In the second part, national configurations of innovation processes are investigated. The third part deals with innovation at the subnational level, focusing on regional clustering, institution building, multilevel governance, and regionalized innovation systems. Prerequisite: 10.0 FCEs

Exclusion: POL408H1

Recommended Preparation: One of GGR221H1, GGR251H1, GGR324H1, GGR326H1, GGR328H1, GGR374H1

Distribution Requirements: Social Science

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3) HIS110Y1 - Connected Histories from Dakar to Jakarta Hours: 48L/20T In 1325, the twenty-year old Moroccan, Ibn Battuta, began an unprecedented series of journeys by land and sea that stretched between the contemporary capitals of Senegal and Indonesia. His routes wove together large parts of Africa,


history of the human sciences. It addresses questions such as: Are human beings naturally selfish or cooperative? Is society in harmony with the individual or opposed to the individual? It explores the significance of race, class, population growth, capitalism, and gender in debates about the good society. Exclusion: HPS352H1

Recommended Preparation: One half-course in any of the following: HPS, history, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, or another field that intersects with the social sciences such as criminology

Distribution Requirements: Humanities

Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2) HPS255H1 - History and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Hours: 24L/12T This course introduces students to the historical and philosophical issues around artificial intelligence (AI). We will cover the geopolitical, economic, and cultural contexts from which the field of AI emerged, as well as theBrigitte Askonas, and their contributions to the field will be discussed in both historical and scientific context as well as their impact on society. Assignments are staggered for students to build upon instructor’s feedback. Recommended Preparation: BIO120H1, BIO130H1

Distribution Requirements: Social Science

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3) IMM360H1 - Scientific Methods and Research in Immunology Hours: 24L/24T This course will provide students with an opportunity to advance their understanding of research in Immunology in accordance with scientific methodology. Students will critically appraise scientific articles, design and analyze scientific experiments, and develop the core skills of data and statistical literacy. This course is well suited for anyone interested in discovering knowledge in Immunology, providing students with a methodology for the achievement of scientific research activities. Prerequisite: IMM250H1, BCH210H1/BCH242Y1, BIO230H1/BIO255H1,


descent in Canada, in rural areas and cities, including increasing suburbanization. Students will address issues such as work and employment and political participation. Challenges and opportunities will be examined, with respect to issues such as migration, community-building, belonging, and discrimination. Distribution Requirements: Social Science

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3) JCI350H1 - Italian Canadian Culture and Identity Hours: 24S This course examines the contributions of Canadians of Italian descent to arts, culture, identity and heritage in Canada, with attention to the diversity of the community with respect to issues such as language, religion, gender, class, sexuality, etc. A core concept addressed by the course is immigration, whether from the experiences of migrants themselves or later generations. Recommended Preparation: JCI250H1/ITA233H1

Distribution Requirements: Humanities

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3) JIG322H1- Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment Hours: 24L Explores the diverse ways of understanding and responding to the world that emerge from indigenous cultures around the world. Examines how indigenous ways of being and relating to their natural environment can help us understand and address the current environmental crisis. Using examples of indigenous activism from Canada and around the world, examines how colonial histories shape dispossession and marginalization and inform visions for the future. Topics include traditional ecological knowledge, place-based social movements, environmental concerns of indigenous peoples, bio-cultural restoration and decolonization of nature-human relations. Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including one of INS200H1, INS201Y1, INS250H1, GGR107H1, GGR124H1, GGR240H1, GGR246H1, GGR254H1

Exclusion: JAG321H1, GGR321H1

Distribution Requirements: Social Science

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3) JIG440H1 - Indigenous Geographies Previous Course Number: GGR400H1


slightly from last season's rate of 18.8. On the season, he has seen 19.6 screens per game; 25 starting point guards have seen more. The team has scored only 1.09 points per play, which is 20th in the league. Hence, Curry's public and private frustration.

But since that Christmas Day loss, the story has changed. Per SportVU data, the Warriors have bumped up the screens that the reigning MVP sees to 23.4 per game, and the team's scoring average has ballooned to 1.16 points per play, which would rank fourth best over a full season. Curry has nearly doubled his scoring average out of the pick-and-roll, from 4.9 through Christmas Day to 8.4 since.

Adding the 2014 MVP into the mix was supposed to launch the Warriors' offense into anotherthat's not an indictment of referees," Kerr explained of the strategic shift. "Look at the last play of the Cleveland game on Christmas. League comes out, and says, 'Oh yeah, he got tripped.' If that's in the middle of the game, they call that. If that's at the end of the game, they don't. There's not as much freedom of movement late in games."

Whether it's late or early, the Warriors' best screen-and-rolls involve Green, which is fine for involving Golden State's occasional squeaky wheel. Here's the issue: It relegates at least one MVP to the periphery. That worked for the Warriors when they blitzed the Phoenix Suns late on Nov. 13 at Oracle. Durant hung around the corner, acting as a highly overqualified Harrison Barnes, as the Warriors


blew past the Suns with a series of Steph/Draymond pick-and-rolls. The sequence spoke to how Barnes' limitations weren't necessarily Golden State's. His smaller, defined role was part of the structure that allowed others to flourish.

But sidelining Durant is hardly the long-term solution. He didn't change his life to watch basketball history happen, a foot from the bench. Durant passivity can't be a solution to a dearth of Curry aggression.

"Nothing is ever done. No team is ever complete," said Warriors GM Bob Myers, the architect of a hypothetically totally complete roster. "It takes years sometimes for players to learn how to play together, for teams to learn how to play together. It seems like Steph's been a little more aggressive lately; which, I think, if you take a steplineup and the Angels do not lack for empty spots in the lineup.

Although: Erick Aybar in the leadoff spot. Really?

Over-under on wins: 83½

Take the ... Over. They at least stay above .500. Manager Mike Scioscia typically seems to find enough pitching. There is a risk of taking their ability to adjust for granted.

Middlemen: The Angels are a June-July juggernaut, or have been the past two seasons. They played .704 ball from June 1 to July 31 last season (.546 before and after) and won at a .686 clip in 2008 (.586 before and after). Of course that's also the portion of the season that includes interleague play.

Why they're being written off again: They bid adieu to two No. 1s, leadoff man extraordinaire Chone Figgins and his .395 on-base


and could get 550 at-bats in a season.

Waiting in the wings: Catching prospect Hank Conger will be along sooner or later to break up the Napoli-Jeff Mathis job share behind the plate.

Epigraph for the erratic one: Scott Kazmir has a lot of great three- to four-inning runs, but still hits 100 pitches by the sixth inning.

Paging Joe Crede: Their third-base options include Brandon Wood, who's getting a little old to be a prospect (26), and Maicer Izturis, who is a space-filler.

Modest nickname suggestion: In honour of a recent headline, minor-league lefty Trevor Reckling shall henceforth be known as Precocious Reckling. No one colourful has ever been named Trevor.

Try not to look so shocked: Fuentes is guaranteed his 2011 contract if he finishes 55 games this season, so if---
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    When using Bayesian inference, one needs to choose a prior distribution for parameters. The well-known Jeffreys prior is based on the Riemann metric tensor on a statistical manifold. Takeuchi and Amari defined the $\alpha$-parallel prior,, which generalized the Jeffreys prior by exploiting higher-order geometric object, known as Chentsov-Amari tensor. In this paper, we propose a new prior based on the Weyl structure on a statistical manifold. It turns out that our prior is a special case of the $\alpha$-parallel prior with the parameter $\alpha$ equals $-n$, where $n$ is the dimension of the underlying statistical manifold and the minus sign is a result of conventions used in the definition of $\alpha$-connections. This makes the choice for the parameter $\alpha$ more canonical. We calculated


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McArthur made his first appearance in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice earlier this month, and a judge said he could stand trial as early as next September.

“The groups in this riding have led the way in demanding meaningful change,” Morneau said Saturday.

“We know there has been a long and turbulent history between the criminal justice system and LGBTQ2 Canadians. Certainly residents of Toronto Centre know about this issue here locally.”

Members of the LGBTQ community have accused Toronto police of failing to seriously investigate the disappearances of men linked to the city’s gay neighbourhood in the years leading up to McArthur’s arrest in January.

Pride Toronto has also had a tense relationship with police for the past two years, since uniformed officers were banned from the 2017 Pride


to talk about these things, how it is we start to communicate them to the wider Canadian public, and certainly and most importantly, how we find solutions to addressing some of these concerns,” she said.You are here

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Okay, Certis wanted me to post this. He probably just doesn't want to be the only one tormented by my refusal to take any action.

I bought a house just less than a year ago. We had an inspector take a look at it before we bought, and he scoped things out pretty thoroughly. He even looked up in the small attic to make sure there wasn't anything terribly wrong. He didn't actually climb all the way up as he noted there weren't really floorboards to stand on. We took his word and went on to look at more accessible parts of the house.

Eleven months later, I'm sitting here at my computer last weekend and curiosity overcomes me. I also figured I'd better take a quick look


their fears whenever an issue does arise. In this article, we outline a few urgent signs that a person should keep an eye out for. Being aware of…

Talking with a family dentist in Newport Beach about daily dental care routines can be helpful. Daily dental care is just as important as regular health care, yet a lot of people aren’t aware of this. But, the human body has proven that dental health also correlates with how healthy the rest of the body is. In…of being Islamophobes. That's the game the left plays. We cannot let them get away with such obvious, political tactics. You cannot just say something offensive, then claim violence when someone simply repeats what you said back.

Here's what Omar should've done:

We need more leaders like Dan Crenshaw who aren't going to play the left's game. And keep pushing back for small victories.


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I'm trying to translate some old OpenGL code to modern OpenGL.  This code is reading data from a texture and displaying it.  The fragment shader is currently created using ARB_fragment_program commands:
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GLuint program_id;
glGenProgramsARB(1, &program_id);
glBindProgramARB(GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB, program_id);
glProgramStringARB(GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB, GL_PROGRAM_FORMAT_ASCII_ARB, (GLsizei) strlen(gl_shader_code ), (GLubyte *) gl_shader_code );

I'd simply like to translate this into GLSL code.  I think the fragment shader should look something like this:
    #version 430 core
    uniform sampler2DRect s;

    void main(void)
    {
        gl_FragColor = texture2DRect(s, ivec2(gl_FragCoord.xy), 0);
    }

But I'm not sure of a couple of details:

Is this the right usage of texture2DRect?
Isthis the right usage of gl_FragCoord?

The texture is being fed with a pixel buffer object using GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER target.

A:

I think you can just use the standard sampler2D instead of sampler2DRect (if you do not have a real need for it) since, quoting the wiki, "From a modern perspective, they (rectangle textures) seem essentially useless.".

You can then change your texture2DRect(...) to texture(...) or texelFetch(...) (to mimic your rectangle fetching).

Since you seem to be using OpenGL 4, you do not need to (should not ?) use gl_FragColor but instead declare an out variable and write to it.

Your fragment shader should look something like this in the end:
#version 430 core
uniform sampler2D s;
out vec4 out_color;

void main(void)
{
    out_color = texelFecth(s, vec2i(gl_FragCoord.xy), 0);
}


books I’ve reviewed on this blog where it was very, very hard for me to say anything nice about it and I was annoyed by how much I had to pay for such terrible writing ($10.99 and $12.99 for ebooks). From a consumer protection standpoint, I think readers ought to know those criticisms are out there so they can decide whether it’s the right book for them. Some people might love those books for the very reasons I hated those books.

Authors quickly learn NEVER to engage readers on GoodReads, because the trolls there will rip you to shreds. Having inadvertently gotten involved in such a witch hunt, I now steer well clear of the place, rarely going there even to read reviews (which, on average, are a fullFebruary 11, 2012

TomTom Working with Insurance Co. to Get You a Discount… or not

Hummm, sounds pretty Big Brother to me, but it's all optional for now; and it's in the UK. TomTom is working with the Fair Pay insurance company in the UK to get consumers a TomTom GPS, while monitoring their driving habits. The TomTom devices can also help them become better drivers through a series of feedback alerts. The monitoring is similar to the Progressive Snapshot program where for a few months, Progressive gets to monitor your driving habits, times and locations to assess your risky behavior. If you're safe, you get a discount; if not, you're still in the big pool with everyone else.

The TomTom 3100 Pro is the device, and is build on a


It failed to gain significant traction as a standard web technology, however, it is leveraged by Mirth due to its availability in the Rhino JavaScript  engine.

From the examples that Dans provided you on the Mirth forums:
This snippet is in the standard XML format for HL7 v.2x:
<ZP1.36>
    <ZP1.36.1>Hello</ZP1.36.1>
    <ZP1.36.2>World</ZP1.36.2>
<ZP1.36>

This JavaScript code is utilizing E4X notation to parse and access HL7 data that has been reinterpreted into E4X XML and XMLList data types:
var zp1361 = msg['ZP1']['ZP1.36']['ZP1.36.1'].toString();
var zp1362 = msg['ZP1']['ZP1.36']['ZP1.36.2'].toString();

msg is the E4X XML object holding the HL7 data
msg['ZP1'] produces an E4X XMLList object that holds a list of ZP1 segments.

Thanos, Red Skull, Zemo, Kaecilius, Dormammu, Abomination, to name a few.

We as the audience can feel for a few of the above characters—obviously Winter Soldier, or Bucky Barnes, being the most notable. But even the brainwashed Bucky's long, sick story arc does not pull us into the murky moral pit that Killmonger's does in just one film.

This article contains spoilers for Black Panther, so read on at your own risk.

In Judgment of Wakanda

Wakanda

The past kings of Wakanda had always resisted an interaction with the rest of the world, remaining isolated and, indeed, intentionally misleading the governments of the world as to the sophistication of their society and technology.

King T’Challa, upon his ascendance to the throne, was initially no different, though he did pose questions to his aides to


left with no father but with the memories of the legends of Wakanda... amazing stories of a place which had the ability to liberate all oppressed people on Earth, if only their government had the courage to stand up and do something to help others.

Wakanda, then, was not portrayed to young Erik in the most shining of lights. On the contrary, it was a neutral African nation which had stood by and watched for generations. Watched as African persons had been snatched away from their homes and enslaved, watched as the descendants of those slaves continued to live under bigoted policies, blatant racism, and outright subjection.

The kicker? This view of Wakanda was totally correct. They were just watchers on the sidelines, hiding in plain sight.

And little Erik—the seedmost Marvel comic villains such as Doctor Doom, Red Skull, or Magneto (or James Bond villains, for that matter). But while his goals are far-reaching, this does not mean they are unattainable. Or necessarily wrong. Let's examine...

Washington Post did an article on The Foreign Policy of Black Panther. They discuss the policy prior to Killmonger and T'Challa's end-of-film revisions, and Wakanda's exceptionalism, of sitting on top of the world but doing nothing to help others.

Killmonger despised that aloof neutrality; he demanded that Wakanda exercise its might to help those who cannot help themselves.

“Two billion people all over the world who look like us whose lives are much harder, and Wakanda has the tools to liberate them all,” Killmonger states.

Thus, upon his rise to the throne, Killmonger immediately allied


$\epsilon$-first-order stationary point $\x$ of problem (\[opt:extra:grad:1\]) that satisfying $\|\nabla f(\x)\| \leq \epsilon$. Our convergence bound shows that it could be faster than the GD method.

-   We analyze mini-batch SGDE algorithm, showing that it achieves a total gradient complexity of $O(1/\epsilon^4)$ for finding an $\epsilon$-first-order stationary solution $\x$ of problem (\[opt:extra:grad:2\]) in expectation with a mini-batch size of $O(1/\epsilon^2)$. To avoid the mini-batch requirement, we also propose a stagewise SGDE, which enjoys the same gradient complexity of $O(1/\epsilon^4)$ but without the requirement of a large mini-batch size. Our convergence bound also shows that it could achieve practical speed-up.

Related Work
============

In this section, we review some related work about gradient descent with extrapolation methods. The extragradient method was first introduced by [@korpelevich1976extragradient; @korpelevichextrapolation] for solving variational inequality problems (VIP) [@hartman1966some;two functions that one is smooth and another is convex. EEG uses two proximal gradient steps at each iteration, which is slightly different from two orthogonal projection steps of classical extragradient. Like classical extragradient method, EEG still has the issue that computing two gradients might seriously affect the efficiency of the algorithm. For non-convex case, under the Kurdyka-Łojasiewicz (KL) assumption [@bolte2007lojasiewicz; @bolte2010characterizations; @bolte2017error], they have shown that the sequence generating by EEG converges to a first-order critical point of the considered problem with finite length. Their convergence rate is asymptotic and heavily depends on the Łojasiewicz exponent parameter $\theta$ [@bolte2017error], which value is specific to the particular problem. By contrast, we consider GDE methods for solving general smooth but non-convex problems, and estbalish a non-asymptotic convergence result with an iteration


iteration complexity of Stagewise SGDE. While for iteration complexities of GDE and SGDE, we only need a weaker assumption that for an initial solution $\x_0\in\R^d$, there exists a constant $\Delta_0 >0$ such that $f(\x_0)-f(\x_*)\leq \Delta_0$.

Next, to measure the convergence of non-convex and smooth optimization problems as in[@nesterov1998introductory; @ghadimi2013stochastic; @yangnonconvexmo], we need the following definition of first-order stationary point.

For problem (\[opt:extra:grad:3\]) or (\[opt:extra:grad:4\]), a point $\x\in\R^d$ is called a first-order stationary point if $$\begin{aligned}
\|\nabla f(\x)\| = 0.\end{aligned}$$ Moreover, if $$\begin{aligned}
\|\nabla f(\x)\| \leq \epsilon,\end{aligned}$$ then the point $\x$ is said to be an $\epsilon$-stationary point.

We then introduce the Moreau envelope function of $f(\x)$ and proximal mapping, which are formally stated as follows.

For any $\lambda > 0$, the following function is called a Moreau envelope of $f$ $$\begin{aligned}
f_{\gamma}(\x) := \min_{\y\in\R^d}\left\{f(\y) +f(\x_{t})$ $\z_t = \z_{t-1} - \eta \g_t$

Initilization: $\z_0 = \x_0$ and $\g_0 = \frac{1}{m}\sum_{i=1}^{m}\nabla f(\x_{0};\xi_{i,0})$ $\x_t = \z_{t-1} -   \eta \g_{t-1}$ $\g_t =  \frac{1}{m}\sum_{i=1}^{m}\nabla f(\x_t;\xi_{i,t}) $ $\z_t =  \z_{t-1} -  \eta \g_t$

\[thm:GDE\] Under Assumption \[ass:1\] (i), let $\eta \leq \frac{1}{12L}$ and $\x_1=\z_0= \x_0$, then GDE ensures that $$\begin{aligned}
\label{upp:bound:GDE}
\min_{t\in\{1,\ldots, T\}}\|\nabla f(\x_t)\|^2\leq %\frac{1}{T}\sum_{t=1}^T\|\nabla f(\x_t)\|^2&\leq
 \frac{8(f(\x_0) - f(\x_*))}{\eta T} - \frac{1}{\eta^2T}\sum_{t=0}^{T-1}\|\x_{t+1} -\x_{t}\|^2,\end{aligned}$$ where $\x_* = \arg\min_{\x\in\R^d}f(\x)$. Under an additional assumption that $f(\x_0) - f(\x_*) \leq \Delta_0$ where $\Delta_0>0$ is a constant, in particular in order to have $\min_{t\in\{1,\ldots, T\}}\|\nabla f(\x_t)\| \leq \epsilon$, the iteration complexity is $T=O(1/\epsilon^2)$.

[**Remark.** ]{}The iteration complexity $O(1/\epsilon^2)$ of GDE is at least the same order of the GD method for smooth non-convex optimization. However, comparing with the convergence upper bound of GD, the


- \x_{s-1}\|^2\end{aligned}$$ where $\x_{s-1}$ is the solution from last stage. Let define $\widehat\z_s = \arg\min_{\x} f_s(\x)$. By applying Lemma \[lem:key1\] with $\u=\widehat\z_s, \x=\x_t, \z=\z_{t-1}, \z_+=\z_t, \xi=\nabla f_s(\x_{t-1}; \xi_{t-1}), \zeta=\nabla f_s(\x_t; \xi_t), \gamma=\eta_s$, we have $$\begin{aligned}
\nabla f_s(\x_t; \xi_t)^{\top}(\x_t - \widehat\z_s)\leq& \frac{\|\widehat\z_s - \z_{t-1}\|^2-\|\widehat\z_s - \z_{t}\|^2}{2\eta_s} + \eta_s \|\nabla f_s(\x_t; \xi_t) - \nabla f_s(\x_{t-1}; \xi_{t-1})\|^2 \\
&- \frac{1}{2\eta_s}(\|\x_t - \z_{t-1}\|^2 + \|\x_t - \z_t\|^2).\end{aligned}$$ Taking average over $t=1,\dots,T_s$ for above inequality and by the convexity of $f(\x)$ we have $$\begin{aligned}
&\frac{1}{T_s}\sum_{t=1}^{T_s}\nabla f_s(\x_t; \xi_t)^{\top}(\x_t - \widehat\z_s)
\leq \frac{\|\widehat\z_s - \z_{0}\|^2}{2\eta_sT_s} - \frac{1}{2\eta_sT_s}\sum_{t=1}^{T_s}( \|\x_t - \z_{t-1}\|^2 + \|\x_t - \z_t\|^2)\\
&+ \frac{\eta_s}{T_s}\sum_{t=1}^{T_s} \|\nabla f(\x_t; \xi_t) - \nabla f(\x_{t-1}; \xi_{t-1}) + \frac{1}{\gamma}(\x_t - \x_{t-1})\|^2\\
\leq& \frac{\|\widehat\z_s - \z_{0}\|^2}{2\eta_sT_s} - \frac{1}{2\eta_sT_s}\sum_{t=1}^{T_s}( \|\x_t - \z_{t-1}\|^2 + \|\x_t - \z_t\|^2)\\
&+ \frac{2\eta_s}{T_s}\sum_{t=1}^{T_s} \|\nabla f(\x_t; \xi_t) - \nabla f(\x_{t-1}; \xi_{t-1})\|^2 + \frac{2\eta_s}{\gamma^2T_s}\sum_{t=1}^{T_s} \|\x_t -
How Mexican heroin cartels are targeting small-town America - pmcpinto
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/09/24/pellets-planes-and-the-new-frontier
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jnbiche
I read the Washington Post comments and am discouraged. I read the HN comments
- here where I see evidence of higher than average reason and compassion - and
am depressed.

First, if you believe that the crack down on prescription narcotics have first
and foremost hurt addicts, you're very mistaken. Addicts easily moved on to
heroin, as this piece shows. People with cancer and debilitating nerve
disorders like chronic shingles, CPRS, trigeminal neuralgia, and some kinds of
neuropathy, who total over a million in the U.S. alone, are the ones who have
suffered greatly even though opiate painkillers are safe and effective when
used correctly. These are the kinds of diseases than make grown men cry in
pain and bring on suicidal thoughts in previously happy, non-depressed
individuals (I


searching for its place in a postimperial, postindustrial, globalized age.

“These are big, big relationships, and they have been fundamental in how the people of these isles have seen themselves,” says Robert Colls, professor of cultural history at De Montfort University in Leicester. “There have been so many shifts over the past couple of generations, probably more than in any commensurate period in our modern history, and I don’t think the British people have quite caught up with it.”

• • •

At its zenith at the turn of the 20th century, the British Empire ruled roughly 25 percent of the world’s population and made up more than a quarter of its land surface. It was a stunning rise given Britain’s late start to empire-building, more than a century and aBoer War, as Britain scrambled for power in Africa. Mr. Ferguson likens it to what America went through with Vietnam. It gave rise to peace movements at home and fostered unyielding questions about Britain’s aims abroad.

The human and financial cost of two world wars in the 50 years to follow reinforced those shifts in sentiment – both domestically and within the colonies themselves – and rendered Britain unable to pay for its vast network overseas. Domestic concerns, including building a comprehensive welfare state as other postwar European nations did, took precedence. Before World War I, the world consisted of 59 independent nations. By 1950 it was 89. By 1995 it was 192.

While Britain no longer can claim superpower status, it is still one of the world’s most influential


Without Scotland, it would lose 5 million citizens and 32 percent of its landmass. It could potentially lose some of its key defense capabilities, since Britain’s only operational nuclear arsenal – four submarines armed with Trident nuclear warheads – dock in Scotland (the SNP has promised to eventually remove them if they win). The same is true for warship manufacturing, since Britain’s lone yard to build large naval vessels lies in Scotland.

“As a nation we depend on trade by sea,” says Gerald Vernon-Jackson, a city council member in Portsmouth. “If Scotland votes for independence, we would have to go to a foreign country to build warships. That’s like America saying we can’t build warships, so let’s go to China.”

Scottish Labour parliamentarian Jackie Baillie, who represents Scotland’s “Better Together”Syria despite Cameron’s support. Some saw it as the clearest signal yet of British isolationism. Others called it a welcome reality check.

“If that is a consequence of this vote, then I will be absolutely delighted that we relieve ourselves of some of this imperial pretension that a country of our size can seek to be involved in every conceivable conflict that’s going on around the world,” conservative lawmaker Crispin Blunt told the BBC. “If it makes British foreign and defense policy rather more limited and rather more sustainable with our own resources and our own size, so much the better.”

• • •

At the historic shipyard in Portsmouth, Jane Skinner stands on the deck of the HMS Warrior, the world’s first iron-hulled, armor-plated warship, which revolutionized naval warfare. “She


The nervous system of an animal can be studied by cutting it up into thin layers -- however this inevitably leads to the destruction of the cellular structures in the tissue. Analyzing complex nerve connections is then hardly possible. The far more elegant method is the so called optical "clearing" of the various tissues using chemical processes that make the animal transparent. Interesting structures in the tissue can be selectively marked and analyzed.

At the Vienna University of Technology, a clearing method has now been developed that can be applied to insects, which is a particularly difficult task. With an improved light-sheet microscope (a so-called ultramicroscope), it is now possible to image large nerve tissue samples and take high-resolution pictures of complex neural networks that have been labeled with       output.append(next_char)

    return output

the output of this algorithm must be:
97, 194, 299, 411, 533, 654, 768, 873, 965, 1066, 1164, 1272, 1399, 1512, 1603, 1706, 1792, 1895, 1994, 2110, 2215, 2310, 2404, 2517, 2645, 2762

I need to reverse the function so I can get inputs. Inputs must be a string.
Please help me, I have been stuck for hours and with no results.
I was thinking to reverse the XOR function, but really confused how to write it.

I was thinking these algorithm doing this
enc(prev_char, key, i) ^ 1st ordinal input = 1st output
enc(prev_char, key, i) ^ 2nd ordinal input = 2nd output
enc(prev_char, key, i) ^ 3rd ordinal input = 3rd output

etc doing that in a loop
but I am not sure how


MANOREXIA. Orthorexia. Diabulimia. Binge Eating Disorder.

All are dangerous variations on the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, and have become buzzwords that are popping up on Web sites and blogs, on television and in newspaper articles. As celebrity magazines chronicle the glamorous and the suffering, therapists and a growing number of researchers are trying to treat and understand the conditions.

The latest entry in the lexicon of food-related ills is drunkorexia, shorthand for a disturbing blend of behaviors: self-imposed starvation or bingeing and purging, combined with alcohol abuse.

Drunkorexia is not an official medical term. But it hints at a troubling phenomenon in addiction and eating disorders. Among those who are described as drunkorexics are college-age binge drinkers, typically women, who starve all day to offset the calories in the alcoholRoles of carbohydrates in the interaction of pathogens with neural cells.
Numerous pathogens that can affect neural function utilize oligosaccharide-protein interactions as a first step in the infection process. The variability in carbohydrate structures as well as the presence of carbohydrate binding receptors on the surface of cells provides a plethora of potential binding sites for viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins. This chapter discusses scenarios for how carbohydrates may affect the ability of infectious agents to interact with neural cells, provides examples of problems that may result from development of antibodies to carbohydrate antigens found on pathogens that are similar to epitopes expressed on mammalian cells, and presents approaches either in use or under consideration for translational uses of this information.


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The teenagers – alleged to be Muslim by the video uploader – descended on the bus and set the whole street alight.

The gang threatened to kill the driver before kicking five other passengers off the vehicle.

But remarkably no-one was injured during the chaos.

(Image: LIVELEAK) (Image: LIVELEAK)

The attack – which took place last Wednesday but has only recently emerged after the footage was shared online – happened in the city’s notorious Saint Denis suburb.

The area has been a hotbed for Islamic terrorism over the last 18 months – and was the scene ofThis is a ministry for Twenties, Thirties, and Forties, and it is for singles and marrieds. For those who have children, they are so welcome with us. We meet monthly, and our group’s goal is to develop friendships that will support and encourage us in our walks with Jesus. It is also a great place for new people to form connections and get to know more people at our church. We usually meet at someone’s home, the church, or at a public venue, and we potluck our meal—it is super easy and fun!

"The Other Half" is a new ministry for ages 50 and up. We meet once a month (3rd Thursday) for a potluck. Bring your favorite dish or dessert and join us for a time of food


that they are dead? That means they can not be revived, dead.

My options at this point? Fight on, probably losing the mission, and rebuild a new rookie squad at my base later, having lost a considerable financial investment in soldiers, equipment, and vehicles. Reload a recent save point. Start the whole game over again.

My decision? I started the whole game over, realizing that a decision to research one line of technology at the game’s start was probably going to have a negative impact on both long term and short term play. Better to build on a smarterinitial strategy in the game than to even go the route of the recent saved game. After all, I could probably replay the scenario with my five leveled up guys intact oncecontinue to wander the game endlessly, not knowing that there is no path forward any longer. It doesn’t even hint at a game over. You’ll figure that out through sheer frustration eventually, I guess.

Why did we play these games?!?

What I find interesting about these games’ appearances at this time is the cusp that I alluded to earlier between the end of the arcade era and the beginning of the console era. Also, as I somewhat alluded to before, the experience of the arcade and its brutal and financially-motivated mode of difficulty had conditioned players to expect acceptable levels of pain in games. Failure was inevitable and wringing more value out of your quarter required intense practice of a particular machine’s challenges. If you wanted to play, you had


an enormous amount of sense. McMillen was weaned on games that assume that pain is all a part of appreciating play—or at least that that pain must be accepted in order to play.

Little video game marketing advertises the challenge or frustration that a game might offer these days. Dark Souls advertisements taunt us with the phrase, “Prepare to Die” (and, honestly, that is not false advertising), but I imagine that the developer and publisher offering such a game recognizes that this challenge to the player speaks to a far narrower audience than it once might have. The new economics of games needs to get you to plunk down another $60 for a sequel, not another measly quarter for one more play. Thus, gaming’s current emphasis (which has movedroot-treated canals. PCR detection identified the target species in 41 (82%) and 38 (76%) of 50 primary and secondary infections respectively. E faecalis was detected as frequently in teeth with necrotic pulp as in teeth with failing endodontic treatment when a PCR analysis was used.


be open and easy to understand.

We definitely have not stopped working with documented sources. The specified method of calculation is to work with documents first of all, and more purposefully and effectively, allowing us to specify not only the penetration data, but also ballistics of shells, thus allowing us to standardize all this information in game.

Now, lets move on to the Q & A:authority or jurisdiction.”

–Webster–

In short, our government, which was created by and for us as sovereigns — free citizens deemed to have the highest authority in the land — was stolen from us, along with our rights. Keep in mind that, according to the original Constitution, only We the People are sovereign. Government is not

sovereign. The Declaration of Independence says, “government is subject to the consent of the governed.” That’s us — the sovereigns. When did you last feet like a sovereign? As Lisa Guliani explained:

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist or a constitutional historian to figure out that the U.S. Government has NOT been subject to the consent of the governed since long before you or I were born. Rather, the governed are subject to the whim and


Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) plays a key role in the expression of many genes central to the rheumatic diseases. Participation of this transcription factor in the expression of IL-1b in monocytes, and ICAM-l, TNF-alpha and IL-6 in rheumatoid synoviocytes has been demonstrated. Also, the transcription factor regulates inducible expression of the cell adhesion molecules Eselectin, VCAM-l and ICAM-l in vascular endothelial cells. A primary goal of my laboratory is to develop intra-articular gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis using a dominant negative adenoviral IkappaB kinase (DN IKK2) construct to block NF-kappaB activation. In vitro studies demonstrated that IKK2 is the primary pathway that regulates synoviocyte production of cytokines like IL-6 and IL-8. In vivo studies have shown that suppression of IKK2 using intra-articular DN IKK2 inhibits clinical arthritis in theDev Update #11 - Day & Night Cycles

Are you ready for the first Dev Update of April? Well you better be, for we have tons of things to show you!

Community Magic Weapon Contest

Annnnd stop! With 32% of the total vote, theArcane Shieldstaff wins March Community Contest: Design your Magic Weapon! Second place goes to the Manacalon Javelin of Sure Returning (21%), followed by the Winged Dagger (17%), the Mace of the Midday Sun (16%) and finally the Mountain Breaker (14%). Huge congratulations to our winner GreyWarden77, the runner-ups Woolynelson, Maruo Sartori, Ithron and Shadow of Olympus, as well as everyone else who participated to the contest. We will soon be sending Forum Badges as a reward to all participants - as well as some bonus XP so you


he entered the NFL in 2015.

The 2017 extensions of Kam Chancellor and Reshad Jones with the Seahawks and Dolphins respectively averaging $12 million per year may be important salary benchmarks for Collins. Chancellor has $25 million in guarantees while Jones is at $33 million.

Contract package: $90 million for five years

$90 million for five years Overall guarantees: $55 million

$55 million Fully guaranteed at signing: $40 million

$40 million First three years: $57.75 million

Flowers is the most attractive young edge rusher on the open market. Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark, Texans outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, Chiefs outside linebacker Dee Ford and Cowboys defensive end Demarcus Lawrence were given franchise tags. The Patriots passed on doing the same to him with a $17.128 million designation.

Flowers' 7.5 sacks during the 2018 season didn'tquite measure up to the franchise tag recipients' respective totals. His 64 quarterback pressures (combined sacks, quarterback hurries and quarterback hits) according to PFF put him in a six-way tie for the 13th most in the NFL with Von Miller (Broncos), Geno Atkins (Bengals), Melvin Ingram (Chargers), Yannick Ngakoue (Jaguars) and Clark. Flowers had one more pressure than Lawrence and beat Clowney by five.

The ideal situation for Flowers is the teams having familiarity with him getting into a bidding war for his services. Former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, who is in his second year as head coach with the Lions, needs to improve Detroit's pass rush. Bob Quinn was a long-time Patriots scout and front office executive before becoming Lions general manager in 2016. Brian Flores, who


A 36-year-old Italian man has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity and committed to the Central Mental Hospital.

Sevario Bellante admitted killing 39-year-old Tom O’ Gorman at his home in Castleknock in Dublin in January 2014, but denied the charge of murder.

The Central Criminal Court today heard that Mr O'Gorman, a freelance journalist and employee of the Iona Institute, was a good and decent man who died in a very disturbing and highly irrational way.

The jury was told that Mr O'Gorman said or did nothing to cause his death.

The defence had called for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan had told the jury the evidence in the case pointed one way.

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of rebuild the Sabres have embarked upon is far from an ideal situation for the pending free agent.

Hopefully there aren’t many Sabres fans who read too far into Vanek’s comments from earlier today as disdain for the team or area but simply as the desire to get out of a bad situation professionally. Continue reading →

The Sabres are a bad hockey team, we get it. What is surprising is that many fans entered the year under some sort of delusion that some form of tire fire wouldn’t unfold on the First Niagara Center ice this season.

With a 0-4-1 record and a looming matchup with the Blackhawks on Saturday, it’s safe to assume that 0-5-1 might not be too far away. However, the Sabres probably aren’t as bad asPittsburgh vs. Syracuse: 10 Things We Learned from the Orangemen's Win over Pitt

Stephen Dunn/Getty ImagesRyan Nassib and the Syracuse Orangemen moved to 1-0 in Big East Conference play Friday night.

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The Syracuse Orangemen did not figure to be much of a factor in the Big East Conference this season, but after their first victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers since 2004, college football fans may be singing a different tune.

Syracuse looked much improved on defense and the Panthers played well enough on defense to come away with a victory. Pittsburgh's offense could not come up with enough plays and fell 14-13 at the Carrier Dome.

With all that being said, what did we really learn about Pittsburgh and Syracuse on Friday?

Ryan Nassib Does Not Have to Be Spectacular for Syracuse to


It was bedtime as usual on the night of Sept. 10, 2001. Little did we know that by the next morning, countless Americans would never again be the same! And maybe you and your loved ones are more impacted than you realize.

Since 9/11, an astounding number of people have been afflicted with or re-activated by Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition that can affect anyone who has been exposed to a traumatic or life-threatening event. It has been described as a "normal reaction to an abnormal event."

I just received a desperate text from another wife of a veteran who battles PTSD. She said, "Welby, I'm not sure I can handle another 9/11 anniversary. Last year my husband was triggered so badly not only did I think he wasto connect with others.

How Those With PTSD Can Prepare for the 9/11 Anniversary

Stay aware of your body and emotions.

Talk about it with someone who is supportive.

Have the courage to call for help if you need it (1-800-273-8255).

Avoid the news, photos and all T.V. about 9/11.

Plan something enjoyable to do that day and the next.

Consider volunteering or helping someone with a need.

Be with someone you trust and who cares about you.

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How Loved Ones of Those With PTSD Can Prepare for the 9/11 Anniversary Too

Stay mindful of your own body and emotions.

Remember you cannot "fix" the one you love.

Give them space if they need it.

Encourage them to connect with a support group and/or counselor.

Keep the television and all media off or tuned to something unrelated.

Connect with others in a similar


support role.

Do something special for you.

And as for the young lady who is dreading 9/11 and wants to run away, I reminded her that she cannot control her husband or his reactions, but she can continue to express her love and support, while at the same time staying focused on taking care of herself and her children.

As a person of faith, God has given me an incredible promise to hold onto as well. Jesus said in John 16:33b (NIV): "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Our story doesn't end with PTSD. Our grief and our tears are not in vain, because we are promised a hope to come.

As long as there is trauma, there will be PTSD. And althoughpeople with PTSD may never again be the same, they can live happy and fulfilled lives in spite of it. I know. Because we do.

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Matthew Gilbert

Mary McNamara

Despite some less-than-stellar story lines--Ray's feud with his rich neighbor, his constant referral to how things have changed since his parents' day--Ray comes across as a genuine Everyman. Who just happens to have a certain God-given talent that will allow him to survive.

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The premise, and all the talking around it that we're forced to do in the name of propriety, is kind of laughable. Tomorrow's premiere, in which Drecker's house, and all the memorabilia from a legendary high school sports career, burn up in a fire--not so much. But


does this paper. You need to create a perspective matrix that maps from one quad to another. The above links show how to create the matrix. Once you have the matrix, you can scan your output buffer, perform the transformation (or possibly the inverse - depending on which they give you), and that will give you points in the original image that you can copy from.
It might be easier to use OpenGL to draw a textured quad between the 4 points, but that doesn't use GDI like you wanted.

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v, -2, o
Suppose 5 = -3*p + 2. Let w be ((-1)/(-3))/(2/12*p). Put -4, 2/5, w, 0.5 in descending order.
0.5, 2/5, w, -4
Suppose -t - 5 = -w - 2, -1 = -3*w - t. Let n(a) = -a**3 + 8*a**2 + 9*a + 3. Let c be n(9). Sort -4, w, c.
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Suppose -3*k + 8 = -a, 4*a - 5 = 3*k - 1. Let f = -4 + a. Let n = 3.88


= 10*j + 8. Sort j, 3, -2, 4 in ascending order.
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w, 4, n
Let b be 32/3 + 1/3. Let x = -651/740 - -24/185. Put 1/3, x, b in descending order.
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3, w, x
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Explanation of $y = x \exp(\triangle)$ for a Lie Group

Let $M$ be a non-compact matrix Lie group and $T_e M$ its lie algebra.
Consider a point $x \in M $ and $ \triangle \in T_e M$.
To move from $x$ to a point $y \in M$ along $\triangle$, below group operation seems to be commonly used in iterative optimization on Lie groups.
$y = x \exp(\triangle)$
Is this straight forward? How can this operation be explained?

A:

If I understand your question correctly, the story is as follows.  The Lie group $M$ acts on itself by (left, say) translation, and this action is transitive and faithful.  From this, we can trivialize the tangent bundle to $M$, by identifying ${\rm T}_mM$ with ${\rm T}_eM$ via the differential of the "left-multiply by


$0$, and then the exponential map is the matrix exponential.  Every traceless $(2\times 2)$ matrix with nonzero eigenvalues has distinct eigenvalues, and hence is diagonalizable; therefore its exponential is also diagonalizable.  In particular, there does not exist a traceless $2\times 2$ matrix $\Delta$ with
$$ \exp(\Delta) = \begin{pmatrix} -1 & 1 \\ 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix} $$
as this matrix is not diagonalizable, but its eigenvalues are not $1$ so it is not the exponential of a matrix with eigenvalues $0$.
I don't know anything about iterative optimization.  Any reasonable book on Lie theory, even if it only discusses matrix groups, should contain a good explanation of exponentials.

A:

The answer of Theo basically says it all what the exponential is concerned, but I maybe can shed some lightJS code which TS
compiles to.

### Buffer(number)

For Node.js 0.10.x (and below) support:

```js
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if (Buffer.alloc) {
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} else {
  buf = new Buffer(number);
  buf.fill(0);
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```

Otherwise (Node.js ≥ 0.12.x):

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```

## Regarding Buffer.allocUnsafe

Be extra cautious when using `Buffer.allocUnsafe`:
 * Don't use it if you don't have a good reason to
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passwords, encryption keys and other
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- Force the program to allocate a large amount of memory. For example, when specifying
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Both of these scenarios are considered serious security issues in a real-world
web server context.

when using `Buffer.from(req.body.string)` instead, passing a number will always
throw an exception instead, giving a controlled behaviour that can always be
handled by the program.

### The `Buffer()` constructor has been deprecated for a while. Is this really an issue?

Surveys of code in the `npm` ecosystem have shown that the `Buffer()`The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the shortlist of seven feature films that have been chosen as semi-finalists for the annual Oscar for Make-Up and Hairstyling at the 86th Annual Academy Awards. The three finalists will be informed of their Oscar nomination on Thursday, January 16 at 5:30 AM PT with the winner announced at the annual Oscar presentation on Sunday, March 2.

The seven movies that have been shortlisted for their achievements in make-up and hairstyling are:

American Hustle

Dallas Buyers Club

The Great Gatsby

Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

The Lone Ranger

Below is the official press release announcing the shortlist in the category:

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup


Latin America as a result of U.S. air pollution.

A Boeing assembly line in Renton, Wash. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)

Premature deaths in China due to air pollution that was created in the course of making stuff that was ultimately used in other places. Among these early deaths, about 54,000 were tied to the production of things consumed in the United States, and an equal number were related to items used in western Europe.

A thick haze hangs over Beijing and much of eastern China in this 2015 satellite image. (Jeff Schmaltz / NASA)

Approximate number of early deaths in eastern Europe that were due to pollutants emitted in western Europe. The reverse figure was a comparatively low 17,000.

A Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. (Adam Berry / Getty Images)

Ranking ofthat we drove up to the famous Haleakala Crater! We loved that drive and went every time we visited Maui. I believe Austin really loved it too when we went with Lindsey. It could be really COLD when visiting in the month of Jan. since it was soooo high up. It would freeze up there! The vegetation all along the drive was so fantastic! Below, you see that Austin, Jordan, and I would jump out of the car from time to time along the winding road up the mountain to take some scenery shots. I LOVE the one of Austin in front of the Pineapple plant, showing us how amazing this fruit is growing. Close ups below....

On the back side of page 5, you see all of us


necessity, with a surplus seen as the ultimate goal for the UK's public finances.

In its simplest terms, a government runs a budget deficit when in a single year it collects less in revenues than it spends. Governments must then borrow to make up the shortfall, adding to national debt. Britain has run a deficit every year since 2001-02 when the Labour government created a small surplus. That marks the longest period of continuous deficits since the early 19th century.

All major political parties have pledged to reduce the deficit in their recently released election manifestos.

Alongside the deficit numbers, ONS figures showed that the overall level of government debt continued to rise, hitting £1.722 trillion by the end of April, up £114 billion from the same time last year. Debtsuspicions about her reasons for being there. As her obsession about the baby grows, a battle of wills erupts between Jenny and the child’s guardians—his elderly, impoverished great-grandparents—leading to Jenny’s attempts to claim the baby as her own.

Reviews & Such

“Cary Holladay’s lovely tale of misguided desire combines the precise vision of Flannery O’Connor with the brutal comic touch of Lewis Nordan. I can’t remember the last book I read with as many moments of mystery, illumination and emotional honesty.”—Michael F. Parker, author of If You Want Me to Stay and Don’t Make Me Stop Now

“A Fight in the Doctor’s Office displays Holladay at the height of moral maturity and artistic control.”—Eve Shelnutt

“Astute, compassionate and elegant in its rendering, Jenny Hall Havener’s search for purpose is the kind of


              Decided:   January 31, 2007

Before WILLIAMS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ARGUED: Elizabeth Brooks Scherer, SMITH MOORE, L.L.P., Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellant. Randall Stuart Galyon, Assistant
United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.     ON BRIEF: James D.
Cowan, Jr., SMITH MOORE, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for
Appellant. Anna Mills Wagoner, United States Attorney, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

     Joseph Kenneth Newbold pleaded guilty to distributing 5.3

grams of a substance containing 5-Methoxy-alpha-methyltryptamine

(5-MeO-AMT), in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C)

(West 1999 & Supp. 2006), money laundering, in violationUnited States v.

Brandon, 247 F.3d 186, 188 (4th Cir. 2001).

      The ACCA imposes a mandatory minimum fifteen year sentence for

any   defendant   who   violates   §    922(g)    and   has   three   previous

convictions for “violent felon[ies]” or “serious drug offense[s],”

or both.    18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e)(1).             “Serious drug offense” is

defined in pertinent part as “an offense under State law, involving

manufacturing,    distributing,        or   possessing    with    intent    to

manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance .


                  9
As such, Newbold argues that his previous state drug convictions

cannot serve as predicate crimes under the ACCA.2

     As an initial matter, we must address the Government’s argument

that the “restoration-of-rights” exception under § 921(a)(20) does

not apply to “serious drug offenses.”      Unlike the definition of

“serious drug offense,” the definition of “violent felony” includes

the phrase “crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding

one year.”   18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e)(2)(B).   Section 921(a)(20) in turn

states that what constitutes a “crime punishable by imprisonment for

a term exceeding one year” is

     determined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction
                     11
a “serious drug offense” without resort to the “restoration-of-

rights” provision in § 921(a)(20).

     Having   concluded    that     §   921(a)(20)    is    pertinent    to   the

determination of whether Newbold’s previous drug convictions were

serious drug offenses, we now turn to Newbold’s argument.               We first

note that, aside from the issues surrounding the certificate, see

supra note 2, there is no question that Newbold’s right to possess

a firearm had not been restored by the time North


Stat. § 15A-1340.10 (2005); State v. Branch, 518 S.E.2d 213,

215 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999)(explaining that the defendant's “offenses

that were committed prior to 1 October 1994, the effective date of

the Structured Sentencing Act, fall under the sentencing guidelines

of the Fair Sentencing Act as a matter of law”).              In effect, then,

North Carolina has two sentencing schemes: one for crimes committed

before October 1, 1994 and one for crimes committed after October 1,
                                 15
1994. In this regard, North Carolina’s revised sentencing scheme is

similar to the Texas sentencingbrief, Newbold initially relied on the North Carolina
Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Allen, 615 S.E.2d 256, 260-61
(N.C. 2005), opinion withdrawn, 635 S.E.2d 899 (N.C. 2006), in
support of this Blakely-based argument.       In Allen, the North
Carolina Supreme Court, construing North Carolina’s current
Structured Sentencing Act, stated that “other than the fact of a
prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime
beyond the prescribed presumptive range must be submitted to the
jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” Id. at 265. After
briefing, but before oral argument, the state Supreme Court
withdrew its opinion in Allen in response to the U.S. Supreme
Court’s decision in Washington v. Recuenco, 126 S. Ct. 2546 (2006).
Recuenco held that failure to submit a sentencing factor to the
jury is not a structural


I always liked the pewter uniforms. I didn't see any reason to change those, the pewter gave them a nice color no one else had. I'm also not a fan of the orange accents, it seems like they were just forced to add it in.

March 3rd, 2014, 1:31 pm

thelomasbrowns

Player of the Year - Defense

Joined: August 24th, 2010, 9:54 pmPosts: 2823

Re: Bucs new uniforms

Overall not bad, but I don't like the numbering.

_________________"Good teams don't worry about a whole lot of stuff. They travel, they play, they win. And it doesn't matter where they go, what the time block is, all those kinds of things. They never seem to bother teams that play well, and we want to be one of those teams." -Jim Caldwell

March 3rd, 2014, 3:53 pm

Killwill25

Rookie Playermusketeer?

You mean you don't like ol' Buccaneer Bruce?

_________________"Good teams don't worry about a whole lot of stuff. They travel, they play, they win. And it doesn't matter where they go, what the time block is, all those kinds of things. They never seem to bother teams that play well, and we want to be one of those teams." -Jim Caldwell

March 4th, 2014, 11:26 am

Killwill25

Rookie Player of the Year

Joined: March 5th, 2009, 8:42 pmPosts: 2411Location: Brooklyn, NY

Re: Bucs new uniforms

Pablo wrote:

Killwill25 wrote:

I think they could wear lingerie and still beat us.

Did you watch the Bucs play last year? I realize the Lions weren't great, but the Bucs won only 4 games despite having a plus-10 turnover margin - they were pathetic.

Yep... And we lost to them

_________________Just one Super Bowl


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Current construction projects in Shiraz, Iran

Like Iran's other urban centers, Shiraz is also the scene of numerous construction projects, in progress or recently completed. Here is a sample of such projects in and around the city. Note: former Uskowi on Iran member and Shiraz resident Amir Taheri used to describe the economic vitality of his municipality to the disbelief of many an expatriate. Here is the photographic evidence supporting his recent claims:

@can Pakistan and Saudi Arabia undertake such complicated engineering projects on their own -we know there are construction companies there but , can they stand alone -the answer should be no despite their zeal in building rapport with west! and competitions in boot liking their common masters!.

@may be the most significant thing about theseneutral.

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know and have learned the past few decades is that anyone can become president. So if you say you may run you are immediately going to get richer and more well known and treated with more respect by journalists. Another reason unlikely candidates act like they're running is that who knows, they may. It's hard to decide not to. It excites them to think they might. It helps them get up that morning and go to the 7 a.m. breakfast. "I'm not doing this for nothing, I may actually run. The people at the breakfast may hug me at my inauguration; I may modestly whisper, 'Remember that breakfast in Iowa when nobody showed? But you did. You're the reason I'm here.'" They're not horrible, they're just human. Butthough he has been traveling regularly to Iowa, New Hampshire and appearing on the national shows.

Certainly POTH is highly unreliable source, especially with regard to racially-tinged issues, but I must confess that it irks me how many Republicans seem to have a tin ear or worse on some of the history of the civil rights movement.===========================

Gov. Barbour’s Dream WorldPublished: December 21, 2010

In Gov. Haley Barbour’s hazy, dream-coated South, the civil-rights era was an easy transition for his Mississippi hometown of Yazoo City. As he told the Weekly Standard recently, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an unmemorable speaker, and notorious White Citizens Councils protected the world from violent racists.

Perhaps Mr. Barbour, one of the most powerful men in the Republican Party and a potential presidential candidate,


suffers from the faulty memory all too common among those who stood on the sidelines during one of the greatest social upheavals in history. It is more likely, though, that his recent remarks on the period fit a well-established pattern of racial insensitivity that raises increasing doubts about his fitness for national office.

In the magazine’s profile of the second-term governor, Mr. Barbour suggests that the 1960s — when people lost life and limb battling for equal rights for black citizens — were not a terribly big deal in Yazoo City. “I just don’t remember it as being that bad,” he said. He heard Dr. King speak at the county fairgrounds in 1962 but can’t remember the speech. “We just sat on our cars, watching the girls, talking, doingthat we need someone with executive experience of some meaning, we don't have a governor from NY or Calif available, Texas - don't know. Takes us into the middle size states for some level of relevant executive experience. Carter was from Georgia, Clinton Arkansas, Dukakis - Mass, etc.

Tim Pawlenty won in Dem state twice, even in the storm of 2006. Governed with good popularity without selling out conservatism too badly. Handled a few challenges like closing budget gaps without raising taxes and catastrophe of the bridge collapse. Was a minority leader of the state House prior to Gov. Mentioned here for underwhelming people, but again making the rounds where he has quite a bit of experience and is gaining familiarity. Likable, common sense guy, sticks to his principles,


public as the highest priority. Trust in his ability to handle health care has dropped to a new low. And only 37 percent of independents would vote to re-elect Obama if the election were held today. A $1 billion campaign fund may not be enough if the GOP’s “Candidate X” presents a compelling and distinctly different narrative, a better vision for tomorrow.

I know we predicted Republican Senate control in 2010. Republicans did gain seven seats and came within four of winning control. Razor thin defeats in Colorado and Washington and unexpected thrashings in Nevada and West Virginia proved us wrong.

But this time – honest – we are going to win!

The battlegrounds in 2012 are a lot more red and less blue than in 2010. If we switch seatsalso not run. He hasn’t raised money but did lend his campaign $1 million to fill up his bank account. But loans can be repaid. Kohl may well retire. Defeated Democratic Senator Russ Feingold may challenge him in a primary, hastening his exit. Not a sure pickup, but in a state which went so heavily Republican in 2010 (the GOP captured the governorship, both houses of the legislature, a Senate seat, and more House members) it’s a likely Republican gain.

The Nelsons (Bill of Florida and Ben of Nebraska) both face tough challenges from strong candidates in red states. Who knows if they will really run? Ben Nelson has to have the model of Arkansas’ Blanche Lincoln firmly in his mind. He needs to quit before he gets thrown


out of the country and out of the way.

But his service as ambassador has not always been so cooperative. Huntsman had envisioned himself as taking a lead role in policy and affairs with China and Asia in general. But time and time again, Obama has used others, such as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to function as ‘point-man’ in dealing with China. Huntsman has been becoming more vocally critical of the Obama administration’s Asia policies. A clear sign of dissatisfaction and political ambition.

As governor, Huntsman demonstrated political savvy, walking the line between moderate and Conservative ideology. Huntsman reduced taxes, reformed government, and sided firmly with those opposed to abortion, gun control and same-sex marriage. He also advocated energy efficiency and raised concerns on proposals to store nuclear wastepoints in the speech (the constitution is a restraining order is against big government) I hate to single any out, but West picked up the point that cash for clunkers is a symbol of our current, failed leadership (famous people read this forum).

Allen West, Take your own advice, "the time is now". Good leaders don't come around very often.

It is a little early but I am going to make my 2012 prediction right here, right now.

There will be fewer women fainting in the front rows of Obama rallies in 2012. Mark my words, you heard it here first.

------

Both West and Cain are amazing black conservatives. Just from what I saw, West spoke out very strongly but with carefully chosen words that he can back up and stand by.


a large state governor two terms, W. Bush the same, Clinton a two term (non-continuous) smaller state governor and Carter a one term governor.

Saving Obama for the comparison with Allen West or whoever will run against him.

I would add that a) Reagan understood being in the public eye due to his acting career; andb) There is perhaps no better preparation for the socializing, schmoozing, politicking, lying, and backstabbing of Washington than being President of the Screen Actors Guild.

Morris often gets outside of his true lane of expertise, but here he is back in it, dead center:

So what happens if the cuts proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., prove unacceptable to the Senate and the president? What ifThe polymers and the polymer/siRNA polyplexes showed negligible cytotoxicity on human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 at all investigated ratios. However, the polyplexes prepared with palmitoyl and oleoyl derivatives at polymer concentration 10μg/mL reduced the cell viability by 21.5% and 35%, respectively. The results of this study revealed the potential use of fatty acyl-CGKRK-COS as a siRNA carrier and confirmed the importance of incorporating a hydrophobic moiety into chitosan to improve its capacity in complexing with siRNA and protection from degradation.


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According to legend, the green flash--an almost magical effect seen at certain sunsets--signifies the opening of the world beyond life. In Key West, where green flashes are sometimes seen, Claire Marion and her boyfriend, Ian, have come to the annual Fantasy Fest with very different agendas. Ian has body paint and three-way sex on his mind, but Claire is seeking something she cannot name. Amidst the wild revelry of the fest, Claire meets one fascinating man and then another. Together the three of them will explore new worlds of pleasure and dark magic, illuminated by the green flash.

Sensuality and art are sacred in Renaissance Florence, and for the young sculptor Niccolo, a commission froma ric...

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Sensuality and art are sacred in Renaissance Florence, and for the young sculptor Niccolo, a commission from a rich patron may open doors to the fever for beauty that burns within his soul. As he struggles to complete the commission, Niccolo’s mind drifts to erotic fantasies of the divine love play of nymphs and heroes, images he longs to capture in stone, and it will take the inspiration of his beautiful model and mistress Madelena to help him complete his masterpiece and insure his future.

Seven dreams; seven lovers. Which ones will come true? Pearl Frost, a beautiful young woman with appetites she has...

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Seven dreams; seven lovers. Which ones will come true? Pearl Frost, a beautiful young woman with appetites she has not explored, is the cook and housekeeper for a boarding house where seven lusty miners live, each of them with his – or her – own desire. See what happens when aphrodisiac magic promises to turn fantasy into sensuous reality, as Pearl indulges in forbidden pleasures and learns the limitless lessons of desire. Set in the era of the great mining empires of Colorado, and rich with myth and imagery, The Passions of Pearl is no fairytale, but here, dreams do come true, gloriously and quite explicitly...

The fate of Corsinium depends upon Adita's passion. Within her mountain temple, Adita, High Priestess of the g...

To read excerpts,interesting that this also holds for a frequentist who would not even consider $\theta$ to be random!

Let us reconsider the James–Stein phenomenon. The inadmissibility of the MLE in the normal location model when $p \geq 3$ is quite mysterious and it is sometimes referred to as Stein’s paradox. As the $X_i$ are all independent, it seems that there is no information in $X_2,X_3,\dots,X_p$ about $\theta_1$, and yet Stein [@stein1956inadmissibility] proved that there is. Where is the information coming from? Various explanations have been suggested but none entirely satisfactory [@stigler19901988]. Efron and Morris [@efron1973stein] noted that the James–Stein estimator can be motivated from an empirical Bayes perspective, but Stein proved his result without relying on any assumptions about the distribution of the $\theta_i$. He did not even assume the