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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Tuesday bike
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- Betsy said...
Hi Tim! This is Betsy, Kaaren's friend from St. John! Remember me? Every time I do something exciting athletically I think of you so this time I Googled you! You were such a help to me on St. John, encouraging me in my hikes when I was in such a low point in my life. I have always thought of you so fondly!! We live in Idaho now and I just ran 10 mountain miles for the first time and thought of you! Love your blog! -Betsy
- July 13, 2011
- Lucho said...
Wow... holy blast from the past! Of course I remember you. Idaho is awesome, no surprise you ended up somewhere like that! Awesome to hear from you, thanks for saying hi!
And 10 mountain miles is worth 15 civilized miles :)
- July 13, 2011
Wow on that Breakfast. Would love to hear what your typical paleo eating day is.
- July 13, 2011
- Lucho said...
Nothing special on the diet. I eat when I'm hungry and I avoid processed foods as much as I can. I'm not super anal as I think for a hard training athlete there is a place (and a time) for raw calories like pasta. Snacks are apples, bananas, peanut butter. Lots of meat. Lots of vegetables. If you tune in to your body it will tell you what you need.
During training I will take in a clif bar with Gatorade/ maltodextrin and immediately post hard or long workout I will drink 50-75g of maltodextrin CHO. But usually it's V8 juice with raisins to balance blood alkalinity.
- July 14, 2011
- Fred (aka ace) said...
Wow! Looks like my breakfast and lunch. Though usually for breakfast I like that stuff in liquid form to make digestion easier.
- July 14, 2011

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Europe is racking up billions in deals with oil-rich Iran as its president, Hassan Rouhani, makes a goodwill tour less than two weeks after the lifting of international sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Iran is looking to boost its economic ties to the West now that it is allowed to negotiate business deals as a reward for complying with curbs on its nuclear program.
Here are details of some of the lucrative agreements:
• France's Peugeot-Citroen announced a deal with Iranian automaker Khodro on Thursday to produce 200,000 cars a year in Iran. The deal, which will see the first cars produced in 2017, is worth $436 million, Peugeot-Citroen said.
• French energy company Total said Thursday it will sign a deal to buy crude oil from Iran, AFP reported.
• Airbus will deliver 118 passenger planes to Iran Air, as well as provide pilot and maintenance training, Airbus announced Thursday in France.
• France's state rail company SNCF signed a deal with its Iranian counterpart, La Tribune reported.
• French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said deals would be signed in health, agriculture and the environment.
• Iran and Italy on Tuesday signed up to $18 billion in deals covering sectors including health, agriculture, infrastructure and energy.
• General Electric is in talks on entering the Iranian market, The Tasnim News Agency in Iran reported Tuesday.
• Rouhani struck a deal with Italian oil services group Saipem that is worth between $4 billion and $5 billion, according to Reuters.
• Iran awarded up to $6.2 billion in contracts to Danieli, an Italian steel firm that makes heavy machinery.


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Senior citizens take note: Here's a chance to act like a kid again!
Area seniors, including nursing and rehabilitation home residents, are being invited to dance the afternoon away this Sunday in the Tomahawk High School gym.
The stage will already be set - the decorations in place. The gym will be decorated for the high school's annual Winter Ball, offering students an enchanted evening called "Frosted Nights" the night before. Afterwards, the frills, streamers and lights, that the students worked hard to build and set in place, will be left behind for extended use by another generation the next afternoon.
Area community members who might not have stepped foot on a high school dance floor for multiple decades are encouraged to enjoy their own "Senior Ball" between 1 and 3 p.m.
Admission is free and Tomahawk High School Student Council members will be on hand to "chaperone" and for anyone who might need a "special date." Refreshments also will be served.
What a wonderful gesture! What fun!
We've heard of similar endeavors at other schools and congratulate our high school students for pursuing this multigenerational event. Why not extend the magic of a special dance as long as you can? Make use of those decorations; and meet some lesser-known members of the community - at least from a young person's perspective.
Plus, you're bound to bring a smile to someone's face and warm some hearts on a cold winter's day.
We've been told that Cheryl Brown from Tomahawk Bus Service has even come forward to offer her company's services so residents at area nursing and rehabilitation homes can attend. Thank you!
The dance floor is waiting.
Senior citizens, here's your chance to be a kid again!
Seniors: Be a kid again, dance the afternoon away
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MADISON, Wis.—Private schools accepting students receiving taxpayer-subsidized vouchers can offer "no more excuses" for not being a part of accountability reports, Wisconsin Superintendent Tony Evers said Thursday during a speech that didn't shy away from the hottest education topics in the state.
Evers also strongly defended Wisconsin's implementation of Common Core academic standards. Undoing those standards, as some conservatives have demanded, would be a disservice to students, he said.
"We cannot go back to a time when our standards were a mile wide and in inch deep, leaving too many kids ill prepared for the demands of college and a career," Evers said during his annual State of Education address.
"We cannot pull the rug out from under thousands of kids, parents, and educators who have spent the past three years working to reach these new, higher expectations that we have set for them."
Voucher school accountability and the status of the Common Core standards are currently two of the most controversial topics in public education in Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature have advanced an aggressive education agenda the past two years. That agenda has included cutting funding for public schools, ending collective bargaining for teachers and expanding private school vouchers statewide.
Evers has opposed all those moves, but he has worked with Walker in other areas, such as implementing new statewide testing to measure how well students are meeting the Common Core standards.
The latest fight over vouchers involves whether, and how, the performance of private-school students who receive the taxpayer subsidy should be included on report cards that are currently issued for public schools.
A bill introduced in the Legislature by the Republican chairs of the Senate and Assembly education committees has been widely criticized by the private-school community. Private talks on a compromise continue—but Evers' comments did little to bring the interests together.
The proposal gives the Department of Public Instruction, which Evers leads, too much authority over how to interpret and report results from voucher schools, said School Choice Wisconsin president Jim Bender. The school choice community does not trust DPI, in part because Evers has been an outspoken opponent of the voucher program, Bender said.
"Our baseline requirement is that an equal amount of transparency be put on the process DPI is using and so far they have been unwilling to do it," Bender said.
The co-sponsors of the accountability bill, Sen. Luther Olsen and Rep. Steve Kestell, said they continue to work with private schools, DPI and others on a compromise. Olsen said he was optimistic something could pass this year.
The Legislature is also wrestling with what to do about the Common Core standards. Wisconsin was one of the first states to adopt the voluntary national standards covering math and English language arts in 2010. The state's nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau has said the standards are "more rigorous, cohesive and specific" than what Wisconsin previously had in place.
But criticism has been growing, particularly among conservatives who fear a loss of local control, the way the standards were adopted without legislative approval, and the sharing of students' personal information with the federal government.
Earlier this year, three dozen members of Wisconsin tea party groups sent a letter to lawmakers calling for a "full and immediate investigation" into the standards and detailing concerns about losing local control and lowered standards.
In response, the Legislature created two special study committees. And earlier this week Walker said he thought the state could create more rigorous standards than those in the Common Core.
His comments, and criticism of the standards, have frustrated Evers and others who worked most closely with their adoption.
Olsen, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, said he wanted to hear more specifics from critics about specifically they want to see changed.
"I'm more than anxious for the governor to say what standards are not quality enough so we can address those," Olsen said. "You can't talk in generalities."


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"What a consumer says can sometimes be at odds with what a consumer does. Confidence dropped, but weekly measures of consumer spending remain fairly buoyant and, from our perspective, the second quarter is looking very much like the first quarter. In other words, consumption is not losing momentum." –Tom Porcelli, chief US economist at RBC Capital Markets
In my discussions with a variety of analysts and economists over the past few weeks concerning the outlook for freight volumes, a number of interesting factors keeps popping up.
First, as every trucker knows, "freight" is a catch-all term that encompasses everything from the raw materials used in the manufacture of any number of products to (of course) finished goods and foodstuffs purchased and consumed by (whom else?) the consumer.
Thus, from the view of these experts, one of the biggest worries during this year's heady run-up in oil prices centered not so much upon the every-higher cost of diesel fuel being purchased by truckers but how high fuel costs overall – both gasoline and gasoline – redirects consumer spending.
Steve Tam, vp-commercial vehicle sector with ACT Research Co., explained it to me this way. "The impact of $100 oil for a sustained period of time is more broadly economic related, not so much directly trucking related," he said. "If consumers must pay more for fuel, it takes money away from other parts of the economy. That means the economy is not generating incremental freight."
So far, however, that doesn't seem to be happening (at least on widespread scale) among U.S. consumers – though oil's now been over the $100 per barrel mark for a while.
Now, to be sure, a lot of big changes are going on as gasoline passed the $4 per gallon national average mark. For example, according to a recent survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets, soaring gas prices have already caused three-in-10 consumers to reduce their discretionary spending.
The firm added that the U.S. average price per gallon of gas sat at $3.90 nationally when this poll was conducted from April 28-May 1, and it's poll showed that another 41% said they would reduce spending when gas prices climbed above $4.50 per gallon and one-in-five said their pain threshold was $5.00 per gallon or more.
Asked the same question in March by RBC, when the average price for gas was about $3.20 per gallon, half of consumers (50%) reported that their threshold for scaling back spending was below $4.00 per gallon and 20% said it was $4.50 per gallon.
And yet there is a nugget of good information in here, at least from the perspective of Tom Porcelli, chief US economist for RBC. "The results highlight the psychological element involved with rising gasoline prices, as people revise their pain threshold according to the reality of what is happening at the pump," he said. "This suggests that, despite what is likely to be a continued drift higher in gasoline prices given supply and demand dynamics, spending is very likely to hold up."
Now, he did go on to note that RBC's Consumer Outlook Index fell for May to 42.9, down 1.9 points from April's 44.8 reading, but such data may not tell the whole story.
"Consumer confidence remains fragile, as evidenced by the broad-based decline in the index - indeed, all sub-indices posted declines this month," Porcelli pointed out. "But what a consumer says can sometimes be at odds with what a consumer does. Confidence fell, but weekly measures of consumer spending remain fairly buoyant and, from our perspective, the second quarter is looking very much like the first quarter. In other words, consumption is not losing momentum."
Ah, but there's another component to discretionary consumer spending, one that can be summed up in four letters: jobs. Employment is of course the key to having any money to spend in the first place, and on the jobs front, things ain't looking so rosy.
The Department of Labor (DOL) noted this week that unemployment claims surged recently to an 8-month high, hitting 474,000 for the week ending on April 30, up 43,000 from the week before. This is the highest level since August, and a surprise to economists, who were expecting initial claims to drop to 400,000 in the latest DOL report.
That's in part because, when it comes to recessions, the U.S. economy doesn't bounce back like it used to, according analysis by The Conference Board.
The group noted that by March 2011, the number of people employed in the U.S. was only 0.2% higher than in June 2009, when the recession ended – meaning the current recovery is the second slowest on record since 1961. Yet this is merely continuing a trend that began in 1991 of weak growth in both jobs and gross domestic product (GDP).
In fact, during the last three recoveries, neither GDP nor employment "roared back" as was typical after earlier downturns, noted Gad Levanon, associate director of macroeconomic research at The Conference Board.
"When looking across industries, the current recovery is showing some unique trends," he added. "For example, employment in construction, finance and state/local government is not only declining, but declining much faster than in any other recovery since 1960. The decline in these industries is a result of forces that go beyond the ups and downs we see in typical recessions, and a strong bounce back is unlikely in the near future."
Since the end of recession, Lavanon said total employment in construction, finance and state/local government declined by 1.06 million jobs, while the rest of the economy added only 1.3 million jobs. Here's a jobs situation breakdown by the Conference Board:
• Hardest Hit: The number of jobs in construction (-8.1 percent), finance (-1.8 percent), and state and local government (-1.0 and -2.6 percent respectively) continued to decline in the 21 months after the end of the recession.
• Disappointing: Healthcare and leisure and hospitality jobs have recovered, but at a rate slower than any since 1960.
• Doing OK: Manufacturing suffered less job loss than in recent recessions, and in the last 12 months, manufacturing employment has grown at the highest rate since the 1990s.
• Shrinking Government: The growth in federal government jobs during the recovery has been historically high (38,000), but not enough to offset the unprecedented losses in state and local government jobs (-429,000).
In the near-term, employment growth will continue to be slow, said Levanon, with the housing downturn, high oil and commodity prices, government austerity measures and limited consumer spending preventing GDP growth from being more robust.
Indeed, he thinks unemployment is likely to remain above 8% through 2012 and that GDP growth will slow down as well, increasing just 2.5% in 2011 and 2012, much lower than the rate of 3.5% to 4% typically reached during expansions.
"Longer-term prospects are more promising, however," Levanon stressed. "In the last six months, employment outside of construction, finance and state and local government has already been growing faster than nearly any other six-month period in the last decade. Once constraints in these hard-hit sectors loosen, overall job recovery is likely to pick up pace."
Well, let's hope so, because without jobs, there ain't no spending – and if there ain't no spending, there won't be any freight.


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I guess from many of my posts you would think that I'm obsessed with Roseanne. And yes, that may be a little bit true. Roseanne is the one show that after several decades of being on television I can still sit down and watch no matter what time of day or season.
There's one thing however that's always bugged me about the show – the house's floor plan. Now I'm not an architect, engineer, draftsman or person of any real education concerning blue prints, etc but I've always been fascinated by floor plans. When I was a kid my dad would draw house plans for people and I'd sit on the floor next to him and draw floor plans for the loft my Ken Doll and his boyfriend from North Korea that he met on the internet would move into when gay marriage was legalized…
Yeah as a kid I was totally gay. GAY GAY GAY. I was so gay that at about 2 years old at my cousin's wedding I threw a fit because I wanted a wedding dress like she had so my dad had to put me in one of his big t-shirts so I'd shut up. Someday if I can find pictures of it I'll post them, I know I've seen them somewhere.
Anyway, when I was growing up I used to watch Roseanne all the time, it made me feel normal to see how abnormally they functioned I guess. During my parents fights, which they had very frequently I would pretend that we were the Conners because they seemed a lot happier.
WOW tragic, huh! Dear god that brick needs to go right back in the wall, f'real.
Still after like 20 years of watching the show the floor plan bugged me because I couldn't figure it out. Everything made sense to me except the master bedroom/master bath configuration that never seemed to fit right with me. I've looked online several times for some kind of clue but I could never find a PDF or even a jpeg of the floor plan so it continued to haunt me.
Until three days ago. I spotted it while watching the show, the missing link in the house. The part I never understood was the doors actually, the doors they walk through to reach the bedroom or bathroom from the kitchen didn't match the ones going from either room into the kitchen, they seemed switched. Three days ago however I noticed A HALLWAY. Yes that's right.
I doubt many of you are as excited about this as I am but it ended a question that's lingered in my head for a long time. I'm a simple guy that takes simple pleasures and this is one that has seemed to make my life a little more complete for some reason.
I have this blogging censor that keeps me from writing stuff that I don't think anyone will give a shit about like Dan and Roseanne Conner's Floor Plan but this time I said to myself "no, just go ahead and hit that 'publish' button. SOMEONE out there has to be wondering about the same thing so even if nobody else gets it, someone will."
So here it is, the Conner Family's Floor Plan.


text: Well, remember yesterday how we talked about the 2009 Hyundai Genesis being a value proposition at a sub-$30,000 price point with a V8? Well, Automotive News is reporting Hyundai Motor America has priced the new Genesis luxury sedan at $33,000 for the V6 version and $38,000 for the V8. Both prices include shipping. Do we still think it's a value proposition? Hmm. Not as much as before. What do you think?


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I recently updated my list of favorite posts, and it is located on the tab above entitled "Hot Posts." I have broken the topics up by the areas of Methodology, Slave Research, and Records & Resources. I hope you'll check out the list and let me know what were some of your favorite "Reclaiming Kin" posts. I invite you to explore the numerous other excellent African-American themed genealogy blogs I provide links to on the bottom right of the home page.
Also, one last call for the Advanced African-American Genealogy class I will be teaching that starts next week, Nov. 13 and runs every Tuesday night from 7-9 through Dec. 4 at Howard Community College, Gateway Campus in Columbia. In this class (aimed at the Intermediate or Advanced level researcher) I explain evidence evaluation and analysis, land, estate, and court records, slave research, cluster genealogy methods and more. If interested, you can sign up on the HCC website and register for the class. The class is a part of the Non-Credit courses, and has become something I really enjoy teaching. I've you're in the local area and think you're "stuck" in your research, do come out.


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Radiation therapy for colorectal cancer
Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays or particles to destroy cancer cells. It is sometimes used to treat colorectal cancer. Your healthcare team will consider your personal needs to plan the type and amount of radiation, and when and how it is given. You may also receive other treatments.
Radiation therapy is sometimes used as part of chemoradiation to treat rectal cancer. Chemoradiation is treatment that combines chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Chemotherapy is given during the same time period as radiation therapy.
You may have radiation therapy, either alone or as part of chemoradiation, to:
- shrink a tumour in the rectum before other treatments such as surgery (called neoadjuvant therapy)
- destroy cancer cells in the colon or rectum left behind after surgery or chemotherapy and reduce the risk of the cancer coming back, or recurring (called adjuvant therapy)
- relieve pain or control the symptoms of advanced colorectal cancer (called palliative therapy)
The following are the types of radiation therapy most commonly used to treat colorectal cancer.
External beam radiation therapy
During external beam radiation therapy, a machine directs radiation through the skin to the tumour and some of the tissue around it. It is most often used for rectal cancer.
External beam radiation therapy is commonly given before surgery (called neoadjuvant radiation therapy) for rectal cancer. It can help make the tumour easier to remove and lower the risk that cancer will come back in the pelvis. Depending on where the tumour is in the rectum, radiation therapy may be given alone or as chemoradiation. Doctors will also decide how long radiation therapy is given based on the stage and location of the tumour.
External beam radiation therapy may also be given as part of chemoradiation after surgery for rectal cancer. This is not very common because neoadjuvant radiation therapy or chemoradiation has become standard.
In some cases, external beam radiation therapy may be given after surgery for cancer in the colon. It is used to help prevent a local recurrence, which is when cancer comes back in the same area as the primary tumour. This is not a common treatment because colon cancer usually spreads to distant organs, such as the liver.
External beam radiation therapy to the abdomen or pelvis may be used as palliative therapy for advanced colorectal cancer or colorectal cancer that can't be surgically removed (called unresectable). It may also be used for colorectal cancer that has spread to the bone or brain. Find out more about bone metastases and brain metastases.
Brachytherapy is internal radiation therapy. It uses a radioactive material called a radioactive isotope. It is placed right into, or very close to, the tumour. The radiation kills the cancer cells over time.
In some cases, brachytherapy may be used instead of external beam radiation therapy. It may be given before surgery to treat rectal cancer.
The radioactive material is in a special applicator or a catheter (tube). The doctor places the radioactive material in the rectum close to the tumour (called endorectal brachytherapy). Brachytherapy for rectal cancer is usually given as high-dose rate (HDR) therapy. This means that it is given as a single, high dose of radiation in a very short period of time. After the radiation is given, the applicator or catheter is removed. This process may be repeated for a few days.
Endorectal brachytherapy usually causes fewer side effects and long-term complications than external beam radiation therapy. More research is needed to fully compare these treatments.
Radiation oncologists need special equipment to give endorectal brachytherapy. As a result, it isn't available in all treatment centres, and it isn't a standard treatment for rectal cancer.
Questions to ask about radiation therapy
Find out more about radiation therapy. To make the decisions that are right for you, ask your healthcare team questions about radiation therapy.
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On June 8, 28 years ago, I had my first date with the man who would become my second husband. He didn't know it that day, but I did. In fact, because this story will be news to him, it is one of the very few columns that I cannot ask George to read before I submit it.
The date was to be a home-cooked dinner from me in exchange for his pictures of our daughters in their Girl Scout troop.
I am a little nervous to tell this story, given that when I finally confessed after 10 years into our wedded bliss, that I had not actually made the salad I served that night, he insisted he had been duped. The marriage might not even be legal. So I can only imagine what he will do with this, but here goes.
On the night that he will be happy to tell anyone who will listen, that I did NOT make him a home-cooked meal as promised, something else far more important happened.
When George bribed me into this date by offering the pictures, I have to admit I liked his style. So while I would tease him for years to come that it was a rather pathetic way to get, not only a dinner, but a cost-free date, I actually thought it was pretty darn creative. Not just that he did it, but his confidence in asking; his "I know you can't turn me down smile" that charmed me.
And most of all I admired what a dedicated dad he was, coming to all of his daughter's Scouting events. And it didn't hurt that he was cute. Or that he was a fan of my column, "On Single Parents." Not just an "I like your column," type fan, but a "You know what you said last week about …" real reader interested type fan.
So, that night I realized that he had me before he ever showed up at my front door, bearing the slightly bedraggled rose that had wilted in the hot June day because the a/c in his car was out.
He had me then. And he still does.
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Walking down the same worn paths again
Do you fly?
Do you?
I'd correct my own way
If I could
If I should
Should do
I will play the same old notes again
Do you write?
Do you?
I'd compose a new chord
If I could
If I should
I should do
All the other children
Love to sing along
But it's my song
I'm supposed to go back
To the first key
But I won't
I'll change it
Do I have to play by all the rules?
Well I won't
I'm changing
Guess I'll have to stick out
From the rest
"He's not right, break him"
Guess I'll have to try to be the best
"That sounds good, we'll take him"
All the other children
Want to sing along
But it's my song
I'll compose a new song
From my heart
Do you like?
Do you?
I'll compose a new song
For the world
Will you sing?
Will you?
I'll breathe my soul
Into the sun
He's the light, burning
And I'll shine down on everyone
Set your hearts a-turning
All your little children
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International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical SciencesVolume 2003 (2003), Issue 62, Pages 3957-3962doi:10.1155/S0161171203301425
Department of Mathematics, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville 11548, NY, USA
Received 3 January 2003
Copyright © 2003 Geoffrey C. Berresford and Andrew M. Rockett. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Since coming to the attention of the general news media several
years ago, the paradoxical combination of two losing games into a
winning game by J. M. R. Parrondo has been the subject of
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The weekend has landed and you've either woken up feeling like you want to die or spent the whole day getting your gladrags in order and are ready to become a slave to the night.
Putting together this playlist we were taken aback by how many songs feature Saturday in the title and strangely, how many of them are pretty great. In fact, we found so many songs that had Saturday in the title that we didn't really bother (with a few exceptions) to find other things which sound-like or sum up this day of youthful exuberance, barbecues and birthday bashes.
We'll see you tomorrow with a bad head, after we've eaten a bacon buttie, read the Sunday Papers and watched the Hollyoaks omnibus.
Drowned in Saturday
M83 'Last Saturday'
Six by Seven 'Saturday'
Oneida 'Saturday'
Elton John 'Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting'
The Dandy Warhols 'Every Day Should Be A Holiday'
Sparklehorse 'Saturday'
Phil Collins 'Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - LP Version'
Soulwax 'Saturday'
Blitzen Trapper 'Saturday Nite'
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 'Dancing In The Dark'
Biffy Clyro 'Saturday Superhouse'
Mouse On Mars 'Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber'
Electrelane 'Saturday'
The Specials 'Friday Night, Saturday Morning'
Deftones 'Pink Cellphone'
feat. Mos Def 'Saturday Nite (Remix)'
J Dilla (aka Jay Dee) 'Saturday Night (Remix)'
Ella Fitzgerald & Randy Brooks 'Benny's Coming Home On Saturday'
Meat Loaf 'What Ever Happened To Saturday Night'
Earth, Wind & Fire 'Saturday Night'
The Flaming Lips 'Gingerale Afternoon - The Astrology Of A Saturday'
Helen Love 'Saturday Night Kicks'
The Drifters 'Saturday Night At The Movies'
David Bowie 'Drive In Saturday (Recorded Live At The Public Hall, Cleveland 25/11/72)'
Suede 'Saturday Night'
Tom Waits 'The Heart Of Saturday Night'
Built To Spill 'Saturday'
Yo La Tengo 'Saturday'
Lambchop 'The Saturday Option'
Loney, Dear 'Saturday Waits'
Oceansize 'Saturday Morning Breakfast Show'
Brian Wilson 'Saturday Morning In The City - LP Version'
Ultravox 'Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead'
The Shadows 'Sweet Saturday Night'
Bee Gees 'Night Fever - 2007 Remastered Saturday Night Fever LP Version'
Herbie Hancock 'Saturday Night'
Whigfield 'Saturday Night'
Listen: Drowned in Saturday on Spotify
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KIMBERLEY, B.C.—A man and woman have been airlifted to a Calgary hospital after surviving a bear attack near Kimberley, B.C.
Conservation officer Joe Caravetta says the attack happened late Sunday afternoon in a remote area about 250 kilometres southwest of Calgary.
Caravetta says it appears the two hikers may have startled a female bruin and two cubs, and the mother bear attacked when the woman tried to run away.
The bear then turned on the man before continuing to attack the woman — leaving both people with serious injuries to their legs, groin, head and arms.
RCMP and four conservation officers were called to the scene and are trying to track the bears to determine if a grizzly or a black bear was involved.
Caravetta says it's likely a grizzly attack because any incident involving a black bear would be quite unusual at this time of year because the animals should be hibernating.


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Have you noticed more people working out with their sports headphones at your local gym lately? Well, you're not alone. According to the 2016 IHRSA Global Report: The State of the Health Club Industry, the global health club industry's revenue totaled $81 billion in 2015, and 151.5 million members visited nearly 187,000 clubs.
Given the growing fitness frenzy, Sony developed a pair of wireless sports headphones that could keep up with people's strenuous workout routines without missing a beat. Aoi Maeda, the product planner behind Sony's new MDR-XB80BS sports headphones, has been hitting the gym and speaking directly to workout fanatics to find out exactly what people want from their headphones. Thanks to her team's in-depth research, the MDR-XB80BS wireless sports headphones are any fitness enthusiast's dream come true.
Read on to get Aoi Maeda's insights on the inspiration behind the MDR-XB80BS wireless sports headphones, learn more about their new sweat-proof feature and find out her personal tips for selecting the right sports headphones for your workouts.
Q: What does a typical day look like for you as a Sony product planner?
Maeda: Product concept design and development involves interfacing with designers, engineers and marketers daily to come up with the perfect product. And of course, creating the perfect product would be impossible without input from consumers. That's why you'll typically find me out in the field, observing how products get used in the real world and interviewing users so we can make sure their feedback gets incorporated into development.
Now that I'm involved with the development of audio products geared toward exercise fanatics, I find myself visiting gyms more often to see how people use these products while they work out. Most recently, I've been quite enthralled with kickboxing gyms!
Q: What should consumers look for when purchasing wireless sports headphones?
Maeda: The first thing to look for is a comfortable fit. Since everyone has a different sized head, and everyone's ears are shaped differently, be sure to pick workout headphones that fit comfortably. Next, make sure the sports headphones you pick are appropriate for your workout style. For some people — like those who exercise in groups — design is the most important. For music aficionados, sound quality is top priority. I recommend that consumers take a hard look at their preferences and then choose the sports headphones that best fit their lifestyle.
Q: What inspired the concept for the MDR-XB80BS wireless sports headphones?
Maeda: Demand for sports headphones that can keep up with people's active lifestyles has really taken off. For example, booming interest in sports and fitness activities — a global phenomenon — means that the global smart headphones market is expected to reach $7.48 billion by 2022, according to a report by Grand View Research. Smart headphones offer features like water resistance, noise cancellation and high-resolution sound quality.
What makes headphones for this segment so unique is the severity of the environment they're used in. For example, sports headphones have to be able to handle sudden or strong movements without falling out of or off the user's ears. They also have to be able to tolerate exposure to water since a lot of runners wear them in the rain. While developing the MDR-XB80BS, we anticipated all kinds of exercise and sporting situations they would be used in, constantly asking ourselves what kind of sports headphones would be able to meet all these needs.
Q: What were your main goals when developing these sports headphones?
Maeda: Priorities included high-quality sound, a comfortable ear fit and design and ensuring that our sports headphones would stay in place and not get dislodged by sudden or strong movements.
Sony has "ear people" — craftspeople who are experts at making model ears of all shapes and sizes. We tested the MDR-XB80BS on numerous ear-type models. Since I'm a runner, I even tested out our prototypes during a few of my runs to get a feel for how comfortable, stable and wearable they are. This focus on ear shape and form has contributed quite a bit to the MDR-XB80BS's stable wearability. We also added a cable adjuster that can be fixed in place at the back of the person's head to keep the sports headphones securely in place. Ultimately, our mission was to create a pair of workout headphones that balances comfort, wearability and high-quality sound.
To top it all off, we gave these sports headphones wireless connectivity, so that wearers have maximum freedom of movement. The MDR-XB80BS uses Bluetooth® and is not only rechargeable, but even delivers an hour of playback after 10 minutes of charging with its QuickCharge feature.
Q: Do these sports headphones offer any new features?
Maeda: One of my favorite features is their water resistance, which fulfills the IPX5 standard. A lot of people use their sports headphones while working out or running, so we made the MDR-XB80BS impervious to sweat and rain. Several users have told us that they want to be able to wash off their workout headphones after they've used them, so we made sure they'd stand up to that too.
Q: How would you describe the MDR-XB80BS's sound quality?
We gave the sports headphones Sony's EXTRA BASS technology, which enhances the quality of the bass region to recreate the sound people go to clubs to hear. When we surveyed people around the world to find out why they listened to music while exercising or running, one of the most frequent answers we got was to get into the right rhythm. Given that music with a strong beat is just right for working out, we think EXTRA BASS ought to be effective for helping people exercise.
Our research also revealed that a lot of people listen to music to help them relax when they're finished exercising, which is why we opted to equip the sports headphones with LDAC™, Sony's proprietary technology for delivering high-resolution sound sources wirelessly while retaining high sound quality. This way, users can really relax listening to music of the best possible fidelity after a hard workout!
Q: How do these wireless sports headphones enhance your experience when exercising?
Maeda: The MDR-XB80BS wireless sports headphones are perfect for anyone who exercises, no matter the age, but they're especially right for people whose exercise regimen involves rougher conditions like spin class, long-distance running and weight training. The most common complaint about headphones is that they tend to fall off or get broken — not a problem with the MDR-XB80BS. In fact, the more rigorous your exercise program, the more the MDR-XB80BS is right for you!
Q: What else is in store for Sony sports audio equipment?
Maeda: In addition to the MDR-XB80BS wireless sports headphones, we've released a whole series of headphones that are specifically geared for people who exercise or engage in sports, including the MDR-XB50BS, MDR-AS410 and MDR-AS210. We're so excited for what's next!


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- Accommodates toddlers up to 25 lbs but not to exceed 32" in height
- 3 position height adjustment
- Easily transforms into a delightful rocker
- Folds in a snap for storage
- Requires 2 - AA batteries not included
The Dream on Me Evolution Entertainment Hub 505, 2 in 1 Walker and Rock creates imagination for your baby as learning to walk is an exciting and fun time in your baby's life. The Evolution is an Entertainment Hub, a walker and easily converts to a rocker for additional fun. The entertainment tray lights up and is musical and can be removed to play with outside the Hub, exposing a snack tray for your active toddler. Features include 3 position height adjustments to grow with your toddler, removable, washable, high back chair pad and fabric footrest for when a stationary position is useful. The multi-directional wheels allow for smooth and effortless motion on floors as well as carpets. The Evolution folds easily for storage and/or travel. Baby must be able to sit unassisted in an upright position. Accommodates toddlers up to 25 lbs but not to exceed 32" in height.


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Apple's recent release of the Apple Watch has fueled excitement for owning the latest Apple device and the next wearable. While wearables are only a small slice of the greater Internet of Things (IoT) industry, the market is rapidly growing. With IDC forecasting 126.1 million units shipped by 2019 and the worldwide market for IoT solutions growing to $7.1 trillion by 2020, the focus on developing quality apps is now more important than ever.
However, dev/test teams are still struggling to embrace and incorporate IoT into existing development cycles. The biggest challenge for companies that want to develop for wearables is ensuring that quality matches user expectations. If a hotel chain says users can open their hotel room door using Apple Watch, it needs to happen.
How does the mobile app developer and tester combat the new challenges IoT brings to the forefront? By adopting continuous quality as a process to increase the speed of development, keep up with an increasing number of devices that apps should work on, and reduce the number of defects reaching production – ultimately cultivating higher end-user satisfaction.
By testing the application in all scenarios (across a variety of devices, under various network conditions and traffic, etc.) and throughout the entire mobile app development lifecycle, dev/test teams can ensure that they reach the level of quality they're aiming for (the app works where you said it would work, and the brand you represent is being seen as you wish it to be seen).
In this slideshow, Eran Kinsbruner, mobile technical evangelist at Perfecto Mobile, has identified 10 things that developers/testers need to be aware of when developing apps for wearables.
Related Topics : In Their Own Words: The Four Dark Horses for the Third Major Mobile OS Speak, HTC, Mobile Search, 3G, Location-Based Services
Wearables are revolutionizing the workplace, with innovations that create a safer work environment or enhance the way professionals are able to go about their job. ... More >>
Here are the top 10 strategic technology trends that will impact most organizations in 2017. Strategic technology trends are defined as those with substantial disruptive potential or those reaching the tipping point over the next five years. ... More >>
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Blogger claims fair use supports his challenge to DMCA takedown of YouTube video. But "news reporting" aspect of fair use can be tricky.
An embattled California pastor sent a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube over a video clip that a blogger used "to report accurately the relationship" between two organizations. The blogger sent a counternotification and explained that he believes copyright fair use protects him against the takedown (and apparently against infringement as well).
The blogger invokes, among other things, the news reporting aspect of fair use, which one finds set forth in Section 107 of the Copyright Act. A recent fair use case, Swatch Group Management Services Ltd. v. Bloomberg, 742 F. 3d 17 (2d Cir. 2014) might shed some interesting light on how news reporting plays into the analysis. In that case, the court found that defendant was protected by fair use when it distributed an audio recording of a company's earnings call. Unlike many fair use cases, in which the analysis under the first factor (purpose and character of the use) becomes a question of whether the subsequent use is "transformative," the court observes the following:
In the context of news reporting and analogous activities … the need to convey information to the public accurately may in some instances make it desirable and consonant with copyright law for a defendant to faithfully reproduce an original work rather than transform it.
A defendant may in some circumstances provide transformative material along with the faithful reproduction of an original work. But the absence of that transformative material will not disqualify a defendant from showing fair use:
[B]y disseminating not just a written transcript or article but an actual sound recording, [defendant] was able to convey with precision not only what [plaintiff's] executives said, but also how they said it. This latter type of information may be just as valuable … as the former, since a speaker's demeanor, tone, and cadence can often elucidate his or her true beliefs far beyond what a stale transcript or summary can show.
So we see that the news reporting aspect of fair use can be conceptually separated from transformative use.
There is a slippery slope risk here, and the court recognized that. It cited to the Supreme Court's Harper & Row decision to observe that "[t]he promise of copyright would be an empty one if it could be avoided merely by dubbing the infringement a fair use 'news report'". In this case, however, the "independent informational value inherent in a faithful recording" carried the day. From this we see a rule or guide: use of a piece of content is more likely to be newsworthy if the piece of content itself, and not just the raw information within the content, is a news event.
Evan Brown is an attorney in Chicago advising clients on matters dealing with technology, the internet and new media.


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|Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Release 2.6.3
Part Number B10284-02
Note: The Oracle Workflow web pages are being converted to the Oracle Applications Framework user interface format. Depending on your version of Oracle Workflow and which patches you have applied, you may see Oracle Workflow web pages in the new format as well as in the previous format. The Developer Studio is currently available for the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications.
The Developer Studio lets you view workflow definitions stored in your database. If you have workflow administrator privileges, you can also run a test workflow process for a workflow definition. Workflow administrator privileges are assigned in the Global Workflow Preferences page. See: To Set Global User Preferences, Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide.
Although you can run a test workflow process against any Oracle Workflow database, it is recommended that you create a separate environment for testing purposes. You should set up test users and roles in your test environment before you begin.
Note: If you plan to use e-mail to view notifications, you can send all notifications to a single test e-mail address by setting the Test Address configuration parameter when you configure a notification mailer. For more information, please refer to the Oracle Workflow Manager sections of the Oracle Applications Manager online help for Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications, or to the Oracle Workflow Manager sections of the Oracle Enterprise Manager online help for standalone Oracle Workflow.
To Run a Test Workflow Process
Note: If a workflow definition does not include any runnable processes, its run icon is disabled.
Additionally, if a workflow process begins with a Receive event activity, you cannot use the Developer Studio to test the process. Instead, you should raise a test event from the Event Manager to trigger an event subscription that launches the process. See: To Raise a Test Event.
To Run a Test Workflow Process
Note: The item key for a process instance can only contain single-byte characters. It cannot contain a multibyte value.
To Search for Workflow Definitions in the Developer Studio


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Tony Allen, still believing, had "packed for a three-day trip to L.A." and another playoff confrontation with the Clippers.
The Grizzlies might have been going into Game 7 at Oklahoma City with point guard Mike Conley on one leg and without power forward Zach Randolph at all because of the NBA suspension over a quasi-punch, but Allen wanted to believe that grit-and-grind could overcome one more time.
"We just lost Game 7 and I'm hurting," Allen said the day after, his eyes covered by Louis Vuitton sunglasses; he had awakened the morning of Game 7 with an eye infection. "It's just unfortunate the way it ended."
Zach Randolph's contract situation is well-documented. He can exercise a player option for $16.5 million for next season or opt out and become a free agent, possibly signing for more years at less money.
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The unfortunate particulars of Game 7 no longer matter. The Grizzlies had played the entire season with their backs against the wall, and on the season's final day, they were turned around and had their faces smashed into said wall.
But about 500 fans weren't ready to let go without a personal goodbye. Center Marc Gasol says that's about how many members of Grizz Nation showed up at Wilson Air Center to greet them upon their return to Memphis, the season finished but never to be forgotten.
Gasol has no trouble showing emotion on the court. Off the court, he is stoic. But this time Gasol was sharing himself, lamenting that in Game 6 at FedExForum, the Grizzlies had shown all the ferocity of teddy bears in a potential series-clinching game as fans went streaming out of The Grindhouse with about four minutes left to play.
"It broke my heart we didn't give them reasons enough to stay the whole game," Gasol said. "It really hurt me. … Flying back home hurt, not too happy, and seeing people there supporting you at 1 in the morning – that means a lot. To me, it means a lot personally."
Conley's way of dealing with the bitter, or maybe bittersweet, end?
"First, I don't watch the playoffs," he said. "I can't. It's too hard. I know that could be us."
First-year coach Dave Joerger processed the end philosophically, talking about the struggles that Memphis the city faces – "a lot of single-parent homes, unemployment and people just try to work their way out of it" – and how his team "didn't let go of the rope."
The Grizzlies' challenges weren't as real, certainly not life-and-death or about whether food would be kept on the training table, but it did feel like they were forever trying to work their way out of their circumstances.
And on that score, they did remarkably well just by rallying from a 10-15 start to win 50 games, make the playoffs a fourth straight season, and push league MVP Kevin Durant and the Thunder to seven games.
So what about the future?
Randolph's contract situation is well-documented. He can exercise a player option for $16.5 million for next season or opt out and become a free agent; the general feeling is if he goes the latter route he will re-sign with Memphis for more years at less money per season. Z-Bo repeatedly has said he wants to stay.
Mike Miller is a free agent and perhaps willing to listen to other offers after his body held up enough to play every game in the regular season. Veteran point guard Beno Udrih showed he still had game in the playoffs after filling in for rookie Nick Calathes, whose season ended with suspension for violating the league's banned substance policy.
Forward Ed Davis, once viewed by management as the key to the Rudy Gay trade, couldn't even get into Game 7 with Randolph not in uniform. The club has an affordable pick-up on backup center Kosta Koufos, and one would expect him to return.
Big picture, the question is this: Do the core players believe Grizzlies majority owner Robert Pera and CEO Jason Levien are truly in it to win? Do they have faith in their bosses?
"Absolutely, I do," said Gasol, who can become an unrestricted free agent after next season. "They want this team to win. There's no reason for me not to believe it."
Said Conley: "I believe 100 percent. They came in and not only had the players' best interests, but the team … making moves that fit the personality of this team, bringing in Courtney Lee and guys that can change a season. Big-times moves.
"There's a trust level and they keep us involved," Conley continued. "They'll call and (ask), 'What do I think about this? What do I think about that?'"
Tony Allen, of course, doesn't get involved at that depth.
"I ain't no general manager," he said.
Rather, he's The Grindfather. And designer sunglasses or no, he has the same vision for next season as this season.
"I will grind with them brothers any day of the week," Allen said.
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HMS Hood 1920
HMS Hood, the 'Mighty Hood' as she was popularly known in the Royal Navy, was the largest warship in the world on commissioning in 1920 and a symbol of imperial strength throughout the inter-war years. Her sinking in one of the most famous naval engagements in history, against the German battleship Bismarck, has etched itself on Britain's popular memory.
Although classified as a battlecruiser, Hood was a fast battleship, an improved version of the Queen Elizabeths. With the same main armament of eight 381mm guns, a higher position for the secondary armament, sloped armour belt and improved torpedo protection, she included the latest ideas of naval construction in 1915. The speed requirement meant an extremely long hull was essential.
Admiral Jellicoe , Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, stated that new battlecruisers, rather than battleships, were needed to combat the latest German ships. So the design was altered with less armour, but incorporating the latest technology, small tube boilers, providing more power with much lighter machinery.
Four ships were ordered, but construction was halted after the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. As a result of lessons from Jutland a considerable amount of armour was added giving Hood a level of protection similar to the Queen Elizabeths. Even with this extra weight and a final displacement of over 42,000 tons, she was still seven knots faster. Work on her three sisters was halted in 1917 to make way for more urgently needed shipping.
The highlight of Hood's career in the inter-war period was the famous world cruise with fellow battlecruiser Repulse in 1923-24 which took them to the Far East, Pacific and United States. She served with the Home and Atlantic Fleets until 1936 when she was transferred to the Mediterranean. On one occasion in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War Hood trained her guns on a Nationalist cruiser which was obstructing merchant shipping. Hood was due a for major refit in 1939, including the removal of the 600-ton conning tower and improvements to her deck armour, but with too few capital ships available she could not be spared.
On the outbreak of war Hood was based at Scapa Flow with the Home Fleet. In June 1940 she was allocated to Force H, the squadron established under Admiral James Somerville to take over French duties in the western Mediterranean. Force H's first task was its most distasteful, to neutralise the French squadron at Oran in Algeria. At 1755 on 3 July 1940 Hood and her compatriots opened fire; the battleship Bretagne was blown up and the Provence and Dunkerque badly damaged.
Hood returned to the Home Fleet and on 19 May 1941 she sailed with the brand new battleship Prince of Wales to intercept the German battleship Bismarck that was attempting to break out into the North Atlantic. Bismarck and her compatriot the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were shadowed on radar by the Norfolk and Suffolk which reported their position to Admiral Holland in Hood. In the Denmark Strait on the morning of 24 May Holland ordered his ships to close the range and shortly before 0600 both sides opened fire. The Bismarck's fifth salvo hit the Hood amidships penetrating the secondary armament magazine. The detonation spread to the main magazine resulting in a catastrophic explosion which tore the ship in half. Only three of her 1418 crew survived.
The loss of the navy's flagship in such dramatic circumstances and the appalling loss of life were greeted with profound shock in Britain. Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously signalled to the fleet 'The Bismarck must be sunk at all costs.' Crippled by Fleet Air Arm aircraft, Bismarck was engaged by the battleships King George V and Rodney on the morning of 27 May before being sunk with torpedoes. The destruction of the Mighty Hood had been avenged after one of the most dramatic chases in naval history.
Further reading:
- D.K. Brown, Warship Design and Development 1906 - 1922 (London: 1999). J. Roberts, Battlecruisers (London: 1997).
- HMS Hood Association
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|262.3m / 860.7ft (overall)
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Tokyo based creative agency SET specializes in unique marketing solutions that combine design and technology.
As part of their Golden Summer campaign, Folli Follie Japan commissioned SET to produce a designer QR code to be displayed at their flagship store in the trendy Tokyo suburb of Aoyama. This marks the first time a designer QR code has been placed in a store window, meaning the store can essentially stay open round the clock, long after the staff has gone home for the evening thus giving "window shopping" whole new meaning.
The code was designed to match the look and feel of Folli Follie Reflections Collection of jewelry and will be used to draw traffic to the Folli Follie Japan mobile phone campaign site. At the site visitors can see images from the Folli Follie range and enter a special contest to win prizes .
The QR code is part of a wider summer promotion for which a special "gold" phone has been created. The phone is a replica of the Folli Follie branded handset which will be given away along with a variety of other prizes, including a trip to Greece, the birthplace of Folli Follie. The Golden Summer campaign runs from April 30 to May 30.
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