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There aren't many things that rattle Charlie Manuel, especially in April.
So even with his All-Star shortstop, closer and two starting pitchers on the disabled list, Manuel isn't about to blink.
Just listen to his answer to a stream of questions about the Phillies' rehabbing foursome of Jimmy Rollins, Brad Lidge, Joe Blanton and J.A. Happ?
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"When I get them back, I get them back,'' Manuel said. "I look at the other side of it — the guys we've got now, how I'm going to use them and try to win a game, and stay focused on that.''
If that means Juan Castro and Wilson Valdez taking turns replacing Rollins, Nelson Figueroa winning his first start in almost nine years, and Manuel having to navigate through too many lofty bullpen ERAs for awhile, so be it.
"We've always taken that approach,'' Manuel said. "We don't say a lot about it because we don't want excuses. We just keep on playing, and when a (bench) guy gets a chance to play, he usually does good.''
Besides, the rehab news mostly is encouraging. You'd think a Brad Lidge outing would be a big deal at Double-A Reading, Pa., but it was overshadowed the other night by five hitless innings from Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals' phenom who was facing the Phillies affiliate. But there's no understating Lidge's value to the Phillies bullpen, and he could be back as soon as this weekend.
J.C. Romero already has returned, and Blanton will be back in the rotation next week. However, the return dates of Rollins (calf) and Happ (elbow) are less-certain. Rollins has begun taking batting practice and running, but is at least a couple weeks away, and Happ only is long-tossing at this point.
"It would be good to have our strongest roster out there, yeah,'' Manuel said. "You'd hope we could get that pretty soon. But like I said, I try to stay focused on the team we have today to win that game. That's the attitude on our club, and the right attitude goes a long way.''
The Phillies hardly are the only contender with issues as the calendar is about to turn to May — and some of them may need more than the patience of Manuel to solve.
Los Angeles: On the last day of a dreadful 2-7 road trip that concluded Wednesday, rookie John Ely was making his major-league debut replacing disabled Vicente Padilla, Xavier Paul was playing left field in place of disabled Manny Ramirez, and Jamey Carroll was playing shortstop in Rafael Furcal's absence due to a hamstring injury.
We've already seen the dreaded 'TBA' a couple of times in the Dodgers' probable starting pitcher listings, and on Saturday, Joe Torre will be forced to bring back knuckleballer Charlie Haeger (0-3, 7.45) on three days rest after he was knocked out in the fifth inning of his last outing.
You can guess what the back-of-the-rotation uncertainty is doing to the bullpen, as Ramon Troncoso is on pace for a 100-appearance season — he was one of three relievers to pitch in both ends of a Tuesday double-header — and Torre already has run through 11 different relievers.
No, things haven't been right in LA since spring training began, and now general manager Ned Colletti has called out Matt Kemp for a lack of production.
That only hammers home the reality that as tenuous as Ramirez's future is in Los Angeles, the lineup just doesn't score enough runs to win consistently without him -- especially with the pitching staff in its current state.
Boston: The Red Sox have won seven of 10 since the four-game Fenway sweep at the hands of the Rays, and it doesn't get any more impressive than a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday, when Jon Lester turned in seven dominant innings, followed by the 100-mph heat of Daniel Bard, and another save for Jonathan Papelbon.
Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the rotation on Saturday, and this staff is too deep and talented for some early struggles to continue.
You also know that you're in some trouble when your outfield is Jonathan Van Every, Darnell McDonald and Jeremy Hermida — and that situation will change with the healthy returns of Mike Cameron and Jacoby Ellsbury.
But the Sox are looking up at the Rays and Yankees, and whether or not that changes likely will hinge on two things.
1) Slowing the bleeding — or more accurately, the alarming stolen-base numbers: 38 allowed, 3 caught stealing through Thursday.
Jason Varitek — the better overall defender and game-caller than Victor Martinez — is starting more lately. But there soon could be at least three quality options on the market:
Bengie Molina, if and when the Giants decide to turn to a Buster Posey/Eli Whiteside combo; impending free agent A.J. Pierzynski, if the White Sox can't get it going; and Arizona's Chris Snyder, once Miguel Montero return from knee surgery in a month or so.
2) Barring an unexpected turnaround from David Ortiz, putting him out of his misery and putting another big bat in the middle of the lineup. For now, that means more DH starts for Victor Martinez and Mike Lowell.
But it's no secret that the Sox are a team in transition, with a set of marginalized veterans spending their final days in Fenway. That transition needs to be sped up and occur in-season, rather than after it's over.
Colorado: Three-fifths of the starting rotation is on the DL now that Jorge De La Rosa and Jason Hammel joined Jeff Francis on back-to-back days this week.
Hammel wasn't pitching well anyway, so it made sense to give him a breather with a short DL stint. But De La Rosa's injury (torn finger tendon) is more costly, and will keep him out beyond the 15-day period.
Closer Huston Street is disabled as well, and so is Brad Hawpe, the most-expendable of the bunch as the Rockies have the game's deepest five-man outfield.
Other more-subtle changes also have occurred, as Miguel Olivo has supplanted Chris Iannetta, who was sent back to Triple-A to figure out his swing.
Fortunately, a deep player development system is being tapped, and we're getting another look at mercurial Eric Young Jr. and top pitching prospects Jhoulys Chacin and Esmil Rogers.
Atlanta: Nobody had a better spring than the Braves, with everything from the emergence of Jason Heyward to the rejuvenation of Billy Wagner breaking their way.
But April is bottoming out with a losing streak that extended to nine games on Thursday — their longest slide since 2006 — including an 0-7 road trip through New York and St. Louis.
One look at the National League team offensive statistics tells you the biggest problem here. Just look at or near the bottom, and that's where you'll find the Braves in every key category.
When Bobby Cox tried Yunel Escobar in the leadoff spot on Tuesday, that spot in the lineup had worse season numbers than the No. 9 spot in the Braves' lineup. And for all his early heroics, Heyward has 25 strikeouts in his first 71 at-bats.
But no 20-year-old should be expected to carry a lineup, and so when Chipper Jones and Troy Glaus don't produce, the Braves don't score enough to win consistently. That already has prompted calls for acquiring another bat — namely Adrian Gonzalez — but GM Frank Wren says nothing is in the works.
White Sox: Back in March, the thinking was that Carlos Quentin was primed for a comeback season, and the emphasis on speed and versatility would generate more runs than their station-to-station, home-run based offense of recent years.
But it hasn't played out that way in April, as the Sox were hitting a league-low .222 through Thursday — and had the highest home-run total in the AL. At least they were leading the league in steals, but they were held to two runs or less in seven of their first 20, and lost all seven.
And already, speculation about impending free-agent Pierzynski's departure has started. But Manager Ozzie Guillen still believes in his offense, and there is reason enough to give it another month.
Seattle: For everything that general manager Jack Zduriencik has done in turning around the Mariners, he miscalculated in thinking that Franklin Gutierrez, Milton Bradley and the Ken Griffey Jr./Mike Sweeney DH platoon represent enough middle-of-the-lineup run production.
The M's DH's have only one extra base hit, and the team still hasn't reached double figures in home runs — and trails AL leader Paul Konerko by one. More importantly, league-leading Tampa Bay is averaging two runs per game more than Seattle.
This is a different season in the AL West in that the Angels appear to be beatable. So with that in mind, Zduriencik's patience can only extend so long.
Q. It seems as if there have been a lot of empty seats and record-low attendance figures so far this season. Should Major League Baseball be concerned?
— Robert Masterson, New Mexico
A. It depends on the market, Robert, but yes, there are concerns about drops in attendance so far this season.
Four downtrodden franchises recently set single-game attendance lows in their current ballparks — Cleveland with 10,071 at Progressive Field, Toronto with 10,610 at the Rogers Centre, Baltimore with 9,129 at Camden Yards, and Washington with 11,191 at Nationals Park.
And about two-thirds of all 30 teams are reporting a decline through the first month, led by the Mets, who are down by more than 6,000 fans per game, as well as Houston and Arizona.
The big question is, what factors are to blame?
The economy certainly is at the forefront. But while weather often is a factor, that certainly hasn't been the case this April.
In several cases, we're talking about teams with little chance of contending for a playoff spot — and that gets back to the issue of competitive balance, or a lack thereof.
Q. How can you tell if a batter checked his swing or went around? And when or why do they ask the first- or third-base umpire for the call?
— John, Molalla, Ore.
A. This is one of those tough judgment calls that umpires have to deal with regularly.
Two things that almost always result in a strike being called are the hitter breaking his wrists and the bat coming all the way through the strike zone and ending up in front of home plate.
But again, it's a judgment call, and we're talking about something that happens in less than a second. That's where the appeal comes in.
The rule book says that if an appeal is requested, the home-plate umpire must ask a base umpire (first-base umpire for a right-handed hitter, third-base umpire for a left-handed hitter) for help.
But I've often seen home-plate umpires say no, and that they saw the half-swing well enough to make the correct call. But if an appeal request is granted, then whatever ruling the base umpire makes is what stands.
Q. When a batter is hit by a pitch, can a runner on third steal home?
— Steve Schreiner, Papillion, Neb.
A. When a batter is hit by a pitch, that creates a dead-ball situation, which means no runners can advance – unless, of course, they are forced to do so as a result of the hit batsmen going to first base.


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Soda: Polar Seltzer's Christmas Flavors
I feel quite strongly that, if you drink Polar Seltzer, you have to pronounce it like you're from Massachusetts: "Pol-ah Seltz-ah!" (You know, like Welk-ah and Nom-ah*.) Headquartered in Worcest-ah, MA, Polar is as New England as L.L Bean and fried clams.
So as a former Boston resident and all-around Massachusetts booster, I was pretty excited to try Polar Seltzer's Christmas Flavors: Granny Smith Apple, Candy Cane, and—prepare yourselves—Eggnog. No kidding, Eggnog flavored seltzer.
*Wes Welker and Nomar Garciaparra for those of you who don't follow Massachusetts sports.
When I learned they arrived via courier, I rushed to the Serious Eats office like a kid to the tree on Christmas morning. (A gift bag and everything. Merry Christmas indeed!)** But the holidays are never without disappointment, are they? The moment I removed a bottle from the gift bag, a childlike smile lighting up my face, Kenji snatched it away from me like a malicious older brother and lightly cracked the seal. As the carbonation seeped out, he inhaled it, like a 14-year-old with a whip-it.
**Disclosure: As is probably clear from the text, these seltzers were samples provided for review.
I knew what the Grinch was up to: he wanted me to arrive home with debubbled seltzer, hoping I would write a flat column as a consequence. The loyal readers of Serious Eats would scroll through my uninspired writing and say, "The Food Lab would have done better." But I'm not your average Kevin McCallister, ready to let Buzz push me around. ("Easy, creep, don't huff all my Polar.")
But onto the seltzah. As weird as these beverages sound, they don't taste actually taste that bad. The names are more indicative of aromas than how they truly feel in the mouth. The Granny Smith Apple has a Sour Apple Jolly Rancher flavor going on, not a terrible thing. The Candy Cane was my favorite of the three: minty and sharp, opening it is like running a candy cane under your nose. I can certainly imagine a shot of vodka (or three) in this guy for a little more holiday cheer.
As for the dreaded Eggnog? It's certainly not creamy, or eggy, exactly; if anything it smells (and somewhat tastes) like baseball card bubblegum. Which I suppose means nothing but "sweet" and "synthetic." It's not awful, but it is certainly strange.
None were terrible, and they certainly aren't nearly as offensive as other flavored waters I've had, which can taste like anything from aspartame to asphalt. The apple and candy cane really could work as a novelty for the holidays. And I would have a candy-cane vodka polar soda or two this Christmas Eve. (Maybe even leaving one for Santa.)


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Fabrizio Constanza-Organica Entrance Table
At Design Interviews
Interview with Fabrizio Constanza : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Fabrizio Constanza : I was given total liberty of creation for this project. My father is a Plastic Surgeon, so I decided to base my design in the Human Body. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Fabrizio Constanza : I wanted to eliminate the conception of the table being four legs and a top. If the legs are thought out just as on their stability function, then you can find infinite ways to give stability to the table. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Fabrizio Constanza : Well this is a design collectable. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Fabrizio Constanza : Design did not take so long, about three weeks, prototyping and manufacturing was another story. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Fabrizio Constanza : This particular design was commissioned. I have been working for three years for this particular client designing art mounting solutions for his collection of sculptures, so I have a good feeling of his taste on art. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Fabrizio Constanza : This is a collectable, but my client and I would sure negotiate a licence. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Fabrizio Constanza : I like art and furniture .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Fabrizio Constanza : No .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Fabrizio Constanza : Collectors that want to ensure its investment grow. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Fabrizio Constanza : I have not seen anything similar. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Fabrizio Constanza : Organica means organic in Spanish. It seemed right for the project. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Fabrizio Constanza : Most important great communication with my manufacturing suppliers then lots of Sketching paper, pens, Corel Draw, 3D Max, Autocad, cardboard. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Fabrizio Constanza : Every part needs of the others to do the job. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Fabrizio Constanza : Once I have an idea of what I want to produce, I call my suppliers and meet with them. They make my designs possible. I enjoy very much the brain storming with expert suppliers. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Fabrizio Constanza : Technology is an interesting issue in Guatemala. This piece is all handmade. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Fabrizio Constanza : The knowledge that in the humanbody all elements are essential for its functionality. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Fabrizio Constanza : The metal rod twisting, even though the 3D showed well, I spent six hours looking at all the axes of view to ensure a balanced omposition. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Fabrizio Constanza : The piece is unique, should be seen by others. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Fabrizio Constanza : Always remember the basics. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Fabrizio Constanza : Not that I can think about it. .
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The purpose of advanced ALICE training is to educate local and school-based law enforcement, as well as church, hospital, and workplace administrators and safety professionals about our researched-based, proactive response approach to Violent Intruder events.
The ALICE training program is designed to supplement current "Lock-down" or "Secure-in-Place" procedures used frequently in our public schools and institutions. Tragic historic events have dictated the need of enhanced response options to increase chances of surviving a horrific event.
Program Topic Areas Include:
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Policy and Procedures Review
- Instruction on key components of an organized and thoughtful Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan with emphasis on Survival Strategies.
- Elicit Active Shooter Readiness Status of their specific institutions, and determine where their strength and weaknesses lie.
- Distinguish between high and low priority issues when advising policy and procedure revisions.
Infrastructure Design
- Recognize potential Safety Hazards in building design.
- Design room layouts with priority on Active Shooter defense.
- Understand immediate methods to improve infra-structure hazards.
Proactive Use of Technology
- Current technology resources available to enhance building/occupant safety.
- Current accepted practices utilizing technology in building/occupant safety.
- Discuss proactive uses of technology for building/occupant safety by interfering with intruder's ability to locate targets.
- Review case studies of past events to determine functionality of technology usage.
Community Resource Assistance
- Locate and elicit community assistance before, during, and after event.
- Demonstrate ability to locate Community Rally Points.
- Discuss potential Community Partners, and the assistance they can provide.
- How to liaison with other local government agencies.
Mass Evacuations
- Discuss Rapid Mass Evacuation plans.
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- Identify non-conventional methods of mobilizing large numbers of people.
Trauma First Aid
- Techniques designed to prolong injury survival until medical assistance is available.
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- Conduct practical scenario training in order to experience, visualize, and reinforce course concepts.
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The "Lust" ear cuff, hand crafted in 18-karat rose gold, showcases one of the seven deadly sins. The ear cuff is kept in place by an omega clip fastening and ear post.
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- Jewelry should be carefully stored your jewelry in a soft lined box when not being worn. Please use the jewelry box provided and keep your pieces separate from other jewels so they do not scratch each other and cause damage. Take off and store your jewelry before you go to bed.
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- Over time the surface of silver, gold and platinum jewelry may become slightly dull, this is due to normal wear. We recommend occasionally professionally polishing your jewelry, however no more than once a year as this removes a thin layer of metal each time.
- Please avoid wearing jewelry while cleaning, gardening, performing sports activities such as hitting the gym, lifting weights, doing yoga, swimming, rock climbing, etc... this will damage your jewelry.
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- Professional cleaning is recommended at least once a year. In between professional servicing, you can also maintain your gold and platinum jewelry at home by using a gold, platinum, and gemstone safe non-abrasive cleaner as well as the soft polishing cloth provided.
- Carefully examine your jewelry regularly to make sure the prongs are intact and the clasps are working properly. Weakness in timeworn prongs and clasps can result in the loss of a gemstone or the entire piece of jewelry.
- Please avoid exposing gold and platinum jewelry to any household cleaners especially bleach. Bleach will cause discoloration and damage to the metal and gemstones.
- Gold and platinum are precious metals that will last forever but please keep in mind that precious metal jewelry is delicate and should be worn with care. Gold is a soft metal and can get scratched or dented if treated roughly.
- Keep away from abrasive surfaces such as sand and other metals.
- Repeated exposure to chlorine can weaken gold's structure, eventually leading to breakage - so please keep away from pools and jacuzzis.
- Tarnish is a natural occurrence that happens to all silver metals as a result of oxidation caused by the exposure of silver with certain elements such as oxygen, sulfur, salt, certain acids, and chlorine. Wearing your silver jewelry may actually help prevent oxidation, so we recommend wearing your silver jewelry every day. Keep your silver jewelry stored in a dry airtight ziplock bag jewelry box.
- Please avoid wearing jewelry while cleaning, gardening, performing sports activities such as hitting the gym, lifting weights, doing yoga, swimming, rock climbing, etc... this will damage your jewelry.
- Keep away from abrasive surfaces to prevent damage.
- Precious gemstones should be protected from sharp blows or extreme changes in temperature. To avoid scratching and wear, store your precious gemstone jewelry separately in a soft cloth or inside a padded container away from other pieces of jewelry.
- Exposure to high heat is NOT recommended. Strong heat may alter the color and sudden temperature changes may cause fracturing of the gemstone.
- Precious gemstone jewelry is best cleaned with warm, mild sudsy water and a tightly woven microfiber or a soft chamois cloth. Take all your fine jewelry to a professional jeweler at least once a year for a thorough cleaning and inspection. If using steam and ultrasonic cleaners or liquid jewelry cleaners please read the manufacturers product description first to make sure that it is safe to use it on your gemstone and metal.
- What is gold vermeil? Gold vermeil is jewelry is made of a sterling silver base metal that has been chemically electroplated to bind a thin layer of 18-karat or 24-karat gold to the surface of the metal giving the jewelry a beautiful highly reflective goldtone finish.
- How long will the plating last? Please note that the gold plating may wear off over time revealing the underlying base metal. The lifespan of the plating depends on how the piece is worn.
- How do I care for gold vermeil jewelry? Please take care to keep your plated jewelry away from heat, abrasive surfaces, sharp objects that may cause scratching, as well as water and moisture. Keep your plated jewelry dry. Exposure to liquids such as water, lotions, oils, perfumes, alcohol, acetone, and chemical cleaners can weaken, damage, and may eventually even remove the plated coating.
- Is gold vermeil jewelry waterproof? No. The gold plated finish is fragile and is not waterproof like solid gold jewelry. Plated jewelry should always be kept dry.
- Will gold vermeil plating tarnish? Plated jewelry may tarnish over time due to oxidation from normal exposure to air and the natural acids and oils on the surface of the skin - unfortunately this is normal wear. Only solid gold jewelry will not tarnish. You can however, can help prevent premature tarnishing by storing your gold vermeil jewelry in an airtight ziplock bag when not being worn.
- How do I clean my gold plated jewelry? Simply wipe clean with a soft dry, non-abrasive cloth to clean. Do not steam or use ultrasonic cleaners on plated jewelry. Do not polish your plated jewelry as this will remove the plating.
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Baruch MBA Student Elizabeth Alpern Named to Forbes "30 Under 30"
Student Entrepreneur Achieves Flavorful Feat with The Gefilteria
Business Partners Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Elizabeth Alpern of The Gefilteria
NEW YORK, NY- January 10, 2014 -Student entrepreneurs at Baruch College often find success when their business idea becomes a reality. Sometimes that success earns high-profile recognition by the business industry.
Such is the case for Elizabeth Alpern, a student in the part-time MBA program in the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. The entrepreneurship major, who plans to graduate in May 2015, was recently named to Forbes "30 Under 30" in the category of "Food and Wine."
Elizabeth and her business partner Jeffrey Yoskowitz, opened their business The Gefilteria, in Brooklyn, NY in 2012. The Gefilteria offers Old World Jewish foods, like gefilte fish, borscht and kvass, to the modern world. Their products are available in stores throughout the New York Metro Area and in other cities including Philadelphia, PA; Columbus, OH; and Los Angeles, CA. Their products can also be purchased online and shipped nationwide.
"Jeffrey and I are honored to have been selected for the list alongside so many other great folks in the food world." says Elizabeth of the recognition by Forbes. "The outpouring of enthusiasm from our fans and friends has been particularly meaningful to us. When we began, we couldn't have imagined that so many people would share our desire to reimagine and update these Old World Jewish Foods! We are truly grateful to be recognized as the gefilte people."
Before she co-launched The Gefilteria, Elizabeth was working as a recipe tester, baker and events coordinator in Brooklyn.
"I always had a passion for traditional Eastern European Jewish foods but I didn't see any artisan versions of these foods on the market," Elizabeth says. "My business partner and I came together over a love of these foods and because we wanted to make sure that these foods stayed relevant to our generation."
Elizabeth and Jeff launched The Gefilteria with a pop-up cafe in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn.
"We expected some friends to come out and support us but nothing more," Elizabeth says. "To our surprise, the launch party turned out to be a huge event and we were in The New York Times the next week. We went on to sell out of our products during our first two holiday product runs. Our greatest success has been the constant encouragement we receive from people who share our passion for and interest in this food."
Elizabeth admits she started the business with very little business knowledge or experience, but she has been able expand her knowledge and learn skills through Baruch College's MBA Program.
"I was an ambitious cook but I knew that I had a lot to learn," Elizabeth says. "I came to Baruch to get solid analytical skills for making business decisions. I am now in my second year here and I have not been disappointed. Much of what I learn in class translates directly to my business.
"Running your own business brings many new challenges a day. Nothing happens easily and everything is harder than you think it will be," Elizabeth adds. "So far, my education at Baruch has given me many of the tools I need to deal with these daily challenges, from accounting to marketing to operations."
Elizabeth offers some advice to other entrepreneurs who are eager to launch their business.
"First, think critically about what skills you bring to the table and what skills you'll need to gain or outsource in order to create your business," Elizabeth says. "Second, have fun with your business. It will probably dominate your life for a long time, so make sure you can still enjoy it. Third, think critically about the level of risk you are comfortable taking on. If you have partners, make sure you discuss this openly and often. Entrepreneurship is risky, so it is critical to be aware of how much risk you are willing to take on, financial and otherwise, in starting your business."
About Baruch College:
Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world.� For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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May 12, 2014 by THE CANADIAN PRESS
KASHECHEWAN, Ont. – An evacuation of all remaining residents in the northern Ontario First Nation of Kashechewan was to be carried out Monday because of the threat of rising floodwaters, said an official with the provincial government.
Community leaders in the remote community of 2,000 asked the federal and Ontario governments to help move all those residents who haven't already been relocated said Andrew Morrison, a spokesman for Ontario's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
"All the residents of Kashechewan will be moved in the course of the next day or so," Morrison said in a phone interview late Sunday.
"We going to continue with more flights (Monday)" he said, adding flights were to resume "first thing" in the morning.
The federal and Ontario governments were involved in the efforts to move the remaining residents from the community located on the shores of James Bay, he said.
Community leaders in Kashechewan declared a state of emergency this weekend due to rising waters on the Albany River.
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— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 11, 2014
Roughly 600 people were relocated to Thunder Bay and Greenstone on Saturday and Sunday despite poor weather on Sunday that hampered evacuation efforts.
The community has faced rising flood waters for several days. Last week some residents were forced from their homes and moved to communities further south but were allowed to return as the situation eased.
The situation, however, was expected to get worse, prompting the expanded evacuation, Morrison said.
Kashechewan has a history of spring time flooding, but federal plans to move the community off the flood plain fell through several years ago.


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When the storyline that has Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man meet shows up in comics stores next year, Archie Comics is pulling off a feat that Sega and Capcom probably wouldn't be able to pull off. The man responsible for the ensuing hijinx is writer Ian Flynn, who already pens the adventures of both iconic characters in comics from Archie. Flynn answered some question over e-mail and vows not to re-visit one of the worst moments in Sonic history.
Kotaku: Sonic and Mega Man represent different approaches to video game play mechanics, and those approaches shape their characters. How will you show off their personalities during this crossover?
Flynn:We've pretty solidly established who the characters are in their respective comic series. All that's left is to transplant them into the event and see how they react. The action will be intense, the stakes will be high, but all that razzle-dazzle wouldn't mean much if we didn't have endearing characters to cheer for. We've got them interacting with each other and their supporting casts from start to finish. The lasers and explosions are icing on the (blue) cake.
Kotaku: How involved have Sega and Capcom been in the terms of story notes and approvals?
Flynn:They've both been very supportive. Kudos to Capcom for getting the ball rolling and Sega for being so quick to join in. They've both seen the entire story arc and approved every bit of it. They'll also be keeping tabs on everything throughout production.
Kotaku: What brings Sonic and Mega Man together in this storyline? Will we get the typical "heroes meet then fight" moment?
Flynn: Like any good Sonic and/or Mega Man story, it all starts with a mad scientist—two in this case. And we can't very well have two of the most iconic, powerful videogame icons meet and not measure them up! For all the details, though, you'll need to read the story.
Kotaku: Will there be any animal/human kissing in the crossover?
Flynn: Yes. Hot Amy-on-Wily action. Haha – no, no, none of that.
Kotaku: These are characters that could seemingly never crossover in their native medium. What are you hoping to do with them that game designers could never get away with?
Flynn: A game designer's first priority is to make a game that is fun to play. It's about the level structure, the physics, the art direction, etc. For a comic, our first priority is telling a fun story. And between all the time travel, dimension-hopping, sci-fi tech and magic totems, getting the two of them to meet was the easiest part! Our medium is comparatively easier in terms of production demands, so comparing the two is apples to oranges. But not robots and hedgehogs. Those go together great!


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First and foremost, this is not homework (believe it or not some forums freak out about this, so wanted to get this out of the way). I took a Java course in college and want to get back into it. I can do some simple stuff, but am more interested in the basis of object oriented programming (in other words not doing everything in the main method).
Here is the code I'm working with:
import javax.swing.*; public class Experiment { public static void main(String [] args) { String number1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter your first number"); String number2 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter your second number"); Double getnumber1 = Double.parseDouble(number1); Double getnumber2 = Double.parseDouble(number2); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The number's are " + getnumber1 + "and" + getnumber2); //JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The numbers added together are" + addNumbers() ); } /* public double addNumbers() { double total; total = getnumber1 + getnumber2; return total; } */ }
What I'm doing
I'm using the JOptionPane simple dialog boxes to try and add together some numbers generated by users. I like JOptionPane, so please don't suggest using Scanner. What I'm trying to do is have the addNumbers part return up to the last JOptionPane message which will show the user the total. I commented out the parts that don't work, the last part of the program and the last JOptionPane message dialog.
What I want to do (ideally) is do all the calculations out of the main method and then be able to call them when needed. So the last part of the code may be totally incorrect (just the commented out part) and the last JOptionPane (also commented out).
So can someone explain to me in simple terms the syntax for calling other methods and such? If I'm totally off base and am doing everything completely wrong, please let me know as well.


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Good news! The ROSAT satellite didn't destroy all humans. Most of it just burned up in the atmosphere, as expected—but not all of it! Nearly two tons of German space junk hit the ocean—and almost China.
ROSAT's watery grave is believed to be Asia's Bay of Bengal (between India and Thailand), MSNBC reports. But, had the satellite remains continued to stream downward for a few minutes more, their course would have been right around Chongqing and Chengdu—Chinese cities with millions of residents each. What happens when two tons of metal space chunks collide with a dense urban area? Destruction and probably people dying in a fiery manner. This would have been quite bad. Luckily, the naughty sat is in the great blue deep, and not in the middle of someone's living room. Now let's all count down until the next satellite crash alert! [MSNBC]


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Turfway, Horseshoe team up for Spiral Stakes
Same company owns racetrack, casino
The Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park is one of the area's surest signs of spring, and this year's race has the backing of the new Horseshoe Casino.
Eventual Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom took the 2011 race, a recent highlight for a track that's been forced to cut back races, purses and events.
Chip Bach, Turfway's new general manager said he hopes the new casino can help, even as other nearby casinos have peeled gamblers away from the racetrack.
"What the casinos did to our business, we've already lost that business, and Horseshoe Casino is looking at ways to compliment us," Bach said.
Rock Gaming owns Turfway and Horseshoe.
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"They view us as an asset as a great partner for them for the region, and they're putting a lot of money into the race," Bach said. "We've increased our purse size."
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The arrest without bail of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday has left the organization in a state of uncertainty, despite transition plans laid out prior to his surrender to British police, according to one dispirited WikiLeaks activist who spoke to Threat Level on condition of anonymity.
Assange left Icelandic television journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson in charge of the group in his absence, the activist said. But now the embattled organization's secrecy and compartmentalization are apparently hindering its operations.
Specifically, midlevel WikiLeaks staffers have been mostly cut off from communicating with hundreds of volunteers whose contact information was stored in Assange's private online-messaging accounts, and never shared with others.
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Tom Cruise's turn as profane Hollywood mogul Les Grossman in "Tropic Thunder" was a hilarious surprise that went a long way towards scraping some of the creepy factor off his public image. And Grossman's return for the MTV Movie Awards this past weekend was just as good. But are we ready for 90 minutes of Grossman?
"We're working on it," Cruise told E! backstage at the MTV Movie Awards following his performance with J. Lo and Ludacris when the topic of a Grossman movie came up. This news is as inevitable as it is sad.
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As much as we've enjoyed Cruise's balding, big-handed, venom-spitting creation, we're reasonably sure that 10 minutes every three years is just the right dosage. At some point the character will begin to suffer precipitously diminishing returns and wipe away the fond memories we all once shared.
The history of film is littered with once-beloved sketch characters who tried to spread their gossamer wings and fly only to come crashing to Earth. We don't need another body in that graveyard.
If Cruise and his people were smart, they'd ask Ben Stiller to just write Grossman into a movie every other year.


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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Never Take Candy From A Stranger
4 comments:
- Sara said...
Can't believe I never saw it read this growing up! RL Stine rules. I didn't even know there was Halloween Night 1 let alone 2. "Fun House" was so good!
- May 14, 2013 at 11:27 PM
- Marrow said...
R.L. Stine was and continues to be my god. I've started recollecting Goosebumps books and merchandise.
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the fantastic made-for-TV movie of 'The Haunted Mask'. It's packed with Halloween imagery and it's surprisingly dark and creepy for a children's film:
- May 15, 2013 at 12:40 AM
- Joel said...
I remember most of the Goosebumps being lovably hokey - except for "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight." That one genuinely frightened me, and always seemed particularly well-written.
- May 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM
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this cover is Halloween PORN... <333
i'm going to keep my eye out & see if i come across a copy at the used bookstore...
Goosebumps!!!!... <33333333
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Heretical is, perhaps, a bit too strong of a word. Yes, there are disagreements over minor points of doctrine but the divisions of primarially cultural.
Greetings, Allow me to quote a little from the introduction of "Preaching Another Christ" by Saint Theophan the Recluse "St. Theophan addressed the letter contained in this booklet to an Orthodox Christian, who lived in an Orthodox country of the 19th century. Some of the things mentioned in this letter may sound harsh to comtemporary ears, especially to non-Orthodox, but even to Orthodox. Living in a modern, multicultural, free, highly progressive, and 'politically correct' society, some readers may find the language and/or tone used by the Saint as austere, fanatic, or simply as out of space and time. We surely do not know how the Saint would have approached the same subject if he were addressing directly a non-Orthodox person. The letter was primarily meant to guide Orthodox Christians." After reading some of your posts as well as Orthodox books on the subject I've come to the conclustion that Protestantism is indeed heretical. I agree that it does sound harsh. But we have to remember what's at stake here: our salvation- yours and mine. And I want to be clear that when I say that Protestantism is heretical, this in no way means that Protestants are hell-bound. Just as we Orthodox cannot say we are heaven-bound. These are judgements that only Jesus the Christ can pronounce. A human, regardless of his/her faith, is still made in the image and likeness of the same God we Orthodox worship. This means that they are inherently valuable and must be afforded the same love that we have for one another. That being said, if someone conscientiously denies that which was handed down to us by our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Apostles, and Saints, when it comes to matters of faith we must part ways. Let me illustrate with a personal story. I work with an older gentleman whom I really respect. He is both kind and patient and a very loving person. He attends a Baptist church every Sunday and is always ready to share his faith. I loaned him the book "Becoming Orthodox" by Fr. Peter Gillquist. Both him and his wife really enjoyed it. He said he could tell that Fr. Peter was 'on fire for Christ'. But then he added that the Bible is clear that if you pray to anyone but Jesus, your Christianity is in doubt and you're on a slippery slope. In other words, brothers and sisters, he's saying it's a sin to pray to the Theotokos and the Saints! Now, that was his first ever exposure to Orthodoxy so I didn't expect him to sign up for catechumen classes right away, but that was two years ago and he's since added that the Orthodox Church is in grave error because we also worship 'graven' images! I ask you, does this sound like a minor/cultural difference? Does this sound like something the Holy Saints would shrug off? I still love him, but he is preaching another Christ as St. Theophan would say. Gabriel
In his book, titled "Orthodoxy," Fr. Sergiy Bulgakov very tenderly calls Protestants "our Protestant brothers." He seems to hold the view that at least some Protestant denominations (especially Anglicans/Episcopalians) are, so to say, "one inch" close to Holy Orthodoxy. While they are not part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church (which is the Orthodox Church), they are like good, studious catechumens, and we should hope and pray that at least some of them will become Orthodox one happy day.
some Protestant denominations are very close to Holy Orthodoxy.
And I definately pray for them and us...
Scamandrius, I understand what you are saying, but I guess we need to define "heresy." Is being Heterodox exactly the same as being a heretic? If so, then, for us Orthodox there is no difference between, say, a devout Roman Catholic or an Episcopalian or Lutheran or Presbyterian and, say, a Jehovah Witness or a Mormon or a Unitarian... But that's obviously not the case: there IS a difference. If a Heterodox confesses everything the Nicean-Constantinople Creed says, is he a heretic? --G.
If a Heterodox confesses everything the Nicean-Constantinople Creed says, is he a heretic? --G.
I think you need to draw the distinction between one who follows heretical teachings (and this would include the Roman Catholics, as St. Mark of Ephesus so clearly stated) and a heretic per se. I would suggest that one who does not willingly choose (given the etymology of the word) to follow heretical doctrine is not a heretic per se, though they are undoubtedly heterodox. In other words, a Roman Catholic who was raised in the faith as a child, for all their erronious teachings, is no heretic - an apostate from Orthodoxy who converts to Roman Catholicism would be a different story, though (in my opinion, at least. Others may disagree).
Jibrail,In his book, titled "Orthodoxy," Fr. Sergiy Bulgakov very tenderly calls Protestants "our Protestant brothers." He seems to hold the view that at least some Protestant denominations (especially Anglicans/Episcopalians) are, so to say, "one inch" close to Holy Orthodoxy. While they are not part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church (which is the Orthodox Church), they are like good, studious catechumens, and we should hope and pray that at least some of them will become Orthodox one happy day. On the other hand, as a former member of one of the "liberal" mainstream Protestant churches in the USA (Presbyterian Church of the USA), I can testify that in that organization, pretty much everything goes if it sounds "politically correct." As long as you preach gender equality, struggle against social injustice, environmentalism, etc., - you are considered a great "Christian" over there, even if you openly say that you doubt whether God exists. In one of the Sunday school classes in my former church, people seriously discussed a book, written by a theology professor emeritus from New Zealand, called Lloyd Gearing, titled "Christianity Without God." Probably about one third of the congregation was thrilled by that book.
I was at a serbian orthodox church in california this last sunday of the triumph of orthodoxy. The deacon gave a powerful homily. In the homily, he said anyone who is not orthodox is a heritic. A heritic is one who changes the faith, even if it is a little. He said that protestants are heritics and we shouldn't pray with them. He went on to say this does not make them bad people or insincere, it means they are misguided.
Protestantism is simply an umbrella group for the myriads of denominations that hold to sola scripture, the blood atonement on the cross and a bodily ressurection. Some myths about protestants is that they believe in the Trinity, while many of the protestant sects do believe in the Trinity, it is not some pre-requisite, as is evidenced by the Quakers (a very muddled trinitarian belief), and now the Oneness Pentecostals (one of the fastest growing protestant sects) who promote modalism.
I still don't think "Protestantism" exists, because of the wide variance in doctrine between the Groups - issues such as Trinitarian theology are more important than blood atonement. By these loose standards the Orthodox and Catholics should be grouped together because they believe in a Church Tradition, Hierarchical Structure, and the Trinity. We'll use "Protestant" as a grouping for convenience in managing threads on OC.net, but I don't think the large grouping works on the level of debate over doctrine, praxis, structure, etc.
Protestantism is simply an umbrella group for the myriads of denominations that hold to sola scripture, the blood atonement on the cross and a bodily ressurection.
Some myths about protestants is that they believe in the Trinity.....
A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.
My understanding of the word Heresy is that it simply choice or opinion.
I do have a hard time accepting things not in scripture but I believe it is more than possible for God to have preserved His blessed church and I firmly believe the human soul cries out for tradition.
I personally would like to think I'm not a heretic I have nothing against the Holy traditions I am actually searching out the scriptures to legitimize them, where you would say it isn't necessary I would say it doesn't hurt
And FWIW, these are our Fathers too, you know.
Very well said, Gabriel. I really appreciate your Christlike desire to continue to love your Protestant friends without judgment while still recognizing their pet heresies for what they are. My own experience in becoming Orthodox has taught me how to recognize the heresies I was taught to embrace as a Protestant yet still value my Protestant formation as something positive for eventually leading me to Orthodox faith.
many of those people, ... (Lutherans, Episcopalians, Presbyterians) who do say the creed ... are only reciting it because of the creed's historical value, not its value for being a true and unaltered exposition of the faith
we should pray that one day, through Christ's love, everyone (and I do mean everyone) will come home to the EOC.
Quote from: GreekChef on December 21, 2007, 12:41:58 AMwe should pray that one day, through Christ's love, everyone (and I do mean everyone) will come home to the EOC.Is that a prayer that can really be offered in faith? Do not the scriptures teach that the way is narrow, and those who find it are few? I do not think we are encouraged to hope, believe or pray that all men will come to repentance and faith in Christ. At the Last Judgement, there will be books opened, and we are told that many will be cast into the Second Death because of what is written in them. Can we pray for something which God has told us will not happen?
What puzzles me a little is why some of you seem reasonably favourably disposed towards Protestants who practise a liturgical form of service, but not towards us Baptists (and similar). I would have expected that what we believe is more important than the outward form of our Sunday services.
It's entirely heretical with a hint of schismatic.
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Rick Warren seen secretly plotting with Islamists to inact the terror of his New Age Purpose-Driven Global Peace Plan across the universe. Part of Rick Warren's plan is to build a fully operational Death Star with the aid of Islamists. Warren expects the Death Star to be fully operational by 2013—Warren's Death Star will force Christians to support his New Age Purpose-Driven Global Peace Plan or so Discernmentalist Researchmentalist experts say. "Rick Warren Hits Home Run with Announcement of Global Peace Plan to Battle the Giants of Our World." —Assist News Agency
Warren's Death Star, which is believed to have the capacity to neutralize the minds of an entire planet, was adopted from designs stolen from George Lucas' studios and used by Vladimir Putin in his successful takeover of Russia in the late 1900s. It was re-stolen by Rick Warren and in the works using the gargantuan profits made by both Halliburton and Islamists in the Iraq War, now referred to as 'Liberating Iraq's Oil.'
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Certainly the world is all about solving its problems without the God of the Bible. Yet many professing Christians are rushing to remedy the world's troubles in ways that are without the support of Scripture, some even in contradiction to what the Scriptures teach. Rick Warren's global P.E.A.C.E. plan is one of many programs and teachings that, for the most part, cannot be reconciled with God's prophetic Word. It is Warren's "50-year plan" to cure global issues such as "pandemic diseases, extreme poverty, illiteracy, corruption, global warming, [and] spiritual emptiness" (see http://www.thebereancall.org). He claims that his social-works agenda developed from his reading of the Gospels–that Jesus gave him the model that was the antidote to the five biggest problems on the planet (see http://www.thebereancall.org). Warren subsequently expanded that model from an exclusive endeavor of Christianity to one requiring the support of all religions.
Rick Warren's "ill-curing" ecumenical agenda is illogical as well as unbiblical. How can his game plan for remedying "spiritual emptiness" work with those who promote a false spirituality? We agree which is why there are a number of pastors, ministries and authors throughout the world who are opposing Rick Warren, including Dr. John MacArthur, who exposed Warren in a chapter in his book called Fool's Gold by Dr. John McArthur. We all must take a stand against Rick Warren's secret New Age Purpose-Driven Global Peace Death Star Plans.


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Microsoft adds natural language search over data to Office 365
We are excited to announce a preview of Q&A, a natural language based experience for interacting with data as part of the Power BI for Office 365 offering.
Q&A builds upon Microsoft's first in class Business Intelligence platform and allows the use of natural language to discover, understand, and report over your own datasets.
In this preview release Q&A is configured to work over two sample Excel models: one pertaining to summer Olympics medalists between 1896 and 2012 and another containing retail bar sales.
Let's introduce Q&A's through a series of examples using these 2 datasets. You can try these out for yourself if you head over to http://www.powerbi.com and register for the preview. If you are already registered, log on, enable the sample spreadsheets, and try it out for yourself.
First, let's find all the medalists that participated in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics:
"Show Beijing athletes"
In this example, the Excel workbook with data about summer Olympics has been saved to Office 365. Q&A interprets the search query and displays the corresponding information from the workbook to create a list of athletes that participated at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
It's nice to get a list of medalists but maybe you want to total number of medalists in a given summer Olympics. Let's try that with the 2012 London Olympics.
"Show the total number of medalists at the London 2012 games"
Similarly this sentence is being interpreted to count the number of distinct athletes that won medals at the last London Olympics.
Beyond being able to ask for a count of medalists, you can ask a number of interesting questions with Q&A that provide far deeper insights. Let's start with finding the number of medals that have been won at each summer Olympics.
"How many medals were won each year?"
Further, Q&A automatically chooses a suitable visualization based on what is requested. In the above example, Q&A plots a line chart that shows the number of medals that were awarded throughout the years. There may be times where you want to control the specific visual that Q&A uses when rendering the answer to your question.
"Show number of medalists by year as column chart"
One can easily direct the system to display a different visualization. In the above example, "as column chart" changed the visualization type from a line chart to a column chart.
Q&A can understand the deeper meaning of questions. Take for example the following question:
"Which athletes won the most gold medals in London 2012?"
Here, Q&A interpreted what gold medals are and intelligently decided that the result should be sorted by the medal count to reflect the true meaning of "most" in this context.
Beyond being able to intelligently understand sorting and the specific meaning of "most" in the above question, Q&A has the ability to understand questions about time in a number of different ways.
"How many medals did Michael Phelps win in the past 5 years?"
Q&A understands the context of the question based on the timeframe, the model, and the data within it.
All of these aspects of Q&A integrate well together from choosing the most appropriate visualization to applying the correct time intelligence to the question.
"Show the number of medalists from Europe who competed in 2004 vs. 2012 by their countries"
In this example Q&A automatically chose to display 2 maps one for each Olympic games. It opted to display maps because the country column is marked as a geography data column.
When using natural language there are often cases where the question posed contains significant ambiguity. For example:
"Who from Vietnam won what when?"
Here, Q&A is correctly mapping "Who" to the medalists from Vietnam, "What" to the events that they had won and "When" to the year in which they won those medals.
The Summer Olympics model allows a number of interesting questions, however, Q&A can be used across a variety of datasets and domains. Let's walk through a number of examples using the retail bar sales sample model. I will begin with a question that requires some context:
"Popular Rum drinks"
In this example, "Rum drinks" is understood as any drinks that contains Rum as an ingredient and "popular" is defined as an adjective over the drinks entity that sorts the result by the "popularity" column.
Also "number sold" is defined as the main synonyms of the popularity column ensuring that it is used instead of "popularity" in the restatement highlighted in blue.
As you see, Q&A is adaptable to a wide range of questions.
"Which bartenders had the highest sales for non-alcoholic drinks?"
Here "highest sales" is understood as a request to sort the results by "total sales" in a descending order.
The next example combines a few of the features we saw earlier into a pretty common Business Intelligence question where an aggregate function is applied to a numeric value grouped by a particular dimension and filtered down to a time window:
"Total beer and liquor sales by hours since opening for 2010 and 2011 as a line chart"
So what will you need to get Power BI Q&A to work with your organization's dataset?
You'll need an Excel spreadsheet with a Power Pivot model saved to your Power BI site in Office 365. If you are using Excel and Power Pivot today, you are on the right track to use Q&A over your own data once it is available.
In the meantime, head over to http://www.powerbi.com and register for the preview. If you are already registered, log on, enable the sample spreadsheets, and try it for yourself. You can also read more about Power BI here.
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When fatigue sets in over the course of a day, we all increasingly and unconsciously rely on emergency sources of energy: adrenalin, noradrenalin and cortisol. In this aroused fight-or-flight state, our prefrontal cortex, which helps us think reflectively and creatively, begins to shut down. We become more reactive, reflexive and impulsive. The pioneering sleep researcher Nathaniel Kleitman gave the name "basic rest activity cycle" to the 90-minute period at night during which we move through the five stages of sleep. A decade later, he reported that we experience a parallel 90-minute cycle in our waking lives. At night, we move from light to deep sleep and back out. During the day, we oscillate every 90 minutes from higher to lower alertness. In effect, our bodies are asking us for a break every 90 minutes. But we override the signals with coffee, sugar and our stress hormones.How can you translate that to your speaking? Be aware that if you're onstage or on the premises, but have to wait an hour to speak, you might well be at the end of your energy cycle rather than the top of it--and so will your audience. You might then need to avoid coffee, make sure you've fueled your body with protein right before you talk, and integrate some physical activity--taking your mic into the audience, getting them to stand up and move for a warm-up exercise, or some other tactic--to keep energy high. If you're helping to plan the agenda, keep that 90-minute cycle in mind when planning breaks. This hour-and-a-half cycle is just one more reason to be brief and energetic and find ways to get the audience physically and mentally engaged.
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First, the cancellation has nothing to do with any lack on enthusiasm for social studies or psychology, as Dr. Zimbardo indicated that he "has already committed to next year in DC" where the conference will be held in December 2011. The conflict has to do with the success of his new project, Heroic Imagination, which is described on its website as the realization of Dr. Philip Zimbardo's vision for an organization dedicated to creating a global community of heroes through education, research, media, and public engagement campaigns." Dr Z. will be in Mexico in November at a conference celebrating innovations in humanity where he "won their prize last year for [his] lecture on creating every day heroes." As part of that award, 50 high school students were given awards to attend the conference with Dr. Zimbardo on what he described as "establishing eco-hero projects in their schools."
What ultimately led to his withdrawal from the NCSS conference was a lack of flexibility in getting travel accommodations from Mexico to Denver. Under perfect conditions he could only get from one place to the other with minutes to spare, and given the amount of air traffic delays and cancellations these days, he knew the chances were slim of getting to the NCSS conference in time and he would most likely have had to pull out with virtually no notice with any delay.
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Developing a website can be intimidating. Sometimes, it can even seem like web developers are speaking a different language! With the help of our web development experts, we've put together a list of 10 development and design terms to help you navigate the world of the web.
If a website is responsive, it looks good and functions properly on every device from your desktop, to your phone and anything in between. More and more people are turning to mobile devices to do their Facebook stalking or Googling, so a responsive design is key to having a successful website. For more information on why your website should be responsive, check out this blog post!
"Above the Fold"
If you're a newspaper reader, you might be familiar with this term already, and it's pretty easy to understand. When something is "above the fold" it is displayed on your screen without having to scroll. This section is where important pieces of content should be located so that they can't be missed by website visitors.
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You'll hear developers refer to the back-end and the front-end of websites. The back-end is the part of the website that visitors do not see, and the front is the part visible to visitors—it's that simple!
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