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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 04:14:48 -0500 (EST)
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Richard Fateman wrote: > Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >> [...] > Can Mathematica represent Reals that are NOT RATIONAL? Sure. Here are > examples: Sqrt[2], 3*Pi, 4*E. 3*E +4*E^E + 5*E^E^E. > Incidentally, it is not known if E+Pi is rational. It is known whether this thread is rational. Empirical evidence seems to argue against it. > [...] > Maybe you think that Mathematica has a human mind? Of course she does. > (A better example would be 1.25, since 1.2 is not representable exactly > in binary. This example of 1.2 actually reveals a "misfeature of > mathematica. > > 1.2==5404319552844595/4503599627370496 > True. > > So 1.2 is actually Mathematica-equal to another rational number. Many, > in fact. > ) That (a misfeature), or maybe it's a missing feature in some other programs. I rather like this behavior of Equal, though I agree there is good sense behind some recent criticisms to the effect that maybe it should be configurable (regarding bits of slop, or relative or absolute error specifications). > [...] > the explanation is that Mathematica takes numbers written with a decimal > point and labels them "Real". This has nothing to do with their values, > which are, most assuredly, equal to rational numbers. And in > particular, 1.2==12/10 in Mathematica should trouble you if you believe > Mathematica speaks meaningfully on these issues. I would be far more troubled if 1.2===12/10 gave True (that is, they were deemed SameQ rather than just Equal). Much of the town is shut down, including schools (though, alas, not the HS drama club trip). I had to shovel out this morning before work. I'll have to shovel again when I get home. So here I am, and it feels like I am still shovelling. Such sound and fury... Daniel Lichtblau Wolfram Research
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Paul McCartney will return to Hamburg, where The Beatles honed their craft, to launch his first European tour in five years.
McCartney announced Thursday he will play the German city on Dec. 2 to kick off the "Good Evening Europe" tour.
The former Beatle also plans shows in Berlin, the Dutch city of Arnhem, Paris, Cologne and Dublin. The seven-date tour ends at London's O2 Arena on Dec. 22.
The tour follows a string of North American dates earlier this year.
The 67-year-old McCartney plans to release a live album from the U.S. tour, "Good Evening New York City."
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A popular stage act around 1900 was the lightning sketch artist. These performers drew quickly in front of the audience, providing a lively patter as they brought the drawing through amusing or surprising transformations.
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Typically they worked in charcoal on a big piece of paper on an easel, but sometimes they used chalk and a chalkboard. The act often required strategically adding new lines that changed the drawing into something else.
Sometimes the transformations involved turning the drawing upside down. Inspired by an old book called "The Art of Chalk Talk," I adapted a normal easel with a lazy susan swivel that allows me to turn drawings upside down, and I've tried similar gags in my lectures. Maybe some of you have seen my own act.
A few of the acts by the original performers were filmed, including a 1906 performance called "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" by J. Stuart Blackton (1875-1941) (Video link). He stopped the camera between different phases of the action to add or subtract lines, or to replace them with paper cutouts. In this way, he inadvertently became one of the fathers of animation.
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Time, Space, Trek and Hebrew focus through a hand spread in the Priestly Blessing of Aaron, the Vulcan IDIC and Native American sign language. Since the time of Exodus, the descendants of Aaron have raised their arms and spread their fingers into the letter "Shin" in blessing. The sign entered popular culture as a part of the Star Trek universe while centuries earlier and half a world away, the open (empty) hand was a sign of peace among Native Americans. In the Hand of Peace and Blessings, the entire hand forms a "Shin" while the fingers and palm are divided to form the letters of Shalom- Peace.
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The heavy-hitting synths are relentless! They pump throughout your body profusely for the entirety of the track. Veronica So's vocals are such a pleasant mixture of different styles, purring binaurally, caressing your eardrums. Electro club music is good with my coffee and cigarettes in the morning.


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A provisional cast on is a method of casting on that keeps the cast on stitches live, meaning that you can put them back on the needle and knit in the other direction. You'll see it used in our Web Letter pattern of the week, the Posh Neck Scarf. You can also see it used in a few pieces in our Spring 2011 collection: Verona, Nigh Duck, Chicory and Clover. Scroll to the end for a video showing the provisional cast on in action.
1. First you need a length of waste yarn, preferable contrasting. Nothing too wooly or sticky (so don't follow my lead and use Ariosa.) You also need a crochet hook in a comparable size to your needle. Don't overthink the size of the crochet hook, I'm sure you have one that will work somewhere in your notions bag.
2. Make a slipknot and place it on your crochet hook. Hold the hook in front of the knitting needle and the working waste yarn behind the needle.
3. Use your crochet hook to hook the yarn and pull it through the loop on the crochet hook.
4. Move the yarn (which is now in front of the knitting needle) back to the original position behind the needle.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have the desired number of stitches on the knitting needle. When you have one less than you need on the needle, remove the crochet hook and put that last remaining loop on your needle. Tie a knot in the end so you know where to start picking out the waste yarn. Then, using your project yarn, start working in your pattern.
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Indian Rupee History
The central bank in India is called the Reserve Bank of India. The INR is a managed float, allowing the market to determine the exchange rate. As such, intervention is used only to maintain low volatility in exchange rates.
Early Coinage of India
India was one of the first issuers of coins, circa 6th Century BC, with the first documented coins being called 'punch-marked' coins because of the way they were manufactured. India's coinage designs frequently changed over the next few centuries as various empires rose and fell. By the 12th century a new currency referred to as Tanka was introduced. During the Mughal period, a unified monetary system was established and the silver Rupayya or Rupee was introduced. The states of pre-colonial India minted their coins with a similar design to the silver Rupee with variations depending on their region of origin.
Currency in British India
In 1825, British India adopted a silver standard system based on the Rupee and was used until the late 20th century. Although India was a colony of Britain, it never adopted the Pound Sterling. In 1866, financial establishments collapsed and control of paper money was shifted to the British government, with the presidency banks being dismantled a year later. That same year, the Victoria Portrait series of notes was issued in honor of Queen Victoria, and remained in use for approximately 50 years.
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After gaining its independence in 1947 and becoming a republic in 1950, India's modern Rupee (INR) was changed back to the design of the signature coin. The Indian Rupee was adopted as the country's sole currency, and the use of other domestic coinage was removed from circulation. India adopted a decimalization system in 1957.
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There is more to do than just race a turtle at the seventh annual Mid-Summer Bash and Turtle Derby set for 7 p.m. Saturday, July 6 at the Alamo Mission Museum.
Activities for all ages are planned during the event. See the July 4 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for details about the event.


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The village of Case Fracassi belongs to the municipality of Pontelandolfo, in the province of Benevento, region Campania.
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For the province of Benevento, to whom Case Fracassi belongs, on 2020-07-01 are reported 209 cases. In the previos day there were 209 cases, thus having a variation of 0 cases, i.e. 0.00% with reference to the number of cases reported in the previous day.
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The village of Case Fracassi is 3,61 kilometers far from the same town of Pontelandolfo to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Pontelandolfo also belong the localities of Acqua del Campo (5,70 km), Caicchia (4,88 km), Carluni (3,09 km), Case Addona (2,50 km), Case Agnerone (2,21 km), Case Calvino (1,76 km), Case Carluni (3,09 km), Case Ciova (1,86 km), Case Mazzucco (2,87 km), Case Russo (2,69 km), Case Santillo (2,41 km), Case sparse (-- km), Case Tolla (2,07 km), Case Varrone (1,94 km), Case Zingari (2,95 km), Ciarli (1,92 km), Ciccotto (2,47 km), Cocuzzo (4,58 km), Fonte Mardara (2,41 km), Giallonardo (3,33 km), Giallonardo II (2,69 km), Grotte (1,43 km), Gugliete (1,58 km), Guitto (3,59 km), Iella (1,16 km), Lena (2,37 km), Lisa (2,16 km), Lombardara (2,56 km), Longo (0,96 km), Malepara (2,55 km), Marzilongo (0,71 km), Masseria Ciccotto (2,51 km), Masseria Pericurti (1,82 km), Mezzoculo (2,05 km), Minicariello (2,74 km), Mucciacciaro (1,82 km), Peppilongo (1,54 km), Pericurti (2,22 km), Perugini I (3,58 km), Perugini II (3,29 km), Pesce (2,39 km), Petrillo (0,98 km), Pianelle (2,29 km), Poce Tolla (0,38 km), Ponte Sorgenza (1,19 km), Pontelandolfo Scalo (2,50 km), Santa Caterina (2,42 km), Santa Maria degli Angeli (4,24 km), Santillo (2,45 km), Sorgenza (1,22 km), Spappolla (1,99 km), Sticco (4,20 km), Trippa Bella (3,80 km), Ureccola (2,16 km).
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The plans are in the making to launch an all out Neighborhood Watch group for the residents of the Indian Village subdivision off of Alabama Rd. in Lehigh Acres. "The goal of this meeting is to teach all residents of Lehigh Acres how to 'Take Back Our Beautiful Community of Lehigh Acres,' and make the streets safe to walk again. This will only happen if we as a community pull together and shows up to learn what we can do as individuals, families, friends and business people," said organizer Robert Anderson. This effort needs a big turn-out to fill the main conference room at the Microtel Inn on Business Way on July 7 at 7 p.m., he said. "Please take time to help find ways to participate in cleaning up Lehigh. Through the Sheriff's 'Weed and Seed' program or a Neighborhood Watch, the hope is to drive out the criminal element in Lehigh Acres," he said.
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Peter Thiel, who gave $500,000 to the fledgling Facebook in 2004, sold 20.1 million shares of the social network last week, making $395.8 million.
The report came from a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which added to his already $640.1 million he made on the initial public offering, is more than $1 billion, according to Bloomberg News. That's a huge return on investment.
A spokesman for Thiel declined to comment on the sale.
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Thiel sold just after the "lock-up" period ended last week, when 271.1 million shares were released on the market. Another 1.44 billion shares will be available through November. Although some had argued that investors wouldn't flood the market with shares and drop the price, Thiel apparently did. Regardless, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is now holding meetings to keep employees from selling in the next few months to keep the stock price stable.
Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case. Facebook stock fell to its lowest ever on Friday to $19, less than half of its IPO.


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New: UC Workers Join Student Hunger Strike
Saying the University of California's sharply misguided priorities call for unprecedented and unified action, two University of California employees represented by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 have joined students in a hunger strike at the UC Berkeley campus. Today's action comes after workers last week called on prominent graduation speakers at UC campuses statewide to refuse to deliver their commencement addresses unless workers' demands are met (see list of demands below). -more-


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Remember how all the talk used to be finding a second superstar or just another star who could create his own shot to go along with Derrick Rose?
That was the championship formula the way the Heat did it, except they pigged out with LeBron James and Chris Bosh joining Dwyane Wade in Miami.
That remains the championship formula. But now it changes for the Bulls, or whatever will be left of a Bulls team that just lost to the one-win Utah Jazz.
Now the Bulls will need a first superstar.
Sorry, but I don't see Rose returning to being that guy after his second knee surgery in 19 months. Even if the medial meniscus surgery performed on his right knee wasn't as serious as repairing the torn ACL in his left, we're still talking surgery and we're still talking one on each knee for a player who was all about jumping fearlessly and recklessly. Thank goodness Rose has only two knees.
And remember, the injury-prone Rose wasn't close to being the MVP Rose as he returned from his first injury when he suffered his second. Good luck expecting him to return as the franchise player you saw right up till that jump cut against the 76ers.
So, the question isn't whether Rose can come back as Rose. He can't. No, the question is whether Rose even can be Wade at this point, ceding the ball and the team to whoever comes here.
That is probably the role a point guard should've had all along. Building a championship team around a point guard who charges to the net like he's a power forward probably wasn't the ideal plan in a big-man's league. It was never going to have a long shelf life anyway.
And now we see it in all of its pain and we're left to wonder who becomes the superstar that Rose won't be?
There's a good chance the answer is no one. Especially if you're looking at the free-agent market, and here's why:
Free agents stiff Chicago.
I don't know why. Nobody seems to be saying why. But nobody who's a great player signs with the Bulls.
James jacked around the Bulls, as did Wade, as did anybody who has ever looked like a potential franchise-changer, even going back to Tracy MacGrady getting a hug from Jerry Krause and Benny The Bull.
It hasn't mattered who the general manager or coach is. Big names big-time Chicago and go elsewhere.
Everybody has a theory. Michael Jordan is telling players not to sign here. We've heard that one. Jordan's statue intimidates potential free agents. We've heard that one, too. There are a lot of theories and all of them might apply at some point, but the facts are the facts, and the fact is the six-time champion Bulls get treated like they were the Bucks.
And that was even when Rose was ROSE, all caps. Maybe it's me, but I don't see Tony Snell as a star magnet.
So, if the Bulls are ever going to rise to championship levels again, it will have to be through the draft or trade. When you think about it, both are lotteries.
The draft is obvious: Select a long-armed, sky-piercing, snot-nosed 19-year-old who might or might not have his head on straight and might or might not want to work at justifying the draft slot and millions that come with it.
Sometimes you select Rose, sometimes you get stuck with Michael Beasley. Sometimes you have Pau Gasol fall to you, sometimes you get suckered into Eddy Curry.
The trade market is a less obvious minefield, but just as terrifying. A team that gives up someone like, say, Carmelo Anthony, knows something that you don't -- and you already know that Anthony doesn't make his teammates better. So, what else is there that could be worse?
If you're the Bulls and you're talking about acquiring a magic name, you have to be completely certain that the team surrendering that great player is doing it solely to start over itself, not to pull one over on you.
Fun choices, huh?
Against the backdrop of a franchise that expects championships, the Bulls' future looks as bad as a team that loses to the Jazz. I mean, look at how long and bad it was before the Bulls got lucky enough to draft a superstar in Rose. Ten years from Jordan's shot in Utah to the Bulls' long shot in Secaucus.
The Bulls seem to be at that point again. So, the question is, how many Tyrus Thomases and Marcus Fizers and Jay Williams will we have to suffer through again?
I'll hang up and listen for hockey season.


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As a speaker at OSCON I believe we should all strive to create a fun, educational, enjoyable and harassment-free conference experience for everyone.
I'm pleased to say Tim O'Reilly thinks so too!
If you are being harassed, or witness harassment please report it to venue security, the police, the conference organisers or a trusted friend. You do not have to put up with it.
For more detail on what a code of conduct which includes an anti-harassment policy should contain, please review the geekfeminism wiki conference anti-harassment policy template
Schwern has a copy of Perl 6, he lets Larry Wall borrow it and take notes.
Schwern once sneezed into a microphone and the text-to-speech conversion was a regex that turns crap into gold.
Damian Conway and Schwern once had an arm wrestling contest. The superposition still hasn't collapsed.
Schwern was the keynote speaker at the first YAPC::Mars.
When Schwern runs a smoke test, the fire department is notified.
Dan Brown analyzed a JAPH Schwern wrote and discovered it contained the Bible.
Schwern writes Perl code that writes Makefiles that write shell scripts on VMS.
Schwern does not push to master, master pushes to Schwern.
SETI broadcast some of Schwern's Perl code into space. 8 years later they got a reply thanking them for the improved hyper drive plans.
Schwern once accidentally typed "git pull —hard" and dragged Github's server room 10 miles.
There are no free namespaces on CPAN, there are just modules Schwern has not written yet.
Schwern's tears are said to cure cancer, unfortunately his Perl code gives it right back.


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Joaquin Phoenix has been booked for David Letterman's "Late Show," and here's hoping it's as awkward and unintentionally hilarious as his last appearance.
Phoenix, 35, was last a guest with Letterman on Feb. 11, 2009, sporting a ZZ Top beard, refusing to engage in anything resembling a conversation and telling Letterman he planned to pursue a career as a rapper. Since then, debate about whether the "Walk the Line" star was putting everyone on or is now officially nuts has only been stoked by a new documentary.
Phoenix will appear on Letterman Sept. 22 to promote the new film, directed by his brother-in-law Casey Affleck and titled "I'm Still Here." The best way to generate hype for the film might be a redux of his last appearance, in which an exasperated Letterman ridiculed the Oscar winner, even asking him about life with Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and dismissing him with the words, "I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight."
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The film, which purports to show Phoenix's attempt to become a hip hop artist, has generated wildly varying reviews.
"The worst thing about 'I'm Still Here' is the fact that it exists," wrote Dana Stevens, for Slate. But Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman saw artistic merit in the film, writing that "Affleck uses Phoenix's descent to forge a riveting — and, in its way, cautionary — case study of a celebrity self-destructively addicted to his own psychodrama."


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Her letter was long. Page after page she went on about every aspect of her miserable life.
In between the accounts of her husband's unemployment and her high blood pressure, this woman managed to weave each and every detail of their broken-down cars, leaking roof, busted faucets, ungrateful children, delinquent taxes, nosy neighbors, empty retirement account and unpaid bills.
I'm telling you, by the time I reached the word that for me spelled relief ("sincerely"), I was nearly worn out.
My immediate reaction was a sympathetic "Oh, you poor thing!" I mean, really, the way she carried on, I was nearly convinced she was enduring troubles and pressures way beyond the legal limit. Her situation, as she described it, did appear to be without solution.
I couldn't help but wonder how things would be if she were to win the lottery, which, according to her hastily written postscript, was her only source of hope. That would certainly let me off the hook because the point of her letter was for me to fix her, her family — her life.
She was looking for a fairy godmother, complete with wand, who would magically return everything to normal, whatever that is. I've read about fairy godmothers, and I can assure you, I'm no fairy godmother.
Some people allow their problems and pressures to control their lives. Whether they live under their circumstances or above them has nothing to do with the troubles themselves but how they view them.
Those who live under their circumstances see every calamity as a catastrophe. They choose to be victims; they whine, complain and carry on.
Those who live above their circumstances are not in denial. They simply choose to see these times as hairpin curves on the road of life that will straighten out soon.
While you live and breathe on planet Earth, you will experience troubles and pressures from time to time and in varying degrees. It doesn't matter how wealthy, educated, noble or good you are. Life cannot be separated from periods of adversity.
Here are basic steps to help you gain control of your circumstances:
One thing that distinguishes you from the animal kingdom is your ability to control your attitude. You choose your thoughts, so for today, choose joy.
Regardless of how you are feeling, greet the next person you see (even if it is a family member) with a smile and sincere pleasantry, such as, "Isn't this a wonderful day?"
Refuse to worry unless you have a pencil and paper in front of you. With those tools in hand, your worrying automatically becomes a planning session. Write down creative and positive ideas.
Your troubles are brilliant opportunities disguised as impossible situations. Those who recognize this truth are experts at turning lemons into lemonade.
Kay Warren, in her book "Choose Joy," says that joy is something we choose in spite of our circumstances. Happiness, she contends, is what happens to you, and it can come and go. But, says Warren, "If you're going to experience joy, you must choose it — in spite of, even if, and in the middle of everything else."
What you can do matters much more than what you can't. Focus on getting through the mess, or if it's not going away, find a way to joyfully persevere.
Your greatness will never be measured by wealth or position but by what it takes to make you quit. That's why you must never, ever give up, no matter what.
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An update on legislative bills and movement, so far. The 2012 legislative session is expected to end by mid to late April. To view more information about these bills, visit our 2012 legislative agenda page: http://www.capm.state.mn.us/legagenda_current.html
HF 645 and SF 947 – Collaborative grant program to reduce minority populations unemployment and appropriation.
CAPM's position: Support
Status: Last heard in 2011, this bill did not make any movement in 2012. The bills are not expected to pass in 2012.
HF 1953 – Prohibits bullying and retaliation against bullying in public schools
CAPM's position: Neutral
Status: CAPM was informed that the language in the bill may have unintentional and undesirable consequences on how bullying is treated in schools. We await the governor's bullying taskforce's recommendation as they conduct hearing and discussions on how best to protect all students from harassment and bullying in school.
HF 1907 / SF 1556 – Restores the 20% wage cut for family members providing PCA services.
CAPM's position: Support
Status: see below…
HF 1888 / SF 1672 – Restores cuts to Emergency Medical Assistance for non-citizens.
CAPM's position: Support
Status: see below….
The Senate passed the Omnibus Health and Human Services Bill (HF 2294) sponsored by Sen. David Hann (R-Eden Prairie) on Thursday afternoon. The legislation includes $22 million in new spending as a result of an announcement by Governor Dayton this week that health plans would repay $73 million to the government due to a cap on Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) profits. The bill partially restores the Emergency Medical Assistance program, temporarily restores pay for personal care attendants (PCAs) who attend to relatives, and provides dialysis and cancer treatments for non-citizens. The House companion bill was passed on March 29. The bills will eventually go to a conference committee to sort out any differences. Sen. Hann said Thursday that the bill won't be perfect for everyone but it's his intention to produce a bill with broad support from the Legislature that the Governor will sign into law.
CAPM will keep an eye on things for the HHS bill.
State Government
HF 2555 / SF 2304 –Sunset advisory commission sunset review changes implementation, administrative procedures and fees modification and appropriation
CAPM's position: Support
Status: Both bills have been active during the 2012 session and we are cautiously optimistic about the passage of the bills.
Constitutional Amendment
Voter ID – Constitutional amendment to require Minnesotans to show a valid photo ID in order to vote.
CAPM's position: Oppose
Status: The last step to put the question on the Election Day ballot came April 4, when the Minnesota Senate approved legislation passed earlier by the House.
Voters will be asked:
"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?"
Expect a voter education campaign from organizations on both sides of the issue this summer and fall.
To learn more, MPR has a voter ID primer at: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/03/voter_id_faq/
The Voter ID amendment proposal joins the marriage amendment proposal this November on the ballot.


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New intelligence finds no direct link between the air disaster and the Russian government, but concerns remain.
On Monday, President Obama wondered aloud what pro-Russian separatists were "trying to hide" following the downing of a civilian jetliner in eastern Ukraine. On Tuesday, U.S. intelligence officials said it was their responsibility for the crash, which killed all 298 people on board.
The new intel concluded that separatists likely struck the plane down mistake. U.S. officials said they found no evidence of direct Russian government involvement in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
The Associated Press reports:
They say the passenger jet was likely felled by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and that Russia "created the conditions" for the downing by arming the separatists.
The officials likely mean that Russia "created the conditions" preceding the plane crash by fomenting civil unrest in eastern Ukraine, a region that has been locked in turmoil since Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed the Crimean peninsula in March. But a primary part of Russia's support in the insurrection has come in the form of heavy-duty weapons, which could have included missiles such as the one that shot down MH17.
U.S. officials told the AP on Tuesday that they don't know whether any Russians were present at the missile launch. They also would not say whether the separatists who pulled the trigger were trained in Russia.
One U.S. intelligence official told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that Russia has continued to supply separatists in eastern Ukraine with tanks and rocket launchers after last week's crash. "We don't think they have stopped," the official said. "We think they continue to do it."
At least for now, these Russian-generated "conditions" aren't going away.


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The Easter season is upon us and has been since February 15th- , if the holiday aisle of our local chain pharmacy is to be used as a trusted marker of the passage of time. Just as Halloween's orange and black are replaced by Christmas' green and red on November 1st, the day after Valentine's day sees romantic reds and pinks unceremoniously replaced by Easter's sickeningly sweet pastel palette. It is as though these stores are giving us a visual aid to reveal just how disposable our consumerist driven society really can be- it would be more shocking if there were not so many cute fuzzy stuffed animal bunnies lining these aisle, distracting us from these harsher realities…aww this one sings "Here Comes Peter Cottontail"!
Luckily, once we leave these bear trap like displays-with their hypnotizing Spring inspired hues and themes- we can come back to our senses and plot how to make this Easter the one wherein we refuse to listen to the seductive siren song of these disposable holiday items once and for all. This will be the Easter that you, yes you- with your ravishing eyes and daredevil attitude- make conscientious decisions on how you choose to celebrate your holiday. Free yourself from the shackles of your Easter Bunny overlord and take heed to these easy to follow steps that will make you wonder why the heck you ever paid your hard earned cash on a gob of colored plastic grass ever before!
Easter Baskets:
I generally think back fondly on the Easter's of my youth, but my memories take on a cringe worthy feel when I recall that part of my family's Easter Sunday ritual involved my siblings and myself placing our Easter baskets from the previous year at the foot of our bed, only to awake and discover that the Easter Bunny had crept into our room while we slept overnight to replace these baskets with new ones! Not only new baskets, but baskets wrapped in colorful cellophane and filled to the brim with candies and other treats! No, I am not cringing at the idea of a bunny rabbit the size of an adult male, who often sports an unfashionable vest coupled with an even more unfashionable bowtie, creeping in my bedroom at night- I am cringing at the wastefulness of brand new baskets wrapped in plastic (What up, Twin Peaks fans!?).
In my parent's defense, it was the 80's. People thought cigarettes were a healthy alternative to breast milk for babies in those days. Oh, they didn't? Well, either way, we now know better. You should learn from history, or you will be doomed to repeat it- so, step one: reuse your Easter Baskets!!!
If you are in need of a new basket for some reason, seek out baskets made from sustainable items, such as these handsome Fair Trade bamboo baskets.
Better yet, make a project out if it for you an your youngin's and make your own baskets with recyclable goods. Search online for a plethora of handy how-to guides, such as this one from funroom.com.
Other lessons you can learn from my parent's mistakes (which crazily enough is the title of my upcoming self-help book) include: skipping the cellophane altogether and either forgoing the fake grass at the bottom of the basket or opting for shredded, recyclable papers or natural items; such as hay.
Easter Eggs:
A classic Easter activity for children is the dying of hard boiled eggs and distributing them to your disappointed family members. A hard boiled egg, no matter what color it may be, is not the most awesome gift on the planet, but as with many things in the world, it is really the journey that counts…in this case the act of egg dying, that makes it an American favorite.
First up on your Easter activity Eco makeover is the eggs themselves. If buying eggs, try to make your purchase from a local organic farm.
If you are making this a vegan holiday, you may want to try obtaining wooden eggs that your child can paint and can be used year after year as a decoration. Even the White House is using wooden eggs for this years Easter Egg Hunt, way to send a sustainable message, Mr. President!
Now that you've decided on more ethical and eco-friendly eggs it is time to choose your palette. If you have decided to go the traditional egg dying route, check out this handy guide on crunchydomesticgodess.com that informs you how to dye your eggs using simply vinegar, fruits and vegetables. For wooden eggs, use non-toxic paints and recycled supplies found around your home.
Let's face it, this is what the holiday basically boils down to for children and the young at heart alike: an excuse to receive and eat a basket of candy. Similarly, Halloween is an excuse to beg for candy and Valentine's day is a time to enjoy assorted chocolates out of a heart shaped container. I am not here to judge or to tell you to enjoy your candy in moderation, I am here however to remind you to make ethical choices when choosing which sweet concoctions to gorge yourself on.
Fulfill your need to be on theme this holiday season without abandoning your ethics; Chocolates at Sjaacks.com and divinechocolateusa.com are available in Easter style shapes and packaging and are also 100 percent Fair Trade and organic!!!
You could also consider filling your loved ones Easter Baskets with homemade candies and treats. Check out this delicious vegan fudge recipe Autonomie Project posted for another holiday- that shall remained unnamed, as not to make Easter jealous.
When it is all said and done, the sap in me wants to say that holidays are about spending quality time with the ones you hold nearest and dearest to your heart. The chocolate lover in me, however, thinks it is all about the yummy treats. We'll let those two sides of myself figure it out like any mature personality would: cage match style.
Until the results are available, remember to enjoy your holiday in the most ethical and environmentally friendly way you possibly can. Come April 5th, regardless of whether or not you buy every plastic egg or rapping Easter bunny available, your local chain store's holiday aisle will be already sporting July 4th's patriotic red, white and blue. This time you can smugly walk by, knowing that you have the ability to celebrate any holiday without pledging allegiance to the disposable trinkets they want you to believe make or break its success. You can still feel free to set off all the dancing, animatronic doo dads on the shelf as you pass by- you know that you have a soft spot in your heart for that Santa that wears sunglasses and tears it up on the saxophone and all his robotic pals.
Happy Easter, everyone!
-Meghan Hurley


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How Are You, Mr. Torre?…
Joe Torre and Derek Jeter together again…
Gina Ferazzi/LA Times
Share the love! Seriously, it was bittersweet to see Joe Torre wearing enemy colors while standing next to the likes of Joe Girardi, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada. Much has been written in recent days about the rift that exists between Torre and the Yankees hierarchy. One article speculated that if the Yankees wanted to have a special honor for Torre, he would most likely turn it down. Former Yankees pitcher and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre thought that Torre would eventually be more forgiving than the Yankee brass. Joe's rift is how his relationship with the Yankees ended (lowball, token contract offer that represented a steep pay cut). There is no way that the Yankees could have expected Torre to take the contract offer so it was obviously a ploy designed to show Torre the door while trying to show the Yankees Universe that they tried. The Yankees problem is relative to Torre's book and how he unveiled many thoughts that should have been left behind closed doors.
Regardless of how it ended and despite how much I have always respected Joe Torre, it was time for a change. The Yankees had not won a World Series since 2000 (losing in both 2001 and 2003) while the dreaded Boston Red Sox were winning two (2004, which included the ALCS meltdown by the Yankees; and 2007). Torre is "old-school", and it was time for a more current manager. Joe Girardi was the right guy at the right time. As a player, he was clearly a leader. When I think of the death of Darryl Kile, I will always think of how Joe Girardi stepped up as the voice of the team. He is always prepared and he clearly wants to win. He is young enough to hold the position for many years, and I think he has shown improvement as a manager every year. Joe Torre has moved on, the Yankees have moved on, and so have the fans. It's time for the media to let go…
I was reading today that the reason the Yankees are in Los Angeles to play the Dodgers as opposed to Yankee Stadium was based on a decision by FOX television. They wanted Manny Ramirez to return to Boston for a reunion against the Red Sox. I think it was a missed opportunity for FOX. Manny was not gracious to the Boston fans or media, and he didn't really do anything in the series that was swept by the Red Sox. On the other hand, it would have been tremendous to see Joe Torre set foot on the grounds of the new Yankee Stadium given that he's never managed there before.
The first game of the Dodgers-Yankees series went to the visitors behind CC Sabathia who is beginning to pitch like "Second Half CC" when he becomes so utterly dominant. It was ironic that the game-winning home run was hit by Alex Rodriguez, who has yet to speak to Joe Torre.
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CC went 8 innings in the 2-1 victory, giving up 4 hits and striking out 7. Mariano Rivera, an old friend of Torre's, closed out the game with three strike outs.
There were lots of photos with Torre and the core Yankees, but none with Don Mattingly that I found. It would have been interesting to see Donnie Baseball in the reunion photos too. He will most likely be the next Dodgers manager, and based on recent reports, it could happen as soon as next year. It's hard to see one of my favorite all-time Yankees becoming so engrained with another organization, but he does deserve the opportunity to manage and it wasn't going to happen with the Yankees. Given that managers are hired to be fired, it's probably best that Donnie manages elsewhere. That proved to be a better route for Lou Piniella. If Derek Jeter decides to stay in baseball after his playing days, I am sure that the day will come when he dons something other than Yankee pinstripes. So long as there isn't on "B" on the cap, I'm cool with it.
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Friday night was a good night as not only did the Yankees win but the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox both lost. The Red Sox are in San Francisco (where I will be on Sunday), and lost to the Giants, 5-4. They also lost one of their warriors in Dustin Pedroia who fouled a pitch off his left foot. X-rays were negative but the foot is still sore and further tests are scheduled for today. I may not be a Red Sox fan, but I am a fan of Pedey's so hopefully he'll be back on the field soon. The Rays, meanwhile, were no-hit for the second time this season. This time at the hands of former Ray and current Arizona Diamondback Edwin Jackson. Frankly, I am not sure that I agree with the managerial decision to keep Jackson in the game despite the no-hitter. He walked 8 batters, and he threw 149 pitches. That sounds like something that Billy Martin would have done to the Oakland A's pitching staff back in the 80's when the pitchers later developed arm troubles. No good can come from it. The no-hitter is nice but at what cost?
Speaking of Sunday's game between the Giants and Red Sox (which of course includes a wager with Julia of Julia's Rants), the pitching match-up could not better. Jon Lester, one of my personal favorite pitchers and clearly one of the AL's best, against Tim Lincecum, arguably one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. I'll be pulling for Lincecum and the Giants, but it should be a classic pitching duel. I am looking forward to it!
By the way, the last wager didn't go so well for Julia…
Courtesy of an unhappy Celtics fan!


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Brodhead, Ford, Kiphuth and Meyer Award Winners Announced
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Seven seniors and one team were honored by the Yale Athletics Department with awards at the annual senior student-athlete reception Saturday afternoon at the Lanman Center in Payne Whitney Gymnasium. The women's fencing team earned the Brodhead Award for highest team grade point average. Sam Haig (Greenwich, Conn.) of the men's squash team, Heather May (Newport Beach, Calif.) of the coed and women's sailing teams and Alyssa Zupon (Basking Ridge, N.J.) of the women's ice hockey team were the recipients of the Ford Student-Athlete Community Outreach Award. Dakota McCoy (Wexford, Pa.) of the women's track and field team and Patrick O'Keefe (Pittsford, N.Y.) of the lightweight crew team were the recipients of the Kiphuth Student-Athlete Distinction Award. Lexy Adams (Lancaster, Pa.) of the field hockey team and Collin Bibb (San Antonio, Texas) of the football team were the recipients of the Meyer Humanitarian Award.
The Brodhead Award is named in honor of Richard H. Brodhead '68, Ph.D. '72, who served as Dean of Yale College from 1993 through 2004 and was on the faculty of the department of English for more than 30 years. The women's fencing team won the award with a 3.69 cumulative grade point average through the fall of 2012. The team had an Academic All-Ivy League selection in senior Madeline Oliver (Bethesda, Md.), a history of art major. She was one of 10 team members who qualified for NCAA Regionals, and was one of two who went on to compete at the NCAA Championship. Yale finished 10th at the championship.
The Ford Award, given annually to the male and female student-athletes who have demonstrated their commitment to strengthening the relationship between Yale Athletics and the New Haven community, is named in honor of Thomas W. Ford '42, who endowed the Yale Athletics Community Outreach Program in the fall of 1996.
Haig was a volunteer for Squash Haven, working daily as both a tutor and a squash coach for more than 80 local children enrolled in the program. He served as an assistant coach for one of Squash Haven's traveling middle school teams. Haig was also one of the volunteers for Yale Athletics Youth Days -- he managed the barbecue lunch for more than 600 participants per year as Yale student-athletes worked with local children on sports skills twice per year. This year Haig received the Yale squash team's Harold K. Wilkens, Sr. Award for his character, dedication and discipline.
Haig is a physics major in Berkeley College. Prior to Yale he attended Brunswick Academy.
May, a NEISA All-American crew, was chair of the Yale Athletics Student-Athlete Community Outreach Committee, working on a number of events that were part of the department's Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program. She organized the entire population of Yale student-athletes for the two annual youth days, serving more than 600 children from the New Haven area. She also organized the Yale Athletics Holiday Gift Giving Initiative, arranging for Yale athletic teams to purchase gifts for needy families in the area. May also managed the Bulldog Buddies program, which brings Yale student-athletes to Troup Elementary School for reading, tutoring and academic help.
May is an American studies major in Jonathan Edwards College. Prior to Yale she attended Corona Del Mar High.
Zupon's charitable work extended to the New Haven community and beyond. She co-founded the "Yale Bulldog PAWS (Pediatric Alliance With Student-athletes)" program, which pairs Yale athletic teams with pediatric patients at Yale-New Haven Hospital to serve as a support group. She and her Yale women's ice hockey teammates "adopted" a local girl named Giana, who was recovering from surgery for a brain tumor. Zupon also co-founded "Hope for Tomorrow", a charitable organization designed to assist with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan.
The Ford Award is the latest in a series of awards for Zupon, who also won ECAC Hockey's Mandi Schwartz Award (as the conference's student-athlete of the year) and the Sarah Devens Award, a combined leadership award for ECAC Hockey and Hockey East. She also was a finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award and a semi-finalist for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup. She earned the Yale women's ice hockey team's Bingham Award for leadership.
Zupon is a molecular, cellular and developmental biology major in Morse College. Prior to Yale she attended Pingry.
The Kiphuth Award that McCoy and O'Keefe won is given to the male and female student-athletes who rank highest in scholarship and have earned two varsity awards. It is named in honor of DeLaney Kiphuth '41, M.A. '47, who served as Director of Athletics from 1954 through 1976.
McCoy, a biology major and member of Branford College, has a 3.95 GPA and has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and a Goldwater Scholarship. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Over the course of her career as a hurdler and thrower for Yale, she has also earned Academic All-Ivy League and CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition. Prior to Yale she attended North Allegheny.
O'Keefe, an applied mathematics major in Calhoun College, has a 3.94 GPA. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Last year he won a gold medal at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) Sprints as a member of the second varsity boat, and helped the varsity boat to a third-place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship. On Saturday he was presented with his award at EARC Sprints in Worcester, Mass., where he and his Yale teammates will compete for the EARC and Ivy League championships on Sunday. Prior to Yale he attended Pittsford Sutherland.
The Meyer Award is named in honor of Molly Meyer, a nurse practitioner at Yale University Health Services who has been addressing the health needs of student-athletes at Yale since 1975. The award is given each year to a varsity athlete in the senior class "whose character exemplifies selfless devotion along with compassion and concern for their team and the community at Yale and beyond."
A molecular biophysics and biochemistry major who will spend the next year finishing up her master's degree in public health at Yale, Adams is the head freshman counselor in Branford College. She is a graduate of Penn Manor.
Adams' time at Yale has been marked by involvement in a wide variety of initiatives to improve the lives of those around her. She is one of 40 undergraduate Yale Communication and Consent Educators working to foster a positive campus climate, especially in terms of sexual culture. She has also been a Community Health Educator in the New Haven public schools since 2011, teaching students the skills, self-respect and information needed to make healthy decisions about their bodies and their futures.
Adams has made an impact in multiple countries. During Spring Break in 2011, Reach Out Thailand allowed her the opportunity to design and teach an English curriculum for middle school Thai students in Buriram Province.
Adams was in Mauritius as a Summer Teaching Fellow with ELI Africa in 2011. There, she designed and taught her own hands-on science curriculum. She served as the Chief Programming Officer from 2011-12 and designed schedules for the summer and year-long Teaching Fellow Program, organized events on campus and coordinated appointments with various Mauritian ministries. Since 2012, she has served as President and coordinates board meetings, fundraising and communication with Mauritius. The organization was founded by former Yale football player Vedant Seeam '11.
In the summer of 2012, Adams was a Fellow for the Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) Conference in Ethiopia. She aided an Ethiopian delegation in designing and monitoring an evaluation plan at the annual GHLI conference. After the conference she spent eight weeks interning for the Federal Ministry of Health implementing the Ethiopian Hospital Alliance for Quality, performing hospital site visits focused on documenting best practices. She supported the 20-Year Visioning Committee for Ethiopian health outcomes, researching strategies in coordination with the Ministry of Health, Yale GHLI, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Adams has also been active locally, helping save lives as a volunteer for the annual Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale. Those drives have added nearly 4,000 potential donors to the Be The Match Registry for patients with life-threatening illnesses in need of donor matches for transplants. The drive is named in memory of Yale women's ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz '10 (1988-2011), who passed away in April 2011 after battling cancer for more than two years. During her sophomore year, Adams herself was identified as a match for a patient with cancer. She overcame her fear of needles and made the marrow donation.
As a freshman Adams won the field hockey team's Senior Award, "awarded by the senior class to a freshman team member who reflects positive contribution to the team's philosophy and whose individual character encourages the future direction and excellence of Yale Field Hockey."
Bibb was responsible for organizing the Warrior-Scholar program at Yale. That program is part of Operation Opportunity, a charitable organization started by former Yale football player Jesse Reising '11.
This past year nine military service members participated in the Warrior-Scholar program, which utilizes classes and workshops at Yale to help service members prepare for the transition from the military to college. Participants in the program, which lasted a week, ranged from a young Marine Corps corporal who had completed four years of military service to a Navy SEAL with nearly 30 years of service. The group's activities also included a pick-up game of flag football with members of the Yale football team.
In addition to developing and implementing the curriculum and interviewing applicants for the Warrior-Scholar program, Bibb served as an academic tutor and mentor. He helped these veterans learn college-level writing skills and study habits. Thanks in part to his work, dozens of veterans will make a more seamless transition back into the civilian world.
Bibb was an Academic All-Ivy League selection and earned the Norman S. Hall Memorial Trophy for service to Yale football. A political science major, he is a member of Davenport College and a graduate of Alamo Heights.
Saturday's ceremony also included a welcome from Tom Beckett, Yale's Director of Athletics, who praised the members of the senior class for their contributions as student-athletes and as members of the community. There were also reflections from two members of the graduating class: Elizabeth Epstein (Chicago, Ill.) of the Ivy League champion women's tennis team and Andrew Miller (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) of the NCAA champion men's ice hockey team. The Bulldogs also recognized those seniors that had participated in Yale's Kiphuth Leadership Academy, a program that is designed to foster leadership skills in Yale's student-athletes.
A crowd of several hundred was on hand for the event, including senior student-athletes and their families along with coaches and athletic department administrators.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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Is it just me or does autumn make you feel a teeny bit nostalgic? Maybe it's the sound of the pounding rain, or the cooler and darker nights when you feel like wrapping yourself in a big blanket and cuddling up on the sofa with a good book. In the kitchen, I take out my huge French casserole and a big wooden spoon and I can happily stand next to the warm stove stirring soups and stews.
Back in Finland autumn was always my favourite time of the year - I think having a birthday in September had something to do with it, though. After moving to Australia and having somehow come to terms with the opposite seasons, it took me a few years to start embracing this time of the year again.
My love for autumn produce has not changed, however. I still adore the mushrooms, chestnuts, apples, root vegetables and all that this season has to offer. Pumpkins, like the ones in these photos, make a beautiful piece of decoration too and there is no need for expensive cut flowers in the dinner table.
I treated myself with a small bag of precious dried wild mushrooms lately and thought there is no better way to celebrate their strong flavour than a gorgeously warming soup. This soup is exactly that. It is strong and bold, it is chunky with mushrooms and has a re-assuring feel to it - it will make you feel comforted and cosy.
You could easily make this into a loving pasta sauce by just using less vegetable stock. Whatever you do don't throw away the liquid after soaking the dried mushrooms! Try freezing it for a later use in pasta sauces or other soups or use it more in this soup for a stronger flavour.
Wild mushroom soup
(serves 2-4)
30g dried wild mushrooms
1 tbsp olive oil
1 brown onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
200g fresh Swiss brown mushrooms (or mushrooms of your choice), sliced
1 sprig of fresh rosemary leaves, chopped
a few sprigs of fresh thyme
2 tbsp good tomato paste (organic)
0,5 litre wild mushroom soaking liquid (or less for a milder taste)
1 litre vegetable stock ( or less/more depending how thin/thick you want it)
big handful of fresh parsley, chopped
freshly ground black pepper
1. Soak the dried wild mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes. Drain the mushrooms, but keep the liquid. Chop the mushrooms coarsely and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add brown onion and garlic and sauté for a few minutes.
3. Add all the mushrooms, along with the rosemary and thyme and sauté for a further 5 or so minutes. Add some of the soaking liquid in as well.
4. Add the tomato paste, vegetable stock and more soaking liquid if you wish. Cover, then let simmer for a good 30 minutes.
5. Lastly, season the soup with freshly ground black pepper and throw in a handful of fresh parsley before serving.
6. Serve with a rustic wholegrain bread.


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LAS VEGAS -- Franchisees of both Planet Fitness and World Gym clubs met with Planet Fitness executives Thursday during an information forum at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Some franchisees, especially those of World Gym clubs, left the forum with some unanswered questions.
Planet Fitness bought World Gym last year for more than $10 million, taking ownership at the time of 300 World Gym clubs. (Through August, the company had 170 Planet Fitnesses and 236 World Gyms, with franchise agreements with 40 more Planet Fitnesses and 25 more World Gyms.) Since the purchase was finalized, efforts to homogenize World Gym under one look and logo have left some franchisees confused.
The panel of Planet Fitness executives sitting under both the Planet Fitness "thumbs up" logo and the new World Gym "W" logo consisted of Mike Grondahl, CEO; Chris Rondeau, CEO of franchising for World Gym; Marc Grondahl, chief financial officer for Planet Fitness; Ben Midgley, president of Planet Fitness and World Gym; and Mike Uretz, former CEO of World Gym and now a consultant for Planet Fitness. Alongside the panel were Planet Fitness owners who had switched over from World Gym.
"At the end of the day, we're all going to look alike," Rondeau told the group of more than 150 owners, about half of whom were Planet Fitness franchisees, with the other half World Gym franchisees.
Rondeau's statement was directed mostly toward the World Gym franchisees, who asked the majority of the questions after a brief introductory period by the panel. One franchisee asked if Planet Fitness and World Gym would become more like McDonald's and Burger King or more like McDonald's and Pizza Hut. Rondeau said the two brands would be more like McDonald's and Pizza Hut, meaning Planet Fitness and World Gym will both serve health club goers, just different types of health club goers.
Planet Fitness has prided itself on being a judgment-free zone, where "lunkheads" are not appreciated and are exposed in the club by a lunkhead alarm. The new World Gym motto is "An intelligent approach to fitness." Grondahl wants World Gym to be a step ahead of Planet Fitness for the more serious health club members.
Many of the questions dealt with the size of clubs and the pricing of clubs. Planet Fitness is famous for its low-end, $10-a-month membership. World Gym franchisees wondered if they needed to lower their membership to as low as $29 a month. Midgley told the owners that not every World Gym will be priced the same and that they will not be forced to lower their prices.
Some heated discussion began when a World Gym operator from Long Island, NY, who has large clubs with features such as tennis courts and swimming pools and a high price range between $49 and $89 a month, asked what was going to happen to his World Gym once his license agreement ends.
"We've made World Gym what it is in my community," he told the Planet Fitness executives. "I can't operate these clubs at $25 a month."
Mike Grondahl replied to the operator, "I don't think the World Gym brand is doing you a service."
A World Gym operator from Georgia, who has two clubs, each of which has more than 40,000 square feet, took offense to Grondahl's reply, saying, "That's not cool. I'm a little shocked at your comment."
When Grondahl later explained that he simply doesn't want to work with clubs that large, the Georgia operator said, "That's a better answer."
"I'm slow. I'm not that bright," Grondahl said, easing the tension and igniting laughter in the room.
Many of the larger World Gym operators said they are still taking a wait-and-see approach with the new ownership. Others don't want to wait any longer.
Manny Kaye, who owns a two-story, 16,600-square-foot World Gym in Monrovia, CA, came away from the forum with mixed feelings.
"I don't think anybody has any answers in details," Kaye said. "Every time somebody did ask a question in detail, [Planet Fitness executives] said, 'We're not sure. We'll look into it.' It's kind of disturbing to me. This is the first meeting that we've had. We should have had a meeting prior to this. Time is of the essence. In a business, you're here today, gone tomorrow. There's no urgency from their end of it."
Kaye, a former district manager for Bally Total Fitness, said that despite his frustrations at waiting to meet the Planet Fitness executives, he wouldn't be opposed to switching his World Gym to Planet Fitness.
"From what I observed, they're going to take all the small clubs and convert them to Planet Fitness," Kaye said. "If I'm going to have a $120,000 EFT based on $10 a month, which I think is a very good concept, I will switch it tomorrow. It depends on what kind of expenses is going to be involved. I'm a business guy at the end of the day. Let's not kid each other. The bottom line is we've got to make money."
Joe Talmadge owns a 40,000-square-foot World Gym in the heart of San Francisco. Talmadge said he was a little disappointed with the forum but was pleased that franchisees and company executives at least came together and discussed their issues.
"I was hoping to have more of a substantive conversation," Talmadge said. "It was somewhat informative, but not enough detail went into some of the responses of our questions. This is still a very transitional period. It's a relatively new marriage between the two branded companies, so I think things will shake out more definitively in the next six to 12 months. For now, I'm going to be patient and allow the natural process to take its course and go from there."
Kris McNeil came to the forum wearing a World Gym T-shirt with the old gorilla logo on it. McNeil had the shirt from the time he was a manager at a World Gym in Harrisburg, PA. That World Gym has converted to a Planet Fitness, and McNeil, who now lives in Albuquerque, NM, hopes to open a Planet Fitness, despite his nostalgia for the gorilla.
"[The forum] made me that much more excited to try to open a Planet Fitness in New Mexico," McNeil said. "I think Planet Fitness gets a bad rap sometimes. They hate bodybuilders, this and that. But it's a different business. You're marketing gyms to different people."
Rondeau said the forum exceeded his expectations.
"We had a lot of eye-opening happening," Rondeau said. "We had a lot of great questions that need to be answered for people to hear in person, which is worth more than on the phone or in e-mail. The biggest thing I wanted to accomplish was getting [World Gym owners] to all use the right vendor channels because even if we get them to do that, that in itself will start to create the uniformity of the brand."
Grondahl said that Planet Fitness is not the same Planet Fitness it was when the first club opened in 1992. With that in mind, Midgley said it might take two or three years before the World Gym look and feel is more or less the same.
"I think the owners understand that we're 100 percent committed to them," said Midgley, who has been with the company for only a month after serving as a sales executive with 24 Hour Fitness. "There's got to be a lot of worries on their mind. A new company comes in and purchases their brand. It's going to affect their business one way or another. It's obvious to me that we need to do a lot more for the World owners. They have a lot of unanswered questions. We're going to do some work on that."
More information about the purchase of World Gym by Planet Fitness can be found in the September issue of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro.


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Charming 'Old Main' library
Library building admired now, but no one tried to halt demolition in 1955
By Jeff Suess
Cincinnati's public library has been popping up online in BuzzFeed lists such as "The 30 Best Places to Be If You Love Books."
It isn't the modernist brick-and-glass main branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County at 800 Vine St. that is grabbing attention, though.
It's the "old" Main, the one that was torn down without a whimper back in 1955.
Today, people are captivated by stunning black-and-white photos of the cast-iron book alcoves and spiral staircases, and bemoan this long-lost gem.
The original library building, known as Old Main, stood for 85 years at 629 Vine St., next door to the old Enquirer Building.
Once heralded as "the most magnificent public library in the country," according to the library website, in the end Old Main was derided as antiquated and unsuitable for the 1.25 million volumes in the library's collection.
Public library started 160 years ago
"Free & Public" by John Fleischman traces the public library's beginning to the passage of the Ohio Common Schools Act on March 14, 1853, that included provisions for collecting funds for school libraries.
School board president Rufus King built up a central library housed in the Central School on Longworth Street (a street that no longer exists between Race and Vine, north of Fifth).
In 1856, Dr. Cornelius G. Comegys on the library committee made a deal to move the library to the second floor of the Ohio Mechanics' Institute at Sixth and Vine.
The Public Library of Cincinnati outgrew the OMI building, so in 1868 the board purchased Truman B. Handy's opera house under construction on Vine Street. It was just a four-story shell when the project had gone bankrupt.
The board hired local architect James W. McLaughlin, who would go on to design the Cincinnati Art Museum and Shillito's among other landmarks, to complete the building as a library.
New librarian William F. Poole brought his own ideas of a modern library and worked with McLaughlin on the design, to include central heating and an elevator.
The Public Library consisted of three buildings. The front building, the original opera house, was open to the public on Dec. 9, 1870.
The middle building and main hall opened to great fanfare on Feb. 25, 1874, with a speech by George Hunt Pendleton, who had been the Democratic candidate for vice president in 1864.
Stepping into the old Public Library
Patrons entered on Vine Street beneath busts of William Shakespeare, John Milton and Benjamin Franklin.
A vestibule led to the cathedral-like main hall, four stories tall, topped with a massive skylight roof.
The floor was checkerboard marble tile. Five levels of bookshelves jammed the walls. Shafts of sunlight cut through the windows to provide ample illumination.
"The main hall is a splendid work," The Enquirer reported at the opening.
"... The hollow square within the columns is lighted by an arched clear roof of prismatic glass set in iron, the light of which is broken and softened by a paneled ceiling of richly-colored glass. ... One is impressed not only with the magnitude and beauty of the interior, but with its adaptation to the purpose it is to serve."
This was all part of Poole's vision for libraries, to appeal not just to scholars but to the public. He added more fiction and even handed out library cards to children. When the library opened, Poole had already left for Chicago. His plans for Cincinnati became a model for public libraries.
The cost of the lot and building was $383,594.53, about $7.7 million today. The Public Library contained 60,000 volumes, with an estimated capacity of 300,000.
It became the Main Library in 1906 when Andrew Carnegie's donation added branches.
New main library planned for decades
By the 1920s, there were calls for a new library building. Books were stacked beyond reach. Ventilation was poor, the air stuffy. The paint was peeling.
Bond issues in the 1920s and '30s for a new library were defeated, but finally passed in 1944. Post-war inflation and squabbles over location for the site dragged on, but the corner of Eighth and Vine streets won out.
The doors of Old Main closed on Jan. 27, 1955, and the new Main opened four days later. The old building was sold to the Leyman Corp. for $615,000, and was razed by that June. The site is now a parking garage.
The three busts were saved for the new library's garden. The 1982 expansion of the Main Library included an atrium and skylight, perhaps in homage to the main hall.
When the end came for Old Main, there were no arguments to save it.
No one organized protests. No one wrote letters to the editor. The interest today in the building reflects current tastes and romance with the past.
As Fleischman noted in his library history, "Yet when the doors closed forever ... and wise heads declared that Old Main would never be missed, they were wrong."


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Extensive Audit Ordered For MNsure
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's legislative auditor says he plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the troubled launch of Minnesota's health insurance exchange.
Jim Nobles told a MNsure oversight panel on Wednesday that his review will look at problems that plagued the exchange website in its early days, and other issues related to MNsure's startup as well.
Nobles says he's gotten good cooperation from many MNsure officials so far, but noted that he has subpoena powers he can use if necessary.
Republican lawmakers who had hoped to use Wednesday's hearing to raise questions about what Dayton administration officials knew in the weeks before the launch, and when they knew it, say they're confident Nobles will do a thorough job.
Nobles says he expects to complete the review around the end of the year.


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WASHINGTON (AP) � Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that President Donald Trump respects the independence of the Federal Reserve and the president's recent comments were simply a reflection of the fact that he favors low interest rates.
"The president has been clear," Mnuchin said in an interview with CNBC. "He likes low interest rates."
Mnuchin, who praised Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, said the president understands that the Fed is doing its job.
Trump this week has blamed the market's big sell-off on the Fed's interest rate increases, saying "the Fed is out of control." But Mnuchin disputed that Trump's comments represented an attack on the Fed.
"He doesn't feel the need to attack at all," Mnuchin said. "The president is concerned about the Fed raising interest rates too much and slowing down the economy. And those are obviously natural concerns."
Mnuchin said he viewed the market turbulence as a "natural correction after the markets were up a lot" rather than a sharp plunge triggered by bad news on the economy.
"I think the fundamentals are still very strong," Mnuchin said. "Markets tend to go too far in both directions and they have natural corrections."
Mnuchin was interviewed in Bali, Indonesia, where he is attending global finance meetings including the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank along with Powell, who is representing the Fed at the meetings.
Mnuchin met on Thursday with Yi Gang, head of China's central bank.
"We had a constructive discussion around currency," Mnuchin said. "I expressed my concerns about the weakness of the currency."
Mnuchin said in the discussions he had with the Chinese they had made clear that they did not see a further weakening of the Chinese yuan as being in their interests.
The Chinese currency has been falling in value against the dollar in recent months, raising concerns that China is devaluing its currency as a way to make Chinese goods more competitive against U.S. products.
The United States and China are currently locked in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration imposing penalty tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods and China retaliating by targeting U.S. products including soybeans for penalty tariffs.
Mnuchin did not report any breakthroughs in his discussions with the Chinese but he indicated that Trump may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a summit of leaders of the Group of 20 biggest global economies in Argentina in late November.
"We're having discussions about a potential meeting," Mnuchin said, indicating that the two leaders could meet if the U.S. side felt the trade discussions were moving in a positive direction.
The Treasury Department is expected to issue next week its twice-a-year report on whether China or any other country is manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages.
Mnuchin would not say what the report would reveal, but in the past Treasury has placed China on a watch-list but said it did not meet the requirements to be labeled a currency manipulator.
Concerns have been raised that China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury bonds, might start dumping its holdings as a way to bring more pressure on the United States in the trade dispute. But Mnuchin said this possibility did not concern him because it would not be in China's economic interests to start dumping its Treasury holdings.
"That would be very costly for them to do," Mnuchin said. "It's not something I'm at all losing any sleep about."


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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — A new poll finds just over half of Americans favor making sports betting legal everywhere, while almost three-quarters are against legalizing Internet gambling.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll touches on two forms of gambling that New Jersey is avidly pursuing.
State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to an Internet gambling bill and sent it to Gov. Chris Christie, who hasn't indicated whether he'll sign it. And New Jersey is embroiled in a lawsuit over its plans to offer sports betting next year despite a federal ban on it in all but four states.
The nationwide telephone poll found 51 percent in favor of sports betting and 27 percent backing Internet gambling.
"These national figures are similar to what we've seen in our recent polls of New Jersey voters," said Krista Jenkins, director of the poll and a professor of political science at the university.
The poll also finds that one in five American men acknowledge betting on sports, and that they are the group most likely to support expanding legal sports betting.
The overall result is up significantly from a March 2010 national poll by PublicMind which found only 39 percent supported the expansion of sports betting.
As in prior polls, men far outpace women — 60 percent to 43 percent — in their support for sports betting.
While Internet gambling did not fare as well, it still polled better this year than it did in 2010, when only 21 percent of respondents supported it. Once again, support from men is almost double that of women — 36 percent to 19 percent — when it comes to legalizing Internet gambling.
New Jersey's Internet gambling bill would require that people be physically present in New Jersey while making bets. But it contains loopholes that would allow gamblers in other states to make and cash in bets under certain circumstances. The 12 Atlantic City casinos would operate the online betting systems and be taxed at 10 percent of their online winnings, up from the 8 percent casinos pay on their in-house winnings.
The poll also found that political affiliation made little difference in attitudes toward Internet gambling; 27 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of Republicans supported it, while 59 percent of Democrats and 63 percent of Republicans opposed it. Independents had roughly the same levels of support, as well.
The poll of 814 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.


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Despite buzz about Elton John performing at Prince William's much-anticipated wedding, the British pianoman said he is not expecting an invitation to the big day because he doesn't know the couple well.
John, who famously performed "Candle in the Wind" at Princess Diana's funeral, blew out speculation that he'd be hitting the ivories for her son's marriage to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton in a Reuters interview this past weekend.
"I think because of my relationship with Princess, Diana, people automatically think I'm going to be invited," the British pop star said.
U.S. & World
The guest list for the April 20 ceremony will be announced sometime next month, but John ensures he won't be on it.
"I'm not invited to the wedding, I would not expect to be invited to the wedding," he said.
While John was close to Diana, the famous singer said he doesn't think he'll be asked to come to the historical event because he does not know her children, William and Harry, too well.
"I don't really know the boys at all," John told Reuters. "I met the boys and had luch with them when their mother was alive. I re-met them again when I did the concert for Diana a couple of years ago -- the memorial concert.
That concert, organized by William and Harry in 2007, marked the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death.
"These boys are their own people, they have their own friends, and I just hope that they have the best day and its sunny and it's a great occasion for them," the "Circle of Life" singer said.
"I just wish them the happiest of lives together," John also said of the royal couple. "They seem very happy. He's a really terrific man, William, and he's going to be a great king."


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Do you ever wonder what to feed your child when she's sick?
Do you ever wonder what to feed your child when she's sick? What's best for a cold, for nausea, for diarrhea, for a sore throat? Well, quit wondering. It turns out that it doesn't really matter, according to Dr. Philip Heavner, chief of pediatrics at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown. Even the infamous BRAT diet of bananas, rice, applesauce and toast for diarrhea doesn't have any science behind it, he said. And as for feeding a fever and starving a cold, that's nothing more than an old wives' tale that doctors dispensed with long ago. "There are no disease-specific guidelines," Heavner said. "It's mostly common sense." Just don't give your kids foods that make them feel worse, such as scratchy foods for a sore throat or food that could upset an already iffy stomach, such as acidic or spicy foods, he said. But all in all, food isn't the issue. "No matter what a person has, I tell them eating is not important," Heavner said. "It's fluids. I don't care if your child doesn't eat for a week." So the question becomes what to give a sick child to drink. This is most important for infants. "What we worry about in infants is water intoxication," Heavner said. If a baby is throwing up a lot, water and watery drinks aren't the way to rehydrate the infant, he said. Several days of drinking just water risks altering the baby's salt and water balance, which occasionally leads to seizures, he said. Instead, give infants Pedialyte, an oral electrolyte maintenance solution for children's diarrhea and vomiting. It's the best drink readily available in this country, Heavner said. Kids older than 1 aren't at risk for water intoxication; Heavner suggested giving them sports drinks, which taste a lot better than salty Pedialyte. If children aren't eating anything at all, or at least not keeping it down, water alone won't hydrate them because the body doesn't absorb it unless it's accompanied by sugar or salt, Heavner explained. Beyond that, Heavner recommends drinking clear liquids, nothing milky or heavy, for nausea, and avoiding fruit juice when a child has diarrhea. As for Coke or ginger ale settling an upset stomach, it's possible they could buffer stomach acid in small amounts, but drinking more than that causes gas, and Heavner doesn't recommend it. "There's no magic to it. There's just dispelling a lot of myths," Heavner said. "I think sometimes myths evolve because people want to do something."
There is one famous home remedy that's always safe to try – chicken noodle soup. It's got lots of salt, some fat and some nutrition in it, making it a decent remedy for older kids, Heavner said.
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Trepidity writes "AI systems can (sort of) paint and compose classical music, but can they design games? Slashdot looked at the question a few years ago, and several research groups now have experimental systems that design board games and platformers with varying levels of success. I've put together a survey of the AI game designers I know of, to round up what they can do so far (and what they can't). Are there any others out there? 'Pell's METAGAME is, to my knowledge, the first published game generator. He defines a generative space of games more general than chess, which he calls "symmetric, chess-like games." They're encoded in a representation specific to this genre, which is also symmetric by construction. By symmetric I mean that mechanics are specified only from the perspective of one player, with the starting positions and rules that apply to the other player always being the mirror of the first player's. The rules themselves are represented in a game grammar, and generation is done by stochastically sampling from that grammar, along with some checks for basic game playability, and generative-parameter knobs to tweak some aspects of what's likely to be generated.'"
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