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Okay so I knew from weighing last night (yes I weigh in the morning and at night) that I should finally be in the 198's this morning. However, I had to step on the scale twice this morning because I skipped right over the 198's and into the 197's! I just have to say to Sunkeeper thank you for your positive words to me yesterday when I was so bummed out with my bouncing!!!

Now yes the scale could bounce back up but since I typically record all weights (it is a good way for me to look back and see how what I may have eaten effect my weight) I will record this weight too.

This means that I just met my end of March goal!!!! I am so excited again and even the fact that DH (who doesn't really need to lose much weight and isn't really trying like me) has lost about 10# and is weighing in at what he hasn't weighed since HIGHSCHOOL....I will not even let that dampen my excitement. Seriously though I do hope his A1C will reflect positively...now to just get him to exercise as he does not need to lose any muscle.

I hope everyone has a great day and now I know why I could pull my jeans down yesterday to use the bathroom without unbuttoning them....lol....and these were a pair of 14's (although I have recently gotten into my 12's).

Thanks to all of my FS friends on here for their support!
197.2 lb Lost so far: 50.8 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

Diet Calendar Entries for 27 February 2013:
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You would not believe how happy I am for you. Well done you deserve it.
27 Feb 13 by member: Mamachickpea
Thank you Mamachickpea!
27 Feb 13 by member: jaime30024
Ahhh!!! this is wonderful!!!
27 Feb 13 by member: Djburney
YAY! Good job, Jaime! I weigh morning and night too. The night weighing gives me an idea of where I'll be in the morning, I can usually plan on coming down 2 - 3 lbs.
27 Feb 13 by member: atriel2
Yes I weigh in before bed hoping to loose 3lbs overnight. Amazing how much water weighs but it is usually correct. Am I the only UK person to use this site?
27 Feb 13 by member: muyfeliz
YAY Jaime - that's great isn't it ((when you slide the jeans down w/o unbuttoning them and go 'oh, yeah, time for a smaller size')) Good for you. Proud of you kiddo!
27 Feb 13 by member: FullaBella
So So So happy for you, Jamie!!! :D You've lost 50 pounds, girl! You've done an awesome job and I'm so proud of you!
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So happy for you Jaime. Couldn't be more pleased. You go girl!
27 Feb 13 by member: Sunkeeper
Congrats! Who needs buttons on jeans anyway:)!
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Diet and exercise just aren't working. But I suppose I'll try again, again.
165.0 lb Lost so far: 0 lb.    Still to go: 30.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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If there is no medical reason for you not to lose weight, then its most likely something you are or are not doing. You have to try different things to see what works for you. Some people are sensitive to carbs and lose better wiht lower carb. Do you track all your food honestly? Do you have too many bites, licks and tastes? Are you drinking water? Are you getting enough lean protein, lean dairy, fruits and veggies? WHAT you eat can be as important as HOW MUCH. Are you eating too many processed foods? They contain a lot of sodium. Protein and high fiber foods help us lose fat and stay satiated better than any other food groups.
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Final push to 185... Very active, eating lots of healthy food to burn fat and build muscle.
190.4 lb Lost so far: 14.6 lb.    Still to go: 25.4 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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From January 2008 to May 2008 I lost about 30 pounds. I was sooooo close to my goal weight. Unfortunately, i suck at stress and i lost my motivation, stopped exercising, and reverted back to my old eating habits. Towards the end of the year i gained all of it back. So here I am again...i have the same goal, same time frame, just a different year. I really hope to reach my goal this time and stick with it. Hopefully this site can help me get to 135 by my 27th birthday!!!!

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Ants and Haskell

Software Transactional Memory (STM) is a concurrency control mechanism designed to simplify programming for shared memory computers. Beautiful Code contains a great introduction to the concepts of STM in the Haskell language

In most languages, locks and condition variables are the main mechanisms for controlling access, but these are notoriously hard to get right. Java Concurrency in Practice is a good read to understand just how many ways there are to shoot yourself in the foot (too few locks, too many locks, wrong locks, race conditions, wrong order, error conditions, deadlock, livelock, live stock, brain explosion). STM simplifies shared memory programming by providing database like semantics for changing memory. Reads/Writes to shared memory happen within a transaction - each memory access appears to happens in isolation from the others and appears atomically to observers. If a transaction conflict with another, then one of the transactions is retried. An implementation typically records the memory accesses somehow and then can decide whether there was a conflict. Languages that restrict mutability (like Clojure and Haskell) have a significantly simpler implementation than imperative languages such as C/C++.

Composability is another advantage for STM. For example, take java.util.Hashtable - what if you want to do an insert/delete as a single atomic operation and only make the contents visible to other threads once finished? As the original design didn't do this, you're on your own. In contrast STM composes well.

Both Clojure and Haskell feature support for STM. The canonical example in Clojure is Ants.clj that demonstrates STM via a simple simulation of foraging ants (see also Flocking about with Clojure). As a learning exercise I thought it'd be neat to try to convert this over to Haskell!

Ants in Haskell

To model the ants world, I use the following data structures. Transactional variables (TVars) are used to hold a reference to a mutable variable. For the Ants simulation, I use a Vector of TCell's to represent the ants world.

TVars can only be modified within the STM context. The key thing is that the only way to mutate transactional variables is from within the STM monad. To fiddle with the variables within TVar you can use newTVar, readTVar and writeTVar. Oddly there didn't seem to be a primitive operation to update a TVar based on its current value. updateTVar updates the TVar by applying a function to the value inside.

check verifies that a condition is true and if it isn't true then the transaction is retried. The key point is that the transaction is only retried when there's a reason to do so (e.g. memory read/write) so you aren't just heating the CPU whilst the condition is being validated. As an example, when we move an ant forward, we want to check that there is not an ant in the way. If there is an ant in the way, we'll wait till the coast is clear before moving.

At some point you have to run your STM actions. atomically runs the STM transactions from the IO monad (e.g. the top-level) and returns the result. A very important point is that you want your actions to be in the STM monad as much as possible. If all of your functions are run within the IO monad then you lose the composability aspect. The pattern to use is make everything use the STM monad and glue together randomly and you won't have a threading problem (you still have other problems though, it's not magic).

The Clojure code used agents to represent each ant. I'm not sure what the most idiomatic translation to Haskell is, but I spawned a thread for each ant using Control.Concurrent and forkIO. Haskell threads are incredibly light-weight so spawning even thousands of them is not a problem. Each ant thread simply evaluates the behaviour, moves, sleeps and repeats.

The rest of the code is more or less a direction translation from the Clojure. It's pretty verbose so I won't bother posting it here, but the full code is on my github page. You should be able to compile it with ghc -lglut --make -main-is AntsVis AntsVis.hs. Any hints on how to make it suck less appreciated!

Performance seems very good with the default compiler options, I'm able to run with 100+ ant agents all running concurrently.  The programming is very simple and once I'd found out and added the appropriate check logic into move everything worked properly.

Hurrah for simple concurrent programming!

(update 30/8/2010 - after finding out the performance sucked after a while with a few more ants than I'd tested with I looked at speeding up the Ants program).


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Cupcakes are trendy right now, so embellish a crochet scarf with some yummy-looking cupcakes with this free crochet scarf pattern from Jennifer Cirka.  Great for girls of all ages, this fun scarf is a cute way to show off your favorite sweet treat!  Thick and cozy, this scarf is perfect for winter and fall and is sure to keep you nice and warm throughout those pesky cold days.  You can make this crocheted scarf in any color you'd like, and embellish it with cupcakes of any "flavor".  An easy project for beginners and a fun project for more advanced crocheters, this crocheted scarf works up quickly and easily.

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  • Any worsted weight yarn (I used mostly “I Love This Yarn”, 100% acrylic)
  • Small amount of brown for cupcake “cake”
  • Small amount of pink and purple for “icing”
  • Small amount of red for “cherry”
  • Approximately 200 yards of main scarf color (I used baby blue)
  • G-6 / 4 mm crochet

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“Cake” Pattern – Make 2

  1. With brown, ch 16
  2. Row 1: (RS) hdc in third ch from hook, hdc in next 3 chs, sc in remaining chs. Ch1, turn. (4hdc, 10sc)
  3. Row 2: working in BLO, sc in each st across. Ch1, turn. (14sc)
  4. Row 3-15: repeat row 2.
  5. Row 16: working in BLO, sc in first 10 sts. Hdc in last 4 sts. Finish off and weave in ends. (10sc, 4hdc)

“Icing” Pattern – make 2

  1. Row 1: With icing color and RS facing, attach yarn with a sc to the widest edge – right corner. Evenly space 17 more sc along edge. Ch3, turn. (18sc)
  2. Row 2: sc in each sc across, ch3, turn. (18sc)
  3. Row 3: sc in each sc across and turning ch. Ch3, turn. (20sc)
  4. Row 4: sk first 2sc, sc in next st and each st across until 2 sts remain. Ch2, sl st in turning ch. (16sc)
  5. Row 5: sk ch sp. Sc in first sc and each sc across. Ch3, turn. (16sc)
  6. Row 6: sk first 2 sts, sc in next sc and each st across. Ch3, turn. (14sc)
  7. Row 7-9: repeat row 6. (8sc)
  8. Row 10: sk first 2 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, ch2. sl st in turning ch. Finish off and weave in ends.

“Cherry” Pattern – make 2

  1. Round 1: With red, 6sc in magic ring, do not join. (6sc)
  2. Round 2: 2sc in each sc around. (12sc)
  3. Round 3: ch1, 2hdc in each sc around. Finish off and weave in ends. (24hdc)

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  1. With MC, ch 30
  2. Row 1: 2dc in 3rd ch from hook. *sk 2 sts, (sc, 2dc) in next st. Repeat from * across. Sc in last ch. Ch2, turn.
  3. Row 2: 2dc in first sc. *sk 2 dc, (sc, 2dc) in nest sc. Repeat from * across, ending with sc in turning chain. Ch2, turn.
  4. Repeat row 2 until desired length is achieved.
  5. Final row: ch1, sc in each dc and sc across. Finish off and weave in ends.

  1. Attach cherry to top of icing and attach completed cupcakes to the bottom of the scarf or wherever desired.

    Cupcake Scarf 2
    (Note: Hat pattern not available)

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at the end of Row 2, it says, "sc in turning chain". Is that that same as "sc in ch 2 space"?

Looks nice. Is there a video tutorial of the scarf pattern? I'm new to crocheting and always find the first and last stitch to be a challenge. I started it last night and would love to know if I'm doing the edges correctly.

Thank you so very very much or this pattern. I have been looking for cupcake patterns/appliques everywhere. I'm going to love it. You're so sweet to share Thanks again Linda

What does RS mean? These are going to be perfect for the children at the Ronald McDonald House, but I want to make sure they are perfect.

@daviddraper - In the context of a crochet pattern, RS generally means "right side." Hope this helps! -- Editor of FaveCrafts.com

updated pattern including the hat available here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cupcake-2010

I love the pattern but I am a left handed beginner, what does " BLO" mean ?

I believe it means back loop only

Wow! What a cute pattern. I think I will try it for Valentine's Day

Sorry. I just looked at the pattern again. It's marked as steps and rows.

This is an adorable pattern. I'm making it for my granddaughter's 6th birthday. I do have a question; should the repeat, row 4, be for row 3?

So cute that I will abandon my current project and do it now, just in time for a mid January birthday gift. Perfect for her! Thank you so much.

Very Cute!!!!

wouldn't the cupcake make a cute dishcloth? going to try this later!

Thanks so much! This is very cute. Sure wish I could find that hat pattern to go with it. ;)

I am trying to make the cherry for this pattern and cannot figure it out, would you be so kind as to give me the secret to the "magic ring". Thank you so much! chelesvue

You could possibly substitute a pom pom for the cherry.

Hi chelesvue 4213940 !! i read your comment, and about the magic ring. so i think i can help you out with that, here is a link on how to make a magic ring, the instructions are very easy to follow too. enjoy!!! http://www.planetjune.com/blog/tutorials/magic-ring-right-handed/

how can i get the hat pattern that goes with the cup cake scarf could you send it to me at tobyk356@yahoo.com thank you verymuch

hat pattern is now available...check my blog to find out more. www.jaybirddesigns.com

BLO=back loop only http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=128

It is too bad that we can not get the hat pattern. As I would really like to have it. J. Hall Toronto Canada

would it be possible for you to post the meanings to the abreviations please??

I never wrote the pattern for the hat. Just start with 6sc and evenly increase until you get the desired diameter circle. Then just work the sides in the same pattern as the scarf. Jennifer

Hi, Ilove thiscupake scarf,would you have the pattern for the hat,my great granddaughter,would love this. Thanks

I'm sure you can find a simple beanie pattern here http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/hats.php and just substitute the last few rows for the scarf pattern ....

I too would like the pattern to go with the scarf. Is it available?

I'm interested in the hat!! Is there a free pattern for it?

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Postal reform bill unlikely to pass this year

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Even as the U.S. Postal Service prepares to announce record-setting year-end losses approaching $15 billion next week, Congress appears unlikely to deliver on a comprehensive rescue bill this year.

There are no concrete plans for reaching a final deal in the lame-duck session starting Nov. 13, according to a spokeswoman for Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., the lead sponsor of a Senate-passed measure that would give the Postal Service billions of dollars in financial relief.

During the upcoming lame-duck session, lawmakers are likely to be consumed with averting the double-whammy of tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect in January. “They’re going to find it easier to let the next Congress deal with postal issues,” said Louis Atkins, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors.

More optimistic is Tony Conway, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, who puts the odds of congressional action at “maybe 50-50.” But Conway foresees an added hurdle if lawmakers have to approve more money to pay for Hurricane Sandy relief. That could add to the federal budget deficit, making it harder to persuade lawmakers to go along with any help for the Postal Service that adds red ink to government ledgers, he said.

On Nov. 15, the mail carrier will release its final financial results for fiscal 2012, with predicted losses in the $15 billion range. Since July, the Postal Service has defaulted on $11.1 billion in legally required payments to a future-retiree health care fund. It has also hit a $15 billion borrowing ceiling with the U.S. Treasury, raising the risk of a cash-flow crisis.

In an email, USPS spokesman Dave Partenheimer acknowledged that many issues are competing for lawmakers’ attention, but added that it is “extremely important” that comprehensive postal reform legislation be addressed “as part of our plan to return to long-term financial stability.”

Legislative options

Under its own reform proposal, unveiled in February, the Postal Service would end most Saturday mail delivery, no longer have to pre-pay some $5.5 billion each year into the retiree health care fund and create its own health insurance plan for current workers separate from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

To date, lawmakers have not approved any of those proposals.

Under Lieberman’s bill, approved by the Senate in April, the Postal Service could tap some $11 billion in surplus pension contributions for employee buyouts and other purposes. But the bill would only stretch out, not eliminate, the retiree health care pre-funding requirement and make the Postal Service wait at least two years before halting Saturday delivery.

The House has not taken up that legislation, but it also has not addressed a competing bill by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., that would let the Postal Service go to five-day delivery in six months and also give a specially appointed board responsibility for putting the agency back in the black.

In a September letter, Issa, who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, urged the Obama administration to push for five-day delivery, a revamp of the retiree health care funding schedule and a ban on future union contracts that would protect postal workers from layoffs. The White House never replied to the letter, according to Issa’s office.

If the current Congress doesn’t deal with postal legislation, a new cast of Senate players will confront the issue next year.

Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is retiring, and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee’s top Republican, will have to step down from that post at year’s end because of party term limits.

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., is expected to replace Lieberman. Carper, who currently heads the subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, is the leading advocate of giving USPS leaders more management freedom.

Collins’ probable replacement, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., backs five-day delivery as part of the more aggressive cost-cutting approach promoted by Issa.

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Friday, November 8, 2013

My 2013-14 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season plan: Headley, Tanaka, Wilson

If you listened to episode 61 of "Dugout Blues," you've already heard most of this. If you haven't, consider yourself lucky (or unlucky, I suppose).

This is my 2013-14 off-season plan for the Dodgers -- you know, what I'd do if I were in Ned Colletti's position. I try to be as realistic as possible and try not to get too far out there. Most of the dollar figures are educated guesses.

Without further adieu, here it is. Critique away. Let me know what you like, don't like, would do differently, etc.

2013-14 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season plan

Mike Baxter - $500,000
Drew Butera - $700,000
Scott Elbert - $600,000
A.J. Ellis - $3.2 million
Kenley Jansen - $4.8 million
- The only players of significance are Ellis and Jansen. Both are getting healthy pay raises.

Clayton Kershaw - 8 years, $225 million
- This is coming before the end of the winter. I just wish it were done already. He's set to make $18.25 million in arbitration, if no long-term contract is agreed to before the season.

Dodger free agents
J.P. Howell - 2 years, $7 million
Nick Punto - 1 year, $1.5 million
Brian Wilson - 2 years, $11 million
- Think Howell and Punto could be had rather easily. Not so confident Wilson will come back because he could get more money and a closing job elsewhere.

Free agents
Eric Chavez - 1 year, $3.2 million
Alexander Guerrero - 4 years, $28 million ($10 million signing bonus)
Dan Haren - 1 year, $5 million (with incentives up to $8 million)
James McDonald - 1 year, $1 million
Masahiro Tanaka - 6 years, $63 million ($52 million posting fee)
Chris Young - 1 year, $3.5 million
- Tanaka is the big prize here. My $115 million commitment is probably a little on the light side. Haren rounds out a strong rotation while Chavez and Young give the Dodgers some much-needed pop off the bench.

Ronald Belisario (due $2.3 milliion in arbitration)
Elian Herrera (claimed by Milwaukee)
Brandon League - 2 years, $15 million remaining
- Belisario isn't worth what he'll make in arbitration. Herrera is already gone. And while I defended the League contract at the time of its signing, I couldn't have been more wrong about it.

Chad Billingsley (due back midseason)
Scott Elbert (due back midseason)
- Both should return in relief roles. Billingsley could crack the roatation later this season if his arm is healthy enough.

To New York Mets: OF Andre Ethier, cash ($23.8 million, 1/3 of remaining salary)
To Los Angeles: RHP Michael Fulmer, 1B Jayce Boyd
- The Mets need Major League-quality outfielders, but the Mets don't have a catcher or third baseman they'd trade the Dodgers for Ethier, so it's best to get a couple of mid-level prospects without having to pay all of Ethier's salary.

To Minnesota: RHP Josh Beckett, cash ($10 million)
To LA: SS Niko Goodrum
- Beckett should be healthy to start the 2014 seaosn and won't crack this rotation. The Twins just need guys who can eat innings. Goodrum is a nice high-upside prospect who probably won't ever become anything, but he's a middle-of-the-diamond player for the time being.

To San Diego: RHP Zach Lee, LHP Chris Reed, 1B Justin Chigbogu
To LA: 3B Chase Headley
- The Dodgers have been after Headley for awhile. After a down year and a projected $10 million salary, it's probably time for the Padres to trade him. They get two MLB-ready arms and a power-hitting prospect who's a few years away.

Chase Headley 3B
Alexander Guerrero 2B
A.J. Ellis C

Clayton Kershaw LHP
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
Dan Haren RHP

James McDonald RHP
J.P. Howell LHP
Brian Wilson RHP
Kenley Jansen RHP

Eric Chavez 3B/1B
Nick Punto IF
Chris Young OF

Remainder of 40-man roster
Mike Baxter OF
Drew Butera C
Dee Gordon IF/OF

That's it. Like I said, let me know what you think in the comments section or on Twitter.

Photo credit: Dustin Nosler, Feelin' Kinda Blue

  1. Pretty good for the most part Dustin .... just a couple of tweeks that I would make ....

    1. Ethier (+ $$) to NYM for minor league catcher Kevin Plawecki.

    2. Instead of Chris Young, I would go with David Murphy. While he has played the majority of the time on the corners, he did play some CF in the spacious Ballpark in Arlington, has some pop and some speed, and .... is a LHH. That way your OF bench would balance out better. One LHH (Murphy) / One RHH (Vanslyke) to go along with Crawford (LHH), Kemp (RHH) and Puig (RHH). Basically takes Ethier's place but at a reduced cost and used to being a bench guy.

    3. I like Dan Haren, but not if we get Tanaka. Two Japanese style pitchers (i.e. pause in wind-up) whose out pitch is a split-fingered FB. Too similar. With Tanaka, I would try Josh Johnson, Roy Halladay, or Phil Hughes.

    4. I also liked the trade brought up on the podcast regarding Jason Castro (LHH) to split time with Ellis behind the plate ... Depending on the cost of course.

    1. Obviously landing a young catcher in an Ethier deal would be great, but teams don't just give those guys away (even with D'Arnaud there). I'm intrigued by Fulmer's arm and think he could be a fast riser this season.

      I've always liked Haren and see the similarities in he and Tanaka. If the Dodgers space them out, it shouldn't be that big a deal.

      I'd love for the Dodgers to land Castro. Had a breakout season and is on the cusp of being a Top 7 catcher in baseball (if he isn't already).

    2. With Ethier and the Mets, from the rumors I am hearing/reading, there are two scenario's ....

      1. Trade: Ethier + cash for Top 10 prospect (Plawecki)

      2. Sign: Granderson for ~ same cash value + Lose 2nd
      Round Pick valued roughly at $0.9 m - $1.2 m

      ... Just depends on which scenario they find more attractive.

  2. Do you think the Dodgers could just dump Ethiers salary on another team or would teams rather give a couple prospects in order to not take on salary? Or not even attempt to give prospects and offer to take on some of the salary? I feel like the Dodgers have there backs against the wall with this crowded outfield.

    1. *Their backs against the wall.

    2. The Dodgers are going to have to pay a good portion of Ethier's remaining deal. If they paid it all, they could get a good prospect or two, but that also means the Dodgers are paying his full salary to play for another team, which is unappealing.

  3. If they make the moves you suggested that's the best rotation in baseball! The2asian pitchers are nothing alike at all, we would be ecstatic to have Tanaka to go with Ryu. I would overspend to keep Wilson although he gets more with the Mets, Any trade involving Ethier is great, do not give up on Kemp!

    1. Yeah, I'm not a fan of moving Kemp. His value is at an all-time low, he's owed a ton of money and he's still the best option in center field (not matter what Jared says).

  4. fyi: the link under the free agents heading is for chris young the pitcher, not the outfielder. i was thoroughly confused when i clicked the link!

    1. Yeah, didn't have control over that. The B-Ref Linker is finicky sometimes.

  5. Yeah why not a Andre Ethier for David Murphy swap?


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    Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
    Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish

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    Quartersawn Neck with “V” Profile

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    12” Fingerboard Radius

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    No Back Tremolo Cover/Screw Holes

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Gaz Metan Medias Head Coach Marcel Dan Tenter
"It was a good game with a good opponent and I am very happy that we won this game. Once we believed that a seven to nine-point lead is enough for us the home team players started to fight again. We are in a very difficult situation in our local championship and in the EuroChallenge as well so this great win came at a very good time. I think it will have a good result also on the team spirit.

Inkognito Fashion Körmend BC Head Coach Tamás Hencsey
"Congratulations to the winning team. We made a lot of mistakes in our defence but I can accept the 73 points we got. We had more problems with the offence. We could rise sometimes from the gaps we had but when I check our three-point shooting accuracy which was 3-of-20. That tells me the reason for the result."

Gaz Metan Medias Player Aurelian Dumitrescu
"It was a very tough game. We are very happy to win because at home in the championship, the last game we lost, and now this win comes at the right time. Congratulations to Körmend becasue they played well."

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"I can say the same as our coach. There was some parts of the offence where we have to improve. There were time lapses which caused our loss. Congratulation to Medias. We have to improve and go on our way."

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This Workshop on Hybrid Dynamic Systems will be held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada during July 29-31, 2010, and is sponsored by the Fields Institute and the University of Waterloo. This 3-day workshop is to share the recent progress and advances in stability and control of hybrid dynamic systems and related areas, and bring together leading experts and young scholars (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) to discuss recent developments and results, to provide an overview of the current research and applications, and to foster collaboration between researchers.

There will be some invited expository addresses covering recent trends, several invited lectures on problems of current interest and important applications in various disciplines, and a number of contributed talks on specific topics to be given by professors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. The workshop will also provide an excellent opportunity for graduate students to learn new developments in these areas and to present their research findings.

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CenturyLink Names Jeff Von Deylen President of Savvis

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvis, a CenturyLink company (NYSE: CTL) and leader in global cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that CenturyLink has appointed Jeff Von Deylen president of Savvis.

Von Deylen, who previously served as senior vice president of global operations and client services at Savvis, assumes the position from Bill Fathers, who has chosen to leave the company after a transition period ending in March 2013. Von Deylen's appointment is effective today.

"Jeff has been vital to Savvis' success for nearly a decade, focusing on growth and improvement strategies for our network, colocation, managed hosting and cloud solutions," said Jim Ousley, chief executive officer of Savvis and president of CenturyLink's Enterprise Markets Group. "Under Bill's leadership, Savvis has experienced significant growth, both to its global footprint and product portfolio. This vision has helped shape a strong course for Jeff to take forward."

Von Deylen joined Savvis in 2003 as chief financial officer and board member. During his six years as CFO, Savvis experienced steady growth as the result of several acquisitions, the raising of significant financing and the expansion of Savvis' data center and network footprint.

Before joining Savvis, Von Deylen held financial and corporate development positions at companies such as American Electric Power Co., GTS Telecommunications, Qwest Communications International and Arthur Andersen. Von Deylen holds a bachelor's degree in accountancy fromMiami University in Oxford, Ohio.

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Savvis, a CenturyLink company, is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including more than 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing.

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CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink™ Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.

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Charter to restructure operations, go all-digital and increase capital spending

New Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR) CEO Tom Rutledge said he is centralizing network operations as part of a strategy focused on deploying cloud-based video products, faster broadband tiers and new pricing of its triple play.

Charter reported Tuesday that it lost 73,000 video subscribers during the third quarter, while gaining 69,000 high-speed Internet and 52,000 phone customers. The MSO spent $488 million on capital expenditures, most of which went toward new set-tops and other customer premise equipment. But Rutledge said Charter expects that it will eventually be able to reduce capital spending as it transistions to a network architecture focused on the delivery of IP video to connected TVs, tablet computers such as Apple's iPad and other consumer electronics devices that don't require a cable set-top. "You can see a world where [capital spending] continues to improve," Rutledge added.

Rutledge said that that Charter plans to convert to an all-digital platform, and reclaim analog channels. He said that launching a new cloud-based architecture would allow Charter to quickly launch new video products and other advanced services without having to rebuild its cable plant. "The cable business is becoming more capital efficient over time. It does not require another plant upgrade," Rutledge said. Charter will buy customer premise equipment from multiple vendors, and expects that prices on set-tops and other gear will continue to decrease, he noted.

Rutledge said Charter is focused on delivering content to "devices in and outside the home, improving user interfaces on legacy and new devices," and creating cloud-based applications. "We will have more to announce as they are ready for broader rollout," he added.

Charter recently announced that it would move its headquarters to Stamford, Conn., which will accommodate former Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) COO and Connecticut resident Rutlege and several other executives that he has recruited for his leadership team. Rutledge told analysts Tuesday that Charter has centralized its sales and marketing operations. "Our regional teams will focus on operations, including installation, and service and maintain quality outside plant, and will focus exclusively on doing these critical responsibilities well," he said.

Also worth noting from Charter's third quarter earnings report and investor call:

  • Charter saw a 77 percent increase in the number of new subscribers that order its triple play of digital video, high-speed Internet and telephone service during the third quarter compared to the same period last year.
  • Rutledge said 17 percent of Charter's customer base has switched to its new pricing and packaging scheme, "which in a single quarter is ahead of where we expected to be."
  • Charter generated average revenue per residential customer of $105.39, which was down slightly compared to the $105.83 it reported during the third quarter of 2011. An increase of subscribers that only take its high-speed Internet product contributed to the decrease, Charter said.
  • Charter posted $168 million in revenue from its commercial business, up from $139 million last year.
  • Charter generated $1.88 billion in third quarter revenue, up 3.7 percent.  It reported a net loss of $87 million (87 cents per share), compared to $85 million (79 cents per share) in the third quarter of 2011.

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Nokia's hardware expertise will be wasted if Windows Phone flops

Phil Goldstein
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is in an unenviable position. The company has to continue to profess, display and exhibit its support for Symbian while at the same try and convince the wireless world that its bet on Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 7 is going to pay off.

I remain deeply skeptical that the partnership will produce a juggernaut that can grab market share the way research firm IDC predicts it will--capturing 21 percent of the global smartphone market in 2015. Almost none of that skepticism has to do with Nokia's abilities as a company. Instead, it is incumbent upon Microsoft to develop a self-sustaining dynamic that pushes the platform forward in the way that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has done with iOS and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has with Android.

I spoke last month with Kai Öistämö, Nokia's executive vice president in charge of corporate development. Öistämö, who has been with Nokia since 1991 and was the head of devices from 2007 through 2010, is a Nokia man through and through. Öistämö said Nokia will bring its expertise in carrier and market customization and localization to Windows Phone, as well as Nokia's Ovi services, while at the same time making sure not to not fragment the small (but growing) Windows Phone 7 developer ecosystem.

Most of all though, Öistämö harped on what makes Nokia truly proud: solid hardware. "In my opinion, I don't think any of the existing Windows Phone products are particularly appealing hardware," he said. "I think we can do a great deal in terms of a user experience and user appeal purely by actually applying our knowledge and capability in the hardware side."

"They are going to be the higher echelon of what these phones are supposed to be," ABI Research analyst Kevin Burden told me, referring to Nokia's Windows Phone gadgets. "Does that necessarily translate into success? The question comes down to: Is Windows Phone 7 going to be a platform that people are going to buy?"

Apple's model is based on a self-reinforcing dynamic in which its hardware sales feed into content sales from iTunes, the App Store and the iBooks store. Google essentially uses Android as an advertising monetization platform, and wants to expand that by moving into mobile payments and other areas. But what is the compelling model that ties together all of Microsoft's disparate entertainment, content and information elements? What pushes the platform forward once the novelty of Nokia's new phones wears off? I don't see it yet.

Of course, even though Windows Phone has largely been a dud in the U.S. so far, it's still early days yet. Microsoft is prepping a major update, dubbed Mango, for later this year, which will bring enhanced multitasking capabilities, expanded Office document support and a hardware-accelerated version of Internet Explorer 9. But the stakes have been set.

"There is no better partner than Microsoft has in Nokia," Burden said. "It can get out more phones than anybody. If it doesn't succeed with Nokia, then it's got some real problems. It doesn't have any more excuses."

"The potential is all there. The ingredients are all there," Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg told me. "This  is an execution play." In order to be the third horse, you have to be in the race. I'm waiting to see how Microsoft does. --Phil


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BlackBerry parts ways with creative director Alicia Keys

BlackBerry has a new CEO and a new strategy and is ending its one-year partnership with musician and singer Alicia Keys, who had served as a global creative director for the company in a bid to spark demand for its BlackBerry 10 platform and phones.

Report: BlackBerry's board rejected offers to break up company

BlackBerry's board does not think breaking up the company into separate pieces is a sound idea, even though Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo and others have expressed interest in parts of the company, according to a  Reuters  report.

Interim BlackBerry CEO Chen has turnaround experience, but faces challenges

BlackBerry is turning to former Sybase CEO John Chen to turn around its struggling business as its interim CEO, and will be banking on his history as a turnaround specialist. However, despite his background, Chen faces formidable challenges in reviving BlackBerry, analysts say.

BlackBerry halts sale process, gets $1B investment and ousts CEO Heins

BlackBerry announced it halted its plans to go private in a $4.7 billion deal led by Fairfax Financial Holdings, its largest shareholder, and will instead receive a $1 billion capital injection form Fairfax and other institutional investors. BlackBerry also effectively ousted CEO Thorsten Heins.

2013 Wireless industry nightmares

Today is Halloween, so it's time to pull out your costumes, light up your jack-o-lanterns, turn on a horror movie or two--and of course, go trick-or-treating (either by yourself or… with your kids). It's also time to take a light-hearted break from the third-quarter earnings season rush: Just like we did in 2012 and 2011, FierceWireless in 2013 has taken a look inside the minds of some of the industry's top executives to see what really scares them. These nightmares are scenarios that could plausibly come to pass within the next year.

Report: Board splits, product missteps led to BlackBerry's undoing

BlackBerry is trying to save itself by going private in a $4.7 billion deal. However, the road that has led up to this moment in the company's history was paved by splits between board members, poor production execution, especially after BlackBerry purchased QNX in 2010, and a failure to keep up with the changes in the smartphone market, according to an in-depth investigation by  The Globe and Mail.

BlackBerry confirms bleak quarterly results, including $965M loss

As it had warned, BlackBerry posted dismal quarterly results for its fiscal second quarter, including a $965 million loss. The company warned about the results last Friday and on Monday said it had struck an initial and tentative $4.7 billion deal to go private.

BlackBerry to cut 4,500 jobs, expects bleak quarterly results

BlackBerry said it will cut 4,500 jobs, or 40 percent of its workforce, and previewed extremely weak quarterly results ahead of its next earnings announcement, which is due Sept. 27.

Report: BlackBerry's Q10 smartphone sales fail to take off

BlackBerry, as it considers various strategic options, including a possible sale, has been banking on strong sales of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones to help revive the company's fortunes. However, according to a report in the  Wall Street Journal, sales of one of the company's flagship products, the Q10 with the firm's iconic physical keyboard, are in the gutter.

BlackBerry CEO Heins could make $55.6M if ousted in company sale

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins could make as much as $55.6 million if the company is sold and he is ousted as the chief in any ownership change.


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A vastly improved Côte d'Ivoire have put themselves within touching distance of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with an impressive 3-0 win over Tunisia.

Under fire for an error-strewn opening win over Togo, Les Elephants oozed class for much of this encounter with Premier League duo Gervinho and Yaya Toure and late substitute Didier Ya Konan getting the goals. The result lifted the Ivorians to six points, which could be sufficient to earn them an early last-eight ticket should Algeria draw with Togo later in the second Group D tie.

In a surprise, Côte d'Ivoire's talismanic captain Didier Drogba was dropped to the bench. The 34-year-old veteran, figuring at his last Cup of Nations, proved a largely ineffectual presence against Togo, with coach Sabri Lamouchi taking him off with quarter of an hour to go.

Also out were Manchester City defender Kolo Toure and midfield duo Max Gradel and Ya Konan. Lamouchi called up Lille striker Salomon Kalou and Anzhi Makhachkala's young forward Lacina Traore, this pair joining Arsenal's Gervinho in attack, and Newcastle midfielder Cheik Tiote. Centre-back and former Spurs player Didier Zokora was handed the skipper's armband.

Tunisia's cause was severely hampered by the absence of key striker Issam Jemaa, who misses the rest of the competition with a knee injury sustained against Algeria.

In contrast to their curtain-raiser, Les Elephants were playing neater, crisper football , with Gervinho, Traore and Yaya Toure troubling Tunisia's backline. Kalou blasted over on 18 minutes, then three minutes later Gervinho combined neatly with the influential Traore to slot a rising right-footed shot into the far corner of Moez Ben Cherifia's net.

On 56 minutes a deft movement involving Traore, Gervinho and Kalou saw the ball in the back of the net again, only for Gervinho to be ruled offside. A big cheer went up when Drogba began to warm up on the touchline, and an even bigger one when he made his stately entrance for the final quarter with Traore making way.

Tunisia, who grabbed a last-minute winner against Algeria, finished strongly again with Saber Khalifa squandering a chance to level before goals from Yaya Toure and Ya Konan seconds after entering the fray in the closing two minutes rounded off a perfect night for the top-ranked team on the continent.


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Speak to the people who know Ryan Mendes da Graca’s game best, and they will tell you he has an awful lot going for him.

“He’s a kid with some fantastic attributes, especially his pace and acceleration,” said Cedric Daury, his former coach at Le Havre.

“Speed, power and technique: those are his strong points,” chipped in Francois Rodrigues, the man who brought him from his native Cape Verde Islands to Normandy.

“I needed someone quick, who could give us depth, take defenders on and run at people with the ball, and he has all those qualities,” was the opinion of Rudi Garcia, his new coach at Lille, summing up the rich promise of the nippy 22-year-old forward.

Given those attributes, it is no surprise that the youngster from the island of Fogo is enjoying a dramatic rise to prominence. In the space of three short years Mendes established himself as one of the classiest acts in France’s Ligue 2, his performances with Le Havre attracting the attention of the biggest teams in the land.

Last year came his big break as he stepped up to the French first division and the UEFA Champions League with Lille, an exciting development that he discussed in an interview with FIFA.com.

“Everything’s come about very quickly,” he said. “I started the year playing at places like Istres in front of a few hundred fans and ended it at Valencia’s Estadio Mestalla with several thousand watching. It was a big change I can tell you, but it was just the thing I’ve been working so hard for. It’s a dream to be where I am right now.”

Despite taking the fast track to the top, things have not always been easy for Mendes. The son of a painter, he scratched out a living with a brush in his hand before his footballing skills earned him a passage to Europe.

“I was spotted when I was 18 in a tournament in the suburbs of Le Havre,” he said, taking up the story. “Quite a few clubs came in for me, Benfica among them, but it was Le Havre who won me over with their offer of a five-year contract.

“My first few months in Europe were very difficult: the climate, the language and even the football were different. I’ve had a lot of help though, I’ve really stuck at it and I don’t have any regrets about anything. I’m where I want to be.”

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His move to Lille last summer was the fulfillment of a dream, and though he has struggled with injuries and his club are out of the Champions League and lie a lowly eighth in Ligue 1, Mendes is smiling through it all:

“Things have been a bit tough for us, for sure. There have been a few changes in the squad and some new players have come in, me among them, and we need some time to gel. We’re working at it though, and we’re doing all we can to set things straight.”

He added: “On a personal level I made a pretty good start, though the injuries have been a bit of a setback for me. Hopefully I can steer clear of them in the second half of the season.”

After scoring Lille’s final goal of 2012 and his second in the league in 12 appearances, Mendes has plenty to look forward to in the near future, starting with the upcoming CAF Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, where he will form part of the 23-man squad as Cape Verde Islands make their first ever appearance in the competition.

Discussing that momentous occasion, he said: “Qualifying for the competition was a big event for my nation. I have never seen the country in such a state of excitement as it was after the game in Yaounde [where Cape Verde clinched qualification against Cameroon last October].”

Despite the ecstasy triggered by that win, there is no question of the young Mendes getting ahead of himself before the big event: “We’re going with no pressure on our shoulders and we’re just happy to be there. We’ve already pulled off a shock by knocking out Cameroon, and we’re going to put everything we can into it and show the fans exactly what Cape Verde are capable of.”

“Our group is a tough one,” he continued. “Angola, Morocco and South Africa are all big teams in Africa, and Bafana Bafana will be at home too. But you never can tell how things are going to work out.

That goes for the qualifiers for the World Cup in Brazil too. We lost our opening two games, but there’s no way we’re giving up. We’re still going to go for it because things can happen very fast in football.”

The upwardly mobile Mendes knows that as well as anyone.