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MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Defending champion Hunter Mahan relied on a sharp short game to book his place in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final with a commanding 4&3 victory over 2010 winner Ian Poulter on Sunday.
On a bitterly cold and windy morning in Arizona's high desert, American Mahan sealed victory with a matching birdie at the driveable par-four 15th, sinking a four-footer after Englishman Poulter had rolled in a seven-foot putt.
Mahan, who delivered a superb display of chipping in difficult scoring conditions, will face compatriot Matt Kuchar in the title match later on Sunday at Dove Mountain's Ritz-Carlton Golf Club.
Kuchar came from one down after three holes to beat Australian Jason Day 4&3 and will appear in the Match Play final for the first time after reaching at least the last eight for three years in a row.
"I'm excited to have a chance back at Hunter," said Kuchar, who was beaten 6&5 by Mahan in last year's quarter-finals at Dove Mountain. "He's a fantastic player, a fantastic ball striker.
"Being able to control the spin and trajectory of your ball in this wind is an important thing, so it'll be another tough match. He's proved himself a great player in this format."
Mahan, who won last year's title with a 2&1 victory over Rory McIlroy in the final, is aiming to emulate Tiger Woods (champion in 2003, 2004 and 2008) as the only back-to-back winner of the elite event.
"I know I'm playing well," said Mahan, who has completed 166 consecutive holes at the Match Play without trailing in a run dating back to the opening round last year.
"That's the best thing I have going for me. My short game and putting are great right now, and those are things I'm probably going to have to lean on this afternoon."
Mahan, who had been all square with matchplay specialist Poulter after four holes, went 1up after the Briton took four shots to reach the green at the par-four fifth.
The American doubled his advantage at the par-five eighth, where he chipped from below the green to two feet, and remained 2up after hitting a superb pitch from 76 yards to two feet for a conceded par at the ninth.
After ending up behind the green off the tee at the par-three 12th, Mahan spectacularly chipped in for birdie to go 3up on Poulter as he maintained a tight grip on the match.
The Englishman also lost the par-four 14th, recording a bogey there after finding the right rough off the tee and missing the green to the right with his approach to trail by four with just four holes remaining.
One hole later, Mahan ended the match after his drive ended up just off the green and he chipped up to four feet to set up his fifth birdie of the day.
Mahan is aiming to emulate Woods, with 16, and Australian Geoff Ogilvy, with three, as the only players with more than two World Golf Championships (WGC) titles. Mahan also won the 2010 Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone.
Kuchar took early control against an out-of-sorts Day with birdies at the sixth, where he sank a 12-footer, and at the eighth, where he chipped to within two feet of the flagstick, to go 2up.
The American also won the par-four ninth after Day bogeyed but then slipped back to 2up by making a mess of the 10th where his drive sailed left into the desert scrub.
Day also lost the par-five 13th, where he went from the left rough off the tee to a fairway bunker and then into an unplayable lie in desert waste behind the green to go three down.
Kuchar sealed victory by sinking a five-foot birdie putt at the 15th where Day missed his attempt from 22 feet.
"It's fun to continue to survive," said U.S. Ryder Cup player Kuchar, a four-times PGA Tour champion who is seeking his first WGC crown. "I'm so excited to make the championship match. It's a thrill."
Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Gene Cherry


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Why Will You Watch the Super Bowl? — Survey of the Day
With the Super Bowl just a few days away, you may be hearing as much about the game's commercials and halftime show as you are about the Giants and the Patriots.
But according to a new survey of 1,186 adults, 51 percent are still looking most forward to the actual game Sunday, followed by 21 percent who will be watching for the TV commercials, and five percent (sorry Madonna) who most want to see the halftime show. Twenty-one percent said they are not looking forward to watching the game at all.
Not surprisingly, woman were more mixed on their motivations for watching than men. Thirty-eight percent of female respondents answered that they most wanted to see the game, 24 percent the commercials, five percent the halftime show, and 28 percent said they would rather be doing something else entirely.


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Industry-Leading Select Sires' High-Components Lineup Adds Three Graduates
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, April 17, 2013 -7JE1036 Avon Road Impuls PAT, 7BS828 Little Hills Ladys MVP ET*TM and 7GU455 Oak Knob Maxie LAREDO joined the Select Sires active lineup in April. Their diverse offering of traits adds strength to an already deep high-components lineup.
Select Sires is home to the top active A.I. Type sires in five breeds, including four high-components breeds. 7AY84 Palmyra Tri-Star BURDETTE-ET (+1.8 PTAT) maintains his No. 1 Type ranking in the Ayrshire breed while 7JE1038 All Lynns Louie VALENTINO-ET (+2.7 PTAT), 7GU434 Spring Walk Sherberts MINT (+1.6 PTAT) and 7MS347 Mysha-WO Advent LIRIANO-ET (+1.0 PTAT) are the new leading Type sires in their respective breeds.
Not only does Select Sires dominate in Type, but many lineup sires lead the industry in production and fitness traits. 236JE146 ISDK DJ ZUMA is No. 1 in the Jersey breed for Somatic Cell Score (SCS) (2.62), Productive Life (PL) (+6.9) and Cheese Merit (CM$) (+$746) while 236JE136 ISDK DJ HULK is the top Jersey sire for Fat (+99). 7JE865 Sunset Canyon KYROS-ET tops the Jersey breed for Sire Conception Rate (SCR) at +4.6. 7GU398 Sniders Ronalds ALSTAR continues to lead the Guernsey breed in Milk (+1,102), DPR (+2.4) and Net Merit (NM$) (+$448) and 7GU405 Golden J Ronald GRUMPY is the No. 1 active sire for CM$ (+$461). 7GU428 Golden J Skipper GARY leads the breed for fertility at +1.1 SCR. 7AY87 Anmar Peter POWER-ET is the No. 1 GPTI sire (+553) and leads Ayrshire active A.I. sires in NM$ (+$507), CM$ (+$554) and Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR) at +1.7. With his first official Type proof, LIRIANO is also the top active A.I. Milking Shorthorn sire for Udder Composite (+1.06) and DPR (+1.0). 7MS346 Kulp-Gen Jurist ACE-ET is the breed's top bull for Fat percent (+0.36) and PL (+3.6).
A component and health specialist joins the Jersey lineup
PAT, an Impuls son from three generations of Excellent dams, graduates as a high NM$ (+$517) and CM$ (+$618) sire, ranking him among the top 10 sires of the breed. PAT transmits exceptional components (+.25%F, +.11%P) and is in the top 20 sires for GJPI™ (+178). As a HealthMark™ sire, PAT improves SCS (2.77), longevity (+4.6 PL) and fertility (+0.9 DPR). He earns the FeedPRO® designation and has gender SELECTed™ semen available.
December 2012 Jersey graduate, 7JE1046 Sunrise/Hackline Bungy ZIPPER, made significant genetic gains. He moved up 15 GJPI points and is now the No. 5 GJPI Jersey sire. With positive improvements for Protein (+60P), CM$ (+$585) and Fluid Merit (FM$) (+$454) he now ranks in the top 10 for each trait. With KYROS leading the way, Select sires occupy six of the top 10 spots for SCR including 7JE859 Chasin-Rainbows Act RILEY-ET (+4.1), 7JE860 Maack Dairy ECLIPES-P-ET (+3.7), 7JE953 Fairway Mygent DALLAS-PP (+3.6), 7JE886 Three Valleys Country MILES-ET (+3.2) and 7JE962 Buttercrest SUCCESS-ET (+3.1).
Top-10 GPPR Brown Swiss graduates
MVP, at +145 GPPR, is No. 7 among active Brown Swiss A.I. sires. A 7BS766 Blessing Banker AGENDA ET*TM son, MVP is the top Milk sire in the Select Sires lineup (+608). MVP is a components specialist and leads the breed for percent Fat (+.21%F) and the Select Sires lineup for component yields (+71F, +26P). With his low calving ease (4.3% DBH), you can use MVP with confidence on heifers. His daughters are moderate in stature and make efficient use of feed earning him the FeedPRO designation.
7BS826 Oak View Zeus AUGUST*TM, a December 2012 graduate, had a big day becoming the top GPPR (+166) sire at Select Sires and the No. 5 active A.I. sire. AUGUST made considerable advances while adding nearly 20 daughters to his production proof. He now ranks among the top 10 active A.I. sires for NM$ (+$397), CM$ (+$451), Fat (+42) and Protein (+25).
New Guernsey graduate, LAREDO, offers unique bloodlines
A Maxie son from an Excellent (92) Nutrageous, LAREDO, is an excellent mating for most popular bloodlines. An udder improver (+1.7 Udder Composite), he corrects teat placement, strengthens udder cleft and transmits shallow udders. LAREDO transmits outstanding Fat (+.14%F, +43F) which ranks him near the top of the breed and as a FeedPRO sire, he sires efficient cows. LAREDO is available in the U.S. only and has a limited semen supply.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc. is North America's largest A.I. organization and is comprised of nine farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying dairy and beef producers with North America's best genetics at a reasonable price.Source: 04/13 USDA-CDCB Genomic Evaluation, USDA-CDCB/AJCA/BSA/ABA Genomic Type Evaluation. 04/13 USDA/AGA/AMSS Sire Summary and Active A.I. lists. AJCA A.I. Marketed Bulls (A/F) April 2013. 04/13 %Rel.: BURDETTE Type 92; VALENTINO Type 91; MINT Type 75; LIRIANO Type 57, DPR 57; ZUMA SCS 75, PL 67; HULK Yield 90; KYROS SCR 97; ALSTAR Yield 92, DPR 66, NM$ 79; GARY SCR 55; POWER NM$ 71, DPR 51; ACE Yield 89, PL 58; PAT Yield 86, SCS 73, PL 63, DPR 55; ZIPPER Yield 87; RILEY SCR 96; ECLIPES-P SCR 99; DALLAS-PP SCR 88; MILES SCR 94; SUCCESS SCR 87; MVP Yield 81, CE 81; AUGUST NM$ 72, Yield 84; LAREDO Yield 78, Type 65. ™Jersey Performance Index, JPI and JUI are trademarks of the American Jersey Cattle Association. HealthMark and gender SELECTed are trademarks of Select Sires Inc. ®FeedPRO is a registered trademark of Select Sires Inc.


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Story highlights
- Jonathan's decision to end fuel subsidies led to protests
- He had used his humble beginnings as political capital
- He succeeded President Umaru Yar'Adua after his death
- Critics cite his effort to extend presidency among series of blunders
He is the son of a canoe-carver, a mild-mannered academic who wears a fedora but eschews the flowing robes and bombastic brashness that often characterize Africa's "Big Man" leaders.
When elected president in April 2011, he was described as "Nigeria's Obama," a leader who would bring change to the oil-rich but poverty-ridden nation.
His countrymen believed a divine hand orchestrated his success. After all, his name spoke of his destiny: Goodluck Jonathan.
Now, just nine months after his election, Jonathan is an embattled leader whose popularity has plummeted. A Christian from southern Nigeria, he faces the challenges of growing sectarian violence and angry citizens who took to the streets in recent weeks, carrying mock coffins and placards calling him "President Badluck."
Protests over his decision to end fuel subsidies escalated to include discontent at corruption, mass unemployment and lack of infrastructure.
For many Nigerians, most of whom are struggling to get by on less than $2 a day, change is not coming quickly enough.
Humble beginnings
So why the loss of good will?
Journalist and commentator Tolu Ogunlesi suggests that Nigerians desperately wanted to believe in Jonathan's capacity to bring change, largely because they liked his humility and identified with him.
See also: No more 'suffering and smiling'
Goodluck Jonathan, or GEJ as he is more commonly known, used his humble beginnings as political capital during his election campaign last year.
In an oft-repeated speech, he said, "In my early days in school I had no shoes, no school bags. I carried my books in my hands but never despaired, no car to take me to school, but I never despaired.
"There were days I had only one meal, but I never despaired. I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day, but I never despaired. [I] didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.
"In spite of these, I finished secondary school, attended the University of Port Harcourt, and now hold a doctorate degree. Fellow Nigerians, if I could make it, you too can make it!"
Citizens lapped up this man-of-the-people rhetoric, says Ogunlesi, a former recipient of the CNN African journalist award. "He came out of nowhere, and we all love an underdog."
Even his name seemed to hold promise.
Nigerians believe one's name can help shape a person's destiny. So they tend to bestow on their children names with significant meaning. It is not uncommon to meet people named Fortune, Happiness, Charity, God's Gift.
Names given in their native language are also imbued with symbolic and often religious meaning. His middle name Ebele (or Ebelemi) means "God's wish."
His late father, Lawrence, was quoted as saying in a biography of the president that he "called him Goodluck because although life was hard for me when he was born, I had this feeling that this boy would bring me good luck."
His meteoric rise -- from lowly civil servant to president of Africa's most populous nation -- seemed to trade on fortune. His political career began when he was elected deputy governor of Bayelsa, a small state in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, then quickly became governor when his predecessor was impeached on corruption charges.
From there he rose to national office -- handpicked by party leaders to be vice president, then succeeded President Umaru Yar'Adua after the incumbent died in office. Just over a year later, he was elected in his own right.
In a country where would-be politicians spend millions of dollars campaigning, Jonathan never actively sought or hustled for political office.
He has simply been at the right place at the right time, patiently waiting for events to unfold in his favor.
The fall from grace
Critics say the loss of trust in Jonathan's administration did not happen overnight. They cite a series of blunders, beginning with his effort, just months after his election, to extend the presidency term from four to six years.
He is also accused of being completely inept at handling the security issues posed by Boko Haram, a shadowy militant Islamic group that is said to favor strict Sharia law, and which is frequently blamed for the sectarian violence that is threatening the unity of the country.
"Jonathan has come across as clueless when it comes to dealing with Boko Haram," Ogunlesi said. "No senior security officers have lost their jobs, nothing seems to have been done."
But it is the abrupt removal of the fuel subsidy, in what has been described as a callous New Year's Day "gift" that proved unacceptable for many Nigerians. There has been intense speculation in the country that the decision came suddenly because of pressure from the International Monetary Fund.
The announcement coincided with a visit to the country by IMF head Christine Lagarde weeks earlier.
"The fuel subsidy removal is the final straw. I've never seen such a massive loss of good will in so little time," Ogunlesi said.
See also: What is behind fuel protests?
Jonathan also "outraged" Nigerians when talking about Boko Haram recently after admitting there were sympathizers of the Islamic group within his government. "Nigerians find it outrageous to hear him say this about his government, which he had a major part in putting together," says Nigerian political journalist Terfa Tilley-Gyado. "People would like to know who they are and what efforts are being made to prosecute them."
Perhaps mindful of the deposed governments in other countries across the continent, the president acted quickly and decisively to crush the growing resistance, deploying the military onto the streets with a mandate to use force on protesters.
Nigerians took to the streets on January 2, prompting him to meet with union leaders who demanded a return to the petrol pump price of 65 naira (40 cents). Negotiations have gone back and forth, and the most recent price concession of 97 naira (60 cents) appears to have appeased union leaders who called off nationwide strikes.
A weak -- or deliberate -- leader?
Political opponents argue that Jonathan, a biologist with a doctorate in zoology, does not have the political mettle to do business in Nigeria's tough-guy political arena.
Human rights lawyer and activist Femi Falana has known Jonathan for more than a decade since he was a governor of Bayelsa state.
"Jonathan is a good guy who finds it difficult to offend people," he says. "A lot of people around him try to take advantage of this good disposition.
"He needs to put his foot down and make his mind up. He's very slow."
"He has failed to move against the oil cartel holding the country to ransom," Falana continued.
"He doesn't get tough on companies like Shell to clean up when there are massive oil spills, like Obama did with BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Jonathan is a likable guy, but it takes more than that to govern this country."
Last September Jonathan responded to his critics during a speech: "I don't need to be a lion...I don't need to operate like the pharaoh of Egypt, I don't need to be an army general, but I can change this country without those traits."
Those close to him describe a measured, contemplative man who likes to consult widely before making decisions.
HRH King A.J. Turner, a close adviser who has known Jonathan since their university days, told CNN, "The Jonathan I know doesn't rush into making decisions and likes to involve a wide range of people and experts. That process takes time and can appear slow, but that is his style."
Friends say one of the biggest misconceptions about Jonathan is that he is weak. "The same people calling him weak are the same ones now saying he's a dictator. I feel so sad when people say things about him," Turner said.
Turner, former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, says Jonathan is a loyal friend who has competitive instincts -- at least on the squash courts, a sport he plays "religiously."
"He has beaten me a few times," he adds.
He describes a man who unwinds from the stresses of the job by listening to the music of legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti.
"He loves Fela's music so much," Turner says. But Fela's brash revolutionary style of music might make uncomfortable listening for Jonathan these days.
Before he died, Fela Kuti frequently clashed with the authorities, and his youngest son, Seun Kuti, was among those leading demonstrations against GEJ's government during the uprising against fuel prices.
Even Jonathan's wife, Patience, has seemed a liability for the president. She has faced unproven allegations of corruption and is frequently the butt of jokes because of what others describe as her poor grasp of English.
A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks and reported in the Nigerian media only added to his image as a weak leader: It stated that the First Lady "runs her own show, and the husband has little or no control over her."
The Facebook president and the future
Just as protesters have successfully used social media to organize demonstrations under the "Occupy Nigeria" moniker, Jonathan has also been adept at using Facebook to engage with Nigerian youth, who voted overwhelmingly for him.
See also: Bridging Nigeria's digital divide
He was the first Nigerian leader to have a Facebook page and has been dubbed "the Facebook president." He makes frequent updates -- which appear to be written by him -- but his page is now a receptacle of the public's anger against him, with numerous insults being posted there.
Turner says Nigerians "don't like to support their leaders" but need to give Jonathan time.
"Nigerians should allow him time to focus on what he wants to achieve. He has not been in power for a long time. He has not been given any breathing space to focus on the issues," he said.
In a January 7 speech, Jonathan said elimination of the subsidy was a tough but necessary choice for the country's economic future. "I am determined to leave behind a better Nigeria that we all can be proud of. To do so, I must make sure that we have the resources and the means to grow our economy to be resilient and to sustain improved livelihood for our people.
"We must act in the public interest, no matter how tough, for the pains of today cannot be compared to the benefits of tomorrow."


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Prison going healthy?
STANDISH — Prisoners sentenced to the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility (SMF) are now serving healthier time since tobacco cessation has began.
Since the first of April, SMF, along with all other prisons in the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC), began slowly phasing out tobacco for prisoners and employees alike, said Rebecca Bailey, administrative assistant at SMF.
Bailey said the DOC handed down a memo to prison facilities on Feb. 27 informing them of the decision, which was made due to litigation against the department and legislation from the Michigan House and Senate that would ban smoking in correctional facilities.
According to Bailey, the prison would be smoke-free by next year.
"The actual date we will be smoke-free is Feb. 1, 2009," Bailey said.
Before February 2009, though, SMF will phase out tobacco usage incrementally.
Effective April 1, inmates can purchase up to 6 packages of tobacco products every two weeks from SMF's prisoner store. On Oct. 1, that limit will be down to 2 packages and on Dec. 1, the limit will be only one tobacco product every two weeks.
"We're not going to sell any tobacco products (in the prisoner store) after Jan. 1, 2009," Bailey said.
After the official date of being completely smoke-free, the punishment for tobacco found on prisoners is not one the DOC is taking lightly.
"It will be considered contraband," Bailey said.
But according to Bailey, the transition to tobacco cessation is actually going smoothly with the prisoners, who can only smoke outside of the facilities right now.
"The prisoners are handling it pretty good," Bailey said. "A lot of prisoners are happy because they want to quit and this will make them quit."
The transition also seems to be going well for employees.
"Employees will not be able to smoke anywhere on the grounds. … We haven't gotten a lot of negative feedback from them, either," Bailey said.
To assist with the transition, tobacco cessation training is being conducted by the DOC for prisoners and added to employee training sessions that are SMF conducts every Tuesday.
Additional training for employees is being sought after from St. Mary's of Michigan Standish Hospital by SMF. Bailey said the training that prison employees receive would then be given to inmates.
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I am seeing an oscillation in the power production at the top of the power curve on sunny days. This is not an isolated incident. It seems to happen every time there is a sunny day. The power goes up and down by about 300W:
The oscillation is tied to the reporting interval of every five minutes. When I look at the individual inverters, what I see is that the fourth-generation inverters (M250s and M215IGs) each move up or down about 10 W every five minutes. (The third-generation M190s are NOT doing this because they are operating at maximum output power during these times.) I suppose this could just be normal hunting for the MPP, but what does not make sense is that all of the inverters are doing this in unison. Wouldn't it make more sense for the inverters to search on independent schedules?
I'm wondering if anyone else with Enphase microinverters is experiencing this behavior. If so, do you know what causes it? TIA.


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- $class->new(...)
- $class->ConstructorError()
- $class->EnableObjectCache()
- $class->DisableObjectCache()
- $class->Count()
- $class->ClearObjectCache()
- $class->Table()
- $class->SchemaClass()
- $class->insert(%values)
- $class->insert_many( \%values, \%values, ... )
- $object->update(%values)
- $object->delete()
- $object->pk_values_hash()
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Fey::Object::Table - Base class for table-based objects
version 0.47
package MyApp::User;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
This class is a the base class for all table-based objects. It implements a large amount of the core Fey::ORM functionality, including CRUD (create, update, delete) and loading of data from the DBMS.
This class provides the following methods:
This method overrides the default
Moose::Object constructor in order to implement cache management.
By default, object caching is disabled. In that case, this method lets its parent class do most of the work. However, unlike the standard Moose constructor, this method may sometimes not return an object. If it attempts to load object data from the DBMS and cannot find anything matching the parameters given to the constructor, it will return false.
If the constructor fails, you can check the value of
$class->ConstructorError for the error message. This is done so that calling the constructor does not overwrite any value already in
If caching is enabled, then this method will attempt to find a matching object in the cache. A match is determined by looking for an object which has a candidate key with the same values as are passed to the constructor.
If no match is found, it attempts to create a new object. If this succeeds, it stores it in the cache before returning it.
Constructor Parameters
The constructor accepts any attribute of the class as a parameter. This includes any column-based attributes, as well as any additional attributes defined by
has_one() or
has_many(). Of course, if you disabled caching for
has_one() or
has_many() relationships, then they are implemented as simple methods, not attributes.
If you define additional methods via Moose's
has() function, and these will be accepted by the constructor as well.
Finally, the constructor accepts a parameter
_from_query. This tells the constructor that the parameters passed to the constructor are the result of a
SELECT. This stops the
BUILD() method from attempting to load the object from the DBMS. However, you still must pass values for the primary key, so that the object is identifiable in the DBMS.
If the constructor does not return an object, this will always contain the error message from the constructor. This should always be something like "Could not a find a row in SomeTable matching the values you provided to the constructor" or "Could not find a row in SomeTable where table_id = 42".
This error is cleared each time the class's constructor is called.
These methods enable or disable the object cache for the calling class.
Returns the number of rows in the class's associated table.
Clears the object cache for the calling class.
Returns the Fey::Table object passed to
Returns the name of the class associated with the class's table's schema.
Given a hash of column names and values, this method inserts a new row for the class's table, and returns a new object for that row.
The values for the columns can be plain scalars or object. Values will be passed through the appropriate deflators. You can also pass Fey::Literal objects of any type.
As an optimization, no object will be created in void context.
$class->insert_many( \%values, \%values, ... )
This method allows you to insert multiple rows efficiently. It expects an array of hash references. Each hash reference should contain the same set of column names as its keys. The advantage of using this method is that under the hood it uses the same
DBI statement handle repeatedly. If you were to call
$class->insert() repeatedly it would have to recreate the same SQL and DBI statement handle repeatedly.
In scalar context, it returns the first object created. In list context, it returns all the objects created.
As an optimization, no objects will be created in void context.
This method accepts a hash of column keys and values, just like
$class->insert(). However, it instead updates the values for an existing object's row. It will also make sure that the object's attributes are updated properly. In some cases, it will just clear the attribute, forcing it to be reloaded the next time it is accessed. This is necessary when the update value was a Fey::Literal, since that could be a function that gets interpreted by the DBMS, such as
This method deletes the object's associated row from the DBMS.
The object is still usable after this method is called, but if you attempt to call any method that tries to access the DBMS it will probably blow up.
Returns a hash representing the names and values for the object's primary key. The values are returned in their raw form, regardless of any transforms specific for a primary key column.
This may return an empty hash if the primary key for the object has not yet been determined. This can happen if you try to call this method on an object before its attributes have been fetched from the dbms.
Returns a list of values for the object's primary key. The values are returned in the same order as
$self->primary_key() returns the columns. The values are returned in their raw form, regardless of any transforms specific for a primary key column.
This may return an empty list if the primary key for the object has not yet been determined.
Since your table-based class will be a subclass of this object, there are several methods you may want to use that are not intended for use outside of your subclasses. You may also want to subclass some of these methods in this class.
Given a Fey::SQL object, this method returns an appropriate
DBI object for that SQL. Internally, it calls
source_for_sql() on the schema class's Fey::DBIManager object and then calls
$source->dbh() on the source.
If there is no source for the given SQL, it will die.
This method will be called as part of object construction (unless
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Monitoring physiological parameters is essential for the goal directed management of critical care patients.
PiCCO-Technology is the easy, less invasive and cost-efficient tool for determining the main hemodynamic parameters of critically ill patients.
- Bedside quantification of pulmonary edema
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For the transpulmonary thermodilution measurement, a defined bolus (for example 15mls cold 0.9% normal saline) is injected via a central venous catheter. The cold bolus passes through the right heart, the lungs and the left heart and is detected by the PiCCO catheter, commonly placed in the femoral artery. This procedure should be repeated around three times in under 10 minutes to ensure an accurate average is used to calibrate the device and to calculate the thermodilution parameters. These thermodilution parameters (i.e. they are updated only when the thermodilution procedure is performed) should be checked whenever there is a significant change in the patient's condition or therapy. It is recommended to calibrate the system at least 2 to 3 times per day depending on the patients condition.
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Practical information and tips from the experts to help you and your family stay food safe.
Protecting Yourself From Food Allergies
As the Director of the FDA's Food Labeling and Standards Staff, it's my job to ensure that consumers have accurate, complete, and informative labels on the food that they buy. One of the areas that is a top concern for us from a food safety perspective is food allergies.
If you or a member of your family suffer from food allergies, you must protect yourself at all times. While some allergies are just irritating, approximately 30,000 Americans go to the emergency room each year to get treated for severe food allergies.
What is a food allergy? It is a specific type of adverse food reaction involving the immune system. The body produces an allergic antibody to a food. Once a specific food is eaten and binds with the antibody, an allergic response occurs.
A food allergy is not the same as a food intolerance or other non-allergic food reactions. A food intolerance is an abnormal response to a food or additive, but it does not involve the immune system. Compared to food intolerances, food allergies pose a much greater health risk.
In fact, it is estimated that 150 to 200 Americans die each year because of allergic reactions to food.
What are the symptoms of a food allergy? The most common symptoms are:
- Hives, itching, or skin rash
- Swelling of the lips, face, tongue and throat, or other parts of the body
- Wheezing, nasal congestion, or trouble breathing
- Abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting
- Dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting
In a severe allergic reaction to food, you may have more extreme versions of the above reactions. Or you may experience life-threatening symptoms such as:
- Swelling of the throat and air passages that makes it difficult to breathe
- Shock, with a severe drop in blood pressure
- Rapid, irregular pulse
- Loss of consciousness
To reduce the risks, FDA is working to ensure that major allergenic ingredients in food are accurately labeled. Since 2006, food labels must state clearly whether the food contains a major food allergen. The following are considered to be major food allergens:
- Milk
- Eggs
- Peanuts
- Tree nuts such as almonds, walnuts, and pecans
- Soybeans
- Wheat
- Fish
- Shellfish such as crab, lobster, and shrimp
These foods account for 90 percent of all food allergies in the United States
So, remember to take all measures to protect yourself and your family members who suffer from food allergies. In addition to avoiding food items that cause a reaction, we recommend that you:
- Wear a medical alert bracelet or necklace stating that you have a food allergy
- Carry an auto-injector device containing epinephrine (adrenaline)
- Seek medical help immediately if you experience a food allergic reaction


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Trumbull may be up for RENT after all
TRUMBULL -- Last week, Trumbull High School students were told Principal Marc Guarino had canceled their school production over concerns the subject matter of the musical "Rent: School Edition" would be offensive if not handled correctly.
The rock musical by Jonathan Larson addresses the topics of HIV, AIDS, drug use and sexuality. The Broadway production has won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. The school edition is a modified version specifically targeted to high school students.
After learning of the principal's decision, the high school's Thespian Society set out to change Guarino's mind, collecting 1,500 petition signatures in school, across the community and across the country as news spread about the campaign.
But on Tuesday, in a letter submitted to the Board of Education, Guarino said the decision to perform the play was not discussed with him beforehand and he learned about it from a third party outside the school.
"Without a thought-out plan, `Rent: The School Edition' will be a missed educational opportunity," the principal, who has not responded to media inquiries, said in his letter. "Without proper planning, `Rent: The School Edition' has the potential to become a speech rather than a meaningful dialogue to capitalize on all significant themes it presents. I am committed to developing this plan to best meet the needs of all students."
That planning would not be complete in time for the Thespian Society's March opening date, said Guarino, who confirmed his decision with students Wednesday.
Immediately, the decision drew outrage from Trumbull residents and others throughout the country on Facebook and through online news sites and blogs.
This, in turn, prompted First Selectman Tim Herbst to weigh in on the subject Friday.
Herbst, who noted he has the "highest personal and professional respect" for Guarino, recommended that the play be put out later this year through the Trumbull Youth Association, which puts on a summer musical each year.
"Many of the Trumbull High School students who participate in our high school theater program are also members of TYA," Herbst said. "Proceeding with this musical in the summer through TYA offers enough time to address the very valid points offered by Mr. Guarino. It will also allow graduating Trumbull High School seniors the opportunity to perform in this musical before they leave for college."


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Liability Insurance Policy Resolution
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The Kentucky Coalition of Senate and Faculty Leadership for Higher Education met today
to organize their business for the 09/10 academic year. We are pleased to announce
that Senator Molly Kerby (UC – Women's Studies) was elected to the Executive Committee
of COSFL in the office of Treasurer. Andrew McMichael (PCAL – History) was also appointed
as our official WKU faculty representative with Kate Hudepohl (PCAL – Anthropology)
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Happy Movember!
I am quite excited for December 1st for more than one reason....one of these may or may not be all of the clean shaven men that I expect to see tomorrow! Movember's great, but not all of the moustaches that result from it are....
Looking back at the last couple of months, it appears as though we have a healthy love for facial hair...it just seems to pop up everywhere!
Back in Summer, we showed you how to throw a moustache party. And we crafted moustache photobooth props and cake toppers. We also baked moustache cookies....and more moustache cookies. We even made magnificent moustache mugs! So, yeah, we're kind of in love with it.
We hope you are enjoying our obsession, and that you've been able to support a man growing a moustache this month!
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- On Friday, I published a wildly popular column: "Apple Loses if It Beats Itself."It continues to receive thousands of page views. I reckon that's because it conveys a public consensus that many other writers refuse to reflect. Apple ( AAPL - Get Report) stock continues to struggle despite the the obvious reality that this company has zero meaningful competition. Yet the media pump the hysterical notion that Apple has lost its edge. Maybe it will, but in the current environment, that's irrelevant. A reader pointed out on Twitter that not one comment on my column supported me; they all attacked me. Let's make a few things clear out of the gate. First, the major criticisms of my article from what amounts to a peanut gallery:
- Google's (GOOG - Get Report) war on price makes sense as a way to distribute its Web services.
- Google's Android is outpacing iOS worldwide.
- Apple wins with consumers because of a "first to market approach." (That's a head-scratcher, I know.)
- The author -- me -- is an idiot iSheep who does no research and has no idea what he's talking about.
The term originated back in the theatre, where the cheapest seats were those way at the bottom floor and where people purchased peanuts because they were the cheapest snack. If they disapproved of the performance, they would throw the peanuts.The peanut gallery response on AAPL reminds me of the way Research In Motion ( RIMM) bulls countered -- feebly -- when their company was crashing. The random peanut gallery members who think Microsoft ( MSFT - Get Report) belongs in a conversation about competition with Apple should read this short, but excellent Businessweek piece on MSFT as the "classic value trap." The RIMM permabull of 2011 is the new MSFT permabull of 2012-2013. I invite anybody who claims I do not do "research" to come sit with me in my office as I work 12 to 16 hours a day. Just because I do not regurgitate the same numbers everybody else uses or come to the same conclusions does not mean I do not do research.


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Dr. Bridget Boyd, medical director, newborn nursery, Loyola University Health System
Dr. Bridget Boyd brings has been named the medical director of the newborn nursery and the pediatric mobile health unit for Loyola University Health System. She also is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Her medical interests include asthma, breastfeeding, eczema, newborn exam, obesity and pediatric nutrition. Boyd earned her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed her residency in pediatrics at the Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital at Loyola University Medical Center. She served as chief resident at Loyola for a year before joining the faculty.
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Okay, let me start with I was terribly saddened while we all watched the great plume of smoke rise from the San Gorgonio Wilderness during the Lake Fire. It was, after all, burning the South Fork drainage, my favorite place in the world outside of Yosemite. Internally, I mourned its loss.
Turns out I was wrong!
It is a different place, but it is a place that has been through this sort of fire many times through the past few million years. And it already knows what to do.
The trees, which are so beautiful and lovely, were dominant in the landscape. The ferns, the grasses, the wild flowers, which are also beautiful and lovely, were just waiting for this moment to arrive. They were waiting for fire to come and clear the path for them, so that they could proliferate and become a dominant force as well. The fire came, and they are celebrating. I have never seen so many flowers, such luscious ferns, so broad a grassy meadow, as the wilderness is now beginning to display. I will post pictures tomorrow.
I went for a visit today, and did a (previously impossible) xc trip up through the fire "ravaged" area (as in the manzanita, chinquapin and buckthorn were not impossible obstacles) and, while I do miss the trees, it was amazing to be able to navigate freely wherever I would without tall spiky barriers everywhere. I'm kinda beginning to understand where the annuals are coming from! No, I do not yet celebrate fire. But I am amazed and pleased that the wilderness is neither saddened nor lessened by the fire. It is merely different.


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Home Page Chess Life Online Archives Webster and UTD Lead Pan-Ams
|Webster and UTD Lead Pan-Ams
|By Al Lawrence
|December 29, 2013
Round four of the six-round 2013 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in Lubbock, Texas, began at 10 a.m. on Sunday, pitting number-one seed Webster University against number-two Texas Tech. The Gorlocks took the match over the Red Raiders with two draws and two wins, leaving only Webster and the University of Texas-Dallas at the top with perfect scores. So the first- and third-ranked teams will face off at round five at 5 p.m.
Complete results, pairings and live games can be viewed here.
Most of the 41 competing teams, which included 45 internationally-titled players, traveled the day after Christmas to the Texas central-plains city of Lubbock to take part in the historic 60th Pan-Ams, hosted by Texas Tech University.
Ivy league schools Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia, joined traditional chess powerhouses like Webster University, Texas Tech University, University of Texas-Dallas, University of Texas-Brownsville, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (ranked 1-5, respectively by top-team average), as well as other schools from around the U.S. Teams from the University of Toronto (Hart House) and the University of West Indies-Mona made it an international event.
Of the 176 individual entries, 23 were grandmasters, four WGMs, 12, IMs, six WIMs and a number of "IM-elects." Forty-three teams had preregistered, but one team from the University of Chicago and one from Yale ultimately ran into last-minute pull-outs.
Before the first round on Friday, December 27th, the teams enjoyed fellowship and food at the opening ceremony, complete with a precision color-guard flag presentation and masterful singing of the national anthem, and a bountiful buffet. University and City officials welcomed the competitors. Dozens of University and private sponsors made the reception and tournament possible.
But at 6 p.m., National TD and FIDE Zonal President Franc Guadalupe started the action.
"The Pan-Ams" are open to all post-secondary schools in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The championship is rich in college tradition. The first Pan-Ams took place in 1946 (but the championship traces its heritage to a U.S. university championship going back even further) and was held biennially until 1962, when the event was made annual and has indeed been held every year since then.
The top four qualifying schools from the Pan-Ams go on to compete in the Final Four of college chess, held in the spring. The winner is considered national champion and takes home the President's Cup.


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I think Thor got it right. The average person doesn't even know what kiteboarding is, let enough understand it well enough to explain an accident. The reporters also writing the story for the average person, so explaining it well would probably be over most people's heads.Thor SFBay wrote:News reporters rarely make an effort to get all the details right. It sounds to me like they meant to say "kite" and not "kiteboard". I can't even begin to understand why they used the word "flick". Maybe that's an Australian thing because in American English you would never use it in that way. It would be nice to have a better explanation of what happened because the way it is written it's really hard to figure out.
Does anyone here have a good handle on what actually happened?
Kudos to the guys buddy.


text: Rep. Adam Smith (Democrat of Washington) along with Rep. Max Thornberry (Republican of Texas) co-sponsored an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act called the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 [AP]Irvine, CA - It was the height of the dot-com boom in the United States, but the bubble that fuelled the Clinton years wasn't fooling the American military. The top strategic planners of the day were still worried about potential threats to the US in the still young post-Cold War era - not despite, but because of the rapid spread of a still poorly understood globalisation. Projecting ahead to the year 2020, the military planners and dozens of major corporations who were involved in the research argued that globalisation was making the world a more dangerous place precisely because it would widen the gap "between 'haves' and 'have-nots'" . This situation demanded that the US establish a "full spectrum dominance" over literally every plane of human existence - under and on the sea, on land, in the air and even in space. "This situation demanded that the US establish a 'full spectrum dominance' over literally every plane of human existence - under and on the sea, on land, in the air and even in space." Four years later, the September 11 attacks provided the pretext for launching a full spectrum war for global dominance that could not be launched during the "peace dividend" years of the Clinton presidency. What documents such as the US Space Command's "Vision 2020" did not discuss was that the launching of a new "global war" would ultimately involve turning the American military, judicial and diplomatic machines on American citizens. It happened before: during the Vietnam and civil rights eras with the deployment of military-inspired SWAT units and COINTELPRO monitoring and infiltrations tactics against activist and minority communities. During the last decade, more than 15 million Americans have entered the ranks of the global "have nots" whom Pentagon planners were, and no doubt remain, so worried about. It's no wonder that the militarisation of law enforcement, coupled with the reduction of constitutional protections for American citizens, have served as natural complements to large-scale incarceration and military recruitment as the best strategies for dealing with the problem of the unassimilable poor. Yet at some point, gung-ho, ignorance-is-bliss patriotism, large scale imprisonment, foreign wars, even 1,000 TV channels and high speed internet won't keep people off the streets - especially in the wake of the worst recession in 70 years and a decade filled with multiple wars. And thus, the Occupy movement burst to life: inspired by the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt and ultimately sparked by the same underlying global neoliberal system that has concentrated wealth and power and increasingly criminalised dissent everywhere. Full spectrum propaganda In Tunisia and Egypt, the "secret" or "security" police were infamous for ensuring that regime propaganda was put out as truth, and worse, for spying on citizens and abductions and long-term detention of anyone deemed a threat to the state. And yet now, as these countries struggle to create states that will be less inclined to inflict these practices on their citizens, the United States is moving in the direction they are trying to leave behind. There are three new and interrelated threats to fundamental freedoms that are directly related to the ongoing war on terror; they involve attempts to permit the US government to deploy propaganda inside the United States, to increase the ability to spy on American citizens and to detain Americans indefinitely without trial for involvement in what until now have been constitutionally protected activities. "The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012... would overturn a 64-year-old prohibition against the US government directly deploying propaganda material towards American citizens inside the United States." All three are direct results of a war on terror abroad that has morphed into a war on the have-nots and the want-nots - those who no longer want to be part of the existing system - at home. While the Obama Administration has not wholly embraced all three tactics, the groundwork is being laid for a full scale assault on the American people should the Republicans strengthen their control of the Congress and even win back the presidency this year. Beginning with increased propaganda efforts, the most recent National Defense Authorization Act includes an amendment sponsored by Republican Representative Max Thornberry of Texas and Adam Smith, a Democrat from the state of Washington, referred to variously as the "Dissemination of Information Abroad" amendment, and as a separate bill, HR 5736, "The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012." Whatever one calls it, this legislation would overturn a 64-year old prohibition against the US government directly deploying propaganda material towards American citizens inside the United States, thereby "wiping out the distinction between domestic and foreign audiences". Supporters of the change argue that it merely gets rid of an "artificial handicap to US global engagement while creating domestic awareness of international affairs". But in fact it does much more. It expands the authority to develop and disseminate propaganda from the Office of Public Diplomacy to the State Department as a whole and the Broadcasting Board of Governors - a presidentially-appointed body that includes entertainment executives, investment bankers and former White House press secretaries. These are people who have no institutional history of providing truthful or accurate information to the public, in or outside the United States. Inside Story Americas - Is spying on Muslims legal in the US? Whatever the supposedly liberal pretension of Hollywood, the relationship between the entertainment industry and the military complex has been anything but adversarial or even neutral. The recent revelations of the close relationship between Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and the CIA in the production of a film depicting the killing of Osama bin Laden is just the latest evidence of how the government and the entertainment industry collude to ensure profits and propaganda over truth and critical engagement with political power . If this legislation becomes law the heads of some of the biggest entertainment conglomerates could have a direct say in producing propaganda directly for the American people. It's "Wag the Dog" in real life, only Robert DeNiro's CIA-veteran doesn't need to kill Dustin Hoffman's movie producer to hide the truth about the latest war because he's already a fully vetted and vested player in the system. The US government could routinely lie to citizens about policies which are themselves based on or involve misleading - in Pentagon-speak, "influencing" - the population, creating a vicious circle of lies and manipulation that would make even the most seasoned pre-Uprising Arab information minister green with envy. What's more, the bill would specifically require the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to "maximise the use of private resources" in developing and disseminating their propaganda (the Pentagon alone reportedly spends US $4 billion a year on public opinion efforts, from producing propaganda that is often passed off as actual "news" to utilising sophisticated software to monitor Twitter and other social media). This not only insures the funnelling of hundreds of millions of dollars to the same private companies who've wasted billions of tax-payer dollars disseminating propaganda in Iraq and Afghanistan, it provides no oversight to check the accuracy of the propaganda, which by definition, has little regard for the truth. At a moment when mainstream news organisations are faced with ever-tightening budgets and the internet allows for the proliferation of information without any controls or filters, there would be little to stop direct government propaganda about crucial domestic and foreign policy issues being passed onto the American people as sober analysis - Rupert Murdoch's wildest dreams come true. Lies, and damnable lies It is true, as some argue, that the US, like all governments, already lies to their citizens - particularly in wartime (as the infamous WMD claims used to support invading Iraq makes clear) - while lobbyists have long been instrumental into writing and defending legislation that protects their interests. But in order for arguments to be lies, there must be some sort of truth against which they can and will be measured, often by other, non-partisan government agencies that can hold politicians to account for their claims. "Propaganda has no relationship to the truth... allowing the US government... directly to target American citizens at home would leave them as vulnerable as people around the world already are to the long arm of American disinformation." Propaganda has no relationship to the truth, which is in fact irrelevant to its purpose. Allowing the US government, and especially the military and State Department, directly to target American citizens at home would leave them as vulnerable as people around the world already are to the long arm of American disinformation. A Pentagon official explained it off the record this way, saying that the bill would "remove protection for Americans [and] oversight from the people who want to put out this information… No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false." The Media and Outreach Coordinator for the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs stated the problem even more directly and on the record, arguing that "if we tear down that firewall, it will only be a matter of time before resources and personnel who focus on talking about American overseas are diverted in favour of domestic 'public affairs'". Indeed, when Representative Thornberry declared that "we continue to face a multitude of threats and we need to be able to counter them in a multiple of ways. Communication is among the most important", it's hard to know if the threat he was describing was from supposed enemies in the Muslim world, or from the Occupy movement at home. Not surprisingly, reporters investigating the bill have already been targeted by military contractors with a social media slander campaign. Spying, from 10,000 to 10 feet away The second and related arena where political and civil rights are under increasing threat involves domestic spying by various intelligence and law enforcement agencies on the public. Here the threat is both technological and tactical. On the one hand, the Patriot Act and similar post-9/11 laws have allowed the US government and its intelligence and law enforcement agencies much wider latitude to monitor and even infiltrate religious, ethnic and various political groups and communities - even journalists - who are considered a potential threat to the system. At the same time, through the use of supercomputers to monitor phone and internet usage and increasingly the use of unmanned drones for domestic surveillance (which have recently been approved for local use by the FAA), the technologies at the disposal of the US government provide it with an unprecedented ability to spy on Americans engaged in what have been until now Constitutionally protected activities. Technology-driven spying is not the most dangerous activity in which the US government is engaging. The more traditional types of surveillance, monitoring and infiltration of ethnic, religious and political communities are even more troubling. With large municipal police forces such as the NYPD now boasting their own intelligence divisions and more legal leeway to monitor civilians than the Federal government, it's not surprising that such activities have increased in the last decade to levels not seen since the Vietnam and civil rights eras. The latest technologies combine with a coordinated range of intelligence-gathering activities sponsored by Federal and local law enforcement agencies to create a dense network, or web of monitoring, surveillance and infiltration that has been deployed against Muslim communities (who remain the single biggest target) as well as anti-war protesters and now the Occupy movement. The close collaboration between various agencies is epitomised by the so-called "fusion centres" established under a joint project between Homeland Security and the Justice Department in many large American cities, where they can share intelligence and coordinate responses to protests - not just within one city, but across the country. What makes the fusion centres, and the larger federal and local policies they support, so dangerous is not merely that they operate without proper oversight or clarification about the legal limits of their spying. As important is the larger knowledge environment in which personnel operate, one in which police and intelligence gathering agencies from the local to the Federal law enforcement, intelligence and military organisations routinely utilise the most rabidly anti-Muslim propaganda imaginable as part of their core training programs. Of course, if the the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 becomes law, then the situation would be demonstrably worse. Not only could various agencies of the US government - and as important, their corporate contractors - spy on, monitor and penetrate various communities with impunity, they could justify their actions through the use of even more spurious propaganda. This would leave American citizens with little clue as to whether they were being told the truth, or whether those disseminating "public information" represented a well-connected contractors' bottom-line and economic interests. This scenario is already falling into place, as private contractors with ties to senior Republican lawmakers are already vying to win contracts to smear the Occupy movement, while both Homeland Security and military personnel are admittedly spying on peace and justice activists. If the current laws are upheld soon these activities will be justified by the best corporate-concocted half-truths, lies and damnable lies that tax-payer money can buy. An even darker Orwellianism The combination of government-by-propaganda and full spectrum surveillance, monitoring and infiltration of suspected "threats" is dangerous enough. But on top of these developments, changes to the wording of the National Defense Authorization Act, first signed by President Bush in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and reauthorised last year, gives the US government the ability to detain American citizens as enemy combatants, without trial and without limit, merely based on an accusation of supporting groups deemed threats to US security. "[The NDAA] gives the US government the ability to detain American citizens as enemy combatants, without trial and without limit, merely based on an accusation of supporting groups deemed threats to US security." A main provision of the original law was the authorisation of the president to detain indefinitely and without trial any member of al-Qaeda or the Taliban whom the US accused of having participated in the September 11 attacks. However, changes to the section 1021 of the Act, where this authority is detailed, expanded the definition of who could be detained beyond just al-Qaeda or Taliban members who participated in the September 11 attacks. Now it includes anyone who is "part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces". These changes might seem minor, until you consider who gets to determine how ambiguous are terms like "substantially support" or "belligerent act". The use of such broad terms has frightened journalists and activists such as Chris Hedges and Tangerine Bolen to the point of filing a request for a preliminary injunction against Section 1021 of the law. They argue that the new wording was "radically different" than the original text, substantially expanded the scope of who could be detained and would threaten both their free speech, associational and due process rights guaranteed by the First and Fifth Amendments. Indeed, both provided evidence that the new wording already forced them to curtail their constitutionally protected activities for fear of running afoul of the law. A US district judge for eastern New York, Katherine Forrest, agreed with their claim, delivering a blistering decision declaring Section 1021 to be "constitutionally infirm", in good measure because government attorneys refused to declare that the new wording would not be interpreted by the government as covering the activities of journalists or civil society activists. Unfortunately, her ruling could well be overturned on appeal. Writing on his well-known blog "Informed Comment," University of Michigan professor Juan Cole decried the "Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012," arguing that "nothing speaks more urgently to the creeping fascism of American politics" than the belief by our leaders that the best way to "protect" Americans is to allow the unfettered use of propaganda against them . It remains to be seen whether, as with Italians and Germans in the 1930s, Americans will increasingly opt for fantasy and militarism over confronting the hard truth of just how hard it will be to accomplish the kind of radical political and economic reform necessary to recover the prosperity, rights and hopes for the future that have been steadily eroded in the last generation. As of now, the ongoing march towards a surveillance-propaganda-incarceration state continues apace. If this dangerous fusion becomes self-sustaining, the once great experiment of American democracy will officially pass into the dustbin of history. Mark Levine is professor of Middle Eastern history at UC Irvine, and distinguished visiting professor at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University in Sweden and the author of the forthcoming book about the revolutions in the Arab world, The Five Year Old Who Toppled a Pharaoh. 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This is my latest "prototype" of my PB&J cookie - a touch of buckwheat, peanut nut butter + ground peanuts, substantial, extra PB on top with Strawberry jam.
So, I've been working on perfecting the peanut butter and jelly cookie. The purpose of this is to submit the recipe for the Pillsbury Bake-off. Why not? Technically, I'm still an amateur cook, so I can enroll in the competition. I think it's time that Pillsbury gives props to a unapologetic gluten free recipe in the baked goods category. Gluten free is hitting the mainstream and it must be embraced. First it has to kick butt, regardless of what it does or does not have in it.
It has been so long since I have had a "normal" peanut butter cookie, that I forget what are the attributes of the perfect peanut butter cookie. I have make successful prototypes - soft, firm, dark, peanut-nutty, sugary, smooth, chunky . . .
What are the characteristics of your ultimate peanut butter cookie? Texture? Flavor? Appearance? What kind of jelly - Concord grape or strawberry, or something else?
-Erin Swing
The Sensitive Epicure
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Ultimate PB&J Cookie - of course Gluten Free & Milk Free
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- marylandceliac said...
I love peanut butter cookies, but not the jelly! I love a soft moist cookie with a strong peanut butter taste. I like creamy pb and no chunks in my cookie! How about some chocolate chips in it or creating a banana jelly? Is that even possible - I love peanutbutter and banana sandwiches. This is making me hungry!
- January 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM
- Melie Vincent said...
These look great. Will you be posting the recipe? My apologies if I am having a blonde moment, missing an obvious link. Good luck with the blog. You have a great start.
- January 29, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- finsmom said...
These look so yummy! Great pic!
- January 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM
- Hillary said...
I still love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches so I'm sure I'd love this cookie. Would you use any flavor jelly?
- January 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM
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In Denmark, you may not acquire, possess, carry or use firearms, knives or other dangerous weapons, except in specific cases with particular police permission. It is also illegal to use self-defence sprays such as CS gas in Denmark.
Knives in public places
You may carry a knive in public places if you have a 'recognized professional and/or leisure use', for example, in relation to a specific job or sport. It is legal to carry a pocket knife on a picnic, but illegal to carry the same knife when going out at night or in public places with many people.
Please note that it is extremely uncommon for people to carry knives in Denmark.
Weapons for hunting or competition use
If you live in an EU country and have a European firearms licence, you do not need special permission to use your weapon in Denmark for hunting or target shooting. If you live outside the EU, you can use your weapon for hunting or target shooting if you have a gun licence from your home country or a statement from the authorities that such permission is not needed.
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The University of California-Berkeley made the decision Tuesday to part ways with head coach Jeff Tedford after 11 years of Tedford walking the sidelines for the Golden Bears.
And Green Bay Packers quarterback and Cal alum Aaron Rodgers isn't the least bit happy about it.
Rodgers called the decision by California athletic director Sandy Barbour a "terrible decision" during his weekly radio show on 540 ESPN Radio in Milwaukee according to Jason Wilde of ESPNWisconsin.com.
"It's a terrible decision, terrible decision. And I think it's disrespectful, too," Rodgers said.
Tedford was fired following a 3-9 season by the Golden Bears this season, their first in a recently renovated Memorial Stadium. California was 1-10 the season before Tedford took over as head coach. Tedford led the Golden Bears to eight bowl games, including seven straight, over a nine-year stretch from 2003-2011. This season was only the second sub-.500 during Tedford's tenure.
The success of California with Tedford at the helm finally sparked a remodel of an incredibly outdated stadium and the athletic facilities on campus. Yet, Tedford ultimately only got one year to coach the team at the new stadium before the school pulled the plug.
Rodgers believes Tedford deserved better.
"You have some competitive facilities now where you can really recruit some kids. And what do they do? They fire him," Rodgers said. "The winningest coach in history. It's just a shame, because when you promise a guy the stuff that they promised him and he fulfills everything you ask him to do on the field, regardless of the injuries they had this year, to always continue to prepare those guys like I know he did, and then not give him the chance to recruit to that facilities is a shame."
Rodgers played two years for Tedford (2003-2004) after transferring from Butte Community College. Rodgers completed 63.8-perecnt of his passes and threw 43 touchdowns to just 13 interceptions in his two seasons for California.


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NM Tech Named "One of America's 25 Hottest Schools", Aug. 13, 2007
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, Aug. 13, 2007 – New Mexico Tech has been named one of "The 25 Hottest Schools in America" in the 2008 Kaplan/Newsweek "How to Get into College" Guide.
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The state-supported research university in Socorro is featured in the latest edition of the annual college guidebook as the school that is "Hottest in the War on Terrorism."
The brief institutional profile on New Mexico Tech provided by the 264-page guidebook states, "The school has reduced admissions red tape to a minimum, while quietly building — with a flood of federal dollars — one of the prime research centers for fighting the War on Terror."
"The selected schools all offer top academic programs, but are also generating a lot of buzz this year, whether due to other events, trend-setting initiatives or other circumstances," said Russell Schaffer, senior communications manager with Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.
The 2008 Kaplan/Newsweek "How to Get into College" Guide will be available at bookstores and newsstands on Monday, August 20, and can also be ordered on Kaplan's website at www.kaptest.com/store/.


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Pound for pound, some of the best crawfish in Houston
Vietnamese, or Asian-style, crawfish has become as indigenous to Houston as Cajun crawfish is to New Orleans. This new style of boil boasts Cajun seasonings packed with copious amounts of garlic and butter. It has become so popular in recent years in Houston that each season brings new commercial kitchens capitalizing on this crawfish craze.
Our local experts agree that prime crawfish season starts after Easter, so now is the time to get peeling. Here are three new establishments worth your attention:
Cajun Kitchen
This restaurant, which started in a tiny shopping center on the corner of Bellaire and Kirkwood, reopened recently in the new Nha Trang shopping center just south of Bellaire. And Cajun Kitchen upgraded more than just real estate. They also more than doubled the existing menu, with new offerings such as oyster nachos and New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp. But the menu's most noteworthy addition is Thai Basil Crawfish, which pairs Vietnamese-style crawfish with bright flavors of Thai basil and lemongrass. This spice combination is a must-try and is truly addictive. If you aren't a fan of Thai basil, the "Kitchen Special" flavor might be more to your liking - loaded with citrus, garlic and slivers of white and green onions. Recently, the price of crawfish was $6.99 per pound plus an additional $2 per pound for Thai basil or Kitchen Special flavors.
6938 Wilcrest, 281-495-8881
Crawfish Café
Owned by the same family as the Hong Kong Market in Chinatown's sprawling Hong Kong City Mall, this new spot neighbors Ocean Palace. The crawfish was priced at $6.99 per pound during both my visits and have been the largest crustaceans I've seen this season. The garlic-butter spice blend is the most popular here and for good reason: the deep, sweet garlic notes and complex layer of flavors are delicious. The menu also features lots of Cajun classics, such as gumbo, grilled oysters and fried seafood.
11209 Bellaire, No. C-36, 281-575-1746, crawfishcafe.com
88 Boiling Crawfish & Seafood
The proprietor of this modest crawfish joint on the west side has been cooking Cajun crawfish for years at Hank's Fish Market on Lockwood. Hank's is known for its "you buy we fry" operation, which translates into fresh, high-quality seafood at low prices. Not surprisingly, the fried seafood at 88 Boiling Crawfish is excellent. The boiled crawfish is of equal caliber, and although the "88 Special" seasoning mix incorporates Cajun spices, lemon pepper and a generously visible amount of garlic and butter, the taste is not as heavy and rich as typical Vietnamese crawfish. One boiled potato and mini corn on the cob come with every 2-pound order, additions that are usually charged for in Vietnamese crawfish restaurants. Also good to note is that this is one of the very few Asian crawfish restaurants open for lunch on weekdays. Market price is currently $5.99 per pound.
1910 Wilcrest, 713-789-8288


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- It's graduation season, even for preschools
- Caps and gowns, diplomas and even proms are for tots, too
- Preschool is harder than it used to be, parents say; families want to commemorate the milestone
Sure, the audience at Harvard University's commencement ceremony was treated to a speech from Oprah Winfrey, and grads at other colleges got to hear life lessons from a who's who of politicians, scientists and artists.
But those moments could not compare to the preschool graduation performance at the First Family Early Learning Center in New Castle, Delaware, if excitement is any measure.
Each member of the graduating class was assigned to recite a poem or song for each letter of the alphabet to showcase all they had learned that year. ("D" for days of the week, "N" for numbers.)
Five-year-old Chase Winters had practiced his lines for weeks. When it was time for letter "K," Chase, dressed in tan pants and vest, along with a matching blue shirt and tie, approached the microphone and looked out into the crowd. His mom, Danielle, waited anxiously in the crowd.
"K is for kindergarten, we start in the fall; When we started preschool, we were very small; we're much bigger now, look how tall; so it's off to kindergarten in the fall."
"In that moment, I was filled with so many emotions," Danielle wrote on CNN iReport. "Proud that he had done a great job, surprised at how mature he has become, and sad that my baby is quickly growing up!"
A whole new crop of parents got to experience the wonder of the preschool commencement this season. With graduation tassels made of fruit loops, miniature diplomas, kiddie proms and even yearbooks, teachers and parents made sure the passage to kindergarten was marked in style. (A notable exception: The Los Angeles preschool graduation that turned into a brawl because all the kids had to share a single cap and gown for pictures.)
Yes, cynics of the preschool pomp and circumstance abound. Huffington Post blogger Rhiana Maidenberg (and mother of a preschooler getting ready to graduate) spoke for many when she wrote:
"Bleh! When did completing two years of preschool begin meriting a diploma? If anyone deserves to be celebrated, it is the parents who survived the trying preschool years. I would gladly accept a party and diploma for enduring the exasperating three-nagers and the frustrating 4-year-olds."
Plenty of parents cop to feeling the same way -- until they see their babies-no-more in tiny caps and gowns. Other families point out that today's preschool isn't what you remember.
These days, children are being aggressively prepared for kindergarten, with developmental and academic assessments and even homework -- yes, homework.
"You don't go to preschool for just nap time, coloring, graham crackers and playing all day. It's an actual learning and testing process, preparing them (particularly in Florida) for the vigorous training on learning how to take and pass standardized tests to move in to the next grade level," wrote mom Micaela Gomez, whose daughter, Jasmin, graduated pre-K from Piaget Academy in Orlando, Florida, last week.
Even in more play-based preschools, parents say the graduation to kindergarten is an important transition on a child's path to adulthood and making a big deal about it builds their confidence.
"Your child is going to go off on their own to school. You won't be there if they fall. You won't be there to open his carton of milk. You won't be there if he falls and gets a boo boo," said Rachel Haywood, mom of 4-year-old Riley. "This is their first step into their whole lives so to speak. They will be completely independent of their mommies and daddies for the first time."


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's cross country teams stepped up a level in competition and performed well at the Penn State National meet on Friday (Oct. 14) in State College, Pa.
The Bulldog women took eighth place in a largely Division I field with 308 points while the men's team came in 12th with 317 points at the PSU Golf Course under a driving rain and muddy conditions.
The Ferris State women, who are ranked third in the NCAA Division II National Rankings, ran without their top runner in senior Tina Muir, who sat out the meet to rest up for next week's (Oct. 22) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships.
The women's competition was won by West Virginia with 45 points while Connecticut took second (70), Penn State was third (77), Duke came in fourth (91) while Grand Valley State placed fifth (171). FSU and GVSU were among only a handful of non-Division I teams in the 29-team women's field.
Sophomore Samantha Johnson took ninth place for FSU on the 6K course in a time of 21:40 while junior Anna Rudd came in 37th (22:35) and junior Alyssa Osika placed 54th (22:57).
Freshman Kristie LeSage was 110th (23:45), junior Felicia Slate finished 140th (24:06), junior Jordan McGuire came in 155th (24:20) and sophomore Brittany Anderson wound up 162nd (24:25) in the women's field, which featured a total of 268 competitors.
In the men's competition, FSU was 12th of 21 teams in the 5.2 mile race. Penn State claimed first place (47) followed by Grand Valley State (55), Duquesne (77), Lehigh (142) and Montana State (177) in the top five.
Junior Tyler Crossman led Ferris State by placing 54th (27:46). Sophomore David Silversmith came in 58th (27:49) followed by senior Alex Best in 66th place (27:54) and junior Ryan Chute in 84th place (28:14).
Senior Steve Neshkoff was 109th (28:45), freeshman Spencer Gerber placed 110th (28:46) and junior Michael Schulte wound up 121st (29:05) for the Bulldogs.
Ferris State will compete in the GLIAC Championships next Saturday, Oct. 22, in Ashland, Ohio.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's cross country teams stepped up a level in competition and performed well at the Penn State National meet on Friday (Oct. 14) in State College, Pa.


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Christopher Hitchens participated in 'The Only Subject is Love' Symposium in honor of the opening of his friend Salman Rushdie's archive at Emory University on February 26, 2010.
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Race: Men
Tribe: Croatan (lost tribe)
Faction: Goodminton
Class: Ruler (Overlord)
Proposed Canon
"Well you were right, Atomic. She's lovely. Our doom is really lovely."
Strengths: Diplomacy,IPTSF Text 25 Inspiring Loyalty.
Weaknesses: Relationships with Spellcasters, Capacity for Hope.
First Mentioned: IPTSF Text 1
First Appearance: IPTSF Text 3
Overlord Firebaugh was the Ruler of Goodminton. He was father of Wanda Firebaugh and her older brother Atomic Firebaugh.
Overlord Firebaugh was described as "worn, but steadfast". He did not have his son's powerful build, but his features were stately. He had blue eyes and a bald scalp with some gray wispy hair.
He was croaked and his Dominion destroyed in a surprise attack.IPTSF Text 26
At the end of his life he had no allies and had five enemy Sides in the battlespace, his former allies Frenemy and Quisling among them, Haffaton being another.
Real world references
His name is a pun on "fireball" or firepower, depending on how "baugh" is pronounced; "peace through superior firebaugh", the title for some of the text entries, is a more obvious pun with the latter pronunciation.
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Despite warmer temperatures and sunny skies Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service is predicting up to 24 inches of snow across Bergen and Passaic counties from Winter Storm Stella.
A Blizzard Warning is in effect from 12 a.m. Tuesday through 12 a.m. Wednesday across the Tri-State area and Gov. Chris Christie issued a State of Emergency on Monday afternoon.
Here's what we're looking at, according to the National Weather Service :
- Heavy snow/blizzard conditions with some freezing drizzle lateTuesday afternoon into early Tuesday evening.
- Snow accumulations between 12 and 24 inches with some ice accumulations. Snowfall rates between 2 and 3 inches per hour from Tuesday morning into Tuesday afternoon.
- Dangerous travel due to whiteout conditions at times. Several roads may become impassable. Power outages possible.
- Winds, lots: Northeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. Temperatures in the 20s.
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I have already chosen the outfit for tomorrow, it's a dress I haven't posted on the blog yet. I have made it about a month or so ago but never got around to showing it here. I have been quiet busy enjoying myself lately, spending lots of time travelling with my husband. We only went on little day trips or 2 days with an over night stay somewhere but we made the most of our time together. As I mentioned several posts back, he is due to deploy to Afghanistan soon (this is now VERY SOON) and therefore sewing has not taken up the biggest part of my spare time.
Anyway, I will show you some pictures from our little trip to Kent (including many castles visited using out English Heritage membership) and of course outfit posts documenting the Self Stitched September challenge.
This little dress will kick of the challenge tomorrow. Excuse the wrinkles, I had worn the dress all day before I decided to take pictures of it. If I get a chance to take a picture tomorrow you will hopefully get the ironed version.