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Five's back in
Richard Desmond, new owner of Channel 5, has thrust the channel back into Project Canvas, the BBC-led next-generation set-top box.
Five left the project just six weeks ago, citing the expense of its £16m share of the £115m start-up costs for the Project. Since then it has new owners - Desmond's Northern and Shell paid £103 at the end of July - and a new board.
He'd be daft not to take a gamble on Canvas. Spectrum squeeze and high debts mean that Five has missed out on an HD slot on FreeView and Freesat - although it Five HD is available on Sky's platform. The interactive nature of Canvas, which includes web widgets and an app store, suits a media empire that spans a variety of popular properties.
Desmond began publishing in 1974, moving into telephone sex chat lines and jazz mags in the 1980s. He sold off the latter in 2004. More respectable titles were added to the group, including the acquisition of Daily Express and Daily Star newspapers in 2000. In the most recent annual financial statement, N&S recorded profits of £41.1m on turnover of £483m for 2008, the bulk of which was earned from UK publishing, and employed over 1,100 staff. ®


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Sun City residents have access to a new Wi-Fi network at the British Open Pub. The wireless network identification (SSID) is SCHHCA. To connect to the Internet, click on the "Resident" button on the Sun City page that appears when you open your web browser.
If your club, group or neighborhood is hosting a speaker or presenter who needs internet access during a meeting, please contact the IT Department at email@example.com to obtain a password. Free Wi-Fi is also available in Riverbend Lodge, Hidden Cypress and Pinckney Hall. Contact the IT Department at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
Last cooking class topic is desserts
Don't miss the final opportunity to see Chef Brooks Rinehart prepare healthy, delicious desserts. Sample taste offerings and recipes are included during this demonstration. Each healthy cooking demonstration has sold out, so be sure to get your ticket today! The final demonstration topic is desserts and it takes place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Hidden Cypress, Savannah River Room. Class size is limited. Purchase your ticket early at either fitness center. Cost is $15 per person.
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The AARP chapter of the Lowcountry has set its March meeting for 1 p.m. March 1 at the Palmetto Electric Coop Building Community Room (off U.S. 278 across from Sun City).
Doris Gleason from Columbia, AARP representative to the South Carolina Legislature, is guest speaker.
Yearly dues are due and please bring a non-perishable food item for Bluffton Self Help — their shelves are depleted
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The Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts & Sciences Charter School will open in August in Hardeeville. There are many ways Sun City residents can contribute:
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When it comes to the management of the Los Angeles Unified School District, there is such a rich buffet of material lately, I hardly know where to begin.
My original intent today -- before the revelation that district officials allowed a vice principal back into a school despite allegations that he was having sex with an underage girl -- was to write more about the $232 million arts-focused high school now under construction in downtown Los Angeles. Among the school's frills, as I reported on Sunday, is a 140-foot spiral tower that resembles a log ride but has no practical purpose.
But let's make the jump here from log rides to logrolling, which is perhaps one way to describe the district's footwork in the case of the assistant principal, who faces criminal sex charges involving three students. He has denied wrongdoing.
To set up the story of former Assistant Principal Stephen Thomas Rooney, let me just play back the first paragraph of Tuesday's story by my colleagues Richard Winton and Howard Blume.
"Senior Los Angeles school officials, including the district's police chief and its former chief operating officer, knew of sex allegations against a school administrator months before he was transferred to a Watts middle school, where he allegedly molested two students, officials said Monday."
You read that and you can't help but wonder if Supt. David L. Brewer, the former Navy admiral who loves hiring consultants, has brought Cardinal Roger M. Mahony in as a senior advisor.
Police say they told the school district in early 2007 that Rooney was suspected of having sex with a Foshay Learning Center student from the time she was 15, and that he had been arrested for waving a gun at the girl's father.
On Tuesday, district officials released a memo dated Feb. 8, 2007, in which Chief Operating Officer Dan Isaacs (who has since retired) alerted colleagues that Rooney had been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
"LAPD is also investigating allegations that he had an unlawful sexual relationship with a minor," said the Isaacs memo, which was addressed to Brewer and the members of the Board of Education, and other district officials.
Rooney was temporarily assigned to a non-school site. But then, inexplicably, he was transferred to Markham Middle School. There, he allegedly molested two students and is now looking at criminal charges involving all three students, including one charge of lewd acts involving a 13-year-old.
Did your jaw just drop, dear reader? Are you sitting there wondering how district officials could be so head-slappingly feckless?
You know, I often find myself defending the district against critics who think all problems are attributable to a bloated, entrenched bureaucracy. That's a simplification, I argue.
But I'm starting to wonder what all those wizards over at district headquarters do all day. They're the ones, let's remember, who paid $95 million for a new payroll system that overpaid district employees some $53 million even as it was underpaying others. And then we get a superintendent who never worked in education and doesn't appear to be on the command bridge as the ship drifts toward the rocks.
As I see it, Brewer's got big problems on the Rooney case. If he saw the Isaacs memo and didn't act on it, that's bad enough. If he didn't see the Isaacs memo, that may be worse. I know I called him Admiral Aloof on Sunday, but I didn't realize how accurate that was until I called the district Tuesday to see if he could explain himself.
Oh, sorry, I was told by a spokesperson, but he's out of town.
He's out of town? Yep, he's in San Diego, I was told.
Three under-age kids have allegedly been molested by an assistant principal, and the district's handling of it redefines the word "negligence." And the man in charge is unavailable?
Ramon C. Cortines, who seems to have become the de facto superintendent of late, sent out the district's statement on this sad affair late Tuesday. You'd think the matter was important enough for Brewer himself to get involved, but as the Cortines memo said, "Brewer was out of town to assess school practices in another city."
So let's get this straight. One of the biggest disasters of his administration is unfolding, and he is on a field trip to see how other school districts function?
But let's get back to Cortines, a good man who had the unenviable task of explaining the absent admiral's mess. He didn't quite clear things up to my satisfaction, despite two full pages of flow charts.
Flow charts. I kid you not.
Although the district has reassigned two administrators for their role in this fiasco, Cortines laid some blame on the LAPD for allegedly not communicating all the relevant details of the Rooney case to all the right district officials.
Silly me. I would have thought that notifying the district's chief of police and its chief operating officer would have covered the bases.
Cortines' statement also claimed that district officials sent Rooney to Markham Middle School "without knowing that he had engaged in sexual misconduct with a student."
I quote again from the Isaacs memo, which predates the transfer by several months:
"LAPD is also investigating allegations that he had an unlawful sexual relationship with a minor."
Is anything in that sentence unclear?
At the risk of distracting Brewer in the middle of his big important field trip to San Diego, I'd like to suggest the following:
No need to hurry back, admiral. Lots of ships down there in San Diego, so why not go back to your first love? A career change by you might be good for everyone, especially the 700,000 students of L.A. Unified.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Jets have inducted former sack-dancing defensive end Mark Gastineau and popular wide receiver Wesley Walker into the team's Ring of Honor at halftime of their Monday night game against the Houston Texans.
The two were honored on the field as the third class of inductees, joining former Jets stars including Joe Namath, Curtis Martin, Joe Klecko and Don Maynard.
Gastineau was a five-time All-Pro selection who played all 10 of his NFL seasons with the Jets, and holds the team record with 107 1/2 career sacks and sacks in a season with 22 in 1984. A fired-up Gastineau tells the crowd to not boo but to ``support your team!''
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Module 8: Role Playing
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Module 8 is a group activity that allows clinic staff to practice patient- provider role playing with one another. This offers an opportunity for the instructor to identify any communication or cultural competency issues that may need addressing. It also allows clinic staff to familiarize themselves with talking about the issues of addiction and treatment prior to opioid-addiction treatment rollout on a larger scale.
Materials Needed
- Small strips of paper
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- Clock or watch to time activity.
Have participants count off as "1" or "2." Pair a 1 and a 2. Assign the 1's as patients and the 2's as providers.
If participants wish to switch roles with their partner, allow them to do so. The important part is that there are equal numbers of patients and providers and that each group consists of one of each. In the event that there is an odd number of participants, a provider can perform the activity with two patients; otherwise, it should be a 1-to-1 ratio.
Write down one of the following scenarios on each strip of paper and fold up so participants can't read them.
- Patient has been using opioids and is afraid that he/she will be cut off; instead, provider offers additional support, counseling, buprenorphine dose increase, and so on.
- Although the patient wants to start buprenorphine, he/she is afraid of undergoing withdrawal during induction; provider walks him/her through the process and recommends (if available at clinic site) working with a peer who has been through induction.
- The regular clinic physician is on vacation; the substitute is not familiar with buprenorphine and the patient needs to explain why it is working for him/her when they go to pick up a refill. *Note: Refill must be written by a waivered physician.*
- Patient is sick of addiction and wants to stop opioid use. Provider explains options.
- Patient comes in for induction but appears to be high, rather than in withdrawal. Provider must address the situation and appropriate steps to be taken.
- Patient is a medical provider from a local hospital.
- Patient wants to quit using opioids but is afraid of the stigma of methadone, unaware that he/she has an additional option.
Each group role-plays one of these activities. If working with a large group, each activity will take place concurrently for approximately 10 minutes. Then, the facilitator ends the activity and goes around the room group by group asking how the dyad worked and what it felt like to be the patient or the provider. (If the group is small then the role play can be done in front of the group if participants are comfortable with this format. Similar discussion would follow.)


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Animal Lover Miranda Lambert Lends a Hand to Animal Sanctuary
If there's an animal in need, Miranda Lambert is there. She is always on the lookout for her furry friends, whether they're in a ditch, on the side of the road, or victims of natural disasters. She's even privy to helping out needy animals when she's backstage at her own concerts.
The 'Fastest Girl in Town' singer recently gave $5,000 to the Popcorn Park Zoo after a chance meeting backstage. Lambert met fan Kelly Coleman and her husband Mark Razz prior to the show, and instead of discussing favorite songs, Coleman talked about the singer's greatest passion: animals.
The fan mentioned she'd heard the vocal powerhouse was working with Pedigree to feed a local animal shelter for a year, and shared that she had nominated Forked River, New Jersey's Popcorn Park Zoo as a recipient. It's a shelter for domestic animals, which also houses exotics and zoo animals that have been abused, neglected, or are on death row. Popcorn Park offers a safe and loving retreat for these sweet animals, but had been inundated by dogs and cats because of the effects of Superstorm Sandy.
In short, the shelter needed funds.
That's all Lambert needed to hear -- she sent $5,000 through her foundation, MuttNation, along with the hope to send more funds in the future. Additionally, the spunky singer and her mother (chair of MuttNation) said they would love to visit the zoo sometime soon.
Lambert's music and courageous efforts show she's open and loving to all kinds of kinds, whether they're four-legged animals or two-legged humans.


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Seasons of Life, a book of UBNA images
Marilyn Smith Layton has created a book of images called Seasons of Lifein the Union Bay Natural Area, and she is donating the profits from the sale of the book to projects in UBNA. The cost of the book is $60, and $20 of that will go to help the natural area.
You may purchase a copy in the Miller Library (cash or check only). If you would like to purchase by mail, please send a check (written out to Marilyn Smith Layton) to:
Marilyn Smith Layton
c/o UW Botanic Gardens
Box 354115
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Please include an additional $6 for postage and your mailing address. Books will be sent via USPS.
Seasons of Life has emerged from years of photographing the Union Bay Natural Area: a sanctuary of renewal and inspiration within the UW Botanic Gardens.
A resident of the nearby neighborhood since 1968, Marilyn walks with camera in hand to capture the lives and light that are forever shifting. When her husband Richard Layton was recovering from a near fatal brain disease in the summer of 2009, they measured his progress by how much of the path he could cover. Slowly he came to walk its full circle again.
Both Marilyn and Richard Layton have close ties and loyalty to the University; Richard graduated in the fifth class of the UW Medical School (1954) and for many years directed a residency program in Family Medicine at Providence Hospital for the university, receiving the 2001 Alumni Service Award from the school. Marilyn completed her doctoral coursework in the UW English Department but a full-time teaching contract from North Seattle Community College prevented her from completing the degree, a choice she has not regretted.
For 40 years until her retirement in December 2008, Marilyn taught writing and literature in the Humanities Division at North Seattle. She continues to serve the college as an executive board member and presently vice-chair of its scholarship-granting Education Fund, and as the secretary of the Seattle Community Colleges Foundation. As an active faculty member, she authored three books, a number of articles, and presented workshops on many topics at
conferences around the country, as well as teaching for short periods in India and Argentina. She has participated in photography and art shows, and a few of her paintings still hang at the college.
Years immersed in a natural history class with science colleagues launched her passion for capturing in photographs the life she observed. She and her husband began to travel widely to wild places like the Antarctic and the Galapagos. Those travels have helped focus her love on what is so close to home: the Union Bay Natural Area.
Proceeds from this book will provide financial support for this well-loved place.


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If you follow publishing, you know the first self-pubbed author to sell 1 million ebooks, John Locke, just signed a print deal with Simon & Schuster. But it's a unique one. Locke keeps all of his erights. His agent, Jane Dystel (who is also my agent) brokered the deal.
And make no mistake. This is an important, landmark deal. One that no one could have predicted.
Well, no one except me sixteen months ago.
This is an important deal, because up until now publishers steadfastly refused to give up erights.
But now they have. And there is no turning back.
Here are some things we'll see happening soon.
Big authors will fight to keep their erights. They can make 70% on their own vs 17.5% through a publisher. They have the leverage, and will use it. If Locke, whose print sales numbers are unproven and open to speculation, can demand to keep his erights, Stephen King and James Patterson will make the same demands. They're watching Locke, and Pottermore. If enough Big Authors follow suit, the Big 6 won't be able to recover.
Publishers will start offering better royalties for erights. They have to. But they'll never be able to offer better than 70%. As I've stated for years, the value of a publisher is their lock on print distribution. When print distribution doesn't matter because print sales are so tiny, there will be no reason for any author to sign with the Big 6.
Print sales will dwindle even more. Ebooks already outsell print. After this holiday season, watch for more bookstore closings.
Publishers will start folding. It's inevitable.
What S&S did with Locke was a ballsy move, but also a desperate one. It's desperate, because they are hastening their own demise, and are just trying to make a few more bucks before it all falls apart. Not to get all Godwin's Law here, but there is a Vichy French analogy to be had. S&S is going to try to make a few bucks from Locke, whose business model is ultimately going to put them out of business.
There is going to be a window where publishers cherry-pick self-pubbed authors and sign them for various rights. This is happening right now. I believe it is a mistake to sign with a Big 6 publisher, because the money an author can earn on print through the Big 6 is tiny compared to the money they'll lose on ebooks through the Big 6. Now, if you're offered a huge amount from the Big 6, take it and run--just try to get that money upfront.
Another window will have established authors abandoning publishers. This is also happening right now. More and more midlist authors are wading into the self-pub pool and finding the waters to their liking.
The first window will eventually close. The second will only open wider.
Publishing can't survive. It just can't. It is no longer necessary.
Now some may say, "But the Big 6 are professionals! We need professionals! We need gatekeepers! We need vetters! We'll all suffer without them!"
I say: Wikipedia.
Encyclopedias used to be big business. Professionals were hired to write about topics, and many a family (including my parents) were coerced into buying large, bound volumes of information.
But Wikipedia showed that regular people are happy to share their expertise, and constantly update it, for free. The professionals weren't needed anymore, and Wikipedia has become the goto place to learn about stuff.
Writers don't need the Big 6 to release good books. We can do it without them, and make more money.
As I'd anticipated, print has become a subsidiary right. A niche market. Publishers will try to milk a few last drops of profit from it, and then they'll go bye-bye.
At least, the old school publishers will.
New school publishers, like Amazon, are primed to exploit this brave new world. They now control the distribution network. Watch as Amazon becomes the biggest publisher in the world.
But even the mighty Amazon has something to fear.
This week, Blake Crouch and I will post a dialog about the future of publishing. About who really has the power.
It might surprise you.
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Tuesday 23rd August marked one year of me working at Canonical. I thought it would be interesting to collect some stats about what I've done in that year.
- 104 code branches merged
- 6 business trips
- 37 days away from home
- 30,172 air miles travelled
- 64 hours and 45 minutes flying time
- 3 countries visited
Plus hundreds of hours pair programming via shared Screen sessions and Mumble chats, dozens of code reviews performed, countless new people met, exposure to a handful of new products and frameworks, and a vast amount of knowledge exchanged between colleagues and members of the community alike. It's unfortunate that most of the stats that I have readily available relate to the travel aspect of the job, because that's the least memorable part. I wonder what I could do to rectify that before my second Canoniversary.


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Straight from the "UGHHH, WHYY" file comes a truth-bomb about red wine that will blow your shit. Although it still carries the feel of louche European glamour (getting drunk on Jaegerbombs? Tacky. Getting drunk on red wine? "French!"), the myth that a glass or three of vino rouge is any healthier or less caloric than its counterparts is rapidly going the way of the dinosaurs—especially for women.
While your standard single glass is thought to contain resveratrol, which lowers the risk of heart disease and increases life expectancy in certain women, getting a carafe's worth of the stuff along with your pasta is increasingly ill-advised. Because we ladies metabolize alcohol differently than dudes, (we feel the effects faster) a single glass of wine falls under the category of "moderate drinking" for us, while a guy can, according to the stats, go for two. As a reminder, binge drinking is defined as the consumption of four drinks or more within a two to three hour period. (Think about your standard Thursday night dinner with girlfriends. Now, uh, cringe.)
I apologize in advance for this FML-worthy information, but according to Dr. Linda Pourmassina, a Seattle Internal Medicine physician and Seattle Times columnist, two five-ounce glasses of red wine contain the same amount of calories found in a Snickers bar.
Of course, there are worse downsides to drinking too much cab sauv besides needing a crane to put on your Rag & Bone jeans: It was recently discovered that even light drinking can contribute to your breast cancer risk if the disease runs in your family. It can also worsen mood changes, sleep issues and overall depression.
This begs the question: Can you stop at one glass? If so, you're a stronger woman than I.
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If you're still stumped for holiday gift ideas, you may want to browse the offerings at the recently announced Luxury Week at Christie's. It runs from December 10th to 15, and kicks off with the Magnificent Jewels auction with 300 lots of diamonds, gemstones, and pearls available for stocking stuffers. Also next week, Sotheby's (BID) is holding an auction of glassware from Tiffany Studios. Phillips will offer objects from the 1920s all the way through to 2011 in its Design Masters auction.
Big name items at the Christie's auction include Buccellati, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels. History will be well-represented with pieces from Art Nouveau, Belle Époque and Art Deco periods. One highlight is a hefty 50.01 carat Graff diamond ring, estimated at $7,000,000-$10,000,000. Christie's expects Magnificent Jewels total sales to top $25 million.
Art Deco enthusiasts will be pleased that the Christie's week also includes a diverse assortment of items from pianos to cigarette cases from The Steven A. Greenberg Collection of Masterpieces of French Art Deco.
The collection features the work of lacquer artist Jean Dunand, ébéniste Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, and graphic artist Jean Dupas (see example below). A silver and jade double-compartment box from around 1925 that once belonged to Andy Warhol will also be up for sale. Its estimated value is $8,000-$12,000. The approximately 210 lots are expected to sell for more than $15 million.


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NSManagedObject instance for each injury term (lines 20-22). It updates each record field using
setValue:forKey: (lines 26-32), and it queues the record for insertion using
insertObject: (line 35). The records stay queued until
dbContext gets a
save: message (see Listing One).
We can use the same code to prepare the constant table Status. All we have to change is the sequence string (
@"Morgue%Immediate%Delayed%Minor") and the table name.
Listing Three shows how to add a new record to the Person table. Again, the code creates an instance of
NSManagedObject (lines 12-14). It hashes the person's name (line 18) to produce the record's primary key. The code then updates each record field using
setValue:forKey: (lines 21-26). And it queues the record for insertion by passing it to
insertObject: (line 31).
NSString *tNom; NSInteger tAge, tUID; BOOL tMan; NSManagedObject *tRec; // the test patient tNom = @"John Doe"; tAge = 49; tMan = YES; // create a new record tRec = [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:@"Person" inManagedObjectContext:dbContext]; if (tRec != nil) { // generate the primary key tUID = [tNom hash]; // prepare the record [tRec setValue:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:tUID] forKey:@"uid"]; [tRec setValue:tNom forKey:@"name"]; [tRec setValue:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:tAge] forKey:@"age"]; [tRec setValue:tMan forKey:@"male"]; // ... updating the Vitals table // insert the record [dbContext insertObject:tRec]; // ...commit the record to make it available }Listing Three.
Now, we can use the same code to add a record to the Vitals table. All that needs to change are the record fields and the target table. We can even use the same
uid value for the record's primary key. But how do we relate a Vitals record with the Person record? To do so, use the
setValue:forKey: method as shown here:
NSManagedObject *tRec, tVit; // ... create the Person and Vitals records [tRec setValue:tVit forKey:@"vitals"];
When we commit the record, Core Data will set the
vitals field on the Person record to the Vitals record's key.
Listing Four shows how to do a simple record query. This sample code targets the Injury table and retrieves the record "Burn." It starts by creating an instance of
NSEntityDescription (lines 14-15). Then it creates an instance of
NSFetchRequest and sets the target table and result type (lines 18-20).
NSManagedObject *tInj; NSEntityDescription *tTbl; NSFetchRequest *tQry; NSPredicate *tCon; NSInteger tKey; NSError *tErr; NSArray *tLst; // set the secondary key tKey = 1 'choosing "Burn" as the injury // set the query target tTbl = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"Injury" inManagedObjectContext:dbContext]; // initialise the query object tQry = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init]; [tQry setEntity:tTbl]; [tQry setResultType:NSManagedObjectResultType]; // set the query condition tCon = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(id=%@)" , [NSNumber numberWithInt:tKey]]; [tQry setPredicate:tCon]; // perform the query tLst = [dbContext executeFetchRequest:tQry error:&tErr]; [tQry release]; // retrieve the query result if ((tLst != nil) && ([tLst isKindOfClass:[NSObject class]])) tInj = [tLst objectAtIndex:0];Listing Four.
Next, the query code makes an instance of
NSPredicate (lines 23-25). Here, it uses a C-style format string to prepare the query condition. The code passes the predicate condition to the
NSFetchRequest instance via the
setPredicate: method.
Finally, the code performs the query using the method
executeFetchRequest:error: (lines 28-29). For input it passes the
NSFetchRequest instance and an
NSError object. The method returns an
NSArray object when it succeeds, a nil when it failed. The query code disposes of the query with a release message (line 30). Then it reads the first element from the array (line 35). Note the code did not use a single
SELECT command.
What if we want the query to retrieve all existing records? Just do not create an instance of
NSPredicate. Or pass a nil to the
setPredicate: method.
Suppose we want to remove an existing record. First, query for the record as described in Listing Four. Then use the
deleteObject: method to mark the record for deletion.
NSManagedObject *tRec; // ... perform a record query [dbContext deleteObject:tRec];The record is then queued for deletion. To commit the deletion, use the
NSManagedObjectContext method
save: as shown in Listing One (line 114). To undo the last deletion, use the
undo method:
[dbContext undo];
Concluding Remarks
Core Data provides the means to create and manage databases from an iOS application. In this article, I examined the key classes of the Core Data framework and explained how these classes work with a database. And I looked at how to define a database schema using the new schema editor in Xcode. Future articles will discuss other data-oriented classes in iOS.
Core Data Programming Guide. MacOS X Developer Library [PDF] .
Core Data Framework Reference. MacOS X Developer Library [PDF].
Core Data Tutorial for iOS. iOS Developer Library. [PDF].
José Cruz is a freelance engineering writer based in British Columbia and a frequent contributor to Dr. Dobb's.


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SOCORRO, N.M., April 23, 2002 -- A New Mexico Tech undergraduate and a doctoral candidate at the research university both recently were selected by the New Mexico Section of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) as this year's recipients of the organization's Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship and Graduate Research Award.
Stephanie C. Smith, a Tech junior majoring in materials engineering, and Mary Sandstrom, a first-year Ph.D. student in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech, were honored by the New Mexico Section of ACerS at the section's semi-annual meeting and awards ceremony, which was held last month in Albuquerque.
Smith was chosen to receive the scholarship on the basis of her scholastic record and demonstrated dedication to the ceramic sciences; while Sandstrom was chosen for the section's research award in large part because of her ongoing research on the fabrication of textured thin-films of complex perovskite ferro- electric ceramics via sol-gel processing.
The recipients of the annual awards were selected from a large pool of New Mexico university students who are pursuing degrees in materials science and engineering or related fields.
Smith is a member of the university's chapters of The Materials Society, Society of Women Engineers, and ASM International.
While at New Mexico Tech, Smith also conducts research on developing molds and castings for micro-machine components.
Last year, Sandstrom earned her master of science degree in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech. Prior to that, she worked as a chemist and environmental scientist with state agencies in New Mexico and as a chemical technician and laboratory manager with mining companies in Arizona.
Sandstrom also is a member of Tech's student chapters of The Materials Society and ASM International, as well as ACerS.
"I'm glad I decided to come to New Mexico Tech for my graduate studies, rather than a larger university," says Sandstrom. "As a Tech graduate student, I've had more opportunity to get lots of hands-on experience than I might have had at a larger school. . . . My research group is also small, which means I have more access to my academic advisor."


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No money in Pakistan budget for Iranian gas pipeline U.S. opposed
Pakistan's newly elected government Wednesday unveiled its first budget, which gave the go-ahead for buying two new nuclear power plants from China but made no allocation for a long-proposed natural gas pipeline from Iran that had sparked complaints from the United States.
In not budgeting for the Iranian pipeline, agreed to by his predecessor in February, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tactfully sidestepped a potential diplomatic clash with the United States, which had warned that the pipeline, if it were ever built, could lead to sanctions on Pakistan. The deal also was criticized as a trap for the new administration by Sharif's brother and de facto deputy, Shahbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Punjab province.
The $35.5 billion budget, which was presented to Parliament by the new minister for finance, Ishaq Dar, suggested that the new government would follow through on Sharif's plan to resolve the country's power shortages that Dar said had cut the country's economic growth by 2 percent in the outgoing fiscal year, which ends June 30.
Dar's budget would switch Pakistan's power generation plants from expensive imported fuel oil and gas to much cheaper coal sourced partly from undeveloped reserves in Pakistan's southern Sindh province. The rest probably would come from huge mines in India, Pakistan's traditional foe, with which it has fought two wars since both gained independence from Britain in 1947.
The South Asian neighbors opened talks Tuesday about the planned import of Indian electricity via cross-border cables near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
The budget also sets aside about $430 million for new nuclear power plants from China, a project that the United States and India have both objected to at meetings of the Nuclear Supplier Group, one of the international groups that attempts to prevent nuclear proliferation. But Pakistan insists that the plants are unconnected to the country's nuclear weapons program and are regularly inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Pakistan possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear weapons, according to estimates by Western analysts.
A Cabinet minister, speaking to McClatchy on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the project with a reporter, said the Iranian gas pipeline hadn't been altogether dropped, largely because that would invoke a penalty payment to Iran. Instead, he said, Pakistan's new government would procrastinate by trying to haggle lower prices from Tehran, based on the comparison with coal.
Analysts also said Sharif could forgo the Iranian pipeline because of the prime minister's good relations with Saudi Arabia. Sharif spent six years in exile in the Persian Gulf kingdom as part of a deal for his release from jail in Pakistan negotiated by the Saudi royal family, after he was overthrown in a military coup staged by Gen. Pervez Musharraf in October 1999.
Pakistani news outlets have reported that Sharif's administration has since last month quietly been holding talks with the Saudis for a steady supply of crude oil and refined products on a deferred-payment basis, a step that would considerably ease pressure on the country's treasury, which registered a record 8.5 percent fiscal deficit in the waning fiscal year.
Analysts said the new energy proposals are consistent with Sharif's plan to stay focused on solving problems at home. They expect him to continue to adopt policies different from those favored by the Pakistani military, which has pursued an ambitious strategy of involvement in Afghanistan.
"Sharif is a man who views matters in very simple terms," said Habib Akram, executive editor of Dunya, a popular cable news channel based in Lahore.
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I own the Tir32. Had a Tir1 prior to that. My reports for building performance surveys are always packed with thermal images. Those images from the 32 really are stunning. One complaint, why can't Fusion/PIP be used with the wide angle lens? This is a real time consuming process because it neccesitates exporting IR and daylight pics separately into another file for use in my custom reports created in MS Publisher. (I know that SmartView will export Word based reports however, anyone knows you can go insane trying to generate reports in Word!)
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Eric Mock played on the floor with a toy train while he talked about his favorite foods.
Because of a condition that causes the 7-year-old's esophagus to become inflamed, his diet by mouth is limited, and he gets additional nutrition via a feeding tube in his stomach.
The ordeal has also drained the family's finances, which limits vacations and other perks that are often part of childhood. But there's a certain kind of ice cream sandwich he can eat, Eric said proudly. Then his mom, Nicole, 43, shook her head sadly. "I'm sorry, Eric, but I didn't tell you they changed the ingredients," she said. "They did?" he asked and sat down dejectedly next to her on a couch in their Amity Township home.
Without needing further explanation, he understood he could no longer eat those ice cream sandwiches, or he'd risk a violent reaction to them. Eric stared at the floor in silence. "I'm sorry," his mom said. Eric shrugged and then quietly said, "That's OK." He looked glum, but he didn't look like he was about to cry. His mom, however, looked like she was ready to weep. Sudden problem
When Eric was 4 months old, he one day without warning refused to nurse. Nicole and her husband, Thom, 46, tried several different kinds of baby formula to no avail, and Eric started losing weight. His weight was so low that he didn't even register in the first percentile of standard size and growth indicators for infants, Nicole said. "That's when it became really serious, and his pediatrician said we needed to find out quickly what was going on," Nicole said.
They were referred to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where a doctor ordered biopsies, or tissue samples that doctors could examine, and an endoscopy, or the use of a device to look inside Eric at his esophagus, stomach and duodenum, the upper section of the small intestine.
While they waited for the results, Eric constantly vomited at home for a few days and barely took formula. "He would eat just enough to take the edge off his hunger but not enough to sustain growth," Nicole said. When the family returned to CHOP, they received the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, an inflammatory food allergy that includes painful symptoms of heartburn, vomiting, nausea and difficulty swallowing.
"In kids like Eric, it also attacks their esophagus," Nicole said. Doctors ordered Eric to be fed via a nasogastric intubation, a plastic tube that's inserted through the nose to the stomach.
Nicole and Thom had a one-day learning session at CHOP on how to install the tubes to avoid Eric's lungs, how to test his stomach acid and how to use syringes to get the acid out through the tube.
The parents often had to restrain Eric in a car seat because he squirmed and cried so much during the procedures.
"We were completely out of our comfort zone," Nicole recalled as her eyes filled with tears at the memory. Nicole, who is now a hospital registrar, was a travel agent at the time. Thom is a truck driver. "What we had to do to him, no parents should ever have to do to their children," she said. "Our kid's nursery, which was adorable, looked like a hospital room."
Before he turned 2, Eric was slowly introduced to new foods one at a time and, after each attempt, a biopsy was performed to test Eric's sensitivity to it. Eric had to have a biopsy every six to eight weeks. "It was a struggle finding foods he could eat," Nicole said. Even now, his diet is extremely limited.
"They were saying he might grow out of it, but they're not saying that anymore," Nicole said.
Ordeal binds family
Because Eric kept pulling at them, the nasogastric tubes were replaced at age 2 with a gastric tube, which is inserted into the stomach through a small incision. He has started to be self-conscious about the tube protruding from his stomach. Fortunately, wearing swimming shirts is in style for children now so he can cover up, Nicole said.
But he can't eat cake at friends' birthday parties, and he usually has to bring his own food. "We just have to be five steps ahead of everything he does, or he could get violently ill with a reaction that could last three days," Nicole said.
The family can't afford Disney World or more expensive trips after years of fighting for insurance coverage that at one point cost $1,200 per month in medical co-pays and other expenses, Nicole said.
"We went through our 401(k)s, our emergency fund, all our savings," Nicole said. "The damage has been done. We have nothing now. I still have times when I start getting bills and have to fight the fight all over again."
But the ordeal has in many ways made the family a close one.
"We're a team," Nicole said. "We have faith that God's in control. We don't understand it, but it does give us comfort."
Besides a few brief trips to the beach, the family has taken only one extensive vacation.
The trip was all about Eric.
He loves trains, so his parents took him to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton. Eric badly wants to go back.
He will talk at length about the full-size trains and the toys in the gift shop.
Eric often plays with a train he got there and is saving his money to buy two more.
"If I got all three of these trains, I guarantee you, that would be great," he said.
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Blues look for another road win against Canucksby Matthew Mankiewich
BLUES (8-5-1) at CANUCKS (8-3-2)
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Last 10: St. Louis 5-4-1, Vancouver 7-2-1
Season series: First of three, two at Rogers Arena. The teams split at each venue last season and the previous three, the last outright series win going to the Vancouver Canucks in 2007-08.
Big story: Though only a point separates these teams in the Western Conference standings, the St. Louis Blues have the dubious honor of sharing a division with the rampaging Chicago Blackhawks. The result is the Canucks lead the Northwest, while the Blues sit third in the Central, eight points back.
Team scope:
Blues: Sometimes a change of venue can do some good. Clearly it's what the Blues needed as they left for Detroit on Monday. Losers of five straight, including all four games of a homestand, they got another crack at the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, where the slide began two weeks prior. Alex Steen ended a five-game losing streak in the Motor City with an overtime goal, giving the Blues a 4-3 win.
Then it was off to western Canada and Scotiabank Saddledome. A four-goal first period and a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames made the mood giddy -- for everyone except maybe coach Ken Hitchcock.
"For us to get to the next level, we have to collectively enjoy the competition and not want it to be something different," Hitchcock said to NHL.com. "For me, we need to find 60 minutes in our game. We've been playing 40 minutes but we've had our foot off the accelerator. We're making some strides but we aren't there yet."
Canucks: Friday should have been a night for celebration. Alex Burrows made the most of a perfect cross-ice pass and buried it past Dallas Stars goalie RIchard Bachman. It gave the Canucks a 3-1 lead well into the second period, and gave Henrik Sedin career point 757, passing Markus Naslund as the all-time top scorer in Canucks history.
The festive atmosphere didn't last, though; the Stars came back with three unanswered goals for a 4-3 win.
"Very disappointing," Henrik told the Vancouver Sun. "I don't really know what happened. I thought we played a good game up to the halfway point and then they took over. Giving up four goals 5-on-5, that never happens with this team."
The crowd's response to the record-setting point was a long standing ovation among video tributes from Naslund and Canucks great Trevor Linden.
"It was very special," Henrik said. "To be a part of something like that and getting a chance to get the record on home ice in front of our fans was an honor and a great feeling out there. It means a lot to me."
Who's hot: Steen followed his game-winner in Detroit with a goal and two assists in Calgary, adding to his five-game points streak and four-game goal-scoring streak. Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk has points in four of his past five games. David Perron scored twice at Calgary. … Henrik may have the all-time accolades, but twin brother Daniel has the edge in goals and points this season (four goals, eight assists vs. zero goals and 10 assists).
Injury report: Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak (groin) skipped Friday's game but may be available to start Sunday. Forward Jamie Langenbrunner (hip) had surgery and likely is out for the season. … Canucks forward Manny Malhotra was placed on injured reserve Thursday because he has not adapted sufficiently after his eye injury in March 2011 and was deemed vulnerable to serious injury. Forward David Booth (groin) has been making progress but no return date has been set.


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Between Letterman and Colbert, it's pretty daunting to put together any sort of year-end Top 10 list, especially for something as esoteric as Great Lakes policy. But an awful lot has happened this year and I thought I'd take a shot.
So without any (intentional) irony or comedy, here's my list of the top 10 developments (good and bad) in Great Lakes policy for 2011 – plus a bonus entry at the end! And to add to the excitement, I've tried to put these in order of significance and concluded with a final grade for 2011. Debate on the entries, the order and the grade is welcome. (Drum roll, please):
- Great Lakes restoration funding: Congress came through at $300 million for FY 11 in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. That's significantly less than the baseline set by the Obama Administration in 2009, but still quite robust, especially considering the budget axes being wielded on both sides of the aisle.Great Lakes restoration funding continues to be the exception to the partisan warfare
that has plagued this Congress, and we sure hope that continues. GLRI funding has resulted in over 900 restoration projects over the past two years with more projects in the pipeline.
- Algal blooms break out in Great Lakes: 2011 was the "year of the algal bloom" in the Great Lakes. Lake Erie suffered the worst toxic algal bloom in recorded history last summer. The algae extended miles along the shoreline and miles out into the water, in places over 6 inches thick. It shut down beaches and fishing and caused respiratory problems for charter boat captains trying to cross the blooms into clearer waters.Algae (some toxic) also broke out in blooms in other lakes, including Huron's Saginaw Bay and the eastern shore of Lake Michigan up to Sleeping Bear Dunes.
As described in NWF's report, Feast and Famine in the Great Lakes, these blooms are caused by excessive nutrients entering the watershed and exacerbated by invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels.
So far, policy solutions have lagged far behind the problem. Although Ohio has a special task force devoted to the crisis, the state does not have the tools or the funds to stop the nutrient additions to the lake. And the best federal tool – a new Farm Bill – is months, if not years, from completion.
- Asian Carp Delays: This year we saw continued delays by the Army Corps of Engineers and the courts in taking action toward a permanent barrier to stop Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan. The Corps insists it can't even finish its feasibility study until 2015.A federal appeals court, while recognizing the importance of stopping the carp from reaching the Great Lakes, refused to order the Corps to speed the study, and thus far Congressional efforts to do the same have been stymied.Under the Corps' schedule for completing the study, the carp are likely to colonize the lake and the Corps study will be an exercise in futility. Sampling shows that carp DNA continue to be found near the lake, indicating that at least isolated fish have swum past the electric cable designed to keep them at bay.
Meanwhile, the Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative are finalizing their own study on how to separate Lake Michigan from the Mississippi River and expect to release it in January – a full three years before the Corps. THAT'S how you do it!
- States step up on the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact: New York hit a home run and Ohio barely escaped striking out on the Great Lakes compact this year. New York passed a strong law last summerthat requires anyone withdrawing more than 100,000 gallons of water per day to get approval and apply water conservation measures.Meanwhile, Ohio's legislature passed a terrible bill that would have allowed almost unlimited withdrawals with no oversight (the thresholds set before regulation kicked in were so high that the legislature expected no water user ever to be regulated). Although initially inclined to sign the bill, pressure from within Ohio and from other Great Lakes states convinced Governor Kasich to issue a much needed veto.
For a more comprehensive report on how all the states are doing, check out NWF's report, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
- EPA issues new draft permit for ballast discharges into Great Lakes: In November, the EPA issued the draft of a new Vessel General Permit that for the first time would require ships to install treatment technology to clean their ballast water. That's the good news.The bad news is that the required technology won't consistently stop new invasions. The ships would have to meet the International Maritime Organization ("IMO") standard, which allows ships to continue to discharge invasive organisms at low concentrations into the Great Lakes.But that's not good enough.Unlike other pollution, invasive species organisms are pollution that reproduce – they multiply. So low concentrations initially can easily become high concentrations over time – which is exactly what happened with zebra mussels.
Fortunately, the draft EPA rule allows states to enact tougher rules and laws, which is exactly what New York and Michigan have done. Those states' laws – particularly New York's, which applies to every vessel entering the Great Lakes – provide far better protections than the EPA's proposed rule.
Now the challenge is keeping Congress from invalidating the state laws and establishing the too-weak IMO standard as a legal ceiling – even if it's clear that the standard doesn't work. The House has already passed a harmful bill; it's now up to the Senate to stop it.
- Michigan Governor vetoes bill that would have damaged Great Lakes protections: In November, Governor Rick Snyder vetoed his first bill ever: legislation that would have prevented Michigan agencies from issuing any rules or permits that are more restrictive than federal minimums.Without the veto, Michigan would have been unable to reissue its precedent-setting permit to restrict ballast water discharges of invasive species, or to improve its water quality standard for phosphorus, the primary cause of the lakes' massive and growing algae blooms. The veto was a rare occasion of public disagreement between the Governor and the legislature, making it an even stronger indicator of the Governor's commitment to the Great Lakes.
- Ohio Supreme Court Restores Public's Rights to Lake Erie: The Ohio Supreme Court gave the people of Ohio a surprising legal victory on the public's right to access and use the shoreline of Lake Erie. Two lower court rulings had shrunk the public's ownership of and access to the Lake Erie coast, essentially giving away this precious resource to private landowners.The Ohio Supreme Court reversed the lower court decisions, returning ownership to the public. The Court's opinion is not without ambiguities, and the case now goes back to the lower courts for final disposition, where the parties will continue to litigate the case.
- EPA is issuing mercury reduction rules for power plants: EPA on December 16 is scheduled to finalize its rules for reducing mercury emissions for power plants, the leading source of mercury in the Great Lakes and inland lakes and streams. All of the Great Lakes states have statewide fish consumptions advisories warning people to restrict or avoid entirely their consumption of certain fish because of mercury contamination. The U.S. House has passed bills to attempt to roll back the EPA protections, but those bills are unlikely to go anywhere in the Senate.Michigan Out-Of-Doors former TV host Bob Garner led a Tele-Town Hall on the mercury rule this month attended by 14,000 hunters and anglers. As Bob said, "We can't fillet our way out" of mercury in fish.
- Michigan court opens the door to sulfide mining: In November, a Michigan Circuit Court allowed a highly damaging mine to go forward in Michigan's Upper Peninsula despite overwhelming evidence that the mine would cause acid mine drainage in blue-water trout streams, had a high risk of collapsing and draining those streams, would destroy a place of tribal worship, and violated Michigan's new mining law in dozens of significant ways.The court decision, which is being appealed, upheld a deeply flawed Michigan DEQ decision and set a potentially devastating precedent for protections of the U.P.'s water, land, recreation and tourism. Various companies are now exploring over a dozen of other potential mining sites in the region and the state has permitted a mining processing center in the U.P., drawing additional mining to the region.
- Sewer system funding: This is always one of the under-the-radar stories about the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes states received $549 million to modernize and repair their sewers in FY 11– a top priority for stopping the billions of gallons of raw sewage spilled into the lakes. The Great Lakes states' funding comes through a national program, the State Revolving Loan Fund of the Clean Water Act, as part of a formula (about one-third of the national total). This funding was cut in FY 11 by 27% and may decline even more in FY 12, even though the need is far greater.
In the immortal words of This is Spinal Tap, "And this one goes to eleven…"
- Seventeen Attorneys General call for action to close the invasive species superhighway: Led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, seventeen of the nation's Attorneys General sent a letter to Congress calling for passage of a law to speed the Army Corps of Engineers study on closing the Chicago canal system to invasive species and then to implement the study rapidly.This letter is significant because it indicates a growing concern across the country – not just in the Great Lakes — about the passage of invasive species through the canals in both directions. Most of the attention so far has been on the potential for Asian carp to swim through the canals to Lake Michigan; but there's at least as much danger for invasive species in Lake Michigan to travel through the canals to invade the Mississippi River and the rest of the nation. That's already happened with zebra mussels, which began in the Great Lakes and now plague 31 states from Massachusetts to California. With his growing national coalition of Attorneys General, the pressure on Congress and the Corps to act has increased.
For those of you keeping score, that's seven positive developments, three negative ones, and one that's more or less neutral (the EPA's ballast water permit).
Although this tally is good for the Great Lakes, I'd give 2011 an overall grade of no more than a C+. Some of the good stuff was really stopping policies from getting worse (e.g., the vetoes); and the bad stuff is really bad (massive algal blooms, Asian carp).
Let's celebrate the 2011 victories for the lakes, and then get ready for 2012. I have a feeling we're in for quite a year.
Tags: algae, Asian carp, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Water Resources Compact, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, sewer systems


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Veterans sue railroad company over fatal crash in Texas
MIDLAND, Texas – Two veterans and their wives are suing the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying wounded veterans and their spouses during a parade in Texas.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Midland, Texas, says negligence on the part of Union Pacific Railroad Inc. and Smith Industries Inc., the company that owned the truck, led to the Nov. 15 accident that killed four veterans.
The truck was hit as it crossed railroad tracks during a parade honoring the veterans for their military service.
The lawsuit also seeks a hearing on the veterans' request to preserve equipment used by the two companies, including the train's "black box" and video recordings from the truck.
The lawsuit was filed by veterans Richard Sanchez and Todd King and their wives. They are seeking unspecified damages.


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DJ Burnout's Summer Playlist Part 1August 11th, 2011 by Burnout | Before Bigs Exclusive, Daily Mix, Dance, Guest Mix, Hip-Hop/Rap, House, Mashup, Pop, Remix |
Hey everyone, I'm Matt (burnout) and I will be posting some amazing party playlists for all of you. I am a DJ (check me out HERE) so I want to share some awesome music for all your listening pleasures. Today I present to you, DJ Burnout's Summer Playlist; a 2-part playlist of 15 Summer Jams each that'll keep you partying way after Summer ends. Here's the tracklisting for part 1, 15 tracks that'll guarantee many eargasms!
I created a 30 minute continuous mix that takes snippet's of all the songs above. Let's call this the pre-game mix and sampler for the party playlist you download below.
DJ Burnout – Summer Playlist Part 1
Part 2 Summer Party Playlist coming next Thursday at 7pm PST.


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John Kopchick
Mar 5, 2013
By Kristyn Repke
John Kopchick is a world-renowned molecular biologist known for his discovery of a compound that became the basis of a drug called Somavert. It treats acromegaly, a disorder causing the excessive growth of organs and bones that can lead to a premature death.
On March 18, Ohio University will honor Kopchick—Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and professor of molecular and cellular biology—during the Distinguished Professor Reception and Lecture. The event begins at 7 p.m. with a reception in the Baker University Center Theater Lounge, followed by the Distinguished Professor introduction and portrait unveiling at 7:30 p.m. in the Baker University Center Theater. The event will conclude with Kopchick's lecture, titled "Growth Hormone, Mini Mice, Football, Dirty Shorts and A New Drug."
Compass sat down with Kopchick to learn a little about his academic history and future scientific plans
Compass: How does it feel to be named a distinguished professor?
It is an honor and privilege to know that your peers—that is, the previous distinguished professors—voted on me and found my credentials impressive enough to join their ranks. It is a very humbling honor.
Why should people come out and listen to your lecture?
I will tell the real journey of going from a basic discovery here at OHIO to the approval of a drug [Somavert] that is now used worldwide for patients with a condition called acromegaly. It was truly a bench-to-bedside journey. But it wasn't an easy journey; there were many issues that needed to be addressed. Many times the project nearly failed. In my lecture I'll tell the story: the layman's perspective of the discovery and how it went on to become a drug. It will not all be heavy-duty science. It is going to be light. There will be some funny things, some truthful funny things, in the presentation.
How did you decide to become a professor instead of taking a different occupation within the science field?
When I earned my Ph. D and finished my post-doctoral studies at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in New Jersey, I did not go directly to academia; I worked at Merck & Co. in New Jersey. I did well there and we had a really great research group. At one point, a headhunter called and asked me if I would be interested in an academic position. OHIO had an endowed position called the Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology. After several trips and conversations with Dr. Charles Ping, who was the president of Ohio University at the time, I was offered the job and gladly accepted.
What is the key to your success?
I try to be upbeat and courteous to everyone. It doesn't take very much energy to be nice. Also, it's a privilege to be in the academic business, especially as a faculty member. Anyone in academia, whether as a student, faculty, or even a distinguished professor, is on a constant quest for knowledge. That is why we are here. What better job is there than being able to interact with young people in the search for basic knowledge?
What has been the highlight of your career so far?
The discovery of the compound that is now a drug is one; meeting many colleagues and friends is the other. During this journey, I've come to know scientists and clinicians, research doctors and medical doctors worldwide. I've been able to observe their approaches to biomedical research, their methods in dealing with people and their styles of communicating results. It has been a great ride.
What projects are you currently working on and what projects do you have in store for the future?
My project is a continuum. We study molecular aspects of growth, obesity, diabetes and aging. These four areas are interconnected and we're trying to figure out the molecular connections. Thankfully, we are now beginning to understand some of those relationships.
Is there anything else that you would like to tell the University community?
The learning process is a continuum. You don't wake up one day and say, "I'm a distinguished professor; I don't need to learn anymore." In fact, one needs to learn more and more as one progresses up the academic ladder. Learning doesn't stop when you get your degree. It starts when you get your degree. For every promotion, there is a commencement of learning.
About the Award
The Distinguished Professor Award is the highest distinction for faculty members at Ohio University. Established in 1958 by Edwin and Ruth Kennedy as a designated component of the John C. Baker Fund, the award recognizes exceptional research and scholarly or artistic achievements. Since the award's inception, it has been understood that recipients also must be conscientious teachers.


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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
December 2009
Better-than-new LIDAR provides 24/7 atmospheric aerosol data
Improved data processing from this Raman lidar is helping researchers better determine how aerosols affect cloud formation and climate. The instrument, at the Southern Great Plains site in Oklahoma, sits behind a domed vestibule (front) that protects it from the elements. Enlarge Image
Results: A team of researchers from eight institutions led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has solved a software and hardware problem that had perplexed scientists studying atmospheric aerosols for climate research. Not only did they fix the problem, but the instrument now performs better than it did when it was new.
Why it matters: Getting accurate data is the cornerstone of making predictions about how the climate will change as carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise in the atmosphere. Much of the uncertainty in projections of global climate change is due to the complexity of clouds, aerosols, and cloud-aerosol interactions and to the difficulty of incorporating this information into climate models. Aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere, absorb and scatter sunlight, which can contribute to climate change. By calibrating all measurements to consistent standards, the data can help reduce scientific uncertainties in computer models used to simulate climate change.
Methods: A lidar, similar to a radar that calculates distances by bouncing radio waves off of objects, measures how light bounces off aerosols in the sky. An analysis of ground-based Raman lidar data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility's Southern Great Plains site in Oklahoma showed that the lidar's aerosol measurements were off by 50 percent in 2003. Built 10 years earlier, this Raman lidar was designed to take measurements continuously, night and day. To fix the problem, researchers upgraded the electronics and other hardware. By 2005, the refurbished and upgraded Raman lidar was back in business. But when researchers investigated more data in 2006, the data still looked off compared to benchmark data collected by a NASA instrument known as the Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer.
In order to make the data understandable, the researchers turned to the computer program that processed the raw signals. PNNL researcher Dr. Rob Newsom had some ideas about what the problems were with the raw signal processing algorithm. After modifying the algorithm, he noticed a significant improvement in processed water vapor data when compared to water vapor data gathered independently using another atmospheric measuring instrument. The modified algorithm was then applied to the aerosol data, which resulted in a significant improvement in aerosol data products as well. Rather than being off by 50 percent, the Raman lidar was within 8 percent of the airborne sunphotometer standard. Now, improved data processing for the Raman lidar will provide plenty of quality data to help determine how aerosols affect cloud formation and the energy balance from the sun.
Acknowledgments: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is transforming the nation's ability to predict climate change and its impacts. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility is a scientific user facility funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Additional support came from NASA's Radiation Science and Airborne Science Programs.
Research team: Beat Schmid, Connor J. Flynn, Rob K. Newsom, of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; David D. Turner of University of Wisconsin-Madison; Richard A. Ferrare and Marian F. Clayton of NASA Langley Research Center; Elisabeth Andrews of University of Colorado at Boulder; John A. Ogren of NOAA/ESRL at Boulder; Roy R. Johnson, Warren J. Gore and Philip B. Russell of NASA Ames Research Center; and Roseanne Dominguez of University of California Santa Cruz.
Reference: B. Schmid, C.J. Flynn, R.K. Newsom, D.D. Turner, R.A. Ferrare, M.F. Clayton, E. Andrews, J.A. Ogren, R.R. Johnson, P.B. Russell, W.J. Gore and R. Dominguez. August 2009. Validation of aerosol extinction and water vapor profiles from routine Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facility measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D22207, doi:10.1029/2009JD012682, Nov. 28, 2009.


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NEW YORK ( Reuters) - David Einhorn's hedge fund has shown a "likelihood of success" if his legal attack against Apple Inc goes forward, a U.S. judge said, though he made no immediate ruling on fund's request to block a shareholder vote on a proxy proposal next week.
U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan on Tuesday reserved decision on a lawsuit by the fund, Greenlight Capital, to stop a February 27 shareholder vote on an Apple proposal to end the issuance of preferred stock without investor approval.
"Candidly I do think the likelihood of success is in favor for Greenlight," Sullivan said at a court hearing in New York.
The hedge fund sued Apple earlier this month as part of Einhorn's broader attempt to get the company to send a bigger chunk of its $137 billion in cash to shareholders.
The lawsuit contends Apple improperly "bundled" three proposed amendments to its charter into one proxy proposal, a violation of regulatory rules.
Sullivan did not specify when he would rule on Greenlight's injunction request, though he cited the impending date of the vote. He said he would now focus on whether Greenlight would be irreparably harmed if the vote moves forward.
Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, declined comment. A spokesman for Einhorn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The proxy proposal Einhorn has targeted, Proposal No. 2, would amend Apple's charter to provide for majority voting for directors, establish a par value for Apple stock and eliminate Apple's power to issue preferred shares without shareholder approval.
Mitchell Hurley, a lawyer for Greenlight, said Apple had violated U.S. Securities and Exchange rules that prohibit shareholders from voting for a proposal where they support only some but not all of the item. Einhorn says he supports two of those amendments but not the preferred stock amendment.
"In other words, it will result in precisely the kind of harm the rules were designed to prevent," Hurley said.
Apple contends Proposal No. 2 doesn't bundle material matters together or force shareholders into an unfair choice.
"The SEC had no objection and no comment" on the proposal, said George Riley, a lawyer for Apple.
While Sullivan said Greenlight may have shown it would likely succeed on the merits of the case, the judge during the hearing questioned whether an injunction was appropriate. The proposal became public in late December, yet Einhorn didn't sue Apple until February 7.
"I'm not sure that necessarily is going to get you over the hump for irreparable harm," Sullivan said.
A separate lawsuit against Apple heard at Tuesday's hearing was filed by a different investor, Brian Gralnick. The lawsuit seeks to block not just a vote on Proposal No. 2 but also an advisory "say-on-pay" vote on executives compensation.
Sullivan indicated Tuesday he would rule against Gralnick on his request for an injunction.
Apple shares ended regular trading on Tuesday down 17 cents at $459.99.
The case is Greenlight Capital LP, et al., v. Apple Inc., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 13-900.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond; Editing by Gary Hill, Dale Hudson and Steve Orlofsky)
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In our house, the refrigerator door is where we post the family calendar, showing our family and friends' birthdays, school terms, and important events, along with public holidays. We create the calendar using a nifty command-line program called PCAL, which produces a standard one-month-per-page calendar with each day in a separate box. It resembles those mall-stall calendars, but the important dates in our family's life are highlighted.
You can download PCAL as source, or as a package for most Linux distributions. The project also provides a pre-built .exe file for MS-DOS.
To control the calendar content, you enter parameters in a text file named .calendar, though you can override the file specification with the run-time option
-f. This file makes PCAL extremely customizable and versatile. With its parameters, which are documented in the software's man pages and on the PCAL Web site, you can specify any event, on any date, and also allow that event to be repeated, so that it will appear on future calendars in the months or years that you need it scheduled. Here's a sample .calendar file:
last Monday in May* Memorial Day Holiday all Fridays in Oct Status Meeting, 11 AM first workday in all %-B progress report due all Fri in all \fBTime card due,\fP 3 PM all Monday in all Fiscal week %0W -2nd workday in all Schedule for %+B due %+2D 2nd full_moon in all Blue Moon Fri on_or_before all 15 Pay Day even Fridays in year Pay Day 183rd day of year Mid-year (%l days left) Tue after first Mon in Nov Election Day (USA) 4th Thu in Nov* Thanksgiving Fri after 4th Thu in Nov* Day after Thanksgiving Easter Easter Sunday Good_Friday* Good Friday Monday after Easter* Easter Monday Christmas Christmas Day after Christmas Boxing Day workday ooa Christmas* Christmas Holiday workday after Christmas* Boxing Day Holiday Last Sunday in Sep Day Light Saving Starts - Clock Forward First Sunday in Apr Day Light Saving Ends - Clock Back F13 Avoid black cats! # Friday the 13th
Several of the lines have an
* in them, which indicates that the day is a holiday, and that the text following should appear on the same line as the date. The character string
%B means print the month name; a
+ or a
- after the
% means print the next or previous month's name. You can make text bold using
\fB, then revert to the previous font with
\fP. The string
%OW prints the week number with leading zeroes.
-2nd indicates that you want the event to occur on the second to last workday of the month.
%+2D is an example of PCAL's simple math functions; it means adjust the date backwards two days and print that date.
%l prints the number of days left in the year.
ooa is shorthand for "on or after," and
oob can be used for "on or before." And just for fun,
F13 will highlight any Friday the Thirteenth.
The format of the parameters allows for public holidays to be Monday-ized, and other dates that require flexible scheduling, such as Jewish New Year or Ramadan, can be easily entered. Easter and Christmas can be specified with special parameters of their own, so you don't need to know their dates.
You can link to a graphics file in EPS format to personalize an event with an image. These images appear inside the box for the day that the specified event takes place. The manual warns that not all EPS images will work, and that some manipulation may be required. Other parameters control fonts, allowing color changes, highlighting, and different sizes of text. If you want a large picture to display above your calendar's date page, you will have to print this separately; there is no function to do this in PCAL.
One of PCAL's most interesting features is the ability to use simple math in an event description. This is most useful if you want to be reminded which birthday a person is having. For instance, if you specify:
May 10 Eric's %-1993Y%oY Birthday
PCAL reads this as, subtract 1993 (Eric's birth year) from the current year and print the answer as an ordinal number: "Eric's 14th Birthday." No excuse now for forgetting how old your nephew is.
PCAL can produce not only single-month calendars, but also a whole-year calendar. Another option lets you add to the monthly calendars notes that are not date-dependent, which appear in a separate notes box. All dates can be in either American or European format, and you can produce calendars in more than 20 different languages.
I usually run PCAL with the command
pcal -E -H -o testcal.html 2007 to test its output. The
-H option allows you to generate an HTML calendar rather than the default PostScript. The resulting file can be viewed in any Web browser. I find this option helpful for checking that my parameters are correct and produce the expected output. Once I'm satisfied that everything is correct, I produce the calendar with the command
pcal -E -P a4 -B -F 1 -n Arial/10 -o cal.ps 2007
-Especifies European dates
-Pspecifies A4 paper size
-Bleaves unused date boxes blank; this saves ink
-Findicates the starting weekday; 1 is Monday
-nselects the font size to be used in the notes boxes -- in this case 10-point Arial
-ospecifies an output file in PostScript format. I do this so that it is easy to print another copy if I want to.
2007is the year for which I want to print the calendar -- useful if you produce the calendar in December. PCAL's default option is to produce the calendar for the current year.
PCAL provides a CGI script that allows you to generate PostScript calendars using a Web interface. Two copies of this script are available, one a bash script and the other in Perl. Two HTML files are also provided, one to produce monthly calendars and the other a whole-year calendar. With a bit of tweaking, I was able to use these as the basis for a calendar that the whole family could access online.
In addition to PCAL, you might want to try a couple of other useful linked programs. LCAL is a multiplatform command-line tool that will generate full-year moon phase calendars in PostScript format. Makediary is a separate project from PCAL that uses the same parameter file to produce a one-year diary ready for printing.
Printed calendars are useful for many families and organizations. PCAL helps keep everyone in our family on the same schedule.


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Long-awaited fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 people killed in the Hillsborough disaster will begin today.
Most of the day is expected to be taken up with jury selection for the hearing, taking place on the outskirts of Warrington, which is expected to last for several months.
There are due to be opening statements from the coroner and the families this week, with background "pen portraits'' of all the victims being presented to the court over the next month.
Later in the hearing the jurors will make a site visit to Sheffield's Hillsborough stadium but will be directed not to read the "deeply moving'' tributes on the memorial to the tragedy.
Britain's worst sporting disaster happened on April 15, 1989, during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest as thousands of fans were crushed on the ground's Leppings Lane terrace.
Twleve of those who died were from Wirral.
Verdicts of accidental death from the original Hillsborough inquest in March 1991 were quashed in December 2012, after the Hillsborough Independent Panel delivered its final report on the disaster earlier that year.
It was decided that the inquests would be held in Warrington after a split emerged between two separate campaign groups earlier this year with one side pushing for the inquiry to be held in London and the other calling for it to take place in the North West.
Some 71 families from the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG) wanted the hearing to be held in the capital, while a smaller group from the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC) asked for it to take place in the North West outside Liverpool or Manchester.