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"Curb Your Brats" - Commentary
LZ Granderson wrote a piece called Permissive parents: Curb your brats and whoa, Nellie, did it provoke a zillion comments around the Internet.
He writes (in part):
"Children are wonderful but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be.
This is the part of child-rearing people don't like to discuss, because socially, it's not OK to dislike kids. The ugly truth is it's the spineless parents who parade their undisciplined children around like royalty that make people dislike kids."
He offers examples of children's misbehaviors that are not corrected by their parents, including screaming in public, slapping their parents and the catchall general disobedience. I encourage your reading the piece before reading the upcoming comments.
<Offering a moment of silence so you can go read.>
When I shared the link on my Facebook page, this is what transpired. My comments to the comments are in italics… and were not written in the thread, but being written here on the blog.
I accompanied the link with:
"I know this is making the rounds and will surely spark a LOT of noise here. My prejudice up front: I agree 100% with his comments."
And the commentary begins!
S: I agree, too.
A: His arguments are just so obnoxious, though, that he obscures some otherwise valid points. "Curb your brats." "I don't want your kids ruining my adults-only public space." "Spank them already. They're awful!" I don't like shitty, bratty kids either but this guy just comes off like a dick.
NgM: Your paraphrasing is so interesting. I don't hear what he says like that at all!
B: Agree 100%, too! (with the article)
A: Totally agree. He sounded like a bratty adult. (with A's comment)
M: I think this position is the result of a patriarchal society - one which favors adults over all others. Life happens for everyone - children can't always keep those things behind closed doors the way that adults prefer them. I'm a bit surprised to see this here.
NgM: First, look at what a great discussion this provoked! I strive to bring discussion here and this certainly was that. Second, I think there's more to birth than just a baby coming out of the uterus; that's just the beginning. Talks like this can be fabulously helpful for parents to help them clarify where they stand on controversial issues and I really try to keep the lines of communication open enough that all sides are free to share without judgment and mean-spiritedness.
N: My kiddo is almost 2 and if he throws a fit, it's time out. I don't care if it's in the pasta section of the grocery store… I'll wait. If it's melt-down city... we are outta there! I can much better deal with the situation in my car or at home than in a public place.
S: Every single time I am in public with my children I get compliments on their behavior. Including plane rides... in fact mostly plane rides! Where other children on the planes were screaming, crying, bad mouthing... mine were not and the people around me always thanked me and were grateful. And I have never flown with my husband; it has always been just me and my two boys. This summer will be our first "family" flight since he is going with us! Anyways... it is possible to keep your kids in line. My kids aren't always angels but if I prep right, make sure they are rested, not hungry and have something to do wherever we go, then they are behaved. And if they do start trouble we leave the situation immediately... no matter what I'm doing. I have children and I brought my children and it needs to be about their happiness for the sake of them understanding proper manors, respect, and generals social skills. And no I don't need to spank my kids to accomplish this. I just need to be a good mother who understands my own children and cares enough to parent them.
NgM: Bravo!
L: I will make the same comment as I did on another friend's posting of this article: Just because children are acting up, doesn't mean their parents don't discipline them. Children are not robots; you cannot push a button to make them behave.... Parents should absolutely remove children from anyplace where they are having a tantrum/meltdown until they can behave more appropriately. But the child-hating needs to stop NOW. We were all children once, we all behaved poorly at times as children and we cannot expect that children will be perfectly still and silent at all times in public spaces. Children need to learn how to function in wider society and the only way to do that is to take them out in public and teach them what is acceptable and what is not. Are there parents who don't discipline their children? Yes. However, I resent the implication that any child who acts up at any time is a "'brat' who is "undisciplined."
NgM: I don't hear the belief that any kid that acts up at any time is a brat who's undisciplined at all. The man's a father; I am sure he gets that sometimes kids can be a pain in the public area. What I do hear is there is a way to gauge whether it is the kid that's having a rough time or a brat by watching how the parents act/re-act to their child's misbehavior/meltdown. The whole piece to me isn't about kids as much as it is about parents.
A: If there is a manual on parenting, I would gladly accept it from him, or from anyone for that matter.
NgM: I highly encourage all parents to read How to Talk So Kids Will Liste& Listen So Kids Will Talk. It transformed my parenting and, from the years I know of parents reading it, it has transformed theirs as well. How to Talk creates the line of positive communication, from toddlerhood to teenager-hood… and apparently, there's now a How to Talk So Teens Will Listen! How I wish I'd have had that one, too. There are several books that are along those lines and you can see them in the place on Amazon where "People also bought these books." In my world, with my kids, the reading list from La Leche League was a godsend. I would have been an angry, frustrated and spanking mom had it not been for LLL. In fact, I was until I joined LLL when pregnant with my second. I still apologize to my first for my ignorance and my subconscious following of my own parents' crappy parenting style. Hope these ideas help!
L: By and large I agree. We are an AP family and we set limits and have very high expectations. My children do not run amok; they are respectful or we leave. It is simple. But, hitting a child is NEVER ok.
J: Ick, I don't like his attitude. My son is usually great but has moments, sometimes in public. We do our best with him and hope to minimize disrupting others, but sometimes, kid noise happens. They're learning how to behave and sometimes that learning is visible and audible to others. Finally, do strangers know which children have autism or some other invisible issue that might affect their behavior?
NgM: Again, it's so interesting that people are seeing this as a critique of kids' behavior when it is really a critique of how parents react to the behaviors. If a parent is actively working with the screaming child, that's one thing. If a parent is ignoring their kid grabbing silverware off the table next to theirs, that's another completely.
L: He never claimed he thought kids should be perfect angels 100% of the time. He was calling out bratty kids and ineffective parents. I enjoyed the read, I chuckled a bit, and I didn't take it too seriously. We've all had parenting fails so I try to have mercy on other parents in public, but like this author, sometimes I find it hard to look the other way when plain old disciplinary avoidance is in progress.
A: I can't agree with anyone who advocates corporal punishment, no matter how seriously or "jokingly". Physical violence teaches physical violence and/or fear. Not proper behavior.
NgM: First off, I smacked the heck out of my first kid until I learned better coping skills. Secondly, I was smacked with hands, hairbrushes and wooden spoons as well as hit with a belt my whole kid-life, but I used those experiences to create a better parent than the ones who did the smacking. (My mom has since apologized, by the way.) But, just like with most absolutes in my life, I've gotten some softer about when I know parents smack a kid's butt in moments of safety crisis… a toddler running out in the street, for example. I wouldn't do it, but I reserve the harsh judgment I used to heave their way. What the author writes about a spank doesn't bug me at all whereas it used to would have provoked a massive angry reaction when the kids were younger. Interesting that I hadn't considered that until reading the article and then reading your response (and others like it) here. I wonder why I've changed my attitude.
D: One of my best friend deals with this hatred and prejudice on a daily basis. Her 12-year old daughter has autism and while she is the BEST parent I know, her daughter is sometimes socially inappropriate. It is unbelievable to me that people can be so callous and selfish to think that her and her daughter should be locked away in their home so as not to "inconvenience" others. If you don't want to hear or see children, then stay home, because I don't want to see the ugly faces of hate you make at my kids. (This is a general "you" not directed specifically at anyone. Well... I guess it's directed to those people who have given me ugly looks when all I really needed was a hug and reassurance that it gets better. To those asses, I give a big F you.)
S: I disagree, actually. Not that I think it's okay for kids to be terrors in public, but there is a lot of assumption in this article. Each child is different, and what works for some doesn't work for others. Just be thankful that all of your children were the easy ones. I have two children. One that I can take to restaurants, fancy outings, super grown up affairs and have not a second's worry or trouble out of. Not so much, the other child. Short of gagging him and tying him down, he will express himself, no matter how I discipline (and I am a firm "look", spanking mom who always follows through). Also? This society doesn't belong to the adults among us. Airplanes, restaurants, public places and services in general, are just as much the right of our young as of our old. My child cries when on an airplane. Get the eff' over yourself. It doesn't mean I'm a bad parent or that my child is evil, it means he's scared/upset/unsure/uncomfortable being on an airplane. You're the adult, deal with it. Same in restaurants. Now, do I allow him to run around and throw things and scream? No. But he's going to get wiggly beside me. He's going to get loud. He might hop off of his chair and be put firmly back in his seat for the millionth time. "The Look" doesn't work on all children every time. My child being in society inconveniences you? Then go somewhere that children aren't allowed.
S: I agree with him, but at the same time I must wonder if he even has his own kids? If not, he needs to shut up. One adult lesson I learned is that prior to having children, I really knew nothing but I somehow had tons of parenting advice. Parenting is humbling... you realize you don't know everything!
NgM: He does have kids.
S: I often don't love how he comes across in his articles, but I do somewhat agree with him. I work with children and whenever we have problems with certain behavior (and believe me - I expect certain childlike behavior with kids - this goes beyond that and doesn't include atypical children with special needs) and we try to talk to the parents about it we are met with resistance and insistence that the behavior is ok. It's not. Even my child with special needs understands it's not ok to hurt other people or be rude or disruptive in certain circumstances. Also - I don't think it's ok to physically hurt other people - especially children. I disagree with his spanking ideas.
K: I agree with him, by and large, although his framing sucks. But I disagree that a tantruming child should always be removed from a public space. When my 4-year old was 2 or so, she would frequently throw screaming fits because she wanted to leave the store. If I'd left, I'd have taught her that screaming gets her exactly what she wants! Plus, at a certain point, you know what? I need to get diapers, I need to get milk, we need to go to the store and you are going to suck it up and come with me, screaming at the top of your lungs or no.
M: My two cents? Children are people, too. We shouldn't have to hide them unless they're perfect all the time. Are we perfect all the time? But parents should be parents. When parents aren't doing the hard work of choosing to be the grown up in their children's lives, then they are actively ruining their kids and their kids' futures. Also, my lunch/commute/shopping etc. What bothers me, honestly, is not the kid's behavior, but the parent's response. So, Danielle and Sabrina and others... you won't get any funny looks from me. You (and your friend with the autistic kid) are busy being the grown up. Yes, kids act up or have difficulty dealing with things. But it's when the parent ignores it, is completely ineffectual, etc. that my temperature rises. Kids can be stinkers. As long as the grownup is dealing with it even semi-appropriately, shrug ...no skin off my nose. If anything, I might give you a wry grin that says "been there!"
NgM: Finally! Someone who gets the article! Exactly, M.
D: The problem here is that sometimes you can't tell if I child has special needs or is just being a "brat". That's the problem with making snap judgments; you don't know the whole story.
D: "We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up." Looks like he never learned his own lesson since his whole article is based on the idea that he should never have to experience my children making him feel disappointed or uncomfortable out in public. I'm done with this one. Yuck.
R: Hmm, I don't agree with spanking and don't use it... but I do agree at some point you have to pull your kid out of where they are acting crazy, take them home, put them in time out, and then discuss with them why what they did was inappropriate. After using this method a few times my 3-year old now understands the look. I do agree though, you never know if a kid has special needs or something so you should always give a mom that understanding nod because we have all been there... even the best behaved kid has the occasional melt down.
C: This is my bitch about folks who share Mr. Granderson opinion; kids are people and are not owned by their parents. I am not saying don't parent, I am saying you have to give allowances for children being children and having needs outside the scope of what is acceptable for adults. Folks like Mr. Granderson also have issues with strollers, diaper changing and breastfeeding, except as I said, kids have different needs than adults; where is the line? Should we really expect them to behave like adults or within what should be normal for their age group? I want my kids in church, this means the congregation has to make allowances for them being kids, because, gosh, this is my legacy that I am passing to them and how are they going to learn except by participating? Well, some churches can't stand normal (quiet) baby noises and the service should be as quiet as possible, this is unreasonable.
I am not saying I let my kids go nuts, there is outside and inside behavior, public and home behavior, but still there are and should be allowances for their age.
NgM: I also believe it's the parents' responsibility to make allowances for their kids' ages. If the child is too young to understand church and is bored to tears, it's too soon to bring them in. If they're able to get the gist of what's going on, great! Bring 'em all. But, Sunday School was invented for a reason… to have a place for the kids to be happy and learn. If you're wanting to share in that experience, you should be hanging out in the Sunday School area.
V: The obnoxiousness is humor! I agree, too... I run into this a lot in the "AP" and homeschooling community in which I circulate. It is okay for kids to (be) below parents in the hierarchy of the family... parents are here to set limits and (be) examples to help their kids make sense of the world. It really seems like AP has come to mean a completely different thing than it did when I became a mom 7 years ago.
R: Remember: "You are raising a human being, not an inconvenience."
T: I liked this post countering Granderson's post: LZ Granderson Needs a Hug. He's Having a Tantrum.
T: "If I'm sounding a bit judgmental, I assure you I am not alone in my judgment." And so this makes it okay?
B: It cracks me up when moms try to give a command by turning it in to a pansy question and then get exasperated by an answer in return. "We don't poke the the baby's eyes, okay?" To which the kid retorts, "NO!" Duh, mom! You asked him a question! "Do you want to put your shoes on?" "NO!" How about, "Do NOT poke the baby's eyes." "Put your shoes on." Short, simple command. I'm also utterly shocked at how rude to some of the teachers some of the kids are at my daughter's preschool! No one I know behaved like that, especially as 3-yr olds!
NgM: It's hard for me to write as a mom with fantastic adult kids because it's easy to dismiss me: "Well, you were lucky." "You didn't have an autistic child." "You're just bragging." Any number of things, but I've been parenting for thirty years and am now 50... have been experiencing parenting for 50 years. And to sound like a complete old fogey, parenting sucks compared to how it used to... in too many ways.
Permissiveness is pervasive. This writer is not speaking about the average kid; he's talking about the brats that live among us... and the brats' kids, too. I'm really surprised any of you are having a hard time grasping what he's talking about... who he's talking about. Is the topic too close to home to see it accurately?
Zack and I didn't tolerate crap from the kids E-VER. First, we didn't take them "adult" places until they were old enough -and "trained" enough- to handle them. And I know the word "train" has dog written all over it; I read those AP books, too, remember? But what is learning if not training?
Secondly, if they didn't act appropriately while there, we left. Whether it was Red Lobster or Disneyland. One of Zack's fave stories was when he took his (then 3-year old) son (our youngest) to Disneyland and he kept jumping in the puddles, even after being reminded how he hated his socks wet and was going to cry over it when the fun was over. He was warned they would be leaving if he jumped in one more. He looked at his mom and jumped right smack into another one. Zack grabbed his arm and marched his ass right out to the car... the kidlet whined, cried and then begged to be taken back to the park. "I'm sorry! I'll be good! I won't do it again!" (He was quite verbal for his age.) Then, when they got into the car, the histrionics really began.
Driving the 90 miles home, Zack repeated to his son, "I don't know why you're crying, it was MY day that was ruined."
Kidlet never had to be told anything more than once again because he knew there was weight behind the threat.
No, you can't leave the airplane with a crying child, but you can snatch a running-through-the-aisle kid up by the scruff of their neck and make them sit down. If they scream then, the question to the adults is: Which do you prefer: the bouncing off your lap? Or the screaming like a banshee.
The preface: I know I am not the Be-All-And-End-All to parenting skills, but when we went on the airplane, each kid had a backpack filled with supplies to keep them occupied and comfortable. I didn't depend on the plane to provide entertainment for my kids; I was responsible for their activities and keeping them occupied.
How many times do Zack and I look at each other, totally baffled, when we see kids in our home or in others' homes with nothing to do. Why don't parents bring things for their kids to do anymore? Is there the assumption that everyone has Wii and that their kids will be permitted to play it while they visit?
This article might not be speaking to you in particular, but there are great hunks of information herein that would behoove many parents to listen to.
I wanted to add about the one plane trip in particular I took, alone, when the kids were 5, 3.5 and the two youngest were 2 and still nursing. We flew, non-stop, from Frankfurt to Los Angeles. After the bazillion-hour trip (where there was always at least one kid awake so I didn't sleep), as people de-planed, over and over, I was told they didn't even know there were kids where we were sitting, they'd been that well-behaved. As in life, I tried to anticipate their needs so they didn't have to cry to get what they wanted. And those backpacks were the best thing ever.
L: The back pack thing is actually now my kids' responsibility. The big kids must pack things to keep them occupied while we are going places (clearly I have some tricks up my sleeve in my own bag), but they really liked taking over that role. If they complain about being bored I remind them they must have not chosen wisely. It works!
NgM: I really like that, L… and they are learning their own set of "self-soothing" skills to boot… essential life skills for sure.
C: Well said Barb! We are raising human beings; it's our duty to raise likeable human beings who know how to act in public. Childhood is short? Damn straight! We have a few short years to teach them how to be functioning human beings; don't waste them on letting them run amok. Our kids are the most precious beings in our lives, absolutely, but there's no reason to think the couple at the table next to us has to like my kid who is throwing mashed potatoes on the floor or screaming at the top of his lungs. There is no reason why the server at the restaurant should smile indulgently at my kid while she opens all the sugar packets, dumps the salt on the table, throws her food around, and splashes the table and nearby diners with her sippy cup, and leaves a huge mess behind for the server to clean. There is nothing cute or likeable about a kid who is running willy-nilly, knocking stuff over, bumping into people, screaming "NO!" and throwing food around. Nothing.
NgM: Must insert here that my mom is a server at Walt Disney World and she has some amazing stories about what permissive parents let their kids get away with. Of course, she sees the kids after far-too-long days in the parks and when the poor dears are starving to death, but there are still ways to parent properly, even when you're also exhausted and starving; parenthood isn't part-time. Not even at Disney World. Now, my mom loves kids dearly or she wouldn't have worked at Disney for 37 years, but it can be trying when the kids talk to you (the server) like you are a servANT. Nuh uh.
C continues: Being an attached parent doesn't mean you don't discipline. At the birth center where I used to work, there was an attachment parenting group that eventually got kicked out because those little monsters would tear the place up. He's not exploring, he's not learning, he's not asserting his independent nature, he's messing up (and disrespecting) someone else's space and belongings!
NgM: Oh, oh! Must interject again. (Sorry, C!) When I had my holistic healthcare center, we had all sorts of meetings there, too. Generally, kids were great (and they were AP groups there, just like where you were), but some groups… oh my god… the parents paid so little attention to the babies (yes, sometimes babies!), toddlers and kids, they would go and open the practitioners' doors… help themselves to the computers behind the desk or go play in the trash in the kitchen. At first, it was uncomfortable asking parents to please keep an eye on their kids. I mean, I really have to say this? But, I got to being bold about it… announcing it at the beginnings of meetings and then taking wandering kidlets by the arm back to their mothers. Over and over again. With a report on what they were doing. It was stunning how oblivious some women were.
C continues (again!): Now, my kids sure could press my buttons at home, but they knew from the time they could walk not to try me in public. if it meant getting a to-go box, or abandoning the grocery cart and walking them out, so be it. My kids did not go to adult oriented places, which often meant I didn't get to go either, until I knew they had gotten some basic manners down.
Like it or not, children have to learn how to interact with others in public and private. And it is our job as parents to teach them how, even if it means going home early (or not going at all). Kids are people, not animals, right? Well, teach them how to act like people and not like wild animals and I guarantee you, more adults will like them and enjoy having them around when they're out on public.
M: Didn't read everyone else's comments, just wanted to say my autistic child is often misinterpreted by others as misbehaved. I have been told by others to get her under control because she was reacting to loud noise we hadn't anticipated. It is physically painful for her, not something she can ignore. I hate to think how many people think of her that way. Maybe people should leave their unnecessary judgment at home instead?
R: Yep, F & I agree with him and you as well! I don't like some of his language but I agree with the overall idea.
L: Barb, there are parents like the ones you speak of. I just don't know if they are a majority, or even a significant percentage. After all, when kids behave well, we don't really register it, but we sure as heck notice the ones behaving horrifically. And we don't even see the kids that parents leave at home, or stay home with, to avoid public behavior mishaps. I don't disagree with you that kids have to be "trained" in some ways. I disagree with the author of the article that spanking is a way to discipline.
L: The article could be written better, but the video - can't argue with anything he said in that interview. I bet all or most of us younger ones have had bratty classmates (who) teachers couldn't discipline because of laws/rules catering to parental permissiveness (and I'm not even thinking of children - I'm thinking of high school - math classes in particular).
A: I agree with the comment that the author sounds like a real asshole. I agree with some of the article and know I enjoy being with kids who are well-rounded more than those who are not. But, how about a little compassion for the parents? It is hard hard work being a parent in a patriarchal society with little to no support or time to raise children. And let's not forget, children are children, not little adults, if they were, we wouldn't have so many child labor laws! He has valid points; I think they could be presented with a little more compassion and attention to the overall picture.
NgM: That is so wild. I thought he was extremely restrained in his speech and style! I didn't get asshole from him at all. It's always so amazing how each of us reads through our filters, isn't it?
"But I don't believe making a child's wishes top priority is a demonstration of love. Nor do I believe I, or the rest of the world, should act as a surrogate parents for somebody's bad-ass kids." And if there's no time to raise kids (and this is an excuse?!), then what in the world did you have them for? If you discovered there was "no time" after they got here, perhaps some priority changing is in order.
"You wanted them, deal with them."
So, there you have it. Kids and their parents. And the judgment of the masses heaped on top for good measure. I wonder if I would have answered this post differently when my kids were between birth and 16? I doubt it.
Aimee Isabel -about 16 months old.


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|Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide
Release 2.6.3
Part Number B10283-02
You can enhance the performance of your workflow processes through effective process design.
When designing a workflow process, you must decide whether you want it to be executed as a synchronous, asynchronous, or forced synchronous process. The process design impacts the amount of time it takes for the Workflow Engine to return control to the calling application that initiates the process.
Overview of the Workflow Engine, Oracle Workflow API Reference
Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Forced Synchronous Processes, Oracle Workflow API Reference
Item attributes act as global variables that can be referenced or updated by any activity within a workflow process. The number of item attributes directly affects the startup time for work items, because the Workflow Engine creates runtime copies of all item attributes when a new work item is created. For this reason, item attributes should be kept to a minimum.
Item attributes should be used for:
Item attributes should reference static values or values that are not in the database so that there are no concerns about keeping the values synchronized. (Primary key values, however, do not change.) Do not implement every column within a table as an item attribute.
Item attribute types that can help you reduce the number of attributes you need include the following:
Whenever multiple item attributes will be created, or multiple item attribute values will be set during workflow processing, use the array versions of the Add Item Attribute and Set Item Attribute workflow engine APIs (AddItemAttributeArray and SetItemAttributeArray, respectively). These APIs will significantly decrease the number of calls to Workflow Engine APIs, which can have a measurable impact on performance during batch processing. See: AddItemAttributeArray, Oracle Workflow API Reference and SetItemAttributeArray, Oracle Workflow API Reference.
Item Type Attributes, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Attribute Types, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
To Define an Item Type or Activity Attribute, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
To enhance performance, message attributes should be kept to a minimum. For messages where the number of lines may vary, such as in repeating groups, do not create individual item and message attributes for each line (LINE_INFO1, LINE_INFO2, etc.). Instead, use item and message attributes of type Document to combine the lines together.
Attribute Types, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Send and Respond Message Attributes, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
To Define a Message Attribute, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
When you design a workflow process, you can group a collection of activities together in a process activity which represents a subprocess within the main process. Using subprocesses judiciously can help make workflow diagrams clearer and easier to read and can simplify workflow monitoring and maintenance. However, subprocesses also result in additional DML operations and additional state information stored in Workflow tables. Consequently, you should avoid unnecessary use of subprocesses when there is no functional benefit.
For example, the following two processes, Process 1 and Process 2, are functionally identical, both performing a function called Function 1. However, they result in different numbers of state rows being stored in Workflow tables.
Process 1 contains a Start activity, a Subprocess activity, and an End activity. The subprocess contains a Start activity, the Function 1 activity, and an End activity. This process stores 7 state rows in Workflow tables.
Process 2 simply contains a Start activity, the Function 1 activity, and an End activity. This process stores only 4 state rows in Workflow tables.
Because more rows are stored in Workflow tables, the kind of design shown in the Process 1 diagram will result in slower workflow throughput and a need to purge Workflow runtime tables more frequently than what should be necessary with the Process 2 design.
Note: This guideline is not meant to imply that subprocesses should not be used at all. Collapsing all subprocesses can make workflow diagrams unreadable and difficult to maintain. This recommendation merely highlights that unnecessary overuse of subprocesses can have a negative performance impact.
Process Activity, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
To Create a Process Activity, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
The simplest and most effective way to improve the online user's response time is to defer function activities. You may want to defer activities that require a large amount of processing resource or time to complete. Oracle Workflow lets you manage the load on the Workflow Engine and the response time for the user by setting up supplemental engines to run these costly activities as background tasks. In these cases, the costly activity is deferred by the Workflow Engine and run later by a background engine.
When an activity is deferred, the main Workflow Engine can then continue to the next available activity, which may occur on some other parallel branch of the process. If no other activity is available to be executed, the Workflow Engine returns control immediately to the calling application. The user remains unaware that processing is still taking place, rendering a faster execution time.
To defer an activity, set the activity's cost above the default threshold cost at design time. The threshold cost is a PL/SQL package variable with a default value of 50 hundredths of a second. Set a cost above this threshold for all activities that you don't want the user to wait for.
At runtime, the Workflow Engine defers any thread to the background as soon as it encounters an activity with a cost higher than the threshold. Then the background engine later identifies the process as deferred and continues its execution.
In addition to deferred activities, background engines also handle timed out activitites and stuck processes. You can run as many background engines as you want. You must have at least one background engine that can check for timed out activities, one that can process deferred activities, and one that can handle stuck processes. At a minimum, you need to set up one background engine that can handle both timed out and deferred activities as well as stuck processes.
Generally, you should run a separate background engine to check for stuck processes at less frequent intervals than the background engine that you run for deferred activities, normally not more often than once a day. Run the background engine to check for stuck processes when the load on the system is low.
Deferred Processing, Oracle Workflow API Reference
Activity Cost, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Setting Up Background Workflow Engines
To Set Engine Thresholds


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Professor at SCC Embarks on Kenya Travel to Learn and Form University Partnership
Roberta Barbalace, an instructor in Biology and Environmental Science at Somerset Community College (SCC), is preparing to travel to Western Kenya as a participant in the Kenya Exchange Program through Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Barbalace leaves for Kenya on June 30, 2013.
While in Kenya, Barbalace will meet with the Environmental and Earth Science Department faculty at Maseno University to discuss their research, tour their facilities and present a proposal for a partnership between Somerset Community College and Maseno University to study global sustainable agriculture.
For many years, representatives from the United States and European countries have been going to Africa to provide training and teach farmers about agricultural techniques, including the planting of native crops in place of maize, or corn. Maize is one of the non-native plants introduced in the region about 500 years ago during colonization. While it is now the staple crop of 90% of Kenyans, the future of maize production is in jeopardy because the climate of Kenya has changed. The rains no longer come when they are needed most, and crops frequently shrivel and die in the field, or get washed away by extreme flooding and erosion.
Fortunately Kenyan universities have been working closely with grassroots farmers to develop new farming techniques to meet the needs of a changing environment. This includes unique irrigation techniques, green manuring and a return to some of the indigenous crops such as bambara nuts, pigeon beans, African night shade and vegetable amaranth. The sustainable agriculture systems that have been developed in Kenya are ones that could sustain grassroots farmers in the United States as our climate changes, allowing both groups to learn from each other.
It is estimated that around 200 varieties of native crops have not been grown in Kenya for decades. Fortunately, seeds from many of these crops have been stored at the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) in South Africa. The MSB has two locations, one in National Herbarium in Pretoria and another based at Kirstenbosch National Botanical garden in Cape Town.
After Barbalace visits Kenya, a professor from Maseno University is planning to visit Somerset Community College for a month in the fall of 2014. The individual who comes to SCC will be available to meet with classes, present seminars and/or workshops at SCC and other KCTCS campuses, make presentations at local organizations and present at the International Festivals at SCC Somerset and Laurel Campuses. Arrangements will also be made to take the visiting professor to meet with researchers at Kentucky institutions of higher learning and visit a variety of agricultural establishments and points of interest depending upon specific interests of the visiting professor. A formal partnership between the two higher education institutions, which Barbalace will be working to facilitate, will provide many opportunities for both Maseno University and Somerset Community College. In addition to faculty exchange opportunities, there will be opportunities for student exchanges and group tours for students and faculty to study environmental issues.
Barbalace and three other individuals will be traveling under the leadership of Dr. Iddah Otieno, Director of Kenya Exchange Program at Bluegrass Community and Technical College.


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- enPR: kănt, IPA(key): /kænt/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ænt
- Homophone: can't (US), Homophone: Kant (in anglicized pronunciation)
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin cantō probably via Old Northern French canter ("sing, tell")[1][2]. Doublet of chant.
cant (usually uncountable, plural cants)
- (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
- 1836, Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, page 65
- I am aware that the phrase free inquiry has become too much a cant phrase soiled by the handling of the ignorant and the reckless by those who fall into the mistake of supposing that religion has its root in the understanding and by those who can see just far enough to doubt and no further.
- 1836, Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, page 65
- (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
- A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
- (uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
- People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV ch iv
- He is too well grounded for all your philosophical cant to hurt.
- 1759-1770, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
- Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
- (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
- (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
- (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
- Jonathan Swift
- To sell their leases by cant.
- Jonathan Swift
Related termsEdit
cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)
- (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- Ben Jonson
- The doctor here, / When he discourseth of dissection, / Of vena cava and of vena porta, / The meseraeum and the mesentericum, / What does he else but cant?
- Bishop Sanderson
- that uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting language, if I may so call it
- Ben Jonson
- (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
- (intransitive) To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- the rankest rogue that ever canted
- 1765, Catherine Jemmat, The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself, volume I, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the author, at Charing-Cross, OCLC 316667080, page 145:
- [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
- (obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cant in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English cant ("edge, brink"), from Middle Dutch cant ("point, side, edge") (Modern Dutch kant ("side, edge")), ultimately of Celtic or Latin origin. Related to Medieval Latin cantus ("corner, side"), from Latin canthus.
cant (plural cants)
- (obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
- Under the cant of a hill.
- Ben Jonson
- The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant.
- Slope, the angle at which something is set.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, "Five", in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134, (please specify |part=I to VI):
- Owing to the cant of the vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the cross-trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay.
- A corner (of a building).
- Synonym: corner
- An outer or external angle.
- An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
- Synonyms: bevel, slope, tilt
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- A movement or throw that overturns something.
- 1830, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, page 621
- It is not only of great service in keeping the boat in her due position on the sea, but also in creating a tendency immediately to recover from any sudden cant, or lurch, from a heavy wave; and it is besides beneficial in diminishing the violence of beating against the sides of the vessel which she may go to relieve.
- 1830, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, page 621
- A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
- to give a ball a cant
- (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
Related termsEdit
cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)
- (transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
- to cant a cask; to cant a ship
- (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
- to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football
- (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
- (transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
Etymology 3Edit
cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)
- (transitive) To divide or parcel out.
Etymology 4Edit
From Middle English, presumably from Middle Low German *kant
Alternative formsEdit
cant (not comparable)
- ^ Cant_(language)#Cant
- ^ "cant" in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Further readingEdit
- Cant (language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
From Old Occitan cant, from Latin cantus.
cant m (plural cants)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *kant, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
cant m (plural cannoedd)
Derived termsEdit
- hanner cant ("fifty")
Etymology 2Edit
Middle Welsh, from Proto-Celtic *canto, *kantho ("rim, border, circumference"), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kantho. Related to Breton kant ("circle"), Old Irish cétad ("round seat").
cant m (plural cantau)
|Welsh mutation
|Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
- Definition from the BBC
- Hoops, Johannes (1973): Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 16, p. 445


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Spring slips in with trickles of violet and pink around the edges of winter, a flute's trill in the morning, teasing and fickle.
No matter what creed or nationality, we are all joined together in the very great loss of Father Chris… the "Gentle Giant of Fredericktown."
(Editor's note: Jim Best's mother recently passed away on the day his grandmother was scheduled to celebrate her 100th birthday.)
I always get my haircut down at The Springfield Barber Shop on Main Street by Marsha. Marsha is always a good talker and most guys come in for the conversation as much as for the hair cut.
Fall in Kentucky is a wonderful time. Colorful leaves fall with the temperatures, community festivals are hosted across the state and farmers bring in their final harvests.
On Thursday night, I attended a very important presentation at North Washington Elementary School.
It's my birthday!!!
"I went back upstairs one more time and said 'goodbye' to my room. I'm ready to go now."
This week marks National Newspaper Week.
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The Springfield Sun is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Springfield, KY, and the surrounding area.


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BILLY Clarke has joined Bradford City on a two-year deal to become the club's fifth summer signing.
The 26-year-old striker penned the contract at City's Apperley Bridge training ground this afternoon.
He will officially join City on Tuesday (July 1) when his contract with previous club Crawley Town expires, joining fellow new recruits Matty Dolan, Billy Knott, Gary Liddle and Alan Sheehan.
The Irishman is able to play in a number of attacking positions, including left wing, striker or in the 'number ten' role just behind the main forward.
Like fellow new signing Sheehan, Clarke is also comfortable taking free-kicks and penalties with his cultured left foot.
Clarke said: "I have to reiterate really what most new signings say when they arrive here.
"This is a massive club and the fan base here is very big.
"Those factors, coupled with the chats I had with the manager before I can here, made this the only place I wanted to come to and join.
"Everyone who plays at Bradford always mentions the size of the crowd and the size of the stadium.
"That sort of thing really does stick with opposition players when they come up to Bradford.
"When you look at the manager we have here and the quality of the players he has brought in already this summer, this place really did tick all the boxes for me.
"I like to be creative on the ball and make things happen for other players and myself.
"That is why I feel I will fit in with the way the manager is wanting to play his football next season.
"I'm exciting to start pre-season next week with the boys and get started. I'm delighted to sign here."
Clarke has previous experience of playing in League 1 with Crawley but he has also spent a fair chunk of his earlier career with Championship clubs Ipswich Town and Blackpool.


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A trust-bag is the conglomeration of a trust fund kid and a dirt bag. It is a trust fund kid who pretends to be a dirt bag transient person and acts much to cliché in that role. These individuals are often seen doing rock climbing-related activities. They are unkempt, unbathed, and upon close inspection are unaffected by any of the normal things, like jobs, that are required by normal people who do not have the unquestioned help of their wealthy parents to allow them to continue in their mediocrity.
Look at that trust-bag over there digging in the dumpster for food while drinking just purchased micro-brews... what a poser.
by namoibackwards June 19, 2011
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1998 Oldsmobile Regency 3.8L V6 Series II from North America
Wonderfully comfortable!
(At the time of writing this review, I've only had the car for about 3 months...)
I've had to replace the fuel sending unit @ $525. This problem occurred about 3 weeks after purchasing the car. I began to smell a fuel leak near the rear wheel wells. No dripping was apparent. About a week later, I could see gas dripping from the nylon fuel line near the passenger's side rear wheel well. The shop replaced the fuel sending unit (the metal pipes coming off of it were rusted through), which required dropping the tank. The part was about $300. After this job was done, the sending unit was reading inaccurately (when the gauge read "Empty", I actually had about half a tank left). I brought the car back to the shop and they replaced it under warranty with no questions asked.
I've replaced the Electrochromic (Dimming) Driver's Side Outside Mirror. When I bought the car, the mirror was always staying in the dimming mode no matter if it was day or night (the mirror glass was a bronze color, not clear like a regular mirror). After a winter storm, the thermal change from the heated mirror and the cold winter air cracked the mirror, which let the electrochromic fluid seep out. I purchased a used Electrochromic mirror on eBay and swapped just the mirror face itself (I didn't feel like painting the mirror) and it, too, formed a crack in the corner which leaves the mirror half clear and half bronze. I will be looking into a brand new mirror or just replacing the mirror glass with the regular kind. The used mirror was $35 and a new one is $464 at the dealer. You might be able to find a new factory one cheap on eBay.
I've had to replace the two temperature blend actuators for the climate control. The one for the passenger's side has a long metal arm which moves a rod to change the temp. on the passenger's side. This actuator has plastic gears inside which like the break. The only way to fix it is to replace it. You probably want to spend the money and buy new, or you might get one with the same exact problem. You can tell when it's broken because the temperature will tend to stick to hot or cold even when you change the temp. in the car. Price is about $35 used or $85 new for the passenger's side actuator. The driver's side actuator is actually in a big plastic black box called a "Programmer" The programmer is the brain and pneumatic system of the climate control system. Inside is the driver's side motor which looks different than the passenger's. My motor went out (there are no gears in this one to go bad) so I removed the programmer, opened it up, unplugged the motor and replaced it. Cost is about $30 for a used one or $100 for a new one. Beware, the dealer might tell you that you have to replaced the ENTIRE programmer, which runs about $80 used or $400-$900 new.
I've noticed that the transmission has been shifting harshly when the car warms up. I can control the shift feel by letting off the gas when the car is going to shift from 3-4 at 35MPH or when the torque converter clutch engages at 45MPH. This, apparently, is a very common problem with ALL GM vehicles that use the 4T65e transmission. I will be draining and flushing the fluid, along with replacing the filter when the weather gets a bit warmer.
General Comments:
For those who may not know about this Oldsmobile model, the Regency is a close cousin of the Eighty-Eight. When Oldsmobile stopped making the Ninety-Eight in 1996, they wanted to create a car (using a car they already had, the Eighty-Eight) that would appeal to the buyers of the Ninety-Eight.
In 1997, Oldsmobile rolled out the Regency, which was basically a Ninety-Eight in an Eighty-Eight's body. The interior is a carbon copy of the Ninety-Eight with all of its features, and the front fenders, grille, and body molding come from the Ninety-Eight.
Inside, the driver gets a standard 6-way power seat with 2-position memory. The passenger's seat is also 6-way power. Both seats have power lumbar support. The memory also controls the standard power/heated/dimming outside mirrors. The inside rear-view mirror has a built-in compass and is auto-dimming. The inside mirror controls how much the driver's side outside mirror dims at night. Dual-Zone electronic climate control is standard, as is the 6-Speaker AM/FM/CD/Tape stereo. Steering wheel controls for the radio and climate control are standard. The only option on this car is a block-heater and a power moonroof.
Now to the chassis and drive train of the car. The car uses the GM 3800 Series II V6 engine. All-speed traction control is standard as is Anti-lock brakes. The car also has a special feature you cannot find on any Eighty-Eight. The rear suspension is automatic load leveling. There is a small air compressor near the frame on the passenger's side of the car, which pumps up the rear air shocks when you add weight to the car.
Now, after that history lesson, here are my opinions of the car...
I drove a 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada because I liked the fact that it was basically a Blazer or Jimmy, but it was loaded to the gills with standard features. The same is true with this Regency. I reason I purchased the car was because the gas mileage of the Bravada, about 17-19 average. Driving to and from college every day was getting to be expensive. (I am 18, by the way, and I'm not embarrassed to drive an "old man's land yacht")
The good thing about these cars is that you can find them relatively cheap (I paid $1400 for mine with 78K miles) and they usually have very low miles. The down side is that when you're looking for parts, it becomes a little more difficult because of the rarity of the car. Many parts, though, can be found on an older Ninety-Eight, though. For example, the seats in these cars were taken right out of a Ninety-Eight. The climate control unit is also a carbon copy for the Ninety-Eight.
I love the big-car comfort, the excellent gas mileage (I average anywhere from 21-26MPG with mostly city driving) and the suspension system. The car rides just as nice as my father's old 1992 Park Avenue or my grandfather's 1988 Cadillac Brougham.
These cars (or any car with a Series II 3800 engine, for that matter) are known for a couple of issues.
First, is the harsh-shifting transmission. Some say it's because the wearing of the valve body bores in the tranny, some say is the Pressure Control Solenoid inside the tranny going bad. Who knows...
They also suffer from one main engine problem. The intake manifolds on these cars are plastic. The Exhaust Gas Recirculation tube (think: HOT) runs THROUGH this intake manifold and there's a gasket around the tube. Also near the tube is a coolant passageway. So what happens is the plastic manifold or gasket melts away, you get a bit of a coolant leak and then you start getting coolant in your oil, which, if it's not taken care of immediately, will cause the bottom end of your engine to go haywire, spinning rod bearings and all of that junk. If you have a 3800 Series II, make sure you keep a close eye on your coolant tank and perhaps mark a line on the tank. If you marked it when your car was cold, the next time your car cools down after driving it, the level should be the same. Also, check your oil dipstick every week or two. Check for a "coffee-and-cream" look to your oil. If so, you have a leaking intake manifold or gasket.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 26th February, 2010
28th Feb 2010, 17:13
Yeah the plastic gaskets are just ridiculous, whoever thought that one up needs to be smacked upside the head.
I have two Chevy Luminas, both have the 3.1 "3100" V6 and they too have that plastic intake gasket which disintegrated in both cars around 100k miles. What a pain in the butt! Piston slap is also a major issue.
So a warning to anyone buying a mid to late 90's Lumina, Olds, Pontiac, or any vehicle with the 3.1 or 3.8; be sure to check out the engine good and thorough, or you'll be sorry!


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Just up at The Mindful Hack
Neuroscience: Can "locked-in" sufferers tweet, using brain signals alone?
Neuroscience: Wanna remember yourself as a star? Just edit your memory!
Neuroplasticity: Once "fringe" and now "cutting edge" - but there were costs
Spirituality: Michael Gerson on Andrew Newberg's new "How God Changes Your Brain" book
Medicine: Jet lag is a disorder? But then what about ... ?
Skeptic Magazine's review of The Spiritual Brain
The Mindful Hack is my blog on neuroscience and spirituality issues, which supports The Spiritual Brain.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of people who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory.
Never before has this particular fungus been found to cause meningitis. It's incredibly hard to diagnose, and to kill — requiring at least three months of a treatment that can cause hallucinations. There's no good way to predict survival, or when it's safe to stop treating, or exactly how to monitor those who fear the fungus may be festering silently in their bodies.
"I don't think there is a precedent for this kind of thing," said Dr. Arjun Srinivasan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials and doctors have tracked down most of the 14,000 people potentially at risk for fungal meningitis, blamed for the deaths of 24 people and sickening more than 300.
"This is definitely new territory for us," he said.
The fungus' brown-black color signals an armor that — along with being injected near the spine —helped this mold sneak past the immune defenses of otherwise healthy people, said Dr. Arturo Casadevall, a fungal disease specialist at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
"What we're dealing with here is fundamentally different" from a typical fungal infection, he said. "This is a bug that most of us don't know much about."
But they're learning fast, piecing together clues that promise some hope.
Doctors are beginning to detail in medical journals the first deaths in this outbreak, and the grim autopsy findings make clear that treating early is crucial, before the fungus becomes entrenched. In one case, a woman died in Maryland after the fungus pierced blood vessels in her brain, leading to severe damage.
People getting treated earlier "seem to be doing OK," with fewer of the strokes that characterized the outbreak's beginning, said Dr. Carol Kauffman of the University of Michigan. She has advised the CDC and co-authored advice in the New England Journal of Medicine on how to handle the complex medication used in treatment.
People who got contaminated steroid shots made by a Massachusetts pharmacy have been told to be on guard for months for meningitis symptoms. But the CDC said Wednesday that the biggest risk for getting sick seems to be within 42 days of receiving one of the implicated back injections.
With the tainted shots recalled in late September, that means the period of greatest risk is nearing an end. And it should help doctors bombarded with calls from the worried determine who most needs a spinal tap to look for the very earliest signs of infection.
The CDC said doctors have two valid options: To watch patients closely for symptoms or to consider a just-in-case spinal tap, possibly repeated weekly, for at-risk people still inside that 42-day window. However, CDC officials note that spinal taps come with their own risks.
"We know the farther out you are from receiving an injection, the lower your risk becomes for developing meningitis or other infections. We want to emphasize that," CDC's Dr. Tom Chiller told a conference call for physicians on Thursday.
Still, public health officials recall a 2002 meningitis cluster linked to steroid injections contaminated with a different fungus; one of those victims got sick 152 days after the shot.
Fungal infections don't get a lot of attention, but they afflict millions around the world, said David Perlin of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, who is studying better ways to diagnose them. Most are skin infections like athlete's foot, but fungi also can cause pneumonia, sinusitis and other problems.
Serious infections tend to strike people with immune systems weakened because of cancer, AIDS or other problems. Fungus-caused meningitis in particular is extremely rare— especially in otherwise healthy people like in this outbreak — and it's "very bad news," said Michigan's Kauffman.
While the more common bacterial and viral forms of meningitis tend to strike quickly with obvious symptoms, fungal meningitis grows very slowly and is hard to diagnose. Few antifungal drugs are absorbed into the central nervous system, limiting treatment options. Plus, human cells and fungal cells have a lot of similarities, making it hard to attack the fungus without side effects, Kauffman explained.
The main culprit in this outbreak is a black mold called Exserohilum rostratum, common in dirt and grasses. Only 33 human infections previously had been reported, mostly eye or skin infections in people with weak immune systems, Casadevall said.
Here's how scientists think it's sneaking into the well-guarded spinal cord and brain of a healthy person:
—The steroid injected near the spine reduces inflammation, one of the immune system's defenses against contamination.
—The mold grows quietly until enough accumulates for it to burrow a tiny hole, or abscess, into the lining of the spinal canal, said Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University. Reaching the spinal fluid inside offers a direct pathway to the brain.
—The fungus' color signals how intractable it is. Brown-black molds produce melanin, the same chemical that helps human skin tan. It guards against the sun's mold-killing ultraviolet rays — and inside people, it fends off both antifungal drugs and other immune-system attacks, Casadevall said.
The good news: Black mold is treatable with a drug named voriconazole, with far fewer side effects than the older treatment initially recommended when the outbreak began.
Still, Kauffman cautioned doctors to carefully monitor patients because differences in metabolism can make levels surge in the bloodstream, causing hallucinations, confusion, nausea and occasionally liver damage. On the flip side, their bodies may process the drug too quickly to battle the fungus. Plus, voriconazole can interact badly with a list of other common medications.
"It's not clear" how long to treat but at least three months is advised, Kauffman said. It begins with intravenous infusions that are hard to administer outside of a hospital. Then once the patient is stable enough, pills can be used.
AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe in New York contributed to this report.


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In The Washington Post, political science professor Alexander Cooley emphasizes Uzbekistan's critical role in moving U.S. war supplies into Afghanistan. From the article:
"In reality, Uzbekistan is really at the center of all these routes," said Alexander Cooley, a Barnard College professor and an expert on U.S. military relations in Central Asia. "They're certainly in the catbird seat. And they know it."
Cooley is Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard and a Faculty Member of Columbia's Harriman Institute. His research examines how external actors– including international organizations, aid donors, multinational companies, non-governmental organizations, and foreign military bases – have influenced the political and economic development of the former Soviet states, with a focus on Central Asia and the Caucasus.


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If you were given only one choice of a food to take as medicine, your best choice would be the tiny seeds from flax. Flaxseeds have more potent medicinal qualities—especially those that fight breast cancer—than any other known edible plant. This small seed provides a fortress of protection against this deadly killer.
The intelligence contained in flax is so spectacular that it coordinates a sensational offense against breast cancer. Flax has three notable distinctions. First, it's the richest plant source of omega-3 fatty acids. Research has found that women who eat the highest amounts of omega-3s have the lowest risk of breast cancer.
Omega-3 fatty acids help to lower the risk of breast cancer by quieting inflammation and by decreasing the rate at which breast cells divide in response to estrogen. Inflammation is a key factor in the initiation and progression of a variety of diseases including heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, skin diseases, and cancers such as breast cancer. If you have breast cancer, omega-3s have been found to help shrink breast tumors and prevent them from spreading to other parts of the body.
The second exceptional quality of flax has to do with something called "lignans." Lignans are natural plant compounds that help to give stiffness to the structure of plants. They also possess extraordinary anticancer properties with an astonishing ability to help protect against and fight breast cancer. Lignans are found abundantly in certain fruits, vegetables, beans, seeds, and legumes—for example, garlic, carrots, broccoli, asparagus, dried apricots, and prunes. But, the amount of lignans in these plants is miniscule compared to that in flaxseeds. Flaxseeds contain at least 100 times more lignans than any other known edible plant!
Lignans deter and arrest the growth of breast cancer in a multitude of ways. First, they act as a weak estrogen and block strong cancer-promoting estrogens from attaching to the estrogen receptors in the breast. Second, lignans change the structure of the breast making it more resistant to toxins that induce cancer. Third, if you have breast cancer, lignans can stop the tumor cells from growing and help to prevent the metastasis of your tumor. They do this by decreasing two growth factors that fuel the fires of breast cancer: insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and something called "epidermal growth factor." IGF-1 is thought to be one of the most dangerous and potent risk factors for breast and prostate cancer.
There is another cancer-enhancing growth factor that lignans thwart, called "vascular endothelial growth factor" (VEGF). VEGF stimulates new blood vessels to grow. In order for a tumor to grow larger, it needs more nutrients--nutrients that can only be delivered by new blood vessels. So the more blood vessels that grow into a tumor, the more food that is delivered to it, and the faster it will grow. On the contrary, without new blood vessels, tumors can't grow larger. Cancer specialists recently discovered that this anticancer tactic used by lignans--blocking VEGF--is so powerful at stopping tumor growth that they have created a new anticancer drug that works this same way. It is called Avastin (bevacizumab) and was released on the market in 2004. Avistan is currently only approved for the treatment of metastatic colon cancer and must be given in combination with another chemotherapy drug called 5-FU.


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Hubble Pinpoints Doomed Star that Explodes as Supernova
Amidst the glitter of billions of stars in the majestic spiral galaxy called the Whirlpool (M51), a massive star abruptly ends its life in a brilliant flash of light. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped images of the exploding star, called Supernova (SN) 2005cs, 12 days after its discovery. Astronomers then compared those photos with Hubble images of the same region before the supernova blast to pinpoint the progenitor star (the star that exploded).
The color image at left shows a section of M51 taken in January 2005 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys. The small green square marks the region where the progenitor star resides. The lower-right image shows a picture of SN 2005cs (the central bright object), taken July 11, 2005, by Hubble. By comparing the lower-right image with the color image at left, astronomers identified the supernova's progenitor star [marked by the arrow in the (pre-explosion) upper-right image]. The star was found to be a red supergiant whose mass is about seven to 10 times that of the Sun.
Every second, a star somewhere in the universe explodes as a supernova. Astronomers cannot see every supernova. Of the supernovas astronomers have seen, only six progenitor stars have been identified. Since Hubble can easily resolve stars in nearby galaxies, such as the Whirlpool, it allowed astronomers to track down the exploding star's identity in archival pictures.
SN 2005cs belongs to a class of exploding stars called "Type II-plateau." A supernova of this type results from the collapse and subsequent explosion of a massive star whose light remains at a constant brightness (a "plateau") for a period of time.
This finding is consistent with the idea that the progenitors of supernova explosions are red supergiant stars with masses eight to 15 times the Sun's mass. The progenitor star was found to be at the low end of the mass range for supernova explosions. Stars with masses lower than eight solar masses do not explode as supernovae at all, but rather contract to white dwarfs and blow off their outer atmospheres to become planetary nebulae.
Identification of the progenitor star was first reported in IAU Circulars 8556 and 8565 on July 3 and July 12, respectively, by Drs. Weidong Li and Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley) and Schuyler Van Dyk (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech). The team submitted a paper describing their research to The Astrophysical Journal on July 18. A European team composed of Drs. Justyn Maund (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), Stephen Smartt (Queen's University, Belfast) and John Danziger (Trieste Observatory) reported similar results in a letter submitted on July 21 to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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If you're going to watch a terminally ill man argue his right to be pulled off the machines and medications that have kept him alive for a decade while his family feuds around him, Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins in the hospital gown gasping for air is not a bad way to go. Jenkins is never not good, even when the material isn't as strong as his acting.
Unfortunately, the treacly new drama "Lullaby" needs the respirator more than does Jenkins' Robert Lowenstein, father of two spoiled brats (his assessment, not mine) played by Garrett Hedlund and Jessica Brown Findlay, longtime husband to their mother, Rachel (Anne Archer), and long tethered to the breathing machine.
Writer-director Andrew Levitas is topically on point in the film. With the ever-expanding number of adults able to stay alive longer because of medical advancements, quality-of-life issues are top of mind for many folks. It's the way the filmmaker makes the point that is the problem.
The action unfolds over the 48 hours before Dr. Crier (Terrence Howard) is scheduled to pull the plug. Rachel has called the kids to Robert's bedside so he can explain his decision, then let go of life. His other parting shot — the fortune he amassed in business is being bequeathed to others. He assures his stunned family members that they'll be all right.
There were family divides long before any of Robert's end-stage decisions. Jonathan (Hedlund) is trying and failing at the rock-star life in Los Angeles, a career choice his father has never approved of. Karen (Findlay) is a new attorney but not quite the hot shot she hoped to be. She's opposed to her dad's assisted suicide, has gotten an injunction, and he's given her the right to argue her case before him.
It should make for a tense, tearful film as this dysfunctional family fights about Robert's rights over his few remaining hours. Instead, everything unfolds at a glacial place, with so many emotional beats overplayed that the experience is more wearing than moving. It doesn't help that "Lullaby" is conflicted about the heart of the matter, pulled between the idea of how Jonathan is living as well as the way Robert is dying. Instead of meshing, "Lullaby" too often feels like separate movies.
The film begins with a close-up of a cigarette burning in the dark. Then, Jonathan's face comes into view as he takes furtive drags — inside an airplane bathroom. When the flight attendants threaten arrest, he pulls out the dying-father excuse. He'll use it a few minutes later when he lights up in the hospital and Robert's sassy nurse, Carrie (Jennifer Hudson), has security usher him out. So we know he's trouble.
But like so many of "Lullaby's" set-ups, neither scene works because it is too obvious and doesn't ring true. That hollowness haunts the film.
The action is divided between Robert's hospital room and all the places Jonathan's emotions take him. Though theoretically the clock is ticking, Jonathan finds lots of time to see whether he can repair his relationship with former girlfriend Emily (Amy Adams). He also strikes up a friendship with a teenage cancer patient named Meredith (Jessica Barden). Both actresses are responsible for teaching Jonathan major life lessons — during long walks with Emily, during a makeshift hospital prom night with Meredith.
Hedlund always makes for interesting watching, and he's become quite adept at channeling troubled artistic souls: a Beat Generation poet in 2012's "On the Road," a struggling singer in "Country Strong" (2010) opposite Gwyneth Paltrow. Like Jenkins, he does what he can with the emotional journey he's been given here.
The cast is a strong one across the board, and each in their turn creates one or two good moments. It's a pity the film falls apart faster than the lives it is following.
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MPAA rating: R for language and brief drug use
Running time: 1 hour, 57 minutes
Playing: Sundance Sunset Cinema, West Hollywood


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It's tempting to think that all new luxury cars are oversized sedans or ostentatious sport utility vehicles. And it's true, many of the new luxury cars do fit into those categories. But plenty of new luxury car models are a lot smaller than some people might expect, and it's not just the new ones. It's been that way for a while, but it's always tempting to think that when it's time to spend that kind of money, a buyer should get the most possible, and when it comes to car shopping, "most" often tends to translate into size, rather than features, amenities, or performance specifications. Of course, the word "luxury" itself is broad and subjective, and the lines have become somewhat blurred when it comes to determining what is a luxury car, and what is not. Some people may believe, for example, that only a car manufactured by a premium or high-end brand might qualify for the luxury designation, even if a mid-range brand produces a similarly sized vehicle with nearly identical features and amenities, and decides to market that vehicle as a competitor in the luxury segment.
And then, there's the perception that all luxury cars are large and have four doors. It's true that that's a conventionally accepted definition, but shoppers who have a flexible interpretation of "luxury" would do well to consider other options for new luxury cars. Potential buyers who are shopping for a luxury car should be open to possibilities other than large sedans (unless, of course, a large sedan is what they really want). There's a clear distinction between a sports car engineered purely for performance and a luxury car, but many performance vehicle models have elements of both and are marketed to a luxury shopper. It helps to keep options open, because even the manufacturers (and everyone else) sometimes get a little too hung up on terminology.


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Guess the brewery: Four favorite Colorado tap rooms
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Jonathan Grace necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 43 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
The purpose of this website is to keep the wider local community up to date with what is going on in the club. We show regularly updated content such as fixtures and match reports. The other purpose of this site is to attract potential professional players from all over the world.
The problem with the design of the current site is it looks very dated and it is inflexible when it comes to adding new content.
We want a complete design overhaul for the site with pages as PSD preferably.
Currently http://www.srfc.ie is 3 years old. It is in need of a facelift and a new design is wanted.
The site is a rugby club which has a large catchment area in Dublin, Ireland. It plays at a high level in the country and so needs a site that reflects it's level in the sport.
Services offered through the site are:
- News articles for several areas such as a 'social' page, homepage etc..
- match reports with pictures
- fixtures for the season for all teams
- a shop which sells club gear
- a club sponsors page
- etc...
- New Entrants!: Please see feedback left for current entries.
- A design of the following pages for the new site. (In short, we need 2 basic page designs)
- The site should have only one standard template, with links to the main sections along the top and links to the team pages along the left hand side (or whatever you think looks best).
- The homepage, with the latest news articles and match reports. We'd also like to see a large image accompanying the latest news article. We upload photos with articles. Alongside this image we would like to see three or 4 news headlines stacked one on top of the other.
- The shop page will show categories of merchandise, and clicking on these categories will take you to a list of products with a price and a button to add the product to the cart.What we like:
- A cluttered site which is hard to navigate
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Peralta addition keeps Cards stronger in other areas
Shelby Miller is still a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. So is Trevor Rosenthal, Joe Kelly and Lance Lynn. Also Carlos Martinez and Michael Wacha.
Those six young pitchers are big reasons the Cardinals began this offseason better positioned to win the World Series in 2014 than any other team.
Shelby Miller is still a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. So is Trevor Rosenthal, Joe Kelly and Lance Lynn. Also Carlos Martinez and Michael Wacha.
Those six young pitchers are big reasons the Cardinals began this offseason better positioned to win the World Series in 2014 than any other team.
And they're all still Cardinals. If you're wondering whether the signing of free-agent shortstop Jhonny Peralta to a deal believed to be worth $52 million over four years makes sense, there's your answer.
The Cardinals got better at the one position they believed they needed to get better at, and they did it without surrendering one of their big arms. So if you're inclined to fret about how much money Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak paid for Peralta, go right ahead.
It's also fair to note the contract will take Peralta through his 35th birthday and that he did serve a 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing substances in 2013.
All that stuff is less important than the real bottom line: He makes the Cardinals better for two important reasons. First, he's solid defensively and a career .268 hitter. Best of all, the Cardinals got him without surrendering pitching.
They've got so much of it that rumors swirled about them using some of that pitching to upgrade at shortstop, their only problem area. Mozeliak apparently did kick the tires on Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, but nothing came close to happening.
Mozeliak also checked out another free-agent shortstop, Stephen Drew. He's nothing if not thorough. For instance, Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy, one of baseball's most underrated players, would have been a nice fit.
But it never really made sense that Mozeliak would trade a pitcher. Organizations can work for years and never have the kind of pitching depth the Cardinals have. To trade any of it is a risk.
Peralta was the one guy Mozeliak could acquire without weakening the Cardinals anyplace else. He also doesn't require Draft-pick compensation. Peralta does everything at a fairly high level, has never been on the disabled list and can play all over the diamond.
Peralta had multiple offers in free agency, but he is said to have wanted to play for the Cardinals. No surprise there. St. Louis is one of the destination cities for players. It's baseball season every single day of the year, and every single game is important in St. Louis.
With a packed ballpark, great ownership, winning teams and an organization committed to doing everything right, the Cardinals are one of the franchises every other is measured against.
Another thing that makes the Cardinals better is their understanding that good organizations evolve and change. Change can be painful and not particularly popular. For instance, Albert Pujols signing with the Angels two years ago.
The Cardinals badly wanted Pujols, but they were unwilling to blow their budget on him because it would have limited what they could do in other areas. When the Angels offered Pujols $240 million over 10 years, the Cardinals wished him well and signed Carlos Beltran, then a free agent.
In two years since Pujols departed, the Cardinals have made the postseason twice. One year, they got to Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. The other, Game 6 of the World Series.
This offseason has brought more change. The Cardinals seem likely to have new starters at five of their eight everyday positions: third, short, second, right and center.
Here's the breakdown:
• Matt Carpenter takes over at third for David Freese, who, along with Fernando Salas, was traded to the Angels for center fielder Peter Bourjos and Randal Grichuk.
• Bourjos seems likely to start in center or at least share the position with Jon Jay.
• Peralta becomes the starter at short.
• Kolten Wong steps in for Carpenter at second.
• Oscar Taveras replace Beltran, who is in demand on the free-agent market in right.
None of this is etched in stone. If Allen Craig does indeed return to first base, it leaves Matt Adams without regular playing time. So Cardinals manager Mike Matheny will have the option of putting Craig in the outfield and playing Adams at first base.
That a player as good as Adams may not have a regular position speaks volumes about the organization. And a year after winning 97 games, the Cardinals seem comfortable putting their top two Minor Leaguers -- Taveras and Wong -- in the lineup.
But Mozeliak could have other moves in mind. Because the Cardinals have done such a good job in player development, they have a stockpile of young controllable talent.
So Mozeliak has some financial flexibility to make another move. He's unlikely to sign, say, Robinson Cano to play second, but stranger things have happened.
Regardless, Peralta makes sense for the Cardinals. He and Bourjos will help give the Cardinals a new look in 2014, but keeping the pitching staff intact is the smartest move of all.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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By all counts, it was a very rough holiday weekend for Mitt Romney.
After a week of trailing Rick Santorum in national polls, Romney's problems were compounded by reports that his campaign is burning through cash, as well as a gay illegal immigration sex scandal that threatened to derail his Arizona campaign.
In one of the strangest plot twists of the 2012 presidential race, Romney's Arizona campaign chairman, immigration hardliner Paul Babeu, resigned on Saturday amid allegations that he threatened to have his former boyfriend deported if news of their relationship got out.
Babeu, the tough-talking border sheriff of Arizona's Pinal County, denied the accusations, but acknowledged that he is gay.
The scandal, first reported by the Phoenix New Times, is particularly explosive given Babeu's staunch conservative record. The sheriff, a rising star in the Arizona GOP, is running for Congress in the state's Fourth District, although the fate of that campaign is now in question.
The Babeu scandal is a major embarrassment for the presumptive Republican frontrunner, just one week before Arizona's Republican primary. Moreover, the story has consumed the state, staining the Romney campaign and depriving the candidate of a powerful surrogate to prop up his illegal immigration platform.
On a less salacious — but likely more damaging — note, campaign finance reports released Sunday night revealed that Romney's war chest might not be as robust as his team has suggested.
The federal disclosure forms reveal that Romney's campaign s pent almost $18.8 million in January— nearly three times more than the $6.5 million it raised that month. The pro-Romney SuperPAC Restore Our Future similarly burned through cash last month, spending $13.9 million compared to the $6.6. million it took in.
While both the campaign and SuperPAC still have substantial money in the bank ($7.7 million and $16.3 million, respectively), the numbers do raise serious questions about the sustainability of Romney's expensive, big-media campaign strategy. The former Massachusetts Governor fundraising is blowing his GOP opponents out of the water, but it doesn't come close to President Barack Obama, whose reelection campaign had $96.6. million on hand at the end of January.
Romney's recent troubles ignited fresh chatter this weekend about a new candidate jumping into the Republican 2012 race at the eleventh-hour. While the possibility of a White Knight is incredibly unlikely, the renewed speculation puts even more pressure on Romney to pull out a strong finish when voters in Arizona and Michigan head to the polls next Tuesday.


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Frank Ocean wants to press charges against Chris Brown following an alleged altercation in the parking lot of a Los Angeles recording studio on Sunday.
The two stars and their entourages reportedly clashed over a parking space outside the Westlake Studio in West Hollywood, and police were called to the scene.
Ocean, who was left with a cut to his finger, allegedly declined to press charges, but officials at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department still wanted to question Brown over the incident on Monday.
And now it seems the "Pink Matter" hit maker, who tweeted that he "got jumped by chris and a couple guys," has had second thoughts.
Police spokesman Steve Whitmore tells the Los Angeles Times, "Chris Brown is a named suspect in a battery report. The victim is desirous of prosecution."
Whitmore also told editors at Complex.com that Ocean was briefly hospitalized to treat minor injuries to his hand.
The incident could land Brown in big trouble as he is still on probation for assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna in Los Angeles the night before the Grammy Awards in February 2009.


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Ross: I'm really impressed that you were able to memorize all this so quickly.
Joey: I'm an actor. I can memorize anything. Last week I had to say "Frontal Temporal Zygomatic Craniotomy."
Ross: Wow, what does that mean?
Joey: No idea. But the guy I said it to dies in the next scene, so I guess it means, you're going to get eaten by a bear.
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