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By OracleMultitenant on Mar 11, 2014
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There's a lot of buzz about Multitenant at RMOUG. Thank goodness! It's so darned cold in Denver we needed something to thaw us all out. Just got back to my hotel room from a very good dinner with the ACE Directors. Tom Kyte promised me that despite talking about Multitenant in his keynote and deep-dive sessions he's left me a little thunder for my session tomorrow at 11:15. I'd hoped to catch Leighton Nelson's talk on DBaaS but unfortunately we are on at the same time. I'm looking forward to Bryn Llewellyn's talk "Self-Provisioning Pluggable Databases Using PL/SQL" at 9:45.
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I've been away from the blogging game for too long and looking for a way back in. Today's announcement that MicroStrategy has certified its analytics platform for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle Multitenant is too good an opportunity to miss. This is a great example of the huge momentum towards Oracle Multitenant. MicroStrategy's announcement explains that their motivations included:
Don't just sit on the sidelines and watch the big boys like MicroStrategy enjoy these benefits! You should adopt Oracle Multitenant yourselves!
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Don't worry if you haven't got a CDB, though. There's also a VM on the USB stick. Open the ReadMe and follow the instructions to download and install Oracle Virtual Box. Then you can import this appliance and you're ready to go. It's a VM running Oracle Linux with a CDB and all sorts of PDB goodies in there. I don't want to spoil the surprise… have a look for yourself!
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In Oracle Database 12c, Multitenant is a pure deployment choice. It is possible to upgrade from, say, Oracle Database 11g to Oracle Database 12c, non-CDB and stop there. Of course I wouldn't recommend it! I would encourage every customer to take the next step and adopt that database as a PDB by plugging it into a CDB. Note that if that is the only PDB plugged into the CDB this is what we call the single tenant configuration (using the multitenant architecture). The single tenant configuration does not require nor trigger the Multitenant licensed option.So, in summary, with Oracle Database 12c you have three choices:
- Non-CDB (the old architecture).
- Multitenant architecture in single tenant configuration (one PDB per CDB). No license required.
- Multitenant architecture with multiple PDBs per CDB. Requires licensed option but of course you can manage many as one and get all the other benefits.An interesting question of course is, what's the point of the single tenant configuration? Well, there are still some advantages:
- You will be able to upgrade (beyond 220.127.116.11 - say to 126.96.36.199) via unplug/plug, which we expect to be significantly faster than a "full upgrade".
- Unplug/plug has intrinsic value as what my colleague, Distinguished Product Manager Bryn Llewellyn (author of the excellent Multitenant White Paper), calls "Third generation Data Pump". In other words, if Data Pump (using "full database" exp/imp) is valuable (and we must assume that it is!) then unplug/plug is yet more valuable for the same use cases. This by no means implies crossing Oracle Database software version. But that is among the use cases (also for Data Pump, of course).
- You can clone from a PDB in a single tenant configuration CDB into a different, as yet empty, CDB.
- It enforces the "separation of duties" between the CDB Admin and the PDB Admin.
- Eventually there will only be one architecture and if you don't pay for the Multitenant option you'll have to run in single tenant configuration. Get used to it now!
Each of these is an advantage over the non-CDB architecture. What I like about the single tenant configuration is that, even without requiring a license, it demonstrates a few of the key benefits of the new multitenant architecture. In this way customers can become confident of the new capabilities at no cost. Of course many of the key cost-savings benefits - CapEx reduction by consolidating multiple applications per server and OpEx reductions by managing many as one (retaining granular control where appropriate) only come from the true multitenant use case. But the single tenant configuration is a great way to dip one's toes in the water.
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I've talked to a lot of customers in the last few weeks about their consolidation plans - specifically using Multitenant, of course. For a few there has been a hesitation… "We don't want to consolidate all these applications because we don't want our air traffic control app running alongside our eBusiness Suite and certainly not alongside all those smaller departmental apps!"
"Well," I tell them, "that's ok. I probably wouldn't want to do that either - at least that's not where I'd start my consolidation project!"
I've also heard a complaint that "this 'manage many as one' business is too inflexible. Why can't I configure NOARCHIVELOG mode at a PDB level?"
Those apparently unrelated concerns end up with the same answer: It's ok to have more than one CDB!
A prominent reason to have more than one CDB is to support different Service Level Agreements (SLAs). SLAs typically include specifications of availability and recoverability; things which tend to correspond to Oracle options such as Real Application Clusters (RAC), Active Data Guard (ADG) or perhaps settings like ARCHIVELOG mode (my customer's question above). Remember that with Multitenant these things are defined at the CDB level and all PDBs plugged into the CDB inherit these characteristics. This is the "manage many as one" message.
So you'd typically have at least one CDB per SLA. Perhaps you'd have a CDB configured for your "Bronze" SLA with weekly full RMAN backups. For your "Silver" SLA you might have a CDB with Active Data Guard and daily incremental backups. (Of course there'd be a corresponding CDB on the standby side.) For the "Gold" SLA maybe you'd have all that and Real Application Clusters (RAC) as well for even higher availability and scalability. Of course you could configure additional CDBs to support any number of SLAs but in general you'd want to standardize on a few.
With Multitenant, don't think in terms of configuring these things at the application database level. Instead think in terms of the SLA requirements of the application and plug the application's PDB into the appropriate CDB to achieve the required SLA. It's so much easier because there are far fewer moving parts. Of course you can easily unplug/plug to move the PDB to a different CDB if the SLA requirements change!
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Today Oracle announced the general availability (GA) of Oracle Database 12c, the first database designed for the Cloud. Oracle Multitenant, new with Oracle Database 12c, is a key component of this – a new architecture for consolidating databases and simplifying operations in the Cloud. With this, the inaugural post in the Multitenant blog, my goal is to start the conversation about Oracle Multitenant. We are very proud of this new architecture, which we view as a major advance for Oracle. Customers, partners and analysts who have had previews are very excited about its capabilities and its flexibility.
This high level review of Oracle Multitenant will touch on our design considerations and how we re-architected our database for the cloud. I'll briefly describe our new multitenant architecture and explain it's key benefits. Finally I'll mention some of the major use cases we see for Oracle Multitenant.
We always start by talking to our customers about the pressures and challenges they're facing and what trends they're seeing in the industry.
Some things don't change. They face the same pressures and the same requirements as ever: Pressure to do more with less; be faster, leaner, cheaper, and deliver services 24/7. Big companies have achieved scale. Now they want to realize economies of scale. As ever, DBAs are faced with the challenges of patching and upgrading large numbers of databases, and provisioning new ones.
Requirements are familiar: Performance, scalability, reliability and high availability are non-negotiable. They need ever more security in this threatening climate. There's no time to stop and retool with new applications.
What's new are the trends. These are the techniques to use to respond to these pressures within the constraints of the requirements. With the advent of cloud computing and availability of massively powerful servers – even engineered systems such as Exadata – our customers want to consolidate many applications into fewer larger servers. There's a move to standardized services – even self-service.
Consolidation is not new; companies have tried various different approaches to consolidation of databases in the cloud.
One approach is to partition a powerful server between several virtual machines, one per application. A downside of this is that you have the resource and management overheads of OS and RDBMS per VM – that is, per application. Another is that you have replaced physical sprawl with virtual sprawl and virtual sprawl is still expensive to manage.
In the dedicated database model, we have a single physical server supporting multiple databases, one per application. So there's a shared OS overhead, but RDBMS process and memory overhead are replicated per application. Let's think about our traditional Oracle Database architecture. Every time we create a database, be it a production database, a development or a test database, what do we do? We create a set of files, we allocate a bunch of memory for managing the data, and we kick off a series of background processes. This is replicated for every one of the databases that we create. As more and more databases are fired up, these replicated overheads quickly consume the available server resources and this limits the number of applications we can run on any given server.
In Oracle Database 11g and earlier the highest degree of consolidation could be achieved by what we call schema consolidation. In this model we have one big server with one big database. Individual applications are installed in separate schemas or table-owners. Database overheads are shared between all applications, which affords maximum consolidation. The shortcomings are that application changes are often required. There is no tenant isolation. One bad apple can spoil the whole batch.
In Oracle Database 12c, we have a new multitenant architecture, featuring pluggable databases. This delivers all the resource utilization advantages of schema consolidation with none of the downsides. There are two parts to the term "pluggable database":
Before we get to the exciting new stuff let's discuss what hasn't changed. A pluggable database is a fully functional Oracle database. It's not watered down in any way. From the perspective of an application or an end user it hasn't changed at all. This is very important because it means that no application changes are required to adopt this new architecture. There are many thousands of applications built on Oracle databases and they are all ready to run on Oracle Multitenant.
So we have these self-contained pluggable databases (PDBs), and as their name suggests, they are plugged into a multitenant container database (CDB). The CDB behaves as a single database from the operations point of view. Very much as we had with the schema consolidation model, we only have a single set of Oracle background processes and a single, shared database memory requirement. This gives us very high consolidation density, which affords maximum reduction in capital expenses (CapEx). By performing management operations at the CDB level – "managing many as one" – we can achieve great reductions in operating expenses (OpEx) as well, but we retain granular control where appropriate. Furthermore, the "pluggability" capability gives us portability and this adds a tremendous amount of agility. We can simply unplug a PDB from one CDB and plug it into another CDB, for example to move it from one SLA tier to another.
I'll explore all these new capabilities in much more detail in a future posting.
We can identify a number of use cases for Oracle Multitenant. Here are a few of the major ones.
Benefits Previous approaches to consolidation have involved a
trade-off between reductions in Capital Expenses (CapEx) and Operating Expenses
(OpEx), and they've usually come at the expense of agility. With Oracle Multitenant
you can have your cake and eat it: It's a pure deployment choice. Neither the database backend
nor the application needs to be changed. In future postings I'll explore various aspects in more
detail. However, if you feel compelled to devour everything you can about
Oracle Multitenant this very minute, have no fear. Visit the Multitenant page on OTN and explore the various resources we have available there. Among
these, Oracle Distinguished Product Manager Bryn Llewellyn has written an
excellent, thorough, and exhaustively detailed White Paper about Oracle
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Previous approaches to consolidation have involved a trade-off between reductions in Capital Expenses (CapEx) and Operating Expenses (OpEx), and they've usually come at the expense of agility. With Oracle Multitenant you can have your cake and eat it:
It's a pure deployment choice. Neither the database backend nor the application needs to be changed.
In future postings I'll explore various aspects in more detail. However, if you feel compelled to devour everything you can about Oracle Multitenant this very minute, have no fear. Visit the Multitenant page on OTN and explore the various resources we have available there. Among these, Oracle Distinguished Product Manager Bryn Llewellyn has written an excellent, thorough, and exhaustively detailed White Paper about Oracle Multitenant, which is available here.
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We have a story in Friday's paper on players to watch in Saturday's Senior Bowl. With inside linebacker being a need position for the Bills, here are a few quotes on the two starters at the position - Louisiana State's Kelvin Sheppard (No. 11) for the South and Michigan State's Greg Jones (No. 53) for the North.
Jones, a two-time All-America, could be drafted anywhere from the second to fourth rounds. Sheppard might be a third- or fourth-rounder.
Bills coach Chan Gailey on Sheppard: "Shep's a pretty good force inside. He has really taken charge of the defense, making all the calls for us on the defensive side. He's done a great job of finding the football. He can come take on the run and he's fast enough and aware enough to go cover up some pass situations. I've seen his instincts maybe as good as anybody's on the football field. He has great instincts. He's a big strong guy out of LSU. I've been very impressed."
Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis on Jones: "Greg has had a good three days. He's playing in the defense that he's used to playing, so he's stood out."
Arizona defensive end Brooks Reed and Texas defensive end Sam Acho are a middle-round prospects who could be attractive to a 3-4 team. They will have to learn to play in space at linebacker, but it's a projection they might be able to make given their mobility. Acho is rated ahead of Reed and might be a late-second or third-rounder. "I have not watched the film yet so it's hard for me to say how (Reed) did," Gailey said on Wednesday. "He kind of falls into that (Sam) Acho mold too. He's had his hand on the ground being a rusher but he's probably going to end up either being a pass rush guy or being a stand up linebacker in a 3-4 outside guy. He certainly is an intriguing guy. His motor is amazing. He has an amazing motor. Every snap he's going as hard as he can go. You've got to give a guy like that a lot of credit. He's going to play somewhere. I really believe he will play somewhere because he has the right mindset about the way to go after the game."
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well i haven't posted much on here but since i should probly put up an online log i figured this was the place to do it. my name is travis haessly i was born in 1988 in stevens point wisconsin, since a young age i've loved training i was very active...and very hyper active, i mean what kind of kid likes pushups during recess???? the future powerlifter type. at first i just wanted to be as strong as my father but soon after grasping that iron bar in my hand i knew there were no limits.. especially when the gains started. when i first started training august 3 years ago i was a slightly above average 150lbl guy, and now through proper training, rest, eating, and lifestyle restrictions (no drugs or drinking for me) i'm a 210 lbl guy at about 10% bodyfat and around 5'9 for height. i have done one competition which was for my buddy gary who was running a fundraiser for an area junior highschool. it was a pushpull but i decided to just pull since i'm not fond of pushing . in the meet i had a smokeshow 650 pull and missed 705 twice first time lost balance at the top it was an inch from lockout. second i couldn't even budge it. these were done at 192 lbls, did i mention i'm also 100% drug free? i figure i should post some of my old log from my notebook so i'll start a few months back.
military press
cooldown sets of military press
95x10 75x10 65x10 75x10
bent row strict and low 135x8 175x8 180x8x8x8x8
deadlift day conventional raw
15x455 tng
down sets 225x10x10 275x10
side bends 5 sets
12x220 paused
down sets
165x10x10x10x8 155x6
bent row 175x8x8x8x8
trap bar shrugs 275x10x10 315x10x10x8
squats (i squat wide and raw i do it wide to preserve my sumo deadlifting technique and hip strength)
10x350 easy.
hanging leg raises 10 10 10 10
military press
down sets
65x10 70x10 75x10 80x10 85x10
bent row 180x8x8x8x8 185x8 195x6strict
pushdown 2 sets of 30 reps
9x480 reset reps
down sets 275x10x10x10
ab machine crunch 5x10
10x235 tng
down sets 135x10 140x10 145x10 all were paused 155x10 175x10 those were tng
bent row 185x8x8x8x7x6
trap bar shrug 235x8 325x8 375x8 425x8 325x10
10x375 (i scribbled a note saying where the weight bitch) lol..
down sets with 2 sec pause in bottom on each
leg raises 5x10
pulldown abs 5x10
military press
down sets
65x10 70x10x10 75x10 85x10
bent rows 185x8x8x8x8x7
6x510 reset reps
sumo down sets 225x10x10x10 275x10
decline abs 5x??
this was a rough day everything felt heavy
8x250 tng
down sets 135x10 155x10x10x10x10
down sets
had arguement with gf was pissed and left gym
deload weeek yayyyyyyyyyy did hardly crap just went alll light felt great and by the end of it i was craving heavy.
military press
cgbp 135x10 145x10 165x10 205x6 245x3
bent row 135x8 165x8x8x8x8x15
down sets
225x10 275x10x10
side bends 85x10x10 120x6x6x6
12x225 paused
down sets
135x10x10 155x10x10 135x10 close gripsss
pulldown lats 5x10
12x365 easyyy
back hypers with arch held for a good pause 5 sets
pulldown abs 6 sets
military press
dips bw 10 10 10 10 10
pulldown lats 10x10x8x6x6x3
barbell shrugs 225x20 275x20
7x490 had to go to the bathroom....the reps were also reset
straight leg v situps 25lbl plate behind head 6 sets
8x240 pause
2 second pause cgbp 185x6 205x3 225x3 245x3 255x3
bent row 135x8 155x8 185x8 205x3 225x3 245x3
lol hammer curls......few sets..
goodmorning 135x10x5 deeeeep ****...
military press
down sets
underhand pullups 8 8 8
trap bar shrugs 135x20 225x15 315x20 315x10
8x515 reset reps
rack lockouts emphasizing by putting self in a bad position 315x7 405x6 495x4 back was pumped by end of this owwww
machine crunches 5x10
side bends 60x15 90x10 120 x8 150x5
8x250 slight pause
5 sets of downsets after those
bent row 135x10 185x6 205x6 185x8 185x10
super sets
db shrug 85x15x15x20
hammer curl 40x8x8x8
9x405 ***right onnnnn***
goodmorning 135x10x10x10 185x10 135x10 all of them verrrrry deep i dont care bout the weight i just want to feel these
machine ab crunches as heavy as i could go for sets of 10 5 sets
then we go back to the deload and i kinda cheated on the last day of it which was squats and after i warmed up my hips i tried doing some sumo pulls raw and feet to the plates
i started at 315x 1 405x1 495x1 585x1 635x1 these weren't close to a max and wow they were easy...i've gotten stronger...
now we caught up to where i am this was monday
military press
9x150 my shoulder is tender from splitting two truckloads of wood
down sets 95x10 100x10x10 95x10 75x10
bent row 135x8 155x8 185x8 225x6 245x6 275x3*alot of body english*
double overhand barbell shrugs no straps 225x20 275x20 325x15
now it's wednesday and deadlifts are later await updates.!
so the deadlifts today were a bit of a pain in the ass but i realized i can move my grip in even further on the bar and cut another bunch off my stroke before i thought i couldn't but i guess i was wrong. practiced with a closer grip on the down sets. by the end of my last main set although my back and everything felt fine my legs were fatigued early don't know why exactly it was actually like quad fatigue which has never happened. oh well still got a good enough number since i don't like going over 10 reps.
deadlift conventional and reset reps
belt on
belt off
down sets
225x10x10x10 275x10 315x10 these all were very easy i also did them with double overhand grip in hopes to further strengthen my hold. considering killing my thumbs nerves and trying to build myself up to using a hook grip, those grips just really hurt lol...probly hurt less than a muscle tear though.
after the downsets i moved to the wheel of death!!!
wheel of death on knees 10x10x10x10 these killed since i did them two days ago for an extra workout. i freaking love this movement it annihilates the core.
did 20 minutes on the treadmill i usually use an ellipticle but nothing was open so i tried the treadmill...wearing chuck taylors...poor shinss hurt. my body does not like the impact landing on a treadmill weighing 210lbls i can't imagine how 300 lbl bodybuilders do it...probly shakes their whole gym.
all in all a decent lift. i could have cranked more out on the deadlifts by just forgetting form and doing a more stiff legged version but honestly it's not worth it in the long run. i'd rather have my form perfect.
well looky here it's bench day. my nutrition has been off lately i dont know why maybe i just dont have access to quick and easy food but i haven't been eating all that much. my body composition is getting leaner and my bodyweight is down to about 208-209 as of today.
12x230 tng (when i say touch and go i dont mean bounce i mean i just dont pause, honestly i dont know how to bounce.)
down sets
135x10 155x10 165x10x10x10 narrower grip
kroc rows 45x10 75x10 90xleft hand 20 right hand 20 this was not a max set i figured i wouldn't have enough in me to do these but i did i figured my left hand would die at 14ish. next time i do these they are going to failure.
i wanted to do some shrugs and some hammer curls for the elbows but felt pretty sick...stupid yohimbine...all in all a good lift. set a pr i believe with the bench or maybe just tied one..who knows all i know is i'm lighter and still strong.
Good luck reaching your goals dude...quite ill in that profile pic, lol.
well today was squats and it was decent but kinda crappy at the same time.
what disapointed me with squats was i tried using wraps to try and get used to them and i would have been happy if i got 370 for 12 without them but with the wraps i expected more. i did not go to failure i probly could have eaked quite a few more reps but my legs felt slightly tremory. this was one of the first times i've used wraps during training so i felt very solid taking the weight out of the rack but did not get much carryover. maybe i just have to work at it. honestly i think i could have done 370 for 12 without them, the one thing i noticed was although i took a wide stance i dive bombed the squats deeeep into the hole basically as far as my body would allow which was probly 2 inches below knee cap to hip crease i'm sure some were only one inch but the point is i took them deep. i only have 2 meter wraps maybe 2.5's would work better hmmm.
goodmornings 135x10x10x10x10x10 nice and easy i was fairly tired and sick by this time
wheel of death. this is what everybody is gonna like . on knees with bodyweight no resistance. x10x10x10x10 STANDING 3 reps...standing is extremely hard the the stretch my hip flexors felt was outrageous. one of my new short term goals is 20 standing reps.
let's see today the girlfriend is sick so she wasn't allowed to come to the gym and even though i was sad to have no training partner it wasn't a bad session at all!
military press
6x160 (almost had 7 had it halfway and ran outta steam)
military press downsets
95 lbls x10x10x10x10x10
those were supersetted with underhand chins
bw x6x6x6(all really easy) add 25 lbl plate x6x5
machine shrugs superset with neck harness
machine shrugs 10x10x10x10x10 worked up to a fairly heavy set of 10
neck harness w/25lbl 10, 20, 15, 8, 10
first time ever using a neck harness. very strange to have a pump in the neck....
30 mins on the ellipticle (iiii hatteee cardiioooooo)
then 3 sets of h-rolls
10lbls x20x20x20
anyhow i'm leaning out pretty well i dont know my weight currently because the gym only has crappy scales but i'm getting much leaner. my squats are maintaining strength, deadlifts slightly increasing, bench is maintaining and so is military press. not really gaining any strength but am getting lighter and staying strong which is good.
6x510 is beast man! So is 10x470! Where those done with or without a belt? I'll make sure to keep checking back on your journal!
Doing great, on a roll man.
err having trouble deciding whether i want to pull sumo or conventional at this online competition. i feel my sumo even raw will always be stronger than my conventional but i'd like to prove myself wrong >< can't decide! i should get over 650 with either one though i think.
Last edited by endymion88; 10-29-2009 at 05:51 PM.
raw conventional deadlifts.
down sets 225x10 275x10 315x10 315x10 (erectors were killing me after this . this makes me feel the need to pull sumo for online comp)
wheel of death 5x10 on knees
side bends 75x10x10x10 (obliques were fried from w.o.d)
video of 500x9
Last edited by endymion88; 11-18-2009 at 09:19 AM.
Yep, so much for that competition ha. Strong as an ox,subbing to your journal. Stop by mine sometime and say hello! Its quite lonely
Nice pulls. Looks like you have the Strongest of the Weak competition wrapped up!


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Bananas are often sold still green but will ripen to yellow.
Avoid storing bananas near ripe fruit as they release a lot of ethylene, which will cause the other fruit to ripen further.
Lemon or lime juice, natural yoghurt or soured cream all bring out the natural sweetness of ripe bananas, especially in fools, drinks, mousses and ice creams. Lemon juice or acidulated water help prevent sliced bananas from browning in trifles and pancakes.
Bananas are excellent cooked as fritters, flambéed, or simmered in coconut milk. Rum, orange, cardamon, toffee, vanilla, and chocolate are popular pairings. Mashed bananas give a moist, chewy texture to cakes and muffins. Over-ripe, chocolate-skinned bananas can be used in banana bread or ice cream, but add extra lemon to the latter before using.
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Cole Johnson of Bloomfield, MT graduated from DCC in 2011 with high honors and was also a member of Phi Theta Kappa.
Be sure to cast your vote for People's Choice Award and Student Datebook Cover Award from November 26 through 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 4.
The Dawson Community College Art Department is proud to present the outstanding art works of the talented and creative student artists of Dawson Community College. Thirty students will be exhibiting their artwork in the Dawson Community College Annual Fall Juried Student Art Show.
Dawson Community College "Gallery 126" is pleased to present "Wax Works" with encaustic paintings by Jordan Pehler on exhibit from November 3 through January 25.
There will be an artist reception for Jordan Pehler from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
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Dawson Community College "Gallery 126"is pleased to present "A Retrospective" with Dale Beckman. Beckman's oil and acrylic paintings, color ink drawings and giclee art prints will be on exhibit September 10 - October 26. Beckman's retrospective will be an array of artworks created over the course of his art career from sixth grade to the present with landscapes painted this summer.
Marissa Cumber, from Shepherd, MT is a Dawson Community College sophomore. She won first place for her drawing "Eyes" and third place for her "Abstract Horse" painting in the Fine Arts Exhibit at the 2012 Montana Fair in Billings this summer.
Marissa is not only a talented artist; she is, also, on the Dean's List with high honors. She plays for the award winning Lady Bucs softball team and she was secretary last year and treasurer this year for the DCC Associated Student Body.
The Dawson Community College Art Department is proud to announce the winners of the Annual 2012 Spring Juried Student Art Show.
At the Artists Reception was held on Wednesday, May 2 at 1 p.m. Eight awards were presented by this year's jurors, Kortney Diegel and Jacob Kilgore. In addition the People's Choice Award and the Datebook Cover Award were bestowed.
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Dawson Community College 2011-2012 Awards Banquet was held Sunday April 22. The banquet is a tradition at DCC and includes acknowledgment for both academic and sports award recipients. This year's dinner was prepared by Garth Clingingsmith at the Moose Lodge in Glendive. Hosted by the Associated Student Body participants enjoyed lasagna and garlic bread sticks with a Caesar salad and cupcakes for dessert.
Winners will be announced at the ASB Awards Banquet Sunday, April 22 at the Glendive Moose Lodge.
Dawson Community College First Annual Photo Contest is the brainchild of Joyce Ayre, Interim Dean of Student Services. Ayre felt it was time to let the photographers among us shine. What a great idea!
Be sure to cast your vote for The Peoples' Choice Award from April 23 through 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 1.
The Dawson Community College Art Department is proud to present the outstanding art works of the talented and creative student artists of Dawson Community College. Forty-one students will be exhibiting their artwork in the Annual 2012 Spring Juried Student Art Show, Monday, April 23 - Monday, May 7.
Dawson Community College Gallery 126 is pleased to present "The Great Great Plains Goes Pop" paintings by William Charles Harbort A.K.A. Billy Chuck March 23 through May 10. Bill will be conducting a Collage Workshop on Saturday, March 24 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (register online: www.dawson.edu/workshops or call Marilyn: 377-9450). There will be an artist reception from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 23. As always, everyone is welcome to come meet the artist, enjoy the artwork, conversation, and refreshments. If you can't make it then, the show will be up through May 10th.


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Waxing hair removal uses a resin-based wax like product to remove the entire hair follicle from the root. Results can last up to six weeks.
How Does it Work?
Wax on. A warm wax mixture is spread over hair in the direction of its growth and a paper or cloth strip is then placed on top of soft wax. Hard wax doesn't require a strip because it cools solid enough, and becomes a strip in itself. Cold wax is usually already applied to pre-made strips, but a little friction over it helps generate some heat for wax to soften and better adhere to the hair.
Wax off. Once wax has slightly cooled or has grasped enough to the hair, it's pulled off in the opposite direction of hair growth. The entire hair follicle should be removed from the root, if the waxing is done correctly.
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Overall, it can be done fairly quickly. It's not as fast as shaving, but each hair doesn't have to be individually removed like in tweezing. Wax can be spread over large amounts of hair, and removed all at once. For example, an esthetician experienced waxing hair can get both full legs (ankle up to bikini line) done in about an hour.
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Temporary results can turn into permanent. Over time, frequent waxing can cause the hair follicle to become damaged, and stop growing hair.
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You have to be hairy before getting smooth. About one quarter of an inch of hair is needed for the wax to adhere, which is approximately 3-4 weeks of hair growth.
Results last for a couple weeks. Waxing can keep an area hair-free for up to 6 weeks, but be back in as little as 2 weeks. Sure, that's much longer compared to shaving. But that can seem all too soon, once you have paid a pretty penny for a professional service, or took the time and effort to wax yourself.
Lack of knowledge or cleanliness can lead to disaster. If waxing contraindications(circumstances or conditions when you shouldn't get waxed) are simply unknown or ignored, skin could end up extremely red, burned and even become scabby. Salons or spas not adhering to safe and sanitary waxing procedures could give a client a skin infection, or even a disease.
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You can only wax on, wax off once. When you wax an area and all of the hair doesn't come off, you shouldn't try to wax over it again, or skin can become irritated or even bleed. That can be pretty frustrating if large patches of hair are left, so you'll have to tweeze or shave them.
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One disgruntled Buffalo resident lamented Wednesday that even a champion ice skater would have a tough time navigating many snow-clogged sidewalks.
It's not just a problem in Buffalo. Officials in other localities, including Amherst, say many sidewalks are feeling the brunt of the fierce storms that dumped up to two feet of snow on the region.
Sidewalk strife is nothing new. Whenever we get socked with a major snowfall, there are complaints about businesses, homeowners and even government entities that fail to clear sidewalks.
In Buffalo, Mayor Byron W. Brown insisted the city is doing more now than ever before to deal with sidewalk-related woes. He said cleanup crews focus on removing snow from sidewalks around many city-owned properties and bus shelters along many business strips. The mayor also cited a new program that involves the city deploying shoveling crews from AmeriCorps to the homes of senior citizens who are on fixed incomes or residents who are physically impaired.
The mayor's complaint line received only about two-dozen calls about icy sidewalks out of more than 5,200 calls it received since Sunday night, city officials said.
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Mr. William Dean 'Wild Bill' Owen of South Boston died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at his home. He was born in Halifax County on March 8, 1946 and was 66 years old. He was the son of the late Willie Fuller Owen and the late Gertrude Nichols Owen.
Mr. Owen was of the Baptist faith.
His survivors include one sister, Levern Owen Hazelwood and husband Richard of Halifax; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Four sisters, Gracie Owen Douglas, Mildred Owen Moser, Marian Parker Owen and Carolyn Owen Snow; three brothers, Lawrence Fuller Owen, Kenneth Calvin Owen and Alfred Simmon Owen; and his fiancé, Marie Jenkins, also preceded Mr. Owen in death.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Clover Cemetery with the Revs. Gary Brummitt and Rick Stigle officiating.
The family will receive friends at Powell Funeral Home on Friday from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and other times at the home of his sister, Levern Hazelwood, 2161 James D. Hagood Hwy., South Boston.
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Alas, a Vatican production of Two Popes, One Funny Hat is not going to happen:
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1. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displayjeffkempster Oct 1, 2011 6:25 PM in response to aRock10
I can't exactly help, but your comments are interesting. I bought and returned a Mac book pro and thunderbolt display for basically the same reasons. As shoon as I would do anything, the fans would speed up. I couldn't handle the loud noise and took them back.
Now I am interested in a MBA and thunderbolt display because my current MBA never gets too loud even under a load. But I never thout that the connection to the thunderbolt display might be the problem.
I wish you could test this stuff, but it's simply too loud in the apple store to tell if anything is loud or not.
2. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displayposthocergopropterhoc Oct 2, 2011 1:04 PM in response to jeffkempster
I'm noticing the same thing. have an 11" MBA and when it's attached to the thunderbolt display it is "cooling" all the time. Even when I tell it to sleep.
Between this and the weird USB keyboard issues (when USB KB attached to the Thunderbolt), I expect a firmware update sometime soon.
3. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt DisplayaRock10 Oct 2, 2011 3:29 PM in response to posthocergopropterhoc
I haven't had to connect a USB keyboard but that's even stranger. I do expect a firm ware update soon but I'm almost tempted to have the genius bar see what they think.
4. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displayxmlsnocat Oct 2, 2011 11:45 PM in response to aRock10
I just recently got a MBA 13" i7 and a thunderbolt. Having the same issue here and is driving me crazy. Without the thunderbolt display you don't hear the fan running at all.
Hope there's a fix soon.
5. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displayinsats22 Oct 2, 2011 11:57 PM in response to xmlsnocat
I seem to be having the same problem on 11" with i7.
The CPU load is 2%-5%, but the CPU temp is 80° C. Fan is constantly on when connected to thunderbolt.
I especially noticed this last night when I lay in bed (not connected to thunderbird), watching YouTube clips, and the fan wasn't noticeable at all. I can't be sure that it's due to the thunderbolt display, but I've been having this issue ever since I replaced my 27" Cinema Display with the 27" Thunderbolt display.
6. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displaycbanzhof Oct 5, 2011 5:08 AM in response to aRock10
I have MBA 13"/ i7 have exact same issue. If I reset the SMC the problem goes away. However I have to do this everytime i dock / undock from the thunderbolt display. Very annoying!
7. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt DisplayaRock10 Oct 5, 2011 4:32 PM in response to cbanzhof
I reset the SMC which worked and fortunately I don't have to undock my MBAir too often but it's still a problem.
I'm newer to these apple support forums ... How does a problem like this get flagged enough for the Apple developers to look into it?
8. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displaycolinscroggins Oct 8, 2011 9:46 AM in response to aRock10
I have a current gen MacBook Air 11" i7 and use an Apple USB keyboard attached to the Thunderbolt display. I am experiencing both the fan issue and regular keystroke loss from the USB keyboard, which is getting very annoying!
9. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displaycbanzhof Nov 11, 2011 1:28 PM in response to cbanzhof
Just an update and additional info on this problem.
After experimenting I've found a couple of other things that alleviate the heat/fan noise. In my case, I believe it is caused by operating the MB Air in clamshell mode (lid closed) with the Thunderbolt display attached. If you feel the Thunderbolt connector and surrounding area operating in this mode it is fairly warm. iStat reports approximately 103-107 degrees (f) for the enclosure base which presumably is enough heat to rev the exhaust fans to 6500rpm.
Here is what I did to resolve.
1. Make sure the MB Air is well ventilated. I have placed mine on a elevated laptop stand so that the heat dissapates easier.
2. I leave the lid open just enough (less than an inch) so that the heat can dissapate from the enclosure base more easily. This still allows the MB air to drive the screen output to the thunderbolt display only instead of using mirroring or dual display mode.
Ive been running in this mode for the 2nd day in a row and fans / temp have been normal. Fan speed around 2k RPM and enclosure bases around 97 degrees (f)
Hope this helps. And Apple is listening...
10. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt DisplayaRock10 Nov 14, 2011 8:00 AM in response to cbanzhof
Sounds good. The fan hasn't been on as much since the latest OS update but I'll give the "open less than an inch" thing a try since I use the machine in clamshell mode 95% of the time. I do plan on getting a stand in the future.
11. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displaykarlpedal Nov 17, 2011 4:10 AM in response to aRock10
Having the same problem..
Macbook air 11" i5 mid 2011 and Thunderbolt display. Fan over 6000rpm while CPU usage around 1%. The latest update took away the problem for a few days but than it came back.
12. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt Displaybradbecker Nov 17, 2011 8:12 AM in response to aRock10
I have the same problem as of today (11/17/11) and confirm that the problem occurs with the MBA open all the time. In fact, it may be worse since in this case, the graphics chip is driving the internal display AND the thunderbolt display. I don't have an external keyboard so it's hard to operate with the laptop closed for comparison. I have a new top of the line MBA 11".
13. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt DisplayDWMaloney Nov 18, 2011 10:16 AM in response to aRock10
I'm having the same problem. I use an Apple wireless keyboard and trackpad with the MBA when connected with the Tbolt display.
Common problems when the MBA is attached with lid closed:
- On screen movements become choppy or slow significantly (i.e. moving windows around, opening new windows, etc.)
- iTunes video play becomes too choppy to watch
- Fan turns on (a lot)
- Once overheated so much that the MBA automatically shut down and couldn't be rebooted until it cooled.
I took both into the Genius Bar and they asked that I leave the MBA with them so they could run diagnostics. I won't be able to do this until mid-December.
A solution I found is to leave the cover open on the MBA. This allows enough ventiliation to cool it, but is ultimately inferior since closing the MBA was one of the features that attracted me to the Tbolt display.
14. Re: MacBook Air i5 fan & Thunderbolt DisplayaRock10 Nov 18, 2011 10:25 AM in response to DWMaloney
I haven't experienced anything more than the fan issue but this may be an obvious question: Have you updated to the latest TBolt firmware?
I believe another update was released 2 or 3 days ago which now my fan seems a bit better unless I'm doing some intense work or video.


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---- — It's been said that the least important position on a football team is the backup quarterback until the starter gets injured. Then it becomes the most important one. Backup quarterback is a great spot to occupy in the pros if you don't care if you ever play. That way you're well-paid, always popular with the fans and face little risk of injury.
I remember 20 years ago when Don Strock was the backup to Dan Marino in Miami. For several seasons he rarely played, but was well-compensated and never got hurt. He seemed to accept his position without complaint. Today that attitude would be hard to find. Nobody wants to be a second-stringer and it's especially volatile if two highly touted quarterbacks are on the same team. Then all hell can break loose.
We've seen this situation up-close-and-personal with the New York Jets and it's been a disaster. Their starter has been Mark Sanchez and the backup was supposed to be Tim Tebow. Sanchez is a decent quarterback who looks insecure. Tebow was a Heisman Trophy winner in college, but pro football is a different animal. In the NFL he is more suited to fullback or linebacker.
Sanchez and the Jets have been horrible this season and the fans are screaming for Tebow. Under the pressure, Sanchez has played worse and worse. The odds of Tebow changing things are dubious because he throws the football like a wounded duck. What to do? Having two quarterbacks who want to start is usually a recipe for disaster.
There was one situation in NFL history where the drama of a quarterback controversy was magnified greater than ever. In the late 1980s the San Francisco 49ers were blessed (or cursed) with having two future Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks, Joe Montana and Steve Young. Montana was revered and possibly the best quarterback in the history of the league. Young was an up-and-comer who had all the tools to be an all-pro quarterback.
The late Bill Walsh was the head coach of the 49ers at the time. He won three Super Bowls in his 10 years with the team, so there was no doubting his acumen. By the mid-1980s his All-World starter, Montana, was getting so beat up that Walsh didn't think he would last more than a couple of seasons.
Hence, he engineered a trade for Young in 1987 with the apparent promise that he would start by the beginning of the 1988 season.
Walsh was right as far as Montana's fragility was concerned. He suffered from major back and elbow problems. He always seemed to miss a game here and there, which provided Young with multiple opportunities to start. Montana later missed almost two full seasons due to injuries.
However, Walsh underestimated Montana's competitiveness. He wasn't about to give up. He kept coming back to reclaim his job as the starter, leaving Young sympathetic and frustrated at the same time. Montana was at the helm to win his third and fourth Super Bowls in 1988 and '89 and was treated like a deity by the fans. How was Young going to overcome that?
Despite leading the 49ers to the NFL championship games in 1991 and '92 while Montana was out injured and being named the league's Most Valuable Player in '92, Young was still not accepted by the Montana-worshiping 49er fans. It grew worse when the team acquiesced to Montana's request for a trade before the '93 season to the Kansas City Chiefs. Redemption and acceptance didn't come to Young until he led the 49ers to their fifth Super Bowl win, over San Diego following the 1994 season.
The whole story behind the two Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks facing the pressure of competing against one another is graphically told by Adam Lazarus in his new book, "Best of Rivals: Joe Montana, Steve Young, and the Inside Story Behind the Greatest Quarterback Controversy." It describes the backgrounds of both players as they grew up, excelled in college, and eventually ended up together on the best pro football team of the 1980s. The situation created a tremendous amount of pressure on both players as their talent and competitive spirit never let them truly become close.
The 49ers were lucky in that they stayed competitive and both quarterbacks were able to achieve their personal goals of winning Super Bowls and being elected to the pro football Hall of Fame. Most teams are not so fortunate. Most of them end up like the Jets, floundering to find their identity. Lazarus' case study of the ultimate competition shows that winning isn't always pretty.
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I write about enterprise innovation.
A number of sources have tried estimating sales of the iPad Mini over the past day or so. And there is an important reason for that. Analysts at IDC have Apple Apple still well and truly ahead in the tablet market, a very different story from smartphones. What are the lessons?
Here are the bare bones of the data:
Apple surpassed the IDC's projections during Q1 2013 by selling 19.5 million tablets worldwide—a significant jump from the 11.8 million sold during the same time period in 2012. Despite these sales, however, Apple only controls 39.6 percent of the slate market share, marking a drop from the 58.1 percent it owned last year.
So, significantly higher sales but declining market share. That is familiar from the smartphone market.
The Mini is a watered down version of the iPad. Its launch risked the dreaded cannibalization effect, potentially eating into iPad sales. But it looks to have kept Apple's market share in some kind of shape. Without it market share might have swung much more in Samsung's favor. The Mini, in other words, has kept Samsung at bay.
A widespread estimate of Mini sales puts them around the 12 million mark in the last quarter, meaning it now handsomely outstrips iPad sales.
Those estimates come from a variety of sources, perhaps the most reliable one being supplier information on displays. See this round up, which suggests 9 – 12 million units.
I asked IDC analyst Tom Mainelli for his estimate of Mini sales and his answer was:
We're still working on details like the iPad mini split. At a very high level I would say that the mini easily made up greater than 55% of total iPad shipments during the quarter.
These sales surely have allowed Apple to appear in control of the tablet market, and make them much less exposed to Samsung than they would otherwise be.
What is most interesting in putting that data in the context of what is happening in smartphones. The big growth area in smartphones will be in the low-cost part of the market. A couple of days back I quoted BGR on research from ABI:
ABI estimates the low cost smartphone market will more than triple, in devices sold, between now and 2018 whereas the mid-range will grow at only (roughly) 50%. Mid range is estimated at the $250 – 400 mark, while low cost is sub $250.
The point is that real growth is down market and what is needed there is an iconic phone to sweep it up. The idea of a really cheap iPhone offends some sensibilities but we have a really cheap tablet in the iPhone Mini, one that is well below the innovation capabilities of Apple but one that is really preserving Apple's presence and reputation as a market leader.
Surely then would it be rational for Apple to enter the low cost market, possibly with one of its existing devices, for example taking the iPod Touch into the 3G realm. The Touch already does good Face Time once users are in a WiFi zone – and more and more homes, as well as public spaces, have WiFi.
They are also familiar devices, have a great display and are well established as an aspirational product.
It means Apple is diminishing its innovation brand, possibly. But it is also a smart move, capitalizing on the experience of the Mini, which has helped keep Samsung well back in tablet market share. It would also play to Tim Cook's strengths in supply chain management and help increase revenues, though maybe at the expense of margins.
Optimism around Apple is increasing and right now a more populist move could help it further. Giving emerging markets, and the less well off, a low-cost slice of Apple could be a smart move.
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it seems that apples innovation is tied to its stock price. what ever apple decides to do, be it an iPhone lite, wearable devices or streaming music you can bet the user experience will be top of the line. what makes apple different from Samsung or any other device maker is the quality or their product and the overall user experience. it seems like the other device makers are quick to get devices to market.
Haven't you heard??? The iPhone IS an iPod. There is a market for an iPhone without the phone, and the Touch is it.
Not sure an iPod touch with cellular radio would represent a cheap iPhone. First, the iPod Touch starts at $299 (with 32GB). Presumably a 16 GB model would cost less ($199?), but Apple would still need to add the cellular radio, antennas, and a bigger battery to provide extra power. This already exists. It's called the iPhone 5. Okay, maybe a 3G cellular radio to differentiate from the iP5 and reduce the cost of materials, but this wouldn't reduce the cost by much; a marginal decrease. The case is likely cheaper to product versus the iP5, but again, it's likely a small difference. So I don't see Apple creating a cheaper iPhone from the iPod Touch.
I agree with the idea of adding 3G data to the iPod touc (4th gen), Ma but it would also have to support UMTS and CDMA voice. All of this points to a more expensive set of components, and I think the fundamental design of the iPod touch (4th gen) changes. Maybe Apple should consider the polycarbonate casing they used for Macbooks from 2006-2010, in order to lower the price.
I would pay $300 more for an ipad mini with phone capabalities… and you can call it an iphone maxi.
If they combined that with their tablet, would it be called the 'iPhone maxiPad??
An iPod with a phone?? Uh, hasn't Apple been making one for several years??
How about Americans making Apples….and not consuming them.


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MIDLOTHIAN, Texas — The man killed alongside a former Navy SEAL sniper at a Texas shooting range was helping his friend work with a troubled war veteran, and the outing was intended to be a "therapeutic situation," his relatives said Friday following his funeral.
Hundreds of people attended the service for Chad Littlefield, who along with his friend, "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle, was fatally shot last weekend. Authorities have said the former Marine they were trying to help suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and turned on the two men.
Littlefield's father-in-law, Tom Montgomery, defended the notion of helping troubled war veterans through target practice. He said Kyle regularly took veterans to the shooting range, and that Littlefield often assisted in efforts to help veterans.
"As a gesture of friendship, that's the only way I can describe it, he was asked to help Chris in this endeavor," Montgomery said. "I think this was a form of relaxation, a form of therapy."
Police say the suspect, 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, shot Littlefield and Kyle multiple times on Feb. 2 before fleeing. He later told his sister and brother-in-law that the men "were out shooting target practice and he couldn't trust them so he killed them before they could kill him," according to a search warrant. Routh is jailed on $3 million bond.
The men could not have anticipated Routh's actions, Montgomery said, adding that Littlefield enjoyed assisting Kyle with his nonprofit, which provided in-home fitness equipment to physically and emotionally wounded veterans.
Kyle, 38, established the nonprofit after leaving the Navy in 2009 following four tours of duty in Iraq, where he earned a reputation as one of the military's most lethal snipers. His wartime account, "American Sniper," was a best-seller.


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FARMINGTON — A pedestrian talking on her cell phone was struck by a turning pickup truck in the center of downtown Farmington on Friday morning.
Jillian Benson, 19, of Farmington was injured after stepping out into the street to cross Broadway in front of TD Bank. She was approximately 10 feet east of the crosswalk when she stepped from the sidewalk and into the path of the truck.
Blaine Blodgett, 49, of Norridgewock was making a left turn from Main Street onto Broadway when his 2004 Chevrolet pickup struck the girl at about 9:45 a.m. Blodgett was turning on a green light, according to Farmington police Officer Matthew Hunt's report.
Ron Gelinas of Mainestone Jewelry, a shop near the scene, said he didn't see the accident happen but was outside the shop and was one of the first to reach Benson's side. He kept her talking as they waited for police and a NorthStar ambulance to arrive, he said.
Benson, a student at the University of Maine at Farmington, was still being treated at midafternoon at Franklin Memorial Hospital, according to a hospital representative.
Police interviewed other pedestrians at the scene but were not finding anyone who saw the incident happen.
Hunt spoke to Benson at the hospital, and she told him that she was talking on her cell phone at the time, said Farmington police secretary Bonnie Pomeroy.


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By LOHR McKINSTRY
---- — KEESEVILLE — Voters decided Tuesday that the Village of Keeseville should dissolve and its assets be turned over to surrounding towns.
The referendum vote was 268 yes to 176 no to terminate Keeseville's existence as a municipality.
Village Mayor Dale Holderman said citizens got what they wished for.
"The people have spoken, that's what it boils down to. This is democracy."
The Village Board must now meet within 30 days to adopt a plan for dissolution, which is subject to a petition for public referendum. If a vote is petitioned and the plan fails, then Keeseville does not dissolve.
That petition would require about 256 signatures, 25 percent of the village's registered voters.
The option for a vote on a dissolution plan essentially gives residents two chances to keep the village. If the vote Tuesday had been to keep Keeseville, another dissolution vote could not have been held for five years.
A dissolution vote was held because resident Nancy Booth filed a valid petition under state law. Keeseville has about 955 registered voters out of 1,800 residents.
The village used a state grant to hire Kingston-based Rondout Consulting to prepare a dissolution plan. The plan calls for several special taxing districts — street-lighting, sidewalk maintenance, village debt, water, sewer — to take the place of the village.
If the dissolution vote stands, the village government will cease to exist after two years — on Dec. 31, 2014. Village property and some services will be turned over to the surrounding towns of Chesterfield in Essex County and AuSable in Clinton County.
All village jobs will end, although the towns have indicated they'd give former village workers first priority in hiring to fill positions, and one person each would be hired for the water and sewer plants.
The plan said that for the AuSable part of the village, taxpayers pay $2,375 a year now in taxes and fees on a $100,000 property. After dissolution, they'd pay $2,032 without state dissolution aid, and $1,931 with it. On the Chesterfield side of the village, residents pay $2,173 now, and would pay $1,791 without the aid, and $1,714 with it.
For homes assessed at less than $70,000, when special district taxes and fees replace village property taxes, those people could have to pay more than with the village, the report said; for example, a $166 increase for someone with an assessment around $30,000.
Village officials said 66 percent of the houses in Keeseville are assessed at less than $100,000.
"I hope people realize what they did," Keeseville Village Trustee John Casey said after the vote was announced.
The next dissolution vote in the North Country will be for the Village of Champlain in Clinton County. That vote has been set for Tuesday, March 19.
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SSL - Flight Programs - SPHERES
The MIT Space Systems Laboratory developed the SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) laboratory environment to provide DARPA, NASA, and other researchers with a long term, replenishable, and upgradable testbed for the validation of high risk metrology, control, and autonomy technologies for use in formation flight and autnomous docking, rendezvous and reconfiguration algorithms. These technologies are critical to the operation of distributed satellite and docking missions such as Terrestrial Planet Finder and Orbital Express.
To approximate the dynamics that will be encountered during these missions, the testbed consists of three small, self-contained vehicles, or "spheres," which can control their relative positions and orientations, and is operable on a 2-D laboratory platform, NASA's KC-135, and the International Space Station. SPHERES draws upon the MODE family of dynamics and control laboratories (STS-40, 42, 48, 62, MIR) by providing a cost-effective laboratory with direct astronaut interaction that exploits the micro-gravity conditions of space.
The first of three SPHERES satellites reached the International Space Station on 24-April-2006 aboard Progress P21. The first operating sessions occurred on Thursday, 18-May-2006 from 10:30am-1:30pm CST.
Here is a video of the first SPHERES test (a checkout procedure) aboard the ISS:
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State-specific modeling reports, which examine the potential impact of ACA on people living with HIV/AIDS, presenting:
- Demographic data on Ryan White and ADAP clients.
- Potential ADAP client shifts in eligibility to Medicaid and private coverage.
- Service comparisons across Ryan White, Medicaid.Sample plans to be sold on the Marketplace.
- Anticipated outcomes once Marketplaces open in 2014.
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Beverly — Lester Nishi, age 60, died in New York on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was the son of Nobel Nishi & Mataye Jane Nishi. For the last 35 years Mr. Nishi had resided in Massachusetts.
In addition to his mother, Mataye Jane, Mr. Nishi is survived by his daughter, Morgan Nishi [a current resident of Swampscott, MA], as well as his two brothers, Don Saisho & Sam Nishi [both California residents].
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