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on May 17, 2013 - 10:37 AM
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The 4.4-magnitude earthquake recorded Friday morning by the U.S. Geological Survey and Natural Resources Canada occurred in a forested region of southwestern Quebec, an area of smaller communities about an hour's drive from the Canadian capital of Ottawa.
Yet it rattled millions of people on both sides of the border, earthquake experts in Ottawa and Buffalo said. Actress Rosie O'Donnell was among them.
"Visiting western NY – FELT AN EARTHQUAKE THIS AM !!! Mish thought i was nutso -- but 4.5 in Ottawa," the TV personality posted on her official Twitter account.
Mish is apparently a reference to O'Donnell's wife, Michelle Rounds. When a Buffalo News reporter asked O'Donnell on Twitter what brought her to this area, she replied, "Looking at colleges" – likely for her son, Parker, who turns 18 next week, according to "People" magazine.
Seismologist John Adams of Natural Resources Canada described the earthquake as "reasonably memorable" during a phone interview from his office in Ottawa.
"It shook millions of people up living in Ontario, New York and Quebec," said Adams, who has worked at the ministry for 30 years. "It also reminds you that earthquakes can happen here, and like all natural disasters, you probably should be thinking how you would prepare for it and react to it."
The earthquake was reported at 9:43 a.m. 13 miles northeast of Shawville, Quebec. A 3.6-magnitude aftershock was reported 10 minutes later by the U.S. Geological Survey.
"I'm surprised a 4.4-magnitude quake was felt to this degree in Western New York," said Mark Castner, director of the Braun-Ruddick Seismograph Station at Canisius College. "The area with the most reports was upstate New York in the northern Adirondacks and over to the Thousand Island region. There was also a lot of people reporting from Syracuse to Buffalo, through the Finger Lakes and down to the Pennsylvania border."
To reach the Buffalo Niagara region, the waves traveled under Lake Ontario, which at its deepest point is about 820 feet deep, said Joseph Atkinson, a professor in the University at Buffalo's Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Atkinson said the seismic waves are unlikely to have an impact on the lake.
Initial reports from Natural Resources Canada and the U.S. scientists reported the magnitude of Friday's earthquake as more than 5. Experts explained that earthquake magnitudes are adjusted as more data is collected from various seismographic stations.
No injuries or property damage was reported on either side of the border.
"For the immediate future we expect to have aftershocks," Adams said in Ottawa. "The main shock changes the stress in the earth and the earth needs time to respond."
This earthquake reminded many area residents of the June 23, 2010, 5.0-magnitude quake that also originated near Ottawa, where some buildings sustained damage. People from as far away as Buffalo, Cleveland and Michigan reported feeling it.
Strong earthquakes in Canada are rare, Adams said, and there is some indication that Friday's quake is related to the one nearly three years ago.
"There is no indication they are on the same fault, but they are certainly in the same seismic zone so they're kind of related," he said.
In August 2011, the Buffalo Niagara region felt the ripple effects of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Richmond, Va., that shook much of the East Coast.
One expert pointed to a number of factors when asked why earthquakes are felt hundreds of miles from their epicenter. Friday's, for example, occurred 220 miles away from Buffalo,
Don Goralski, chief of staff at UB's earthquake engineering research center, said, "Quakes are felt over larger distances in the East because here the crust of the earth is solid. Energy transmits more rapidly through a solid rather than a fractured crust. This type of earthquake on the West Coast would be felt over a shorter distance."
Alisha Jauch, of Pendleton, is a married mother of five working out of her home as a hairstylist. Jauch was cutting a client's hair when the phone rang, she said. The time, according to her phone, was 9:44 a.m. That's when she felt the earth move.
"I stopped in the middle of the conversation," said the California transplant. "I have felt other earthquakes. I was leaning against my clothes dryer and felt it moving. I thought that was odd because I wasn't drying anything. And then I could feel the whole house glide. It wasn't shaking; it was gliding.
"It was pretty surreal; I was pretty excited," she said. "It was a familiar feeling I hadn't experienced in a long time.".
News Business Reporter Stephen T. Watson contributed to this report.
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"I beat it once, I'll beat it again."
Patient Stephanie Madsen describes her journey with battling cancer as not only a fight for her life but a story to share with others; a story to motivate, encourage and give hope to others in her shoes. She speaks candidly about her ups and downs on her blog, www.derailingmydiagnosis.com.
Stephanie was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer of the cervix in early 2012. After having surgery and under-going an aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, she was told she was cancer-free. "I was super excited!" says Stephanie, "I thought, I can finally move on and start planning the future."
Stephanie and her husband Matt discovered the treatments had left them unable to conceive, so they made the decision to consider adoption. In the midst of planning, Stephanie started having pain in her stomach. "I felt this hard lump on my left side," she explains, "I knew something wasn't right and I was praying my cancer wasn't back." Next she would receive news she'd hoped not to hear, doctors found a massive tumor the size of a soft-ball. Not only was her cancer was back, she would have to undergo emergency surgery to remove it. "I took it a lot harder than the first time," says Stephanie, "this time I knew what it was and I knew it wasn't going away."
Swedish gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Mary Jo Schmitz has seen Stephanie through her battle and performed her surgery. Stephanie says overall the surgery went well and the good news was the tumor hadn't attached to any other organ and it was successfully removed from her body. "I was in the best hands and I had complete confidence in my doctor," she explains.
Since surgery, Stephanie has been put back on a treatment plan. She will have chemotherapy once a week for six weeks. "It's a constant battle, but I'm confident that I will be cured again. I believe my story can help a lot of people, I truly believe I wouldn't be able to fully understand cancer if I didn't have this recurrence. I'm a fighter and I'm not giving up."
If you would like to follow Stephanie's journey, check out her blog at http://www.derailingmydiagnosis.com.

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5 Places Where Society Inexplicably Breaks Down
#2. Parking Lots After a Big Event
You've just left the concert or convention, and now you're ready to leave all of that stress behind and head on home and OH SHIT THE PARKING LOT!
I like to think that a species is a good, reasonable species if its chief concern is self-preservation. I see a thing that wants to keep living and I say, "Yeah, that fella's on the ball, he's got a good head on his shoulders." Success = survival.
So when I'm surrounded by a bunch of other crazed drivers in a dangerously busy parking-lot-induced traffic jam and I make decisions that actively show no regard for my own safety, I feel like I lose whatever soul I might have had before.
"For the next 10 minutes, God is dead and I'm the only real person left on the planet."
If I'm in a crowded parking lot, the hall that previously held the symphony or adult sex convention that I'd just attended suddenly becomes a bomb ready to go off at any minute, and I need to get as far away as possible, even if it means killing myself. Especially, in fact. If someone is trying to sneak his way into my lane, I'll speed up and do my best to flash him a look that says, "I'm ready to die. My soul is prepared; how is yours?" I want everyone to know that I'm just crazy enough to take this whole goddamn place down with me, a message I present via sexy and dangerous car-dancing (there's a lot of swaying and cursing and awkward forward-jerking that takes place). I don't do this in regular traffic; only in crowded parking lots. Survival becomes secondary to letting everyone else know that I'm the crazy one. "You all need to watch out for me because I'm not looking out for anything or, in fact, even looking while I'm driving right now."
But it's not selfish, because so is everyone else. Even if we all objectively know that things would be easier if we were all calmly and patiently navigating the parking lot with extreme caution, we lose that objectivity as soon as the parking lot monster shows its ugly head. It's the one time that the part of your brain that doesn't fear death (and, really, why do we even have that part?) overcomes every other part of your brain.
#1. Airports During a Flight Delay
I know I've ranted and grumbled on this column a few times, but it's always been feigned outrage. I'm not an angry guy. Usually when I feel like I might get angry, I think about what I'd look like with a big mad-face on, and how silly that would look. Because when some people get angry they look intimidating, and others look like they're trying to poop. I'm in that second group.
"Whoa, you'd better not mess with that guy. He's shitting himself, currently."
If you suffered from Poop Face Disorder, you wouldn't get angry all that often, either.
As level-headed as I tend to stay, I am at my absolute worst as a human being in an airport terminal. I not only get angry, I lose all sense of empathy and reason. The night before a flight, I am the most organized and prepared person you will ever meet. I make a list of what I need to pack and I go through it. I clean my apartment. I pick out the clothes that will be comfortable and shoes that will be easy to take off at the security checkpoint. I make sure I have transportation to the airport, and I make sure that the people picking me up when I land know my flight number, so they can track it during the day in case it gets delayed. I reduce the amount of things that will be in my pockets to only the absolute essentials (passport, the ticket I printed in advance, a Spider-Man toy) and safely pack the other things that usually load my pockets (wallet, keys, cellphone, an additional Spider-Man toy). I triple check everything, and then I set three separate alarms (if it's a super-early flight).
But then I get to the airport, and everything except the caveman part of my brain shuts off, because in my head, absolutely every motherfucker in this building wants to stop me from getting to my destination, which means I'm allowed to fight them. Fight them with biting.
I don't know what it is about the airport that makes a person think they're the only one who needs to get anywhere, but that's where we're at as a culture. It happens to me every time I fly. If a line is long and I worry that I might miss my flight, I panic, because I feel like everyone else is there to inconvenience me. I'll suppress the urge to shout, "Look, I know all of these yahoos came to the airport to wait in line like a bunch of jerks, but I actually need to go somewhere. Somewhere important.
Usually here.
It's a strong sense of entitlement mixed with a total lack of concern for absolutely anyone who isn't me. I could march through an airport while hundreds of people around me die and I would just think, "Hey, that's their thing, I need to get to Austin."
But I'm not even the worst. Have you ever seen someone on standby, hoping to get a flight? These people are on standby because they've missed their original flight, and now they're hanging around on the off chance that there will be an opening for another flight. They're usually delayed by several hours, and their new flight, if they get one, will probably involve some inconvenient stopover in some other state. These people are the most miserable and haggard people you will ever meet. They circle airport employees like vultures. They loudly complain about how ruined all of their plans are, like their mild inconveniences are on par with being kidnapped and tortured ("And then someone at the counter was rude to me! And I was like, where am I, a Saw movie? Set in Communist China? With Nazis?"). They look at the people who do have tickets, and they size them up, mentally working out how hard it would be to murder someone, take their tickets and hide them in an airport bathroom.
Most of all, they lose all sense of reason. I fly a few times a year, so I've seen this exchange maybe a dozen times:
Employee: You are in this situation because you missed your flight, because you were late. And there are no seats left on this new flight.
Deranged Woman: But I need to get to D.C., you don't understand! I bought a ticket!
Employee: I understand that, ma'am, but you have to --
Deranged Woman: That's not good enough, I need you to get me to D.C., this is your responsibility.
Employee: We have a flight out tomorrow morning for --
Deranged Woman: No, no, no, this is your JOB. This is what you DO. Find me a flight, I don't care how you do it.
Employee: No, well ... well obviously you don't care, no one ever -- but that's not important, the point is there are NO flights to D.C. until tomorrow. I can't cha --
Deranged Woman: Fix it. I don't care, fix it. Give me someone else's ticket. Get me to D.C. Right now. You have 20 seconds to get me in the air.
Employee: I don't ... I'm not even sure where that threat could go ...
Deranged Woman: 19 ... 18 ...
And the weird thing? The rest of the other future passengers and I have no sympathy for this woman whatsoever. We all automatically assume "Well, she's not getting on the plane because she did something wrong. She's not as good at flying as I am. What a fool." Even though whenever we get delayed, it's not our fault, but the result of some giant airport conspiracy designed to screw us.
But her? She's an idiot, and we're happy to watch her scream her head off, while we feel nothing.
People are terrible.
Daniel O'Brien is Cracked.com's Senior Writer (ladies), and is prepared to die for his cause, provided his cause is getting out of Comic-Con's parking lot (cars).
Check out more from Dan in 7 Great Men in History (And Why You Should Hate Them) and Why Humanity Can't Get Past The 7 Deadly Sins.


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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Normally when I say "we" worked in the yard this weekend, I mean, my husband, Zeb, worked in the yard while I sat in the shade and nodded my agreement at any questions he asked. This past weekend, for some reason, I couldn't help but get my hands dirty. After yoga and a quick trip to the store on Saturday I came home with a carload of gardening supplies, a few bales of pine straw for mulching, rosemary, cilantro and basil — for planting and eating, impatience, ferns and sweet potato vines for my front porch.
Drawn by the strange site of their mother, elbow deep in dirt, my children flocked to my side in amazement.
"Momma, what are you doing?" Emma, my 6-year-old asked.
"Planting herbs to cook with," I explained. "Close your eyes and smell this then tell me what it reminds you of." I held the sweet basil up to her nose and she inhaled.
"Pizza," she yelled.
Aubrey, Sadie and our honorary O'Bryant, Elizabeth, all sniffed and agreed — basil smells like pizza, rosemary smells like chicken, and cilantro smells like soap.
Sadie, my 4-year-old, helped me plant zinnia seeds along the fence in our backyard. We knelt on the dirt and I handed her the seeds one by one. I hope I never forget the way her fat little finger looked — fingernail bit down to the quick, dirt covering her hands, as she carefully poked each seed into the ground and asked, "Like dis, Momma?"
"Yep, just like that."
In the late afternoon Sadie and I stole a quilt from the house and carried it to the shade of the barn in our backyard. I was hoping she might fall asleep after an action-packed weekend. Instead we ended up playing I-Spy where she beat me fair and square. Sadie decided she needed a snack and as she walked to the house I stretched out on the quilt. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath of the cool breeze blowing off the river. I marveled in the perfect weather and the split second of time that is springtime in Mississippi before the mosquitos start swarming.
I was still stretched out with my eyes closed when Sadie came back. Before I could roll over and open my eyes she whispered loudly, "Shhhhh. Momma's sweepin." She folded the edge of the blanket over my legs, kissed my sweaty forehead and patted my grimy hands. "Shhhh. No Moses," she scolded our dog. "Momma's asweep."
I wondered how long she'd let me lay there and before I even finished the thought she was tapping me on the forehead, "Hey, will you open dis? It's twicky," she asked, passing me her granola bar.
That evening, once everyone was scrubbed clean and tucked in their beds, I realized why my husband isn't capable of keeping his eyes open once his head hits the pillow. The best planting I did all day is when I planted my butt in my own bed and fell asleep, a little sunkissed and tired in the best way possible.
Robin O'Bryant is an author, humorist and speaker. Her latest book is "Ketchup is a Vegetable and Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves." Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter and visit her blog at www.robinschicks.com.
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The appartament was great.
The room was much silent and near in the historical center.
I just wanted to say thank you to Luigi and what a wonderful place to stay in Sorrento. I'm only sorry that my busy days of running from one great archeological site to another kept me from spending more time enjoying Sorrento Flats itself.
Carissimi, è inutile dire che al Sorrento Flats B&B e' tutto veramente spettacolare. E' stato bello trascorrere del tempo insieme. Un bacione a tutti ciao Lui' ci vediamo presto!
Sorrentoflats was lovely, very clean and welcoming, friendly staff.
I would recommed the Sorrento Flats B&B without hesitation. My family and I were made very welcome and our accommodation was clean and spacious. The apartment we had for four adults had two separate bedrooms which was unexpected. Ideally located in a peaceful setting, in the heart of historical center of Sorrento. The pizza was
Dear Luigi! Thank you for the nice time in Sorrento and in B&B Sorrento Flats. We liked all, the house among lemon trees. I would say that B&B Sorrento Flats is the best place to stay in Italy. I am looking forward to come back as soon as possible. Grazie! Ciao! Olga (and Irina)


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"It brings me great sadness to say that Jason and I are separating. This was an extremely difficult decision that as a woman and a mother, I have to accept as the best choice for our family," Frankel said in a statement Sunday.
"We have love and respect for one another and will continue to amicably co-parent our daughter who is and will always remain our first priority," the statement continues. "This is an immensely painful and heartbreaking time for us."
News of their split comes after months of speculation that their relationship was on the rocks. Earlier this summer, the reality TV star, author and talk-show host admitted that she was fighting for her marriage, which was filmed for and subsequently documented on her Bravo reality show Bethenny Ever After.
Frankel and Hoppy, who married March 2010 when Frankel was seven months pregnant, are parents of daughter Bryn Hoppy, 2½. The family was spotted out together in New York last week, even as rumors swirled that a split was imminent.
Frankel, 42, is the creator of the Skinnygirl line of cocktail, food and nutrition products and rose to early fame as a cast member on The Real Housewives of New York. She later starred in Bethenny Getting Married? and as host of her own talk show, Bethenny. As an author, she has published four books.
Frankel met Hoppy at a nightclub in November 2008, and they two became engaged 11 months later. At the time, she told PEOPLE he gave her life stability.
"He's my anchor," she said back then. "I fell in love with a regular guy with a regular salary. He taught me that being taken care of was emotional and not financial."
I am heartbroken. I am sad. We will work through this as a family.— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) December 23, 2012


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Roadrunner was designed by engineers and scientists at IBM and the Los
Alamos National Laboratory. Ultimately, Roadrunner will be placed into a
classified environment where it will be used to simulate
what effects aging has on the stockpile of nuclear weapons the U.S. has in
its arsenal. The problem it will work on is modeling how aging nuclear weapons
behave the first fraction of a second during an explosion. Before beginning its
nuclear weapons research, Roadrunner will be used to model the effects of
global warming.
The Roadrunner supercomputer costs $133 million and is built using chips
from both consumer electronics and more common server processors.
Roadrunner has 12,960 chips that are an improved version of the Cell chip
used in the PS3. These Cell processors act as a turbocharger for certain
portions of the calculations the Roadrunner processes. The computer also uses a
smaller, unspecified number of AMD Opteron processors.
A computer researcher from the University of Tennessee, Jack Dongarra told
the New York Times, "This [breaking
the petaflop barrier] is equivalent to the four-minute mile of supercomputing."
Horst Simon from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory said, "Roadrunner
tells us about what will happen in the next decade. Technology is coming from
the consumer electronics market and the innovation is happening first in terms
of cell phones and embedded electronics."
Technology first appearing in the consumer electronics market and then
making its way into supercomputing is a stark contrast to a process that
commonly works in the exact opposite manner.
In total, Roadrunner has 116,640 processing cores and the real challenge for
programmers is figuring out how to keep all of those processing cores in use
simultaneously to get the best performance. Roadrunner requires about 3
megawatts of power, or about enough electricity to run a large shopping center.
To put the processing power in perspective, Thomas P. D'Agostino of the
National Nuclear Security Administration said that if all 6 billion people on
Earth entered calculations on a calculator for 24 hours a day, seven days per
week it would take 46 years to do what Roadrunner can do in one day.
How Roadrunner is cooled is unknown, IBM has recently moved
to liquid cooling for its supercomputers, but Roadrunner appears to be air
quote: I can't understand how any intelligent individual can honestly say that a portion of global warming isn't due to humanity.
quote: Why do you take such a short view?
quote: If the scientists are right and we are having a significant effect on the global climate, but you refuse to do anything to prevent significant changes until there is "proof", it may well be too late.
quote: The consequences of refusing to make changes to our emissions output and resource consumption if in fact global warming is being caused by us are too disastrous to ignore. Better to play it on the safe side and change what needs to be changed.
quote: Thats rediculous. The difference between not doing something and doing something is a few % of world GDP(oh no we lose a bit of money and we have a cleaner enviroment if they are wrong what a tragedy!)and possibly famine, displacement of masses of people, loss of biodiversity etc if they are right. Sounds like a no brainer to me.
quote: The fact that you don't want to err on the side of caution just for the sake of possibly making a few more dollars per person in the world without thinking of anyone who comes after you makes you a greedy and selfish bastard.
quote: surely, the millions of tons of green house gases pumped out each year from factories and our cars has no significant threat.
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In autumn, as the days grow shorter, every moment of sunshine is a moment to treasure.
It is such a happy thing that everywhere in the garden are glimpses of gold. My favorite fall flowers, without a doubt, are the sunflowers that reach for the sun, shelter and feed the birds, towering over the pale leaves of the feather grass and the browning peony leaves.
The annual sunflowers are a cheery mix of carefully selected varieties, grown with care from seed, and the random sowings provided by the birds as they throw the less favored seeds in every direction.
I grew and planted the fluffy, golden yellow Teddy Bear plants, Sundance Kid with several long-lasting 4- to 6-inch yellow flowers on the same stem, Russian Mammoth bred to reach for the sky, and the dwarf Sunny Smile and Solar Babies. A few of them reached their potential, but the anonymous plants grown from bird seed turned out to be taller, brighter and stronger.
There is a message in there somewhere.
All the glories of those annual sunflowers are eclipsed by the perennial prairie sunflower, Heliopsis Maximilianii, which is 3 years old and boasts hundreds of bright blossoms on robust multiple stems. They peer in the kitchen window, nodding in the wind and burying the large bird feeder in a sea of gold.
The plant seems to double in size every year and soon will take over the side of the house. This past hot summer was wonderful for the sunflowers, if a bit overdone for the rest of us.
Back in the vegetable garden, there are clumps of yellow, orange and gold marigolds in the corners of the plots. I shake the seeds into a paper bag when I pull up the plants and, over the years, have accumulated marigolds of many sizes and colors.
I just drop a pinch of seeds into each bed as I plant the vegetables and they need little care through the growing season.
It is said marigolds ward off insect pests, but whether this is true, they are a cheerful sight, especially when the crops wither and die around them.
My cutleaf coneflower has been cut back already as it turned brown and unsightly on its trellis. This plant was a mystery to me for several years. It grew vigorously as only a weed tends to do, and I pulled it out with other weeds, but then I found it listed in a book of herbs and this gave me the excuse I needed to save it.
Now, every summer, its multiple golden flowers grace the side of the house, supported by a rustic twig trellis made by a friend. It attracts bees and butterflies, skippers, moths and many kinds of flies, including something that seems to be between a large bee and a moth.
I will have to consult my friend Sandy, the butterfly expert. This rudbeckia laciniata is classified as a weed, a perennial garden flower, an herb and a native Ohio cultivar, depending on your source. Take your choice.
Other spots of gold are provided by a threadleaf coreopsis, Black-eyed Susan and the few remaining portulaca. One year, I bought a whole flat of yellow portulaca, and I may do that again next summer, although all those mixed colors are appealing.
Even the yellow climbing rose, Lemon Meringue, still has a few blossoms on the very top, but their days are numbered.
And so the last weeks in the garden are golden, times to remember and savor through the winter ahead.
Janet Del Turco is a local gardener and a graduate of the Ohio State University Master Gardener program. Contact her at email@example.com.


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The best daughter, sister, mother, wife, and friend anyone could ask for! Always there when you need her and will go above and beyond what is asked of her. Selfless. Compassionate. Shy. Puts so much of herself into her work.
I'm so glad I have a Phyllis!
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Phyllis is a person who is intelligent and extremly empathetic. Always does for others and puts everyones needs above her own. Someone who people look to as their therapist. In all, a great person.
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بواسطة a pleaser فبراير/شباط 3, 2010
Awesome, great, amazing. The highest compliment. "Phyllis" Diller = Killer! Use "mad" in place of very.
That groove is mad phyllis!
بواسطة Norman Schlenkmanhopfer إبريل/نَيْسان 12, 2008
your mom
look at phyllis
بواسطة Sam Benjeman Arnold ديسمبر/كانون الأَوّل 18, 2008
Someone who sends scary looks your way - the only way to escape her glare of death is to yell "Phyllis!" 3 times while banging a fist on the table.
Oh no! It's a Phyllis glare!!!!
بواسطة Friend-foe فبراير/شباط 6, 2010
A large, black coffee.
I need a Phyllis.
Would your pour me another cup of Phyllis.
I want a Phyllis, I get the Senyah's discount.
Would your pour me another cup of Phyllis.
I want a Phyllis, I get the Senyah's discount.
بواسطة George GM مايو/أيار 27, 2008
A Phyllis is an ugly woman who is in kahoots with the devil. There is nothing good about a Phyllis or anyone that associates with one. A Phyllis spends her days doing mediocre art, eating Tuna Salad sandwiches, and plotting ways to destroy others with her Henchie minions. A Phyllis usually has a thick neck, chicklet teeth, and flabby skin.
That Phyllis needs to go to the mental institution.
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Missouri man killed walking across Ark. highway
Published 11:46 AM CST Nov 23, 2012
Authorities say a 74-year-old man was struck and killed by a car as he tried to walk across U.S. 71 in northwest Arkansas on Thanksgiving.
Arkansas State Police say the fatal collision happened Thursday night near Springdale. According to a preliminary report, Truman Patterson of Seligman, Mo., was walking across the highway near a fast food restaurant when he was struck by a Ford Explorer.
Authorities say a light rain was falling at the time and the driver did not see Patterson before it was too late.
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The College of Charleston search committee wrapped up the interview portion for its vacant head basketball coaching job Monday and is expected to make a recommendation to school president Glenn McConnell on Tuesday, The Post and Courier has learned.
In rapid-fire succession, the search committee interviewed four candidates on Monday and a total of six over the past 48 hours. The candidates who were interviewed Monday were former Cougars star point guard Anthony Johnson, Clemson assistant coach Earl Grant, Wofford head coach Mike Young and University of Connecticut assistant coach Karl Hobbs, according to the source.
Former UNC Charlotte coach Bobby Lutz and Virginia assistant coach Ritchie McKay were interviewed over the weekend.
Johnson, 39, is still considered the leading candidate to fill the vacancy. Although Johnson has no coaching experience, he has strong support on the search committee, among the fan base and within the Cougar Club, the school's athletic booster club.
Johnson was interviewed for nearly two hours Monday.
"This is A.J.'s job to lose; he was very impressive during the interview," a source inside the school's athletic department said.
Young, 51, has been at Wofford for more than two decades, including the last 12 years as the Terriers' head coach. Young, who has compiled a 176-165 mark, has led the Terriers to three Southern Conference titles and three appearances in the NCAA tournament in the past five seasons.
"When you enjoy the success that our program has enjoyed, people reach out. People inquire," Young told Upstate.com earlier Monday. "There have been other things that I had zero interest in. That's not to gauge what's going on here, but there is obvious interest on my part. Having done this as long as I've done it, I don't think it hurts to talk to people. Going down there doesn't commit me to anything."
Hobbs, 53, is an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut and was the head coach at George Washington from 2001-11. Hobbs has a 166-129 record with three NCAA tournament appearances and one NIT spot with George Washington. Hobbs led Colonials to two Atlantic 10 titles. Hobbs was fired in April 2011 after George Washington went 17-14 and failed to make the postseason.
McKay, 49, has been a head coach at five different schools - Portland State, Colorado State, Oregon State, New Mexico and Liberty. In 13 seasons, McKay is 204-186 with one NCAA tournament appearance with New Mexico and an NIT berth with Colorado State.
Lutz, 56, compiled a 218-157 mark at Charlotte from 1998-2010. Lutz led the 49ers to five NCAA tournament appearances and three NIT berths. Lutz had five 20-win seasons during his 12 years with the 49ers.
Grant, 37, is a former Stall High School star and an assistant coach at Clemson who is considered a top-notch recruiter.
"Obviously this was a humbling experience for me," Grant said in a telephone interview on Monday. "I can sense the committee's desire to make sure they get the right man for the job. As an assistant coach, you always aspire to be a head coach one day, and to have an opportunity to interview with the College's search committee has been a blessing for myself and my family."
Wofford coach Mike Young interviewed for the College of Charleston head coaching job Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)×
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30 Celebrities Who Played College Football
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30. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Miami DE)
Long before they achieved stardom in the entertainment industry, a handful of well-known celebrities dreamed of stardom on the college gridiron. Here are 30 of them.
Johnson made his way to Coral Gables by way of Bethlehem, PA, and was a member of the Hurricanes' 1991 national championship team. An injury later led to him being replaced by future Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp, but Johnson wasn't bitter. In fact, the former WWE wrestler and movie star's name now graces the name of Miami's locker room.
29. Joel McHale (Washington TE)
Originally recruited by his hometown Huskies as a rower, the future "Community" star and host of "The Soup" finagled his way onto the UW football team just a few seasons removed from its 1991 national title. "I became big enough and fast enough that I was able to fool them," he told The Washington Post in 2005. "It just shows you: If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams."
#Community star and host of @thesoup, @joelmchale was a tight end for the Washington Huskies in the early 90's. pic.twitter.com/Gq4JSLU8Oa
— Jason Nimrichter (@TheN1M) December 14, 2014
28. Kenny Mayne (UNLV QB)
Backing up future NFL star Randall Cunningham on the Rebels' depth chart for part of the early 1980s was future ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne after being a 1978 JuCo All-American at Wenatchee (WA) Valley College. Mayne later signed as an undrafted free agent with the Seattle Seahawks.
ESPN's Kenny Mayne is inducted into the UNLV Hall of Fame pic.twitter.com/t0ruSlZEaO
— Jim Kruger (@KrugerinVegas) March 7, 2013
27. Dean Cain (Princeton DB)
Offered scholarships to 17 schools out of Santa Monica (CA) High, Cain had 22 interceptions in his Tigers career and signed as a UFA with the Buffalo Bills in 1988. A knee injury sustained in training camp ended his football career but began his acting one.
#ThrowbackThursday #DeanCain @Princeton #TBT pic.twitter.com/vUh8Ft0G1r
— Thrivewire (@thrivewire) December 18, 2014
26. Josh Duhamel (Minot [ND] State QB)
Relegated to backup duties with the Beavers, Duhamel realized the hard way that his pro football dreams were just that. "Two different coaches told me I didn't have it, and even today it still bothers me," Duhamel told the Chicago Tribune in 2003. "As much as I hated them at the time, it made me a better person…"
OMG this pic of @joshduhamel when he was young! Playing football! pic.twitter.com/ybyiuOenY0
— Tamy (@Proud_Marooner) October 3, 2013
25. Matthew Fox (Columbia WR)
Had he so chosen, Fox could've drawn from his difficult college football career for method acting material while portraying Jack Shephard on "Lost." He endured a 33-game losing streak to begin his career (part of a 45-game skid overall) before helping the Lions squeak out a pair of victories as a senior to finish 2-38 over his four years.
Matthew Fox played college football so yeah I'm even more in love pic.twitter.com/d91QYBto50
— Jess (@jessica_lacy) August 21, 2014
24. Phil Robertson (Louisiana Tech QB)
The "Duck Dynasty" patriarch starting ahead of another QB you may have heard of, Terry Bradshaw. But after starting for the Bulldogs during the 1966 and '67 seasons, Robertson decided not to play in 1968 because he was more interested in hunting. After creating a duck hunting empire and starring in a wildly popular TV show, Robertson's done alright for himself since.
Phil Robertson as a Louisiana Tech QB back in the Retro days pic.twitter.com/7WSUQdQnpt
— Steven Abramo (@sabramo19) August 11, 2013
23. Ed O'Neill (Youngstown State DL)
Now a star on "Modern Family," O'Neill spent two years on scholarship at Ohio University before finishing his college career at hometown Youngstown State, where he was a defensive lineman and among the first students in the school's then-fledgling theater program.
22. Phil McGraw (Tulsa LB)
Before he was Oprah's BFF and America's foremost self-help guru, Dr. Phil played linebacker at Tulsa during the late 1960s. It must've been nice for all his teammates to have someone to talk to after they lost to Houston, 100-6, in November of 1968.
21. John Wayne (USC OT)
After breaking his collarbone in a bodysurfing accident, Wayne – real name, Marion Morrison – lost his football scholarship with the Trojans, leading him to seek out work in the local film studios. College football's loss would later be cinema's big, big gain.
John Wayne playing football for USC in 1925 pic.twitter.com/enQDWXh5VU
— OnThisDay & Facts (@NotableHistory) October 15, 2014
20. Brian Dennehy (Columbia OL)
Dennehy's place on the Lions' football team prevented him from pursuing his true dream: Joining the Columbia Players' acting group. "In those days, the Players had an artistic definition of themselves which didn't allow a football player to be active," Dennehy later told Columbia College Today. "I remember going up there a few times and distinctly feeling unwelcome."
19. Carl Weathers (San Diego State LB)
Unlike most of the former football players on this list, Weathers had a substantial career after college as well, spending parts of two seasons with the Oakland Raiders and three with the CFL's British Columbia Lions. Which explains why he was so cut for his star turn as Apollo Creed in the first Rocky movie in 1976.
For the occasion of spring football being over at #SDSU…#fbf to when Carl Weathers was an Aztec. Weathers played LB pic.twitter.com/2y2OUEGya7
— J.D. Hodges (@JD_Hodges) March 28, 2014
18. James Caan (Michigan State QB)
Caan – who later played Brian Piccolo in "Brian's Song" – was a quarterback on the Spartans' freshman team before transferring back home to Hofstra. Although when asked in 1998 by MSU's Alumni Magazine what position he really played, Caan joked, "Tackling dummy."
Just found out that James Caan was the quarterback for the Michigan State freshman team in 1956. Awesome. pic.twitter.com/Ia9lb85SbL
— Eric Steingold (@ericsteingold) June 25, 2013
17. Isaiah Mustafa (Arizona State WR)
You might not know him by name, but you definitely know him by face and voice. Thanks to his uber popular (and funny) Old Spice commercials, Mustafa is one of the most celebrated pitchmen of all time. But before he shilled deodorant as the "Old Spice Guy," he played wide receiver at Arizona State in the mid-1990s with Jake Plummer.
16. Suge Knight (UNLV DT)
The co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records was a football star at Lynwood (CA) High School before spending two years at UNLV. During the 1987 NFL players' strike, Knight saw action in two games for the Los Angeles Rams.
@SkinnyTallsSL Suge Knight at UNLV. Classic. pic.twitter.com/HuIrRdTh81
— Hannah Larson (@HannahLarson42) March 18, 2013
15. Ronald Reagan (Eureka [IL] G)
Nicknamed throughout his adult life "The Gipper" for his 1940 portrayal of Notre Dame star George Gipp in "Knute Rockne: All American," Reagan didn't just excel on the gridiron at Eureka College. The future U.S president was also a cheerleader and captained the swim team.
Former POTUS Ronald Reagan from his college football days at Eureka College. #SB49 pic.twitter.com/xBxX366rAz
— Mark Tomecko (@MrTomecko) February 1, 2015
14. Burt Reynolds (Florida State HB)
A onetime roommate of Lee Corso in Tallahassee, Reynolds' college career was derailed before it could begin in earnest; he sustained an injury in the first game of his freshman season, one that was later aggravated by a car accident. He left FSU and started taking acting classes at a community college near his native Palm Beach and the rest is history.
13. Tommy Lee Jones (Harvard OL)
A roommate of future U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Jones was a First Team All-Ivy selection on the Crimson's 1968 undefeated team. His final collegiate game was the famous 29-29 comeback tie against archival Yale.
12. Mark Harmon (UCLA QB)
The son of former Michigan star halfback and 1940 Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon, the future "NCIS" star's career at UCLA had its fair share of memorable moments. Most notably was his first game with the Bruins, during which he engineered a 20-17 upset of top-ranked and two-time defending national champion Nebraska.
Mark Harmon of NCIS playing QB for UCLA pic.twitter.com/1ONI3m6n1g
— Sports Galore (@GaloreSports) December 22, 2013
11. John Goodman (Missouri State OL)
Goodman's football career at what was then Southwest Missouri State in the early 1970s was cut short by injury. Coincidentally, Goodman later played an offensive lineman on the big screen alongside Dennis Quaid in Everybody's All-American.
John Goodman loves Missouri State and so do I, okay? #dabears pic.twitter.com/WJlwd1yeGG
— caleb (@calebsaysthings) October 16, 2014
10. Forest Whitaker (Cal Poly Pomona DT)
A debilitating back injury brought an end to Whitaker's football career, leading him to eventually transfer to USC's performing arts program. Naturally, the future Oscar winner's breakout role was as havoc-wreaking football player Charles Jefferson in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
one of my favorite performances is forest whitaker as a high school footballer in 'fast times at ridgemont high' pic.twitter.com/UDQkrCWd0u
— Lucas Simon Foster (@lucas_s_foster) December 8, 2014
9. Bill Cosby (Temple FB)
The now-controversial Cosby was by no means a football star for the Owls, but he did develop a skill that every decent fullback needs. "There is only one thing I can do, that is throw a cross-body block," he told The New York Times in 2010. "Picture perfect. I love it."
8. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (North Texas FB)
Despite blowing out the ligaments in one of his knees during his senior season with the Mean Green, Austin saw action in all 11 games. Perhaps seeking something just as physical yet marginally less punishing, he soon after pursued what would be a wildly successful pro wrestling career.
#tbt Former North Texas Defensive End Stone Cold Steve Austin! pic.twitter.com/46PckLdvJW
— UNT Football Video (@UNT_FBVideo) January 15, 2015
7. Bill Goldberg (Georgia DT)
A two-time All-SEC performer with the Bulldogs, Goldberg's NFL career – which he spent with three different teams from 1990-1995 – was derailed by an injury to his abdomen. It was while rehabbing the injury that he drew the attention of pro wrestlers Lex Luger and Sting, who encouraged him to join them.
6. Ed Marinaro (Cornell RB)
No other player on this list boasts anything close to the gridiron accolades of the former "Hill Street Blues" star. Marinaro was the first running back in NCAA history to rush for 4,000 career yards and finished second to Auburn QB Pat Sullivan in the 1971 Heisman Trophy voting before spending six seasons in the NFL.
RT @BarryLeonard3 Very cool to see CU football legend Ed Marinaro in the stands today for Big Red Hoops! pic.twitter.com/gMegU1X9CG
— Cornell_BB_Blog (@Cornell_BB_Blog) November 23, 2014
5. Gerald Ford (Michigan C)
America's 38th president anchored the Wolverines' offensive line in the early-1930s, lettering from '32-'34. Ford had offers from several pro teams including the Lions and Packers, but opted to attend law school at Yale instead. That was probably for the best.
Former POTUS Gerald Ford from his college football days at the University of Michigan. #SB49 pic.twitter.com/ZRbJUht7fz
— Mark Tomecko (@MrTomecko) February 1, 2015
4. Nick Nolte (Arizona State TE/DE)
Nolte went to Arizona State on a football scholarship and also played for the Sun Devils' basketball and baseball teams. Unfortunately his athletic career was cut short when he was expelled from ASU for academic reasons.
role-models assoluti pt.32: Nick Nolte è Phil Elliot, scostante star del football in "North Dallas Forty" del 1979 pic.twitter.com/HZMux5JI8Y
— Darth Von Trier (@darthvontrier) January 25, 2014
3. Terry Crews (Western Michigan DE)
Crews' comedic chops as Sgt. Terry Jeffords on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" seem so effortless, it's hard to think he was born for anything else. Then of course you take one look at his frame and understand his past in football completely. Crews led WMU to a MAC championship in 1988 and spent time in the NFL with four teams.
For those of you that didn't know, the actor/author/#oldspiceman #94 @terrycrews played football at @WMU_Football. pic.twitter.com/AYVA4Vkaqg
— Brian Hubert (@briankzoo) May 30, 2014
2. Laurence Tureaud (Prairie View A&M)
Never heard the name Laurence Tureaud? That's because you know him as "Mr. T." Before he became famous as a member of "The A-Team," Tureaud starred at Chicago's Dunbar Vocational High School and won a football scholarship to Prairie View A&M in Texas. But Mr. T's gridiron dreams didn't last long, as he was expelled from school after one year and joined the U.S. Army. Afterward, he tried out for the NFL's Green Bay Packers but didn't make the team.
1. Channing Tatum (Glenville State)
If Tatum looked like a natural playing college football on screen in 22 Jump Street, it's because he is. Tatum is an Alabama fan, but attended Glenville State College in West Virginia on a football scholarship during his college years.
Channing Tatum in his Glenville State football gear #hometown #WV #GSC pic.twitter.com/gRUIQ9lZFu
— ShaeG (@JShaeG) May 27, 2013


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LISBON - The 71 non-Children Services workers in the Columbiana County Department of Job and Family Services have a new contract granting them their first pay raise in nearly three years.
Acting on the recommendation of JFS Director Eileen Dray-Bardon, county commissioners on Wednesday approved a new three-year contract that grants those JFS employees a 30 cent raise in 2013, with a wage-reopener clause for 2014.
The contract is with the union representing public assistance workers and Child Support Enforcement Agency employees in the JFS. Dray-Bardon said these workers, who were working under an eight-month contract, last received a pay raise in March 2010.
In exchange, the employees agreed to pay 6 percent of their monthly healthy insurance premiums, up from the current 5 percent. They also agreed to a reduction in the number of personal hours, from 28 to 24.
Last month, commissioners granted the 24 workers in the Children Services division a 2 percent raise for 2013. They also agreed to pay 6 percent of their health insurance premiums.
Commissioner Chairman Mike Halleck noted that while the contract will cost the JFS $40,000 over the next 12 months to cover the pay raises, the agency has saved $910,000 over the past several year "through less employees and good management."
Dray-Bardon explained after the meeting that Halleck was referring to the fact the JFS had as many as 160 employees in 2008, but the number has dropped to 120 due to cuts and attrition.
In other action, commissioners awarded the contract for renovation of the courthouse public and private restrooms to Santini Builders of Washingtonville for a base bid of $145,770. Santini's base bid was the lowest of the seven received, all of which exceeded the architect's, A & I of East Liverpool, estimate of $135,000. Santini's estimate was still within the 10 percent ceiling that would have required the project be rebid.
The public restrooms will be refurbished along with three private restrooms, two in the commissioners' office and one used by the clerk of courts and prosecutor's office. These will add $8,881 to the cost.
The county received a $140,000 state grant to fund the restroom renovations, and Commissioner Jim Hoppel said they will have to use some of the money they received from leasing county property for shale gas development to cover the rest of the cost.


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Flu Vaccines May Protect the Heart Too
Oct. 28, 2012 -- Flu vaccines may do more than guard against infection. New research hints that the vaccine, which is recommended for all adults, may also help the heart.
Two new studies presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress suggest that heart patients who get flu vaccines have lower risks of heart attacks and strokes and fewer episodes of irregular heart rhythms.
Some cautions apply. Both studies were small and preliminary. Researchers agree that they should be repeated with more people and published in peer-reviewed journals before flu vaccines can be claimed to cut heart risks.
"The current body of evidence makes it difficult for us to know for sure whether influenza vaccination reduces cardiovascular events," says Jennie Johnstone, MD, an assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases at McMaster University in Toronto, Canada. She was not involved in the research.
Johnstone says the new studies are intriguing but should be followed up.
Flu Vaccine and Heart Risks
For the first study, researchers pooled data from four published clinical trials with 3,200 patients that tested flu vaccines against placebo shots. About half the patients in the studies had heart disease. The other half had no history of heart problems.
Patients in the studies were randomly assigned to get flu vaccines or placebos. Over one year, there were 187 major cardiovascular events. Those events included heart-related deaths and non-fatal heart attacks, strokes, emergency heart procedures, hospitalizations for heart failure, or sudden chest pain.
Overall, about 7.8% of the people who didn't get flu vaccines had a major heart-related event over the course of the next year compared to 4.3% of those who did get flu vaccines, a reduction in risk of almost 50%. Stated another way, researchers estimate that one major heart-related event is prevented for every 34 people who get vaccinated for flu.
"These are very provocative findings. If I could give you a pill that would cut your risk of heart problems in those with either established heart disease or at risk for heart disease in half, I'm pretty sure everybody would be taking that medication," says researcher Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH, a clinical investigator at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Canada.


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Like wine vintages, some years at film festivals are better than others. This year's Sundance Film Festival was by general consensus a lackluster one.
Some 120 features screened during the 10-day festival, which concluded on Saturday (for a complete list of winners, click here). Of these, many highly anticipated commercial entries were washouts, while smaller films that scored with audiences and critics mostly have limited commercial prospects.
Among the biggest disappointments were three films with show business settings and starring big names: What Just Happened?, The Great Buck Howard and The Deal. All three are still seeking distributors.
What Just Happened?, directed by Barry Levinson (Sleepers), stars Robert De Niro as a Hollywood producer who spends a frantic week shuttling between ex-wives, stroking spoiled stars (Bruce Willis, having a hoot playing a buffoonish version of himself, and Sean Penn), and soothing worried studio execs (Catherine Keener). While it does boast plenty of zippy one-liners, this Hollywood satire has less bite than a routine episode of HBO's Entourage.
Hanks a LotThough pleasant enough, The Great Buck Howard is a show-biz comedy that goes gooily soft just when it could use some snap. Tom Hanks served as producer of the movie, which stars his son, Colin Hanks, as a law-school dropout-turned-assistant to a has-been performer (John Malkovich) on the comeback trail. (In a felicitous bit of casting, the elder Hanks shows up briefly as the younger Hanks's dad.)
One-time romantic comedy queen Meg Ryan tries for a comeback of her own in The Deal, a Hollywood spoof in which she costars with William H. Macy (who cowrote the film). She plays a studio executive and he a producer on a big-budget action picture. Deal starts off amusingly but fritters away an audience's goodwill with an overload of circuitous plotting.
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In Bruges, opening Feb. 8, stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as Irish hit men cooling their heels in Belgium after a killing gone wrong.
Smart People, due April 11, is a winning romantic comedy with Dennis Quaid playing a widowed college prof who, after taking up with a doctor (Sarah Jessica Parker), finds himself badly in need of a course on remedial dating. Juno's Ellen Parker and Sideways's Thomas Haden Church are hilarious in supporting roles.


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Recognizing the need for ongoing upkeep on important travel routes, the Oregon Transportation Commission has approved a $4.9 million project to resurface U.S. Highway 97 between Bend and Redmond, a project expected to take place next year, officials said Thursday.
The stretch of Hwy. 97 is the most heavily traveled highway segment in Central Oregon, said ODOT spokesman Peter Murphy. An average of about 43,000 vehicles travel this stretch daily, putting significant demands on the highway surface.
There are many variables that affect the life span of the pavement, such as traffic volume, and extreme weather contributes to aggravated damage to highways throughout Central Oregon.. he said.
But for US97, ODOT believes the high volume of studded tire use has accelerated the destruction of the highway surface.
Region 4 Manager Bob Bryant attributes premature failure of the highway to the use of studded tires.
"We know that the highway has worn away from the top down, and that's classic studded tire damage," Bryant said, adding that "the normal life span for a highway like this should be 15 years before ODOT has to reinvest public funds to maintain smooth roadway surface. The damage from studded tires reduces that life expectancy for this segment of US97 to just 10 (years)."
Maintenance personnel will make temporary improvements to this stretch of highway beginning in late August of this year to prepare for the upcoming winter, but the full grind-and-replace project will take place in the spring or summer of next year.


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Small script to look for Project Replication actions that have failed
By Trond Strømme on Dec 04, 2012
Today when looking at a couple of projects on a ZFS 7320 Storage Appliance I noticed on one project that one of its replication actions had failed, as I hadn't checked the Recent Alerts log yet I was not aware of this.
I decided to write a small script to check if there were others that had failed. Nothing fancy, just a loop through all projects, look at the project's replication child and compare the values of the last_sync and last_try properties and print the result if they're not equal. (There are probably more sensible ways of doing this, but at least it involves me getting the chance to put on my headphones and doing just a little bit of coding.)
// this script will locate failed project level replication
// it will look at the sync times for 'last_sync' and 'last_try'
// and compare these, if they deviate you should investigate.
// NOTE! this code is offered 'as is' Run at your own risk,
// it will probably work as intended, but in now way can I
// (or Oracle) be held responsible if your server starts behaving
// like a three year old kid in a candy store.. (not that mine do,
// they are very well behaved boys...)
printf('Host: %s, pool: %s\n', get('owner'),get('pool'));
run('cd /');
printf("total projects: %d\n",proj.length +'\n');
// just for project level replication
run('select '+proj[i]);
//get all replication actions
preps = list();
run('select ' + preps[j]);
last_sync = get('last_sync');
last_try = get('last_try');
// printf("target %s\n", get('target')); //why the flip does this not get the proper name?
if(!( last_sync.valueOf() === last_try.valueOf())){
printf("sync has failed for %s %s\n", proj[i], get('target'));
// printf("OK %s %s\n", proj[i], get('target'));
run('done'); //done with the replica action
For a more on how to run the script, or testing it please look at my previous post.Sample output:
Host: elb1sn01, pool: exalogic
total projects: 45
sync has failed for ACSExalogicSystem cb3a24fe-ad60-c90f-d15d-adaafd595639


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The Stetson softball team heads to Nashville, Tenn. this weekend for what it hopes is the first of two trips to the Music City.
The Hatters (29-18, 11-11 A-Sun) will face Lipscomb (28-21, 14-7) in their final three-game series in the regular season beginning Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. The Lady Bisons will also be hosting the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in two weeks.
Stetson has positioned itself to clinch a postseason berth this weekend as the Hatters magic number to finish ahead of Mercer is two, and their magic number to finish above Jacksonville is three. Stetson would have to finish ahead of both the Bears and the Dolphins to assure itself of no worse than a sixth-place finish in conference play.
Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's series finale (2:00 p.m. ET) can be seen for free on ASun.TV.
With a great deal of attention on team's pitching and defense of late, Stetson has quietly had one of its best seasons of hitting the long ball in school history. The Hatters enter the weekend with 39 home runs, just one shy of the school-record of 40 set in 2004.
In the past decade, Patricia Wilson Field has been the home to such sluggers as Andrea Migliori (57 career home runs), Melissa Wiggins (42), Blake Hoorelbeke (23) and Amanda Lindsey (23). Oddly enough, this year's club currently does not have a single player in double-digits in home runs. Instead, the Hatters have been producing throughout the line-up as nine different players have gone deep during the season. Demi Meza and Meredith Owen lead the team with nine round-trippers each, Chelsea Whalley has added six and Courtney Brandt has knocked out five. Jessica Griffin (3), Morgan Hatch (3), Jordan Cleghorn (2), Brittany Hawn (1) and Chrissy Morello (1) round out the list.
"It makes it difficult for our opponents because there isn't one person they can pitch around, like a 'Migliori'," Stetson head coach Frank Griffin said. "Everyone is capable of hitting a home run and they have shown it quite a few times."
A few notes about the Hatters home runs in 2013:
- Stetson has hit two grand slams (Whalley, Owen), the most team grand slams in a season since 2007
- The Hatters as a team have hit two or more home runs in the same game nine times this season
- Two Hatters have had multi-home run games - Whalley hit two against Colgate on Mar. 13 and Demi Meza tied a school-record with three against Marshall on Mar. 20
- Whalley and Brandt hit back-to-back home runs on Mar. 13 vs. Colgate
- 32 of the 39 home runs have been hit at home
- Five players currently have double-digit career home run totals: Owen - 16, Brandt - 13, Meza - 13, Whalley - 10, Cleghorn - 10.
Also of note, Frank Griffin enters the weekend with 797 career coaching wins, just three shy of 800. He is in his 24th season overall, and his 17th year with Stetson.


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on January 31, 2013 - 7:43 AM
A kitchen fire that spread to the second floor of an east side home caused $75,000 damage early this morning, fire officials said.
The 2 a.m. fire occurred in a two-story wood frame home on the first block of Montclair Avenue, fire officials said.
Four adults and four children are receiving temporary shelter form the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.


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Stop food stamp program fraud
April 5, 2013
It should not require a formal agreement for the federal government to cooperate with states in reducing food stamp fraud, but apparently it doe....
Maybe the first thing to happen is not reissue...you lost it, you lose it. Bet it doesn't happen again if it ever happened at all.
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Typical. Punish everyone because a few screw the system
Does this apply to the fraud,greed and thievery going on in every aspect of our society.
The ones who steal billions and get off with a hand slap.
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The Dr's office's who defraud Medicare,The Hedge Fund Mg, who makes millions/yr.Yet isn't happy and uses insider info to make a trade ??
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notSocialist, it looks like your 3 disagree fan club thinks laws already on the books should not be enforced. Says a lot about them.
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Where not talking about laws on the books,
Where talking about people who defraud the systems, " Rich & Poor "
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What does my comment have to do with another breaking the law...so don't arrest a person who kills someone because you don't like a person who cheated on a test.
No different then if your employer pays you in cash and you lose it...do you really believe he'll pay you again? Same with food stamps...you have the resposibility to not lose them. If all you have to do is ask for more, you don't have to be careful.
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If something breaks the law whether they are rich or poor...they broke the law and should pay.
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In a letter submitted this week, hunting and fishing and conservation groups urged House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (OK) and ranking member Collin Peterson (MN) to adopt the Farm Bill's Sodsaver provision to promote "responsible stewardship of agricultural land and direct program benefits to acreage that is most suited for crop production."
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Sodsaver is of particular significance to DU's conservation work, as the provision is aimed at protecting native grasslands from being converted to cropland in high-risk landscapes such as the Prairie Pothole Region of North and South Dakota.
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RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and digital. "These awards are named after pioneers and innovators of our industry, and some of them were the founders of our association more than fifty years ago," said RTDNA Canada President Ian Koenigsfest. "We're pleased to continue celebrating excellence in electronic and digital journalism. Our founders would be proud of the quality of award winning local news coverage today."
THE TELEVISION WINNERS ARE: Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast - CTV News Barrie for CTV News at 11 (Medium Market) - CTV News Toronto for CTV News at 6 (Large Market) Adrienne Clarkson Award - Diversity - Global Toronto for Our Canada Charlie Edwards Award - Spot News - Citytv for Ford Under Fire Dan McArthur Award - In-depth/Investigative - Citytv for The Broker Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature - CTV News London for Families are Forever (Small/Medium Market) - CTV Montreal for Liquid Rush (Large Market) Dave Rogers Award - Long Feature - CTV News Barrie for Degrees of Change (Small/Medium Market) - Global Toronto for First Person (Large Market) Gord Sinclair - Live Special Events - CP24 for Ontario Leadership Convention Trina McQueen Award - News Information Program - Global Toronto for Inside Epilepsy: A Focus Ontario Special Ron Laidlaw Award - Continuing Coverage - CHEX Television for Hellen Macdonald's Diary Continues Hugh Haugland Award - Creative Use of Video - CTV Ottawa for Goosebuster Sports Award - CTV Sudbury for Unlikely Champion (Small/Medium Market) - CBC Montreal for Mixed Martial Arts (Large Market) THE RADIO WINNERS ARE: Byron MacGregor Award - Best Newscast - AM800 CKLW for AM800 News 8:30 am (Medium Market) - 680News for Ice Storm (Large Market) Dick Smyth Award - Use of Sound - CBC Kitchener-Waterloo for University of Waterloo Geese police Charlie Edwards Award - Spot News - 680News for Summer Flood Dan McArthur Award - In-depth/Investigative - CBC Radio Thunder Bay for Who Cares? Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature - CBC Radio Sudbury for No Sight, No Problem (Small/Medium Market) - Newstalk 1010 for Tribute to PC Jon Zivcic - Half Time Style (Large Market) Dave Rogers Award - Long Feature - CBC Radio Sudbury for The Big Gamble (Small/Medium Market) - Newstalk 1010 for Rob Ford Part One (Large Market) Gord Sinclair Award - Live Special Events - CBC Radio Sudbury for Live remote at opening of Elliot Lake Public Inquiry Peter Gzowski Award - News Information Program - CJAD 800 for Lac-Megantic Disaster Ron Laidlaw Award - Continuing Coverage - 680News for Mayor Rob Ford Adrienne Clarkson Award - Diversity - CBC Daybreak Montreal for Owners of Verdun daycare and neighbors speak about niqab photo Sam Ross Award - Editorial Commentary - Newstalk 1010 for Living With An Addict Digital Media Award - CBC Radio Montreal for Montreal Votes - Special Election Coverage Sports Award - CBC Ottawa for Teenage Sports Concussions (Large Market)
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Hoping my take on bloggy stuff is helpful to someone.... as always, please feel free to ask questions in the comments or email me anytime. I'll try to respond in a timely manner!
At both the Midwest Moms brand/blogger summit and also Tech Week in Chicago last month I spoke on a panel about all sorts of blogging topics, but I wanted to highlight a few tips/tricks of the trade real quick here.
When starting out, how do you go from 1 reader to 100 a readers a day?
My best answer to this is a few things:
- Comment on other blogs and be engaging and relevant - it's like your little fingerprint or "calling card" as some might say (but don't be spammy or promote yourself, just comment and be nice! ) Also, I haven't been very good at heeding this advice in the past year or so and am working on remedying that right quick. It takes time- but is worth it.
- Join blog carnivals that interest you such as Wordless Wednesday, You Capture, Bigger Picture Blogs, Small Style, What I Wore Wednesday, etc. Link up and then visit the participants & comment.
- Create your own carnival or blogroll or writing prompt and make a way to get others to link to you on their site (for example, see my Babywearing Bloggers blogroll)
- Link your blog in your email signature
- Tweet your posts, link on facebook. People are ditching their blog feed readers left and right and only reading blogs based on what they see on Twitter, Facebook, & Google+. I still have a Reader, tho! (And you can subscribe here btw.)
- Be patient. It will take time. If you like to write, write. People will come in time as long as they know how to find you.
Do you pitch brands or wait for them to pitch you?
Normally, I don't pitch brands. Basically because it makes me anxious and I'm not usually in that mindset but! if you have a great idea and want to partner with a brand to bring it to fruition, do not sit around and wait for them to knock on your inbox. Why wait? Go for it!
And if you don't know how to reach them, ask a blog friend. Seriously, all my contacts and information is welcome to you and I've found through the years that other bloggers live by this same motto. Of course, don't use people, be genuine. But, if you need a favor, ask!
(For example... the Acadia Denali I'm driving this week- we've been having car troubles and have an upcoming family road trip. I reached out to my friends MJ & Casey and asked if they'd mind sharing their contact info at GM (because I remembered they'd both blogged about GM before and had good experiences), and not only did they share, they also sent a heads up recommendation email on my behalf. But then, I had to make it worth GM's while, too, so I will be taking photos and sure to write/tweet/facebook about our trip and use of their vehicle... and so forth.)
Going to blog conferences is an excellent way to connect with friendly bloggers and brands. But, it's not always the right timing in your life especially if you have kids- oh do I get that! You don't have to go to conferences in order to make those connections, but it does help, I admit. It seems like more and more conferences are popping up all over, so maybe one will come to you. Honestly, they are all pretty good from what I hear. And if anything, you'll meet great people.
What if you don't "do" reviews and get pitched by a brand?
In the past, if I get emailed about something that I don't want to write about I'll often try to turn it into an ad sale. "I have advertising space available in my sidebar if you are interested!" It works. Important advice: Google the brand's name and the word "controversy" before you sign any contracts or attach your name to theirs. Know the background, know your readers (what would they think of you partnering with this brand?) and be true to yourself. Think about their online presence- do they have someone manning their social media outlets and handling it with grace? Dollars are not worth as much as your online reputation and integrity. Oh and if you or the brand makes a mistake? Own up to it. Make it right. We are human and we err!
Do what makes sense for you.
Hello me working with Hallmark? Yes, it's sponsored posts but also, it's a dream come true for me and definitely worth my while. It makes sense for me! Know it in your heart. Try not to create imaginary rules- it's okay to not blog every day and it's okay to blog two times a day! I am sure someone else has a much better (educated) opinion of this than me but honestly when I am reading my favorite blogs, I read them because I like them. Not because they know some secret handshake. I want to read their words. Everyone has their own unique way to tell their story. I love this about blogging!