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Four years ago, when Tampa Bay Water's 15 billion-gallon reservoir opened, U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young cut the ribbon. Young had funneled $89 million in federal funds into the $146 million project. As a result, the utility had named it after the longtime congressman.
Now that the reservoir that bears his name is beset with expensive cracking problems, though, Young disavows any responsibility for what went wrong. He didn't design it or build it, he points out.
"All I did was appropriate your money to build the reservoir," Young said.
Over the past decade, Tampa Bay Water has built three big, expensive facilities to slake the thirst of a growing region — only to see all three run into problems:
• Its desalination plant was years late and millions over budget. Even now, the plant has trouble running at full capacity.
• Its surface-water treatment plant also failed to open on time, then had trouble with its filters. It was recently shut down when river levels fell too low to skim any more water from them.
• Then there's the reservoir. The cracks aren't deep enough to breach the walls and let all the water out. But fixing them is likely to cost about as much as building it in the first place.
And unless Tampa Bay Water can collect that money through suing the companies that designed and built it, water customers in Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties will see their rates go up to cover the repair.
Longtime critics of Tampa Bay Water such as state Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, feel vindicated but not happy.
"I don't take any pleasure in saying, 'I told you so,' " said Storms, herself a former Tampa Bay Water board member. "It has been enormously frustrating to me to be the watchman on the wall and say there are problems here and they're systemic and pervasive."
The way the board is set up, though, finding someone to hold accountable can be tricky.
Tampa Bay Water is a wholesale utility that earns its revenue selling water to municipal utilities throughout the region, not from taxes. It's run by a board of elected officials, but none of them are directly elected to the utility board.
Instead, the nine-member board — which meets Monday to talk about the reservoir problem — is made up of two representatives each from Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties, and one city official each from St. Petersburg, Tampa and New Port Richey.
Most of the board members who voted on building the reservoir and the desalination plant aren't on the board anymore. The ones who are, such as Pasco County Commissioner Ann Hildebrand, say the same thing as Rep. Young: Don't blame me.
"We are not engineers," said Hildebrand. "We have to rely on them."
Storms suggested it might be smart for the Legislature to change Tampa Bay Water's setup so that instead of being run by politicians, the utility board is made up of appointed experts. People knowledgeable about water-supply and engineering might ask tough questions rather than defer to a consultant's advice.
"It's the right structure," insisted Ed Turanchik, a former Hillsborough County commissioner who, as Tampa Bay Water's first chairman, signed the original 1998 contract with HDR Engineering in 1998 to design the reservoir.
Turanchik also was the last chairman of Tampa Bay Water's predecessor, the West Coast Regional Water Supply Authority. That board lacked representatives from the areas where much of the region's groundwater came from, areas that suffered environmental damage because of overpumping, Turanchik said. West Coast became so tied up with lawsuits that it was unable for years to launch any new water supply projects.
"Whatever ails Tampa Bay Water is nothing compared to the byzantine quagmire that was West Coast," Turanchik said.
When it started, Tampa Bay Water's mandate called for finding alternative water sources. The goal: Instead of pumping 151 million gallons a day from its well fields, the utility would cut back to 90 million a day by the end of 2008. The obvious alternatives were building a desal plant and a reservoir, said former St. Petersburg Mayor David Fischer, who chaired Tampa Bay Water in 2000 when it approved the reservoir's construction.
"It sounded simple," he said. "Reservoirs are not new. Desal is not new. It was just a matter of bringing in the best consultants and the best engineers. But for whatever reason, the engineering was not up to what was required. It's really a shame."
Fischer noted that the utility made all its decisions in public meetings, and it did achieve its goal of cutting back pumping to 90 million gallons in December. However, it has since had to increase its groundwater pumping because of the drought and the problems with the reservoir.
Still, Fischer said, "if I was there today, I'd vote for it again."
Hildebrand pointed out that when the reservoir opened "it was wildly acclaimed as being better than sliced bread. … Then you get into the whoops factor."
No matter what happens, she said, the board must figure out a better way to do its job, "because some future board in 15 years or so is going to be dealing with building another reservoir and expanding the desal plant, because you know the demand is going to increase."


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Feeling Vibrations 1 Month PO From BBL, What Is This?
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The vibrations are most likely due to what is called fasciculation's. This is basically twitching of your buttocks muscles. When we inject fat during the Brazilian Butt Lift, we inject some of it into your gluteus muscles. This will cause some swelling and irritation of this muscle. As you heal, it is not uncommon to have this twitching and muscle spasms. As long as you have normal motion and strength of your leg muscles, it should only be temporary. However, you definitely should discuss this with your surgeon.
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Gaba is Japan's leading provider of 1 to 1 adult English lessons. We have 38 learning studios across the major metropolitan areas of Japan (including Tokyo and Osaka), and we are seeking enthusiastic and outgoing individuals to come to Japan and teach English with us.
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Working locally using MAMP I was able to create templates using the template builder. Now the site is in test mode on the client server I no longer can create templates.
Error is:
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[tip] Using the htmLawed HTML filter/purifier in WordPress
for those interested in replacing the Kses HTML input filter used in WordPress with htmLawed
Following steps are suggested (also see the htmLawed doc):
1. Copy the htmLawed code to file wp_includes/kses.php.
2. Rename the newly added function kses to wp_kses, and delete the code for the original wp_kses function.
3. Enter following code in function kses_hook:
$allowed_html = $spec; $allowed_protocols = array(); foreach($cf['schemes'] as $v){ foreach($v as $k2=>$v2){ if(!in_array($k2, $allowed_protocols)){ $allowed_protocols[] = $k2; } } } return wp_kses_hook($string, $allowed_html, $allowed_protocols);
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I am not a hard core gamer by background; more of a casual gamer. But casual gaming is now widespread; we're all gamers now. My interest in the area has grown out of my interest in social networks and social media. I've long noted the increasing application of simple game mechanics to social web sites and how this can meaningfully increase the levels and types of interactions that users have with each other and the site.
As an investor in Flixster and Rockyou, both highly viral Facebook and Myspace "app" and "widget" makers, I've been tracking closely the spread of emergent user behaviors in these social networks. One Facebook app that really caught my attention is Scrabulous, an online scrabble game that can be played asynchronously, ie players don't all have to be online at the same time.
Online multiplayer games have long been popular at all the big casual games portals. Multiplayer gaming can be viewed as user generated content for games, one of the drivers of Games 2.0. These games typically have a "lobby" where players can meet and match up before entering into a game against each other in real time.
Making the gameplay asynchronous fits better with the "continuous partial attention" world that we increasingly live in. The reason I never became a hard core gamer is that the serial monogamy requirements (one game at a time, total dedication, long periods of gameplay coordinated with others) doesn't mesh well with my lifestyle. Scrabulous is a better match for the "play a little bit when you have some time, at various points throughout the day" life that many of us lead. Single player casual gaming (whether Bejeweled online or Brickbreaker on the Blackberry) has been filling that need for many players. These are fun, and at least have the "high score" dynamic, but they lack the social aspect that turn based asynchronous games offer.
Asynchronous games also make it easier to play against friends. You don't have to coordinate to be online at the same time. Playing friends makes games more fun, and gives them a social aspect (the games have context if you have an ongoing relationship with an opponent). Playing with friends also offers an opportunity for true viral growth for the game, as players invite their friends to play.
Although these turn based multi-player games (especially those derived from boardgames) have some social dynamic, they lack the breadth of social interaction of synchronous MMOGs (not just the direct social interaction, but also the perfomative aspects of gameplay) that help make them such compelling experiences. Part of the appeal of MMOGs (whether World of Warcraft or Puzzle Pirates) is knowing that you're "in game" with thousands of other people at the same time, each of them interacting with the same universe that you are.
So what would an asynchronous massively multi-player game look like? It can't be turn based because most players would spend most of their time waiting for someone else to move. That's not fun. It would have to be time based instead. Players would need to make their moves against a real world clock. Games like Duels.com (swords and sandals PvP fighting game), Manager Zone (soccer manager game) and Kings of Chaos (real time strategy game) all employ this dynamic. Massively multi-player games offer even more opportunity for viral growth because a players invitation ability is unbounded by the number of seats at a board game.
This led to me think about games using the framework below:
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You might also contact the Department of Veterans Affairs. I am assuming they keep a listing of those willing to offer services to returning vets. When one asks if there is someone who can help with building a resume, maybe they would be able to provide your contact information for them to receive help.
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To Study the Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury (ABSCI)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified November 2012 by Yashbir Dewan, Max Institute of Neurosciences.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Max Institute of Neurosciences
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Yashbir Dewan, Max Institute of Neurosciences
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: November 15, 2012
Last updated: NA
Last verified: November 2012
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This is a Phase I/II, multicenter, prospective, non-randomized, open label study to evaluate the safety/efficacy of autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell transplantation in spinal cord injury patients.
|Spinal Cord Injury
|Other: Bone marrow derived stem cells
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|To Study the Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Spinal Cord InjuriesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Yashbir Dewan, Max Institute of Neurosciences:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of participants with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]The measure is the number of adverse events following intrathecal administration of autologous bone marrow derived stem cells in spinal cord injury patients.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Significant improvement in the ASIA scores by the assessment motor, sensory and sphincteric function. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- Improvement in the functional Independence as measured by Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III). [ Time Frame: Baseline and 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Improvement in the pain sensation score as measured by Bryce/Ragnarsson SCI pain taxonomy (BR-SCI-PT). [ Time Frame: Baseline and 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Significant Changes in the muscle tone as indicated by Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS). [ Time Frame: Baseline and 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Improvement in the Clinical Outcome Variable Scale (COVS) score. [ Time Frame: Baseline and 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Bone marrow derived stem cells
Autologous Bone Marrow derived Stem Cells(BMSC) transplanted intrathecally into patients with spinal cord injury.
Other: Bone marrow derived stem cells
Intrathecal administration of autologous bone marrow derived stem cells upto a cell dose of equal or greater than 10(8)BMMNCs.
Other Name: Bone Marrow derived Mononucleated stem cell (BMMNCs)
Detailed Description:
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic disorder resulting in a functional deficit that usually leads to severe and permanent paralysis and the projected data related to the burden of spinal cord injuries across the globe is quite alarming. Pharmacological and rehabilitation therapies to SCI have got limited effect. There is definitely an urgent need for finding different methods of treatment for these patients who cannot undergo established modalities of treatment or these have been tried unsuccessfully. Another promising therapeutic approach for SCI is "Stem cell transplantation". Bone marrow derived stem cells have been shown to promote anatomical and functional recovery in animal models of SCI by promoting tissue sparing, axonal regeneration, and remyelination. In our present study, we want to evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous bone marrow derived stem cells surgically transplanted intrathecally into patients with spinal cord injury.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Traumatic injury of the spinal cord (below C5 level) occurring within 6 months to 8 years prior to treatment, resulting in a sustained and complete / Partial loss of sensory and motor function below the injury (ASIA Category A, B and C ).
- Confirmation spinal cord injury level (Patients with complete or partial transection/damage by MRI).
- Those provide fully informed consent.
- The level of spinal cord injury must be below C4.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Spinal vertebral instability.
- Major concurrent medical illness (e.g. carcinoma, auto-immune disease,)
- ASIA Impairment Scale category other than D & E.
- Lactating and pregnant women.
- Syringomyelia is also an exclusion criterion but an exemption can be made for a patient with a stable syrinx.
- Platelet count greater than 100 thousand/µl at screening.
- Hematocrit less than 30% prior to bone marrow aspiration.
- Patients with major and current psychiatric illness.
- Significant traumatic brain injury associated with the spinal cord injury.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01730183
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01730183
|Contact: Yashbir Dewan, MS, MCh
|Max Super speciality Hospital
|Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India, 248001
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|Principal Investigator: Yashbir Dewan, MS, MCh
Sponsors and Collaborators
Max Institute of Neurosciences
|Principal Investigator:
|Yashbir Dewan, MS, MCh
|Max Healthcare
|Study Chair:
|Yashbir Dewan, MS, MCh
|Max Helathcare
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Geffner LF, Santacruz P, Izurieta M, Flor L, Maldonado B, Auad AH, Montenegro X, Gonzalez R, Silva F. Administration of autologous bone marrow stem cells into spinal cord injury patients via multiple routes is safe and improves their quality of life: comprehensive case studies. Cell Transplant. 2008;17(12):1277-93.
|Responsible Party:
|Yashbir Dewan, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Max Institute of Neurosciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01730183 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 15, 2012
|Last Updated:
|November 15, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Wounds and Injuries
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
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You want to build a Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication between two Microsoft SQL Server databases, and you want to take advantage of the integrated replication functionality of SQL Server.
The schemas of the source and target do not need to be identical; simple manipulations as defined in the Data Replication pattern can be implemented in the replication link. In addition, horizontal (row) and vertical (column) filters can be used to restrict the replication set.
Note: This pattern uses terms and concepts from the following data patterns:
Before introducing the implementation with SQL Server, this pattern covers the following topics:
A summary of the replication building block, as described in the Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication pattern
The SQL Server replication services that this pattern uses (SQL Server transactional replication).
The mapping of the elements of the replication building block to the services of SQL Server
Replication Building Block
The replication building block used in the Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication pattern consists of a source and a target that are connected by a replication link, as Figure 1 shows.
Figure 1: Replication building block
The source contains the replication set, which is the data copied from the source and sent across a data movement link to the target.
The Acquire service reads the data changes that are replicated.
The Manipulate service performs simple data transformations, such as data type conversions and splitting or combining columns.
The Write service updates the target with the manipulated rows.
The target is the database where the replication set is to be written.
The process of moving the replication set from source to target according to defined functional and operational requirements is called a transmission.
SQL Server Transactional Replication
SQL Server replication uses several standard services to move data from a publication database to a subscription database. Figure 2 shows the services and processes involved in SQL Server transactional replication.
Figure 2: SQL Server transactional replication
Platform Roles
SQL Server defines three roles for the platforms involved in the replication:
Publisher. The Publisher contains the source and the Log Reader Agent. In this environment, the Subscriber defines the replication set (publication) to be replicated.
Distributor. The Distributor holds the distribution database. It runs the cleanup jobs for managing the distribution database, and in a push replication also runs the Distribution Agent.
Subscriber. The Subscriber contains the target and creates a subscription to subscribe a publication. In a pull replication, the Subscriber runs the Distribution Agent.
The Distributor does not necessarily need to be a separate platform. Its role can also be assigned to the Publisher, where it is called a local Distributor. Otherwise, it is called a remote Distributor.
Software Components
SQL Server transactional replication consists of two main processes and a database:
Log Reader Agent. The Log Reader Agent extracts changes defined by the publication from the transaction log of the publication database, and stores the changes to be replicated in an additional database, called the distribution database.
Distribution database. The distribution database is a SQL Server database and is located on the Publisher (called a local Distributor), or on a dedicated platform (called a remote Distributor). Because it stores changes in a proprietary format, the distribution database can only be used for SQL Server replication, not for any applications. After the Log Reader Agent extracts the changes, the logging system of the publication database is allowed to shrink the transaction log, because the information for the transmissions is saved in the distribution database.
Distribution Agent. The Distribution Agent applies the initial snapshot to the subscription database by moving transactions held in the distribution database to Subscribers. The Distribution Agent runs at either the distributor for push subscriptions, or at the Subscriber for pull subscriptions. Before actually writing the changes, the Distribution Agent can manipulate them using a Data Transmission Services (DTS) package that the Subscriber defines. If you need to perform manipulations before writing the changes to the subscription database, you can do so using such a DTS package.
Independent of the replication processes, cleanup jobs run on the distribution database and perform the following tasks:
Agent History Clean Up: Distribution. Removes replication agent history from the distribution database.
Distribution Clean Up: Distribution. Removes replicated transactions from the distribution database.
Expired Subscription Clean Up. Detects and removes expired subscriptions from publication databases.
Reinitialize Subscriptions Having Data Validation Failures. Reinitializes all subscriptions that have data validation failures.
Replication Agents Checkup. Detects replication agents that are not actively logging history.
A SQL Server replication is based on the following rules:
Any table that should be published needs a primary key as a unique identifier for a row.
SQL Server transactional replication assumes that the subscription database is read-only (unless updating subscriptions are used). This means:
Any changes to the subscription database at the Subscriber will be overwritten by the next transmission.
Any deletion of rows on the subscription database will cause a failure in the replication process.
Mapping the Replication Building Block to SQL Server
SQL Server transactional replication implements the replication building block elements used by Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 is the result of merging Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 3: SQL Server implementation of Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication
Incremental replication transmits only the changes that have been made to source rows that the target has copies of, rather than getting full refreshes of the data. As described in the design pattern Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication, this type of replication needs a recording of the source transactions to use for change transmission. SQL Server replication preserves the changes to the publication database in the distribution database for transmission to the subscription database. The distribution database is updated by the Log Reader Agent, which reads the transactional information from the transaction log of the relational database management system (RDBMS) and writes it to the distribution database. This allows the RDBMS to shrink the transaction log.
The changes remain available in the distribution database for a specified period of time (the retention period).
Replication Set
In SQL Server, the replication set to be replicated from the publication database to the subscription database is called a publication. A publication consists of one or more tables, or only parts of tables. You can define the parts of tables in one of two ways:
In the theory of relational databases, the result is called a restriction.
In the theory of relational databases, the result is called a projection.
The Distribution Agent reads all the changed data from the distribution database from the last transmission up to the most recent transaction.
The Distribution Agent can manipulate the data. When the Subscriber registers its subscription to the Distributor, it can define a DTS package, which the Distribution Agent invokes before sending the data to the Subscriber. Each Subscriber can use its own package, so different Subscribers can get various views of the same data.
Within such a DTS package, you can define any manipulations that can be performed using the data of the current row and the ActiveX script language. Each row from the publication database can result in only one row at the subscription database, or it can be skipped. Columns can be split or combined. Additionally, any kind of data type conversions and changes of column names can be done.
The Distribution Agent writes the data to the subscription database. The Write is done by default using a stored procedure. Optionally, it can be done directly using SQL.
In general, the Distribution Agent writes the changes regardless of whether the contents of the subscription database have been updated by any application. If you must prevent updates from being overwritten, you have to use updateable subscribers or configure a merge replication instead of a transactional replication. A merge replication is described in the pattern Implementing Master-Master Row-Level Synchronization Using SQL Server.
The target is the subscription database, which contains the replication set to be updated.
Implementation Strategy
To set up a new replication link, follow these steps:
1.Configure the Distributor:
a.Create the distribution database: This is an internal SQL Server database used from the Distributor. In most cases, you use the default options to create this database, but you can also customize it.
b.Choose the snapshot folder: You can either choose the default folder for exchanging the initial snapshot files or use a custom folder.
c.Set up the Subscriber parameter: To define the default parameter for all subscribers, you can confirm the offered configuration options or customize them.
2.Define the publication:
a.Select the publication database that includes the publication.
b.Decide if you want to transform the data during the transmission. If so, any subscriber must have a DTS package for the transformation.
c.Select the possible database systems the Subscribers will use: SQL Server 2000, earlier versions of SQL Server, or another RDBMS.
d.For each table, specify whether the entire table should be replicated, or restrict the table by specifying horizontal and vertical filters.
e.Decide whether anonymous Subscribers are allowed to subscribe to the publication.
f.Decide how often the Snapshot Agent creates a new snapshot.
3.Create a DTS package for the transformation, if you have decided to use one.
4.Define the subscription:
a.Decide if you want a pull or a push subscription.
b.Select the publication you want to subscribe to.
c.Choose the subscription database.
d.Decide if you want to initialize the subscriber using an initial snapshot from the publisher.
e.If you want to start the transmission automatically, define a schedule.
f.Specify the DTS package you want to use for this subscriber.
g.Verify that all required services are started.
At this point, all parts of the replication link have been configured. From now on, both Publisher and Subscriber will log all changes to the specified replication set using triggers.
The SQL Server transactional replication runs different jobs:
Snapshot Agent: Creates the initial snapshot on the Publisher.
Distribution Agent: Applies the snapshots on the Subscriber.
Cleanup jobs: Clean up the distribution database on the Distributor.
The example that follows describes in detail how to use the SQL Server wizards to set up such a replication link.
This example shows how to configure transactional replication based on a particular replication set. The replication set used here is the authors table from the pubs sample database, which is delivered with SQL Server.
The environment has two SQL Server computers: PUB_SERVER and SUBS_SERVER. The Publisher has a database, PUB_DB, that contains the authors table from the pubs sample database. To use PUB_SERVER as a local Distributor, you create a distribution database named Distribution. The Subscriber has an empty database, SUBS_DB. Figure 4 shows the environment of the example.
Figure 4: Example environment
This configuration creates a periodical incremental transactional replication process with an initial snapshot. The Subscriber initiates the replication (pull) every 15 minutes. The data from the Publisher is manipulated during the replication by converting the first and the last name from the authors table into uppercase. (This example does not allow updateable or anonymous subscribers.)
Configuring the Publisher and the Distributor
To set up the example environment, follow these steps in the Configure Publishing and Distribution Wizard:
1.In SQL Server Enterprise Manager, select the publication database server, right-click Replication, and then click Configure Publishing, Subscribers and Distribution.
2.On the Select Distributor page, select the Make Pub_Server its own Distributor option, where Pub_Server is the name of the server you want to configure as a distributor. Click Next.
Note: The Distributor can be located on the same server as the Publisher, in which case it is called a local Distributor, or on a remote server. This example uses a local Distributor.
3.On the Specify Snapshot Folder page, type the name of a shared folder on the Publisher where the Snapshot Agent can store snapshot files.
Note: You must create and share this folder manually, or use a previously defined system shared folder for this purpose.
4.On the Customize the Configuration page, select No, use the following default settings to create a default distribution database.
Note: In this simple example, it is sufficient to use the default settings. In a more complex environment, you should manually configure the distribution database.
Creating a Publication
Next, use the Create Publication Wizard to create a publication on the Publisher.
1.In SQL Server Enterprise Manager, select the publication database server, expand Replication, right-click Publications, and then click New Publication.
2.On the Welcome Screen, check the Show advanced options check box to use this wizard with the advanced options needed to enable a transformation of the data.
3.On the Choose Publication Database page, select Pub_DBas the publication database, where Pub_DB is the name of your database for the replication.
4.On the Select Publication Type page, select Transactional Publication to create a publication for a transactional replication.
5.You do not want to allow the replication of changes from the subscriber to the publisher; therefore, ensure that no option is selected on the Updateable Subscription page.
6.On the Transform Published Data page, select Yes, transform the data to enable the transformation during the replication.
7.On the Specify Subscriber Types page, select only Servers running SQL Server 2000.
8.The Specify Articles page shows possible objects for replication in the publication database. From the Object Type Tables list, select the table authors.
Note: Clicking the ellipses ( ... ) button for each object shows additional properties for the replication. You do not need them in this example.
9.On the Select Publication Name and Description page, specify the Publication name as example. The default publication description can be used.
10.On the Customize the Properties of the Publication page, select the option beginning with No, create the publication as specified, because you can use the defaults options shown in the text box below the options.
11.On the Completing the Create Publication Wizard page, click Finish to create the publication.
Defining a DTS Package for the Transformation
Before you can create a subscription for the defined publication, you must create a DTS package for the transformation.
1.In SQL Server Enterprise Manager, select the publication database server, expand Replication, open Publications, right-click on the example:pub_db replication, and then click Properties.
2.On the Publication Properties page, click theSubscriptions tab and then click Transformations.
3.On the Welcome Screen, click Next.
4.On the Choose a Destination page, select the subscription database server and database. (See Figure 5.)
Figure 5: Choose a Destination page
5.On the Define Transformations page, click the ellipses ( ... ) button from the article authors.
6.On the Column Mappings tab of the Column Mappings and Transformations page, select Drop the existing table and recreate it from the list box. Leave the mappings unchanged. (See Figure 6.)
Figure 6: Column Mappings tab on the Column Mappings and Transformations page
7.Click the Transformations tab. Click Transform data using the following script and select VB Script Language from the list box. (See Figure 7.)
Figure 7: Transformations tab on the Column Mappings and Transformations page
8.Use the following code to transform the first and the last name of the author to uppercase:
Function Main() DTSDestination("au_id") = DTSSource("au_id") DTSDestination("au_lname") = UCase(DTSSource("au_lname")) DTSDestination("au_fname") = UCase(DTSSource("au_fname")) DTSDestination("phone") = DTSSource("phone") DTSDestination("address") = DTSSource("address") DTSDestination("city") = DTSSource("city") DTSDestination("state") = DTSSource("state") DTSDestination("zip") = DTSSource("zip") DTSDestination("contract") = DTSSource("contract") Main = DTSTransformStat_OK End Function
9.On the DTS Package Location page, select the option to save the package on the Distributor. Use the SQL Server authentication option, and insert the user and the password to connect to the Distributor.
10.On the DTS Package Identification page, specify the name of the package. In this example, the name should be transform_sub. You do not need to define an owner password.
11.On the Completing the Transform Published Data Wizard page, click Finish to save the package as specified.
Creating a Subscription
To complete the configuration you must create a pull subscription for the defined publication on the Subscriber.
1.In SQL Server Enterprise Manager, select the subscription database server, expand Replication, right-click Subscriptions, and then click New Pull Subscription.
2.On the Welcome Screen, click Next.
3.On the Look for Publications page, select Look at publications from registered servers.
4.On the Choose Publication page, expand PUB_SERVER and select the publication named example:pub_db, where PUB_SERVER is the name of your Publisher and example:pub_db is the name of your publication. (See Figure 8.)
Figure 8: Choose Publication page
5.On the Specify Synchronization Agent Login page, select Use SQL Server Authentication. Enter the login and the password of a user account that is used to connect to the Publisher during the replication.
6.On the Choose Destination Database page, select Subs_DB as the database for the subscription, where Subs_DB is the name of your subscription database.
7.On the Initialize Subscription page, select Yes, initialize the schema and the data.
8.On the Snapshot Delivery page, specify the snapshot folder. Use the default folder of the publication.
9.On the Set Distribution AgentSchedule page, select Using the following schedule and click Change to specify a new schedule for the Distribution Agent.
10.On the Edit Recurring Job Schedule page, define the schedule for the Distribution Agent as a daily run with an interval of 15 minutes. (See Figure 9.)
Figure 9: Edit Recurring Job Schedule page
11.On the Specify DTS Package page, select Distributor and click List packages. For the transformation, select the transform_sub package that you created previously. (See Figure 10.)
Figure 10: Specify DTS Package page
12.The Start Required Services page shows the status of the SQL Server Agent on the Subscriber. If the SQL Server Agent is not running, select the check box next to the entry for the agent. The agent will be started after the wizard creates the subscription.
13.On the Completing the Pull Subscription Wizard page, review the options for the specified subscription. Click Finish to create the subscription with these options.
The configuration process is finished. Before starting the first transmission, the following checks should be done:
Did the Snapshot Agent create the first initial snapshot? It may be necessary to start the Snapshot Agent manually on the publication database.
Did the Pull Agent initialize the schema and the first replication? If this has not been done automatically, you can start the process manually on the subscription database.
Starting and Restarting the Synchronization
1.In the Enterprise Manager, select the publication database server, expand Replication Monitor, select Publishers, Pub_Server, and open the publication example:pub_db.
2.Right-click the SnapshotAgent and select Start Agent to create an initial snapshot.
3.Right-click SUBS_Server:subs_db and select Start Synchronizing to start the transactional replication.
Testing the Example
You can easily test the functionality of the implemented replication by changing some data in the publication, starting the replication process, and checking to see if the Subscriber has changed accordingly.
To check various kinds of data changes, perform INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations on the data in the publication database.
1.Change data in the publication database. For example:
UPDATE authors SET au_lname = 'Smith' WHERE au_id = '807-91-6654' INSERT INTO authors (au_id, au_lname, au_fname, phone, contract) VALUES ('453-12-3255', 'Smith', 'John', '400 486-234', 1) DELETE FROM authors WHERE au_id = '672-71-3249'
2.Manually start the replication process.
3.Check to see if the rows changed in the subscription database. For example:
SELECT * FROM authors endCode}
Resulting Context
Although this pattern describes a replication between SQL Server databases, the subscription database can be any heterogeneous database that provides an ODBC or OLEDB interface, such as Oracle, DB2, or Microsoft Access.
Note: To use a heterogeneous database as a publication database, you need a software component that implements a dedicated interface - the replication distributor interface. The examples that are delivered with SQL Server show how to implement this software.
There are two ways to use a heterogeneous database as a subscription databse:
Use ODBC or OLEDB and create a push subscription using the wizard on the Publisher. This is the simplest way to publish data to a heterogeneous Subscriber.
Create a publication and then create an application with an embedded distribution control. The embedded control implements the pull subscription from the Subscriber to the Publisher.
For Subscribers, the subscribing database has no administrative capabilities regarding the replication being performed.
A closer look at the architecture of the SQL Server elements reveals that the implementation corresponds to a cascading synchronization with two replication links. One link is from the publication database to the distribution database, and the other link is from the distribution database to the subscription database. The distribution database plays the role of a cascade intermediary target/source (CITS). It can serve additional replications links to other targets. The Master-Subordinate Cascading Replication pattern descibes this design and the terms associated with it..
This pattern inherits the benefits and liabilities from the pattern Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication. Because this pattern actually implements a cascading replication, it also inherits the benefits and liabilities of the Master-Subordinate Cascading Replication pattern. The use of this pattern also results in the following additional benefits and liabilities:
Integrated logging mechanism. If you track the transaction log, you do not need a logging mechanism for changes in the application or database.
Integrated into SQL Server Enterpise Manager. The configuration and execution of the replication in SQL Server is integrated in the SQL Server administration, and can be easily done with the SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
Additional database to be managed. The implementation requires the distribution database as an additional database that must be managed.
Testing Considerations
After you set up the replication link as described in this pattern, you must test it thoroughly. Your test cases should cover these scenarios and others:
Correct transmission of transactions that update the replication set
The largest transaction that might occur
The longest disconnection between Publisher and Subscriber that you expect under production conditions
Network interruption between the Publisher and the distribution database during transactions on the Publisher, if you are using a remote distributor. (This does not apply to the example in this pattern.)
Network interruption between the distribution database and the Subscriber during a a running transmission
A hard abort of the database system on the Subscriber during a running transmission
After each test, make sure that the Subscription is in the correct state.
Also make sure that transactions that do not update the replication set are not transmitted.
Finally, put the highest expected load on the Publisher and verify that the replication still runs correctly.
Security Considerations
To secure the connection between the Distributor and the Subscribers, do one of the following:
Use a SQL Server user account to connect to the Distributor.
Place all computers in one Microsoft Windows domain, or have a common user with the same password on all computers. Then use a trusted Windows connection between Distributor and Subscribers.
If you prefer a security approach that is independent of the operating system, you should use SQL Server authentication.
Note: The SQL Server Agents on all systems must run on a local or a domain account, not on the local system account. Otherwise, the replication does not work.
Operational Considerations
The SQL Server Agent manages the different jobs of the replication. Schedules for these jobs are defined during the configuration. Alternatively, you can start each job using the SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
The Replication Monitor in SQL Server Enterprise Manager provides the following information:
A list of all publications and attached agents with the time and the duration of the last execution and information about the last action
A list of all agents grouped by task with current status and a history of actions
The event log entries created by Replication Alerts, which watch the replication process.
If a row was deleted on the subscription database and the transmission tries to change this row, an error occurs. In this case, there are two solutions:
Manually restore the row in the subscription database by using an INSERT statement based on the data from the same row in the publication database.
Have the replication automatically use a new snapshot to rebuild the subscription database. This snaphot must be newer than the first erroneous transmission.
If the replication fails, do the following:
Check to see if the accounts have network access rights.
Check the history of the subscription to determine the reason the synchronization failed.
Check the Replication Monitor for highlighted replication failures.
The replication usually runs on a defined schedule. If you want to test the replication or start the merge replication immediately, however, you need to start the replication manually.
Hints: It is common practice to have the distribution database on the same server as the Publisher, for example to ensure frequent and rapid movement of the transactional information from the transaction log to the distribution database.
If there are many subscribers and a high rate of operations on the publisher, the Distributor can become a bottleneck. In this case, you should configure the Distributor on an additional server to separate the transmissions from the activity caused by the applications.
Transferring a large amount of data over slow conections can be problematic. An alternate solution is to create the initial snapshot files and transaction data using removeable media, replicate the database, and then establish the transactional replication over the slow network.
Related Patterns
For more information, see the following related patterns:
Patterns that May Have Led You Here
Move Copy of Data. This pattern is the root pattern of this cluster; it presents the overall architecture for maintaining copies of data.
Data Replication. This pattern presents the architecture of data replication, which is a particular way of moving copies of data.
Master-Subordinate Replication. This pattern describes design considerations for transmitting data from the source to the target by overwriting potential changes in the target on a higher level than the Master-Subordinate Snapshot Replication.
Master-Subordinate Transactional Incremental Replication. This pattern presents a solution that transmits only the changes from the source to the target on a transaction-by-transaction basis.
Other Patterns of Interest
Master-Subordinate Snapshot Replication. This pattern presents the design of snapshot replications, which this pattern uses to prepare the target.
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Dineen, for five years the coach at AHL Portland, a Sabres affiliate, is good friends with new Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman, who made it clear he is willing to think outside the box when considering his bench boss.
"What I'm looking for is a strong leader, someone who will make decisions," Yzerman said. "I know some young potential coaches that may be available."
His only parameters: head coaching experience, though not necessarily in the NHL, and previous success.
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Guy Boucher, 38: The coach of AHL Hamilton was coach of the year this season.
Gerard Gallant, 46: He was the junior Canadian Hockey League's coach of the year after leading Saint John to a franchise-record 53 wins. The former Lightning left wing was Yzerman's teammate with the Red Wings from 1984 to 1993. The two still are close.
Mike Haviland, 42: The Blackhawks assistant is credited with the development of wing Dustin Byfuglien. He coached AHL Norfolk in 2005-07 and AHL Rockford in 2007-08. He won ECHL titles in 2003 with Atlantic City and 2005 with Trenton.
Paul MacLean, 52: A Red Wings assistant for five years, he played with Yzerman in 1988-89. He coached IHL Kansas City in 1997-2000 and IHL Peoria in 1993-96, and was the Hockey News minor-league coach of the year in 1994.
Brad McCrimmon, 41: Another former Yzerman teammate, the former defenseman is a Red Wings assistant and was the same with the Thrashers, Flames and Islanders. He coached Saskatoon of the junior Western Hockey League in 1998-2000.
For those who like the old guard, there is Bruins assistant Craig Ramsay, Rangers assistant Mike Sullivan (both former Lightning assistants), John Stevens, Craig MacTavish, Ken Hitchcock, Michel Therrien and Bob Hartley.
CHANGE OF PLANS: Whether it was the urgency to sign Yzerman, as owner Jeff Vinik said, or an Yzerman demand, the new GM will report directly to Vinik.
Originally, Vinik was to hire a CEO, who would then hire the general manager. That followed a flow chart in which the GM reported to the CEO, who reported to the owner.
By taking the CEO out of that chain of command, Yzerman has the last word when it comes to hockey decisions.
The CEO, who will report to the owner, will handle only business decisions and run the St. Pete Times Forum.
FEASTER INTERVIEWED: Former Lightning general manager Jay Feaster said he had a 90-minute breakfast interview about a month ago with Vinik about getting back his former job. Feaster said he did not hear back until Tuesday, when Vinik phoned to say the search was over. Feaster called the heads-up "a first-class thing."
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Footprints Adventures is having a video premier and presentation at the Next Page Bookstore, Frisco, Saturday at 3 p.m.
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As Surface Pro lands in more hands during the first week of it's release, it's been undergoing evaluation and scrutiny. Is it the vision of technology to come, or has it been a flop from the get-go? Or is it a convoluted mixture of both that leaves many scratching their heads and wondering what to make of it?
Well, gadget repair blog iFixit has added to the Surface Pro conundrum by cracking open the case to see how it ticks. The result? Everything that could have been glued, including the display and battery, was glued. If it wasn't glued, it was affixed with one of 90 screws. In the end the Microsoft Surface Pro scored 1 out of 10 (with 10 being easiest to repair) for a 'repairability' score. The 4th generation iPad scored 2 out of 10.
It should be no surprise, given how much of an emphasis Microsoft put on the Surface Pro's design and attention to fitting as much power as they could inside such a small space. But "Unless you perform the opening procedure 100% correctly, chances are you'll shear one of the four cables surrounding the display perimeter." So the bad news is that the Surface Pro has been designed with planned obsolescence.
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Mick Jagger's Mars Bar Snack – Gruesome Rock Legends
In February of 1967, cops acting on a tip raided Keith Richards' house for drugs. When they entered the home, Mick Jagger, singer Marianne Faithfull and others were in the living room, with Faithfull — who had just bathed — wrapped only in a sheet. But an oft-repeated rock legend has it that the police interrupted Jagger while he was eating a Mars Bar out of Faithfull's vagina — a claim she vigorously denied in her autobiography, calling it "a dirty old man's fantasy." The story may have originated from the classic Mars Bar ad which claimed the candy treat "fills that gap."


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Dr. Lawson Sealey first became interested in the chiropractic field in high school while studying Tae Kwon Do with a world class instructor. "I realized the true strength and endurance that our bodies could gain from such a natural training process," says Dr. Sealey. "This is what inspired me to keep learning more about health."
After graduating from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Dr. Sealey opened his own clinic in Newport Beach. There, he continues to explore his fascination with the body's ability to strive for optimal health and excellence. "Our very own healing mechanisms are powerful and effective, but they sometimes need a catalyst to get started," he says. "This is what I believe I provide: an initial spark that sets the healing mechanisms in motion."
Dr. Sealey explains that the alignment of the spine is crucial to a patient's state of health. His private facility invests a great deal of time to go above and beyond patient expectations. Dr. Sealey says that the diverse combination of therapies he offers not only promote mobilization of joints to move easily and effectively, but allows these alignments of the joints to be maintained.
"I really enjoy the look on my patients' faces when they realize that they are going to get better after following the proper treatment regimen," Dr. Sealey says. "I too experienced this effect after receiving brain surgery from some really excellent doctors. I was uplifted by how strong the body is."
Dr. Sealey is proud of how closely he involves his patients with their treatment regimens. He teaches appropriate stretches, exercises and lifestyle tweaks that help them remain pain-free and continue to support their healing processes at home. "My favorite job as a chiropractor is teaching my patients about leading healthier and happier lives," Dr. Sealey says. "Nothing could be more gratifying than hearing a patient talk of how they are not only feeling better but living better as well."
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While summer may be a relaxing break for most students, some individuals may suffer more when the structure and support of the school year ends.
Because of a concern for their students and families who are struggling, District 11 officials will once again offer Anoka-Hennepin Cares – Summer Support available at 763-433-4695.
The phone number is staffed by Karrie Schaaf, the homeless youth and families liaison.
Schaaf is available to talk with students and families who have financial or other concerns and provide information about community resources available to them.
The phone will be answered Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Select high school food shelves will be open for summer hours as well as the Pathways program.
Through Pathways, a vocational skills technical program, students develop employment skills by stocking and managing food, personal hygiene and clothing donations.
Call the Summer Support line, 763-433-4695, for food shelf locations and hours or to place an order through Pathways.
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The event will feature free backpacks, school supplies and gently used clothing items.
Community providers will be available to provide agency information, resources, free haircuts and health and wellness checks.
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Jack Ewing moved to Costa Rica in 1970 and first arrived at Hacienda Baru in 1972. At that time about half of the property had been deforested and the land had been used for cattle ranching for over 20 years. The highland portion of the property, about half of the total area, was still forested. Over the next 20 years Hacienda Barú was converted into a nature reserve where eco travelers can today observe a wide variety of flora and fauna. In 1987 Jack Ewing began offering two ecological hiking tours and one jungle camping tour. Two family style cabins were offered for rent in 1988. In 1993, Steve Stroud bought out all of Ewing's former partners and became senior partner in the company. At that time canopy tours were added to the offering. Four more cabins and a restaurant were built in the same year. In 1995 the property was declared Hacienda Baru National Wildlife
Refuge by the president of Costa Rica. Today M16968 offers family style lodging in six, two bedroom, bungalos. A sister company, El Chilamate de Barú offers nine different ecological tours, including three canopy tours, two hiking tours, two overnight tours and two bird watching tours. Additionally the hacienda has seven kilometers of hiking trails where visitors may walk and enjoy tropical nature by themselves. Hacienda Baru has 15 acres of teak trees which provide all of the wood used by the company. No wood cut from a natural forest is used. The lodge uses only biodegradable products and is operated in an energy efficient manner. All of our staff (about 30 people) are local and have been trained by the company. Hacienda Baru has been a member of The International Ecotourism
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- Risk of herpes zoster in adults immunized with varicella vaccineSophie Hambleton
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S196-9. 2008..00 case/1000 person-years. Overall, the incidence of HZ in this cohort, therefore, is similar to published data for the US population in the prevaccine era...
- Cholesterol dependence of varicella-zoster virion entry into target cellsS Hambleton
Department of Paediatric, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Virol 81:7548-58. 2007..Lipid rafts are likely to contribute directly to viral envelope integrity and, in the host membrane, may influence endocytosis, evoke downstream signaling, and/or facilitate membrane fusion...
- Prevention of varicella and zoster by live attenuated VZV vaccineSophie Hambleton
Children s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, United Kingdom
Front Biosci 13:2696-704. 2008..The potential of the newly licensed zoster vaccine to reduce viral circulation still further has yet to be evaluated...
- Chickenpox party or varicella vaccine?Sophie Hambleton
Columbia University, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY 10032, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 568:11-24. 2005..In the case of VZV, the epidemiology of herpes zoster must be tracked as well as varicella disease trends. The prevention of herpes zoster may be another use of live attenuated or inactivated varicella vaccines...
- Preventing varicella-zoster diseaseSophie Hambleton
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 650 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 18:70-80. 2005..However, the huge pool of latent wild-type virus in the population represents a continuing threat. Both the biology and the epidemiology of VZV disease suggest that new vaccination strategies will be required over time...
- ChickenpoxSophie Hambleton
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 18:235-40. 2005..Epidemiological data continue to accumulate that will inform decision-making on vaccine use elsewhere. These findings, together with relevant advances in VZV virology, form the substance of this review...
- The role of the trans-Golgi network in varicella zoster virus biologyS Hambleton
Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 650 W 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
Cell Mol Life Sci 61:3047-56. 2004..Knowledge of VZV's use of endogenous trafficking pathways from the TGN sheds light on important aspects of viral behaviour in vitro and in vivo...
- The impact of varicella vaccination in the United StatesSophie Hambleton
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:38-43. 2005..Vaccination strategies likely will need to be adjusted as the epidemiology of VZV in the United States continues to evolve...
- Varicella vaccine for susceptible adults: do it todayAnne A Gershon
Clin Infect Dis 39:1640-1. 2004
- Prevention of varicella in children with cancer: Is it time to reconsider our strategy?Roderick Skinner
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Bangalore, Sep 23 (UNI) Seers of six prominent mutts today urged the Karnataka Government to put an end to religious conversion through appeasement.
The Seers, led by Viveshwar Thirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt, Udupi, who met Governor Rameshwar Thakur submitted a memorandum in this regard.
''Using appeasement for conversion will badly affect peace and social tranquillity. Any religious leader should be committed to his or her religion but should not interfere in other religion,'' the seer said after meeting the Governor.
He said conversions and re-conversions happening in society were not in the interest of any religion. The incidents of attack on places of worship was also not unacceptable. ''No one should take law into their hands. Peaceful coexistence of people, who respect each other's religion, is the need of the hour,'' he said.


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Greer State Bank announces the promotions of Brad Cantrell and David McCammon to new roles within the banks credit department. Brad and David bring significant experience to these positions having already served a combined 15 years with the bank.
Brad Cantrell has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. In this role, he will serve as a member of the banks executive leadership team. Brad has been with the bank for over 10 years, most recently as head of the credit administration department. He holds a Masters earned from Clemson University and is a graduate of the South Carolina Bankers School and Stonier Graduate School of Banking.
David McCammon has been appointed Banking Officer and Special Assets Manager. He has been with the bank for over 5 years and is a graduate of Clemson University.
Our ongoing objective is to provide the local market with the best possible community bank service, said George Burdette, President and CEO. The promotions for Brad and David to these important roles allow each of these experienced bankers and their respective teams to consistently deliver the financial solutions our customers need.
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Sammy (Laura Linney) and Terry (Mark Ruffalo) Prescott were once everything to each other. When they were little kids, both their parents died in a car accident, leaving them with only each other to lean on. Or so we figure, since the film opens with the brother and sister being orphaned and then cuts to when they're adults, with their childhood's tragedy rarely mentioned but felt through, like a subtle shadow cast on the characters' lives. We learn that as teens, Terry and Sammy went a little wild… But at some point Sam got knocked up by a white trash jerk who wouldn't know anything about a kid and left her alone to raise him. Things turned out pretty good for her, it seems. When we meet her as thirtysomething woman, Sammy is living a nice, simple life in the picturesque little town of Scottsville, N.Y., working as a loan officer in a local bank, living in the big house her brother and her inherited from their folks with her son Rudy (Rory Culkin), who's now 8. Her on and off boyfriend Bob (John Tenney) isn't all that for her anymore, and the her new branch manager (Matthew Broderick) is a pain in the ass, but things are pretty okay.
Terry, though, took a rockier road. He left Scottsville, not really knowing where he was going but certain he didn't want to stay in such a small, gorgeous but dull town. So he's been drifting around the country aimlessly, sometimes working, sometimes just hanging out, anywhere from Alaska to Florida, never settling down. He's still an "angry young man", smoking pot, drinking, getting into fights… Sammy loves him, but he worries him. Especially with his habit of going away for long spans of time without keeping in touch. As the film begins, Terry comes back to his sister after a 6 year silence. She's happy to see him, but disappointed to realize he only needs money. Still, she takes him into her house, hoping she'll be able to help him out more than financially..
"You Can Count On Me" is the kind of film that sounds boring when you try to say what it's about, but it's anything but. It takes on plot threads seen countless times, like the long gone, 'bad' sibling who comes back to disturb his sister's life, or the woman who hates her boss but ends up having an affair with him, but it then takes unexpected, interesting liberties with the clichés. Terry isn't made to be all bad. He might not be the perfect role model for the kid, cursing in front of him, forgetting to go pick him up after school and so on, but he's a welcome presence anyway in little fatherless Rudy's life. They get along fine, maybe because Terry isn't all that grown up himself. I like how he never treats his 8 year old nephew like a child. He talks to him like he would to any friend, without toning down his cynical, bitter worldview.
The film could go many ways from there, taking on phony plot twists, or trying to jerk tears out of the audience, or going for cheap answers, but it does none of that. Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan (who also appears in the film as the local priest) creates these complex, conflicted characters and then just lets them live their lives, dealing with problems as best as they can. Lonergan never manipulates or condescends; he cares for his characters, and he makes us care for them too by developing them into whole persons, not just stereotypes. He makes you feel like you know these people, and you're glad to. The film made me laugh at times, cry at others, but it always came naturally. I was enthralled in the complicated relationship between Terry and Sammy, the way they love each other even though they're sometimes at each other's throat.
Despite Lonergan's fine-tuned script and skilful direction, what makes the movie really special is the uniformly great acting it features. Laura Linney was good in "The Truman Show" as Jim Carrey's wife, but she was hardly the most memorable thing about that brilliant film. Now, here she gets to really creates a wonderful character. She's always very true, very compelling… Many actresses tend to overplay things, to show off that they can make big scenes, with lots of tears and everything. I like how Linney doesn't strain to impress; she just does. Mark Ruffalo is equally fascinating as her brother. It's a very complex thing he goes for, a character who puts on a certain attitude but often feels otherwise, but he conveys it beautifully. The guy's cocky, laying on the charm, sunglasses, cigarette and everything, playing it cool, but you somehow feel hurt behind the facade. This vulnerability through a rough edge gives Ruffalo the feel of a young Brando. The other very good performance in the film comes from, surprisingly, Rory Culkin as Linney's son. Oh, great, another Culkin you might think at first, but wait till you see this little dude. He's way ahead of the cutesy goofing Macaulay did in "Home Alone". Culkin always seems as true as the grown-ups in the film. Matthew Broderick is also pretty good as the boss; he doesn't steal the show, but you see that his fine work in "Election" wasn't a fluke.
It's almost incredible that such a mature film, so full of subtlety and nuance, is the directorial debut of the guy who wrote, of all things, "The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle". That was a moderately enjoyable piece of fluff, but this is something else! "You Can Count On Me" is truly a film to be seen. I know, I know, it doesn't sound particularly exciting (what character drama ever does?), but it is very rewarding. Its insightful writing, effective direction and superior acting make it into one of the best films I've seen all year.


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Is it true that TCA peels are for darker skin? I read on a blog that it's risky to have this treatment if a person has fair skin. I have fair skin, a bit yellowish because I'm asian. And my skin has super dark spots because of acne. Thanks!
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Asian skin is risky, as in dark skin. The skin needs to be prepared with a medical grade skin care then start light peels and graduate to deeper peels.
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Tradition not enough: Celina softball eliminated by Van in regional semifinals
FORNEY — Celina called on its rich softball tradition to reach the regional semifinals for the seventh time in nine seasons, but Van proved too tough for the Lady Bobcats in the fourth playoff round. Van put together three four-run innings for a 12-2 victory in the decisive third game of the Class 3A Region II semifinal series Saturday evening at Jackrabbit Stadium.
Van advances to the regional final to meet the Sanger-Atlanta winner.
Catcher Alexis Elizondo staked Celina (26-17) to a quick lead with a two-run homer over the right field fence in the top of the first.
Van (28-5-1) took control with four runs in each of the first two innings off Celina starter Halie Knowles to build an 8-2 lead. Three of the Lady Vandals' runs in the first inning were unearned. Knowles, a sophomore, was the star in Friday's 4-3 victory that forced a third game after Van's decisive 17-0 win in Game 1. Regular Celina pitcher Lauren Schultz, who pitched the final 2.2 innings in Game 3, has been troubled with a back injury.
"I'm really proud of these girls because of the way they came back from that 17-0 loss,'' said Celina coach Billy Coleman. "We fought all the way. Our tradition was a big help. We were young this year and only lose three seniors.''
In addition to holding Celina scoreless in the final four innings, winning pitcher Nicole Gandy had three hits and drove in four runs including the one that invoked the 10-run mercy rule in the fifth. Gandy tied the game in the first for Van with a two-run double and a two-run single by Sierra Nichols put Van in front for good.
Hallee Carter, who had three hits, made it 5-2 with an RBI single in the second inning. A fielder's choice grounder by Gandy, a sacrifice fly by Haleigh Moore and an RBI single by Autumn McKinney accounted for Van's other second-inning runs.
All four of Van's runs in the fifth came with two out.
Second baseman Courtney Todd had two of Celina's six hits, scoring ahead of Elizondo's home run and doubling in the fifth.


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ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is lobbying to keep a key defence role and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is considering the request, military and civilian officials told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Kayani steps down as army chief next month after serving twice the normal three-year term for the position. He has reportedly asked for a further one or two years on the job, according to serving and retired military officials.
According to the WSJ report, Kayani is prepared to "accept a revamped Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee job, currently a largely ceremonial post that would be given more authority, or to become defence adviser to the government."
The report further cited officials saying that he could also be made ambassador to the US.
A military source told WSJ that "Kayani wants authority over military appointments and troop movement added to the position."
"Kayani is using his office to say that he's the guy who can control North Waziristan, he's the one who can handle what is happening with India," the report quoted a retired army officer as saying.
"With all this going on, he's saying now is not the time for a change of leadership."