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Why are you all so worried about FOPA. The fact is New York ids wrong for stepping on the 2nd amendment.
He has the right to bear arms under the 2nd amendment and he has the right to own that gun under Article IV section one of the constitution. Some of you think he is a dummy, I think he knows exactly what he is doing and is the first man with a little clout, influence and money to make a Federal case out of this. New York and Mayor Booperburger needs to have his law shoved down his throat till he chokes on it.
Bloomingbergermeister has been all over the country with his sting operations and is constantly in court with his lawsuits harassing gun makers and dealers. His corruption riddled MAIG is a propaganda machine for his anti-American ideals and he needs to be slapped up alongside the head with cold hard facts. We had our test case in Chicago and won, we had our test case in Washington DC and won. Now it is New York's turn to get spanked. This garbage of screaming anti-second liberals riding rough shod over the people of the USA has to stop and where better to do it than New York City.
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Humility can win success, but hubris can lose it.
I selected a couple of random blogs on WordPress today of writers I have never visited before, one was a letter "to a bully." The writer was a successful published writer who had been bullied as a child. The writer boasted about their success as a writer, their nice car, nice apartment, healthy children; they declared they were god; they wished only misfortune and suffering upon all those that bullied them.
Whilst some of their followers praised them their success I reacted differently. It is rare that a comment from me is sarcastic. I wrote from the point of view of the loser in the gutter, the one who this writer had wished only suffering upon: I admired their success, their wealth and material belongings, how they admired themselves in the mirror as a god as they desired only suffering upon my gutter existence. I observed how that writer had lost something in their journey to being the winner, humility.
Heraclitus made a good observation that "Strife is Justice", from hardship we are made strong. I would never be the sort of person I am now without the trouble and strife that I faced over my life. In each challenge that I faced and overcame I became stronger, I won the blessing hidden inside each challenge. I continue to struggle, continue to grow, but I never forget my humility. Many have done me wrong, but I have let them go, I won't indulge in wishes of misfortune to them, the outcomes of their choices in future is of no concern to me.
The opposite of humility is hubris, it is a great curse to have in addition to success. Hubris blinds so that a person is no longer in touch with reality. Hubris in the modern sense means pride before the fall, and I have seen many fall because of it.
All success is a blessing. For the writer to brag and boast, to flaunt their wealth and healthy children like a prize bull is to take those blessings for granted, to lose sight that everything is temporary and fragile. Cars crash, houses burn down, children die; nothing is certain. To use such blessings in the ancient Greek definition of hubris to enjoy the suffering of others is to move such blessings into the danger zone of losing them altogether.
Hubris can obliterate success in three ways. One way is because of the blinding nature of hubris the individual miscalculates, makes an error which causes their "fall". The second way is that the universe moves in feedback loops, so if a person is thinking, saying and doing a something, a part of that something feeds back at them. The third way is that to the subconscious there is no difference between outside and inside, or you or me, so to do or think harm to another is treated by the subconscious as harm to self, and it will deliver that harm onto the doorstep of the one that wished the harm. This third way is why some belief systems talk about the eventual gain to self from sharing blessings with others.
I wish success for everyone, but also that they treat success as a blessing, share that success with others, and with humility.


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Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG)
There's considerably less drift in Ice Age: Continental Drift, the latest in a long line of lucrative cartoons from Blue Sky Studios and their friends at Fox. It's all sight gags and action beats, which tends to cover the shortcomings these assembly-line farces are infamous for. And at a brisk 94 minutes, it's less reliant on charm-starved chatter among its increasingly over-stuffed voice cast.
Yes, there are even more big names doing the talking for the various Ice Age critters — pop stars Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez join up with Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes, Joy Behar, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. But that old rule that "they only add more big names to the voice cast when they're worried about the animation" doesn't apply, as this is the least chatty film of this series.
The Ice Age movies are known for their sloppy science, and this one has the growing extended family of mammoths (Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and now "daughter" Keke Palmer) split up by the splitting of continents. Yeah, Scrat, that nut-obsessed saber-toothed squirrel, had something to do with it.
Manny the mammoth (Romano), Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary), Sid, the innocent but accident-prone sloth (John Leguizamo, always funny) and Sid's Granny (Sykes) are adrift on an iceberg, wondering how to get back to the others.
That's when they meet the pirates. Captain Gutt is the primate who has figured out how to turn icebergs into buccaneer boats, and his scurvy crew of rabbits, sea lions and blood-thirsty gulls has designs on Manny & Co.
Gutt, voiced by Dinklage, leads his crew in a lusty pirate sea chantey.
"In a world that's going under, you must learn to plunder," Dinklage (Game of Thrones) croons. He's helped by his own tiger sidekick, voiced Lopez.
The castaways plot to foil the pirates, with the help of a gag borrowed from Open Season. And back on dry, drifting land, we get a couple of life lessons in which the kid mammoth Peaches (Palmer) learns that "cool kids" who want you to abandon your old friends aren't cool. And every so often, Scrat has another frustrating encounter with that elusive prehistoric acorn.
The animation is better than ever (check out the photo-real water and ice here). The 3D sight gags (jabs through the screen, and drool dropping off it) work. No, it's not Rio, Blue Sky's best effort to date. But they've steadily raised the bar on the look of these films, if not the science lessons in the script.
A brief, witty and dialogue-free Simpsons 3D short film, The Longest Daycare, precedes Ice Age. Maggie, the baby, is tormented while trying to save a butterfly from a baby bully at the internment camp where she's deposited by her parents each day. Four minutes, five pretty big laughs. Nice.
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Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG)
A 20th Century Fox release.
Cast: Voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, Denis Leary, Jennifer Lopez, Peer Dinklage.
Directors: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier.
Screenwriters: Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs.
Producers: John C. Donkin, Lori Forte.
Running time: 94 minutes. Mild rude humor, action/peril. Playing at area theaters.


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30 receive C-USA's highest academic honor
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166 Marshall student-athletes were named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
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2012:Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll... Recipient of the C-USA Academic Medal.
Prior to Marshall: Compiled a 30-6 overall record in two years of high school tennis... Was a regional semifinalist in singles and doubles in those two years... Played Volleyball for MU in the fall... Was named the West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year in 2009... First-Team All-State in volleyball and was the 2008 and 2009 Mountain State Athletic Conference Player of the Year... Was also All-State in softball in 2010 and was the starting centerfielder on Ripley's 2009 AAA State Championship team.
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Reliance Precision received the SC21 silver award for business excellence at a ceremony in Edinburgh hosted by Selex Galileo Ltd. and organised by ADS, the trade organisation for the UK's aerospace, defence, space and security industries. ADS manage the SC21 accreditation process and the stringent assessment of suppliers working towards the bronze, silver and gold award standards. A number of awards were presented at the event and a common theme emerged from all the companies participating - that the support of employees from across the business is the most essential factor for SC21 success. Roger Kenworthy, Reliance's Managing Director, accepted the silver award on behalf of the company's 220 employees and celebrated this proud achievement with the team on his return to Huddersfield.
At the ceremony Phil Curnock, from the SC21 project office, noted that there are now 540 companies engaged in the SC21 programme, with 55 bronze awards having been presented, 19 silver and 2 gold. Reliance is already planning for gold.


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The Australian market ended a four-day run of losses to close higher, driven by large financial sector stocks.
At the close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.6 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,388.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 6.5 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,410.7.
On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was five points higher at 4,394, with 27,397 contracts traded.
The gains were made on mixed offshore leads, including solid gains in Europe but falls on Wall St in the US.
CMC Markets senior trader Tim Waterer said investors appeared unwilling to venture into risk assets, hence the falls in resources stocks offsetting solid gains made by Australia's major banks.
The spectre of the "fiscal cliff" in the US was capturing market attention and inhibiting the likelihood of investors to venture into risk assets, he told AAP.
"The focal point for investors at the moment is rhetoric coming from Washington regarding the fiscal cliff and that's going to be a central theme in financial markets for the rest of the year until a deal is done," he said.
The cliff refers to dramatic spending cuts and tax increases that will take effect in January, if US politicians cannot find a compromise on deficit reduction to avoid them.
Global insurer QBE was the best performer among the top 20 ASX companies, gaining 2.4 per cent to $11.18 but it recovered less than a third of Tuesday's heavy losses following an earnings downgrade.
Financial services conglomerate Suncorp added 14 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $9.48.
The four major banks also all posted gains.
ANZ gained 15 cents to $24.20, Commonwealth Bank was 39 cents better at $59.09, Westpac jumped five cents to $24.85 and National Australia Bank improved 13 cents to $23.24.
Far more stocks lost ground on Wednesday, with 374 stocks up, 526 down and 380 unchanged and national turnover of 1.3 billion securities worth $3.32 billion.
The mining and energy sectors were down, with the majors having mixed days.
BHP Billiton lost two cents to $33.73, Rio Tinto gained 18 cents to $57.85 and Fortescue was three cents higher at $4.
Woodside Petroleum shed seven cents to $33.79 and Santos fell 27 cents, or 2.5 per cent, to $10.52, representing a 12.3 per cent fall in the last four weeks.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics wage price index for the September quarter released on Wednesday showed that total hourly rates of pay, excluding bonuses, rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.7 per cent in the September quarter.
The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment for November, also released on Wednesday, has risen by 5.2 per cent to 104.3 per cent showing that while confidence is improving, Australians are still pessimistic about the economy.
The price of gold in Sydney was $US1,728.23 per fine ounce, up $US2.74 on Tuesday's closing price of $US1,725.49.
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Islamic leaders in Paris are condemning the opening of whats been described as Europes first gay-friendly mosque. Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grande Mosqueé in Paris, told France 24 that the mosque goes against the rules of Islam.
He said: "Worshippers go to a mosque to worship god, they dont go to demonstrate their sexuality.
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A Jewish shopkeeper was beaten up by two anti-Semitic thugs in the Gorbals district of Glasgow today while a crowd of onlookers watched without interfering.
The two men approached the storekeeper and asked him if he was a Jew. When he answered: "Yes," they began beating him. They also told him: "This is for what you are doing to our pals in Palestine. This is only the beginning. We are going to get all the Jews out of Gorbals. Who says it can't happen here? We'll show them it can."


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Scientists have found a gene that, when mutated, appears to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life. No one knows how many Alzheimer's cases might be linked to the mutation, but experts say the number could be large, given that an estimated 30% of the population carries the mutation. The discovery, reported today in Amsterdam at the Sixth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, could provide a better understanding of what causes late-onset Alzheimer's--by far the most common form of the disease.
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A team led by neurogeneticist Rudy Tanzi of Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston first became interested in the gene because of a possible connection to the b amyloid protein, which has been implicated in Alzheimer's. Work by other researchers suggests that the normal version of the newly discovered protein, called a2-macroglobulin (a2M), acts like a cleanup crew for neurons by binding to and removing b amyloid and several other potentially toxic proteins that might otherwise accumulate outside nerve cells.
One way that a2M might perform this custodial chore is by carrying the bound b amyloid into cells where it can be degraded--a step that requires that it bind to the very same receptor that another protein, called apoE, uses to enter cells. Because a particular apoE variant, called apoE4, had previously been shown to be a risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's, Tanzi and his colleagues reasoned that the mutant form of this other receptor-binding protein, a2M, might be as well.
To test this idea, the team compared the frequencies of the mutant A2M gene in late-onset Alzheimer's patients and their unaffected siblings. The analysis showed a highly significant association between the mutation and the presence of Alzheimer's disease. For instance, when the researchers removed the possible confounding influence of ApoE4 by looking only at families lacking that ApoE variant, they found that the frequency of the mutant A2M gene in Alzheimer's patients was four times greater than in their siblings who did not have the disease. "I think that [the mutation] is probably the strongest risk factor for whether you get Alzheimer's late in life--as strong as or stronger than ApoE4," says Alzheimer's expert Sam Sisodia of the University of Chicago. The findings will be reported in the August issue of Nature Genetics.
While this linkage will need to be confirmed in other populations, researchers are already beginning to focus on how A2M mutations might lead to Alzheimer's. One possibility is that they interfere with a2M's cleanup operation. This might also be the case with apoE4, which might prevent a2M and its associated proteins from binding to their mutual receptor. If so, that that could also explain how apoE4 spurs the development of Alzheimer's. Those kinds of possibilities are what make the new work "very, very interesting," says Steven Moldin of the National Institute of Mental Health. "It offers a set of very explicit hypotheses that can be tested."


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Christine Pelosi – Politico
It is a cruel irony in American politics that just as young people across the country – indeed around the world – think their votes don't count in the political process, voter suppression tactics are all too alive and well.
As the non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice points out, in the last few years there has been an aggressive effort to restrict voting as legislators around the country have been pushing bills that make sweeping changes to their election codes to limit the voting rights of students and movers, reduce early voting days, and restrict voter registration and "get-out-the-vote" mobilization efforts.
In this month alone, the Colorado secretary of state tried to block Denver voters from receiving absentee ballots lawsuit while his Maine counterpart wrote to students advising them that they could face legal prosecution if they maintained out-of-state drivers licenses and in-state voter registration cards.
Couple these efforts with voter ID laws that the DNC's Voting Rights Institute reports affect 11 percent of Americans — approximately 23 million citizens of voting age, the vast majority of whom are low-income, disabled, minority, young, and older voters — who lack proper photo ID and the Federal Elections Commission finding that over 20,000 polling places are inaccessible to people with disabilities http://smlr.rutgers.edu/fact-sheet-on-disability-and-voter-turnout-in-2010, and we are looking at millions of Americans who could be disenfranchised.
That's a whole lot effort to suppress a vote that doesn't count! If there is an effort to restrict voting, the forces doing the restricting must think the ballot counts – and you voters should too.
So my advice to a wary voter is this; the next time you think your vote doesn't count, think of all the efforts going on to restrict your right to cast it. That alone should tell you how powerful a force each and every voter can be. Remember the boomerang effect that the despicable 2010 "don't vote" ads had on Latino voters who turned out and voted in pro-voting pro-immigrant candidates. Believe that making your elected officials accountable begins with the civic sacrament of voting, hold your candidates to a simple test: does she want me to vote or not? and when given the choice, vote for the people who want you to vote.
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The "life-changing" injuries suffered by a Bradford firefighter have prompted police to issue a warning to cyclists visiting the Dales.
The 48-year-old officer, who has not yet been named, is still in hospital after colliding with a car in Askrigg, Wensleydale, on April 5.
The man was riding a section of the Tour de France's opening stage route on a mountain bike, with friends and colleagues from the Leeds Road central station in Bradford, when the accident happened. Great North Air Ambulance staff anaesthetised him at scene before he received treatment for severe spinal, pelvic, chest and internal injuries.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the man was conscious and in a stable conditionon Thursday, adding: "The firefighter has suffered life-changing injuries and is being treated at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
"His wife is by his side and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is providing ongoing welfare support."
The incident has led to a warning from North Yorkshire Police for cyclists to take care on the county's roads, particularly in the build-up to the Tour de France, which arrives in the Dales on July 5.
Traffic Sergeant John Lumbard, of North Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Group, said: "With the roads likely to get busier and busier with cyclists over the next few months, it is important that we try and prevent any further casualties.
"The narrow country roads and steep hills in the Dales can be very challenging, even to experienced riders, and it is vital that cyclists are aware of this before they visit. It is not uncommon for long straights or steep descents to be followed by tight bends or T-junctions, and it is imperative that cyclists have the skills and knowledge to negotiate these obstacles."
Officers are giving out leaflets and posters around bike centres, cafe stops and assembly points throughout the Dales in an effort to get the message across – highlighting the importance of well-maintained brakes and the need to wear a helmet. The information also highlights other rural hazards such as cattle-grids, animals in the road, mud from agricultural vehicles, loose gravel and undefined kerb lines.
North Yorkshire County Council's Road Safety and Travel Awareness Team has also produced a "Cycle Yorkshire: Ride the Routes" free app for cyclists.


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BEREA -- Terrance West's eyes had doubled in size.
"Wow. THE Jim Brown," he said, with the smile of a kid walking into Disney World.
West, a rookie running back, met Brown, a Hall of Famer, for the first time Monday. They chatted again Wednesday after training camp practice, and the thrill hadn't diminished.
"It's just amazing, man," West said seconds after saying goodbye to Brown. "He's the best to ever play the game of football. So it's just amazing just to be here and have a conversation with him."
Dozens of running backs have followed in the massive footsteps since Brown retired in his prime after the 1965 season. None compares to arguably the greatest player in NFL history -- though Leroy Kelly joined him in the Hall of Fame -- and not all of them appreciated the chance to spend time with Brown.
"I met him two practices ago," West said. "It was amazing. I was walking out, getting ready for practice and I heard somebody say, 'T. West.' I turned around and it was Jim Brown. It was like, 'Wow, I didn't even know what to say.'"
West was insulted when asked if he had watched film of Brown's playing days.
"Of course. Everyone has," he said. "I always watch film of him. Like a day before a game I watch film. Always. Since I was playing Pop Warner."
West fits right in with the middle-aged Northeast Ohio men who still worship Brown and wear No. 32 jerseys to the stadium. He thinks Brown is the best of all time.
"Yes, of course, hands down," he said. "I was saying it in high school and Pop Warner."
Brown can be harsh in his critique of young backs. He took a lot of grief for calling Trent Richardson "ordinary" before the Browns drafted him No. 3 in 2012. Richardson was traded last year and has averaged 3.3 yards per carry.
Brown hasn't broken down the film of West, but he had kind words for the third-round pick out of Towson University.
"He said he likes my attitude and performance," West said. "He sees that I'm a determined guy and I'm special."
West wasn't shy about being nervous in front of a man who rushed for 12,312 yards and averaged 5.2 per carry.
"I didn't know what to say," he said. "He just wanted to hear my story. A couple of guys told him my story of what I had to overcome to get here right now. He loved the determination. That I never gave up.
"To be in the Dawg Pound, to be a great running back, that's what you have to be, you have to be determined."
West had issues with his test scores out of high school that made him ineligible to play in Division I. He wound up walking on at Towson without being recruited, but not before working at a shoe store.
It's quite a journey from Baltimore shoe store to hanging out with Brown in Berea, and Towson coach Rob Ambrose was there for every step. Including no scholarship to start, no playing time in his first game and one bizarre play during a short-yardage drill.
"He was impressive," Ambrose told The Chronicle-Telegram. "Three in a row, wow. Then the fourth play might be the worst football play by an individual ever. He ran to the hole and backpedaled."
It's been full steam ahead since.
"His work ethic and competitiveness are rare," Ambrose said. "He's been a great worker, has great focus, doesn't get sidetracked from his goals. He doesn't want to just make it there, wants to stay there.
"He's a great kid, a really good human being. He's good-hearted and has a good soul."
West is behind veteran Ben Tate on the depth chart, but it remains a competition for the role of lead back. At 5-foot-10 and a sturdy 225 pounds, West has the tools desired in a workhorse.
"He's not like the guys that are his size," Ambrose said. "Guys his size aren't supposed to be able to move the way he moves and have the balance he does. Outside of 4.3 track speed, he's got it all. Great balance, very good vision, he can make you miss and punish you. Not a lot of guys can make you miss and make you hurt."
West has shown flashes of the brilliance that totaled 4,849 yards and 84 touchdowns in three years at Towson. He rushed for 41 touchdowns last year.
In the preseason opener Saturday, he gained 22 yards on 10 carries. He had a long of 10, and the numbers were skewed by several runs where he was met behind the line and lost yards.
"I was happy. I got positive yards," he said. "A couple plays I had nowhere to go and I got back to the line. And the most key part is I had no fumbles."
Tate rushed six times for 25 yards and had a fumble he recovered.
"When he puts his foot in the ground he's going to change gears," Ambrose said of West. "I don't know how many homers of 40 yards he'll hit. But he'll hit a (boatload) of doubles and triples. He'll get you first downs and put the ball in the end zone."
Browns coach Mike Pettine plans on naming his starting lineup next week after the Monday night game in Washington. West doesn't think it's too late for him to earn a spot.
"My job is to control only what I can control. That's to come out here and perform and make it hard on the coaches to see who starts on Sunday," he said. "That's my job."
Towson coordinator Jared Ambrose knew West wouldn't shrink on the NFL stage.
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Modelled on Lytton Strachey's classic portrayal of eminent Victorians, Piers Brendon's cameo biographies shed dazzling new light on the age of Queen Elizabeth II. All four of his characters have loomed large in the annals of their time. All have aroused controversy in the uttermost corners of the earth, stirring passions as much by personality as by performance. And all have been ambivalent towards the great contemporary process of change, promoting revolt yet championing continuity, flirting with radicalism yet embracing conservatism. Brendon's cast list is as follows: Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire media mogul whose empire, built on an ethical void, has polluted the channels of communication from London to Sydney, from New York to New Guinea; Prince Charles, the royal dilettante whose erratic exploits shook the throne and put his own succession to it at risk; Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister, who dedicated herself with messianic zeal to breaking the mould of post-war British politics; and Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, who embodied the sixties counter-culture of sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll yet aspired to be a gentleman and accepted a knighthood at the behest of Tony Blair. A sequel to Brendon's best-selling Eminent Edwardians, which has been in print ever since it was published nearly thirty years ago, Eminent Elizabethans is written in the same witty, ironic and irreverent style. Like its predecessor, it sets its quartet in context, revealing how each one played out a major theme in the new Elizabethan medley. But the dramatis personae are not just treated as symptoms of their history, rather as creatures of flesh and blood. They are vividly and vitally depicted through pungent anecdote, piquant quotation and mordant commentary. In short, these brilliant miniatures are as entertaining as they are illuminating.
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> Hi all, > > the exact NUMERIC datatype materializes more and more. What I > got so far are the four arithmetic base operators, all six > comparision operators and these functions: > > ABS(n) > CEIL(n) > EXP(n) > FLOOR(n) > LN(n) > MOD(m,n) > ROUND(n[,scale]) > SIGN(n) > SQRT(n) > TRUNC(n[,scale]) > > The trigonometric ones I left out for now, but since SQRT(), > EXP() and LN() work, it wouldn't be that hard to do them > later (the former produce the same results as bc(1) does - > shortly tested up to 400 digits after the decimal point). > > The speed of the complex functions is IMHO acceptable. For > example EXP() is 25% better than bc(1) on small numbers but > needs up to 3 times on very big ones (999). Who ever needs > EXP(999) or more? The result is about 7.2e433! SQRT() is a > bit slow - so be it. Postgres shouldn't become a substitute > for arbitrary precision calculators. > > So I think it's time now to move the stuff into the backend. > Therefor I first need a bunch of OID's (about 30 C functions, > 20 SQL functions and 10 operators for now). Should I fill up > all the holes? No, I don't recommend it. I recommend getting a range of oid's. Oids are confusing enough, without trying to collect them scattered all over a range of values. The problem is that we don't have a range of 30 left anymore, and the needs of future development are surely going to eat up the rest. One idea is to remove some of the conversion functions we have defined that are rarely used. We don't NEED them with Thomas's conversion stuff. Thomas says native conversion is faster, but if we find some that we almost never use, we could rip them out and use those. However, my recommendation is that we have to start thinking about increasing the maximum allowable system oid. 1 - 10 100 - 101 754 842 949 1288 - 1295 1597 - 1599 1608 - 1610 1619 - 1639 1644 - The max system oid is stored in transam.h as: /* ---------- * note: we reserve the first 16384 object ids for internal use. * oid's less than this appear in the .bki files. the choice of * 16384 is completely arbitrary. * ---------- */ #define BootstrapObjectIdData 16384 This is 2^14. We can increase this to 32k without any noticable problem, as far as I know. That will give us a nice range of availble oids, and allow renumbering if people want to clean up some of current oid mess. The only problem is that loading a pg_dump -o is going to probably cause rows with oids in the 16k-32k range to duplicate those in the system tables. Is that a problem? I am not sure. As far as I know, there is no reason oid's have to be unique, especially if they are in different tables. contrib/findoidjoins will get messed up by this, but I am not sure if that is a serious problem. I can't figure out another way around it. We could expand by going very high, near 2 billion, assuming no one is up there yet, but the code will get very messy doing that, and I don't recommend it. I think going to 2^15 is going to become necessary someday. The question is, do we do it for 6.5, and if so, how will the duplicate oids affect our users? A new system would start assigning rows with oids > 2^15, so only system table oids installed via pg_dump -o or COPY WITH OIDS FROM would be in the range 2^14-2^15. pg_dump uses the max system oid to determine of a function is a user function, but because it gets the max oid from the template1 table oid, this should be portable across the two oid systems. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
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Colin Kaepernick has been immensely criticized for his refusal to stand for the national anthem. His response is that he is trying to speak out against the injustices that African Americans under. However, there is another athlete who is far more of a high profile man whose actually doing something to improve his community with something tangible. Lebron James.
With the University of Akron James will give a guaranteed four year scholarship to students who qualify as part of the "I Promise" program. James intends on provide more than 1,100 scholarships to at risk youths.
Business Insider reported,
"The LJFF targets children in 3rd grade, because research has shown students that age become most at risk for dropping out of school later in life. The third graders are given mentorship throughout the rest of their schooling; so far more than 1,100 students have been mentored by the program since it was created six years ago.
When the third graders reach their senior year, if they've maintained a 3.0 GPA, they'll be offered 4-years of college tuition to the University of Akron, paid for by LJFF. There is no timetable on this pledge, and with more than 1,000 students currently on track to receive the scholarship, James' foundation could be spending more than $41 million to help the students receive college degrees. The LJFF also helps parents who never received high school diplomas get their GEDs."
Fox Sports reported,
"the scholarship will cover tuition and the university's general service fee — currently $9,500 per year."
The price tag on this college education program could be up to $41 million. The "I Promise" program is a large part of the Lebron James Family Foundation which James originally founded.
This is something that could have a tremendously large impact on the local community and it's all thanks to James. Take note Colin. Instead of pontificating at the bully pulpit with your armchair liberal ideas why don't you do something that actually makes a difference. Walk the walk don't just talk the talk.
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Research takes UNI professor and students around the world
Undergraduate research has always been something that has set the University of Northern Iowa apart from other institutions. This year, more than three undergraduate research projects are happening in the biology department alone. One of those projects has taken researchers to Brazil, and later this spring will take one to Utah.
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In a study built to investigate the impact of global climate change on coastal communities, Carl Thurman, a UNI biology professor, and many undergraduate students have spent years researching the genetic and size differences of Brazilian fiddler crabs. A current from Africa brought fiddler crabs to the edge of Brazil 40 million years ago, splitting them and forcing them to adapt to different climates. After they split, the fiddler crabs were forced to make different adaptations depending on where the current placed them. Thurman and his students are taking a look at nine different species of fiddler crabs to see what changes have taken place and what implications this has on those environments.
This spring, Kelsey Hampton, a UNI junior majoring in biology, has an opportunity to present her research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in Ogden, Utah. Hampton was one of three UNI students chosen from more than 3,500 national applicants to present her poster at this conference. She has been looking into the size differences among the fiddler crabs.
"Researching with the biology department and professor Thurman has provided me with many networking opportunities with other universities, bolstered my resume with valuable experience unavailable to most undergraduate students, and provided me with the chance to attend the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) this coming March," said Hampton. "By performing research here at UNI, I have become a very competitive candidate for graduate programs. The experience gained from gathering my own data, analyzing it myself, and working with my collaborators have helped to present me as a competent candidate for graduate study."
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Janice and Joel Kanoff of Hollywood, Fla., formerly of Huntingdon Valley, announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Fayth Kanoff, to Todd Jason Navon, son of Ira Navon of Rockaway, N.J., and the late Marilyn Gershen.
Heather is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication disorders and a Master of Science degree in business management. She is a merchandise planner for Bloomingdales.
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On Dec 20, 2007 12:50 AM, ivan.hou <ivan(dot)hou(at)msa(dot)hinet(dot)net> wrote: > > i try to compare two methods of garbage-collect.(Postgresql Ver:8.1.3) > > 1. enable autovacuum without using vacuumdb -f mydb in crontab. > 2. using crontab to vacuumdb in every 10 min (autovacuum disable) > > the method 2 got more free space than method 1. > > the disk size of database still increased in method 1. > so, what's the advantage of autovacuum? That really depends. Did the db size increase at first under method 1, then reach a steady state, or did it just keep bloating. It might well be that vacuuming every 10 minutes cost you more in terms of performance than would using autovacuum, and the trade off was slightly more disk space used. Or it could be the db was bloating. If the db was bloating, as Alvaro mentioned, you likely don't have aggressive enough settings for autovacuum. Also, update your pg install to the latest 8.1.x version, 8.1.3 has quite a few nasty bugs in it.
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"When I select a category for autopost and save my settings, the account checkbox turns into a radio button, and if I refresh the page, the radio button turns back into a checkbox but it is unchecked now. This only with selected categories.
If I choose "All" it works fine."
This is the ticket I sent over a week ago with no response but
This is my issue that is still reoccurring despite me having the latest version, and I assume my ticket wont get any response since its been over a week, but can you please at least tell me how remove all the data from the database? Or at least the prefixes of your data?
That way if the issue has been corrected in the more recent versions. I can re-install and try again.
Deleting the plugin still leaves data, because when I uninstalled and re-installed, my settings were still there.
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Stuff's wedding of the week
After meeting at work, 34-year-old Sam took his 32-year-old partner Megan on a lovely trip to Queenstown where he was all set to pop the question.
Unfortunately, the weather didn't play its part and the pair were unable to enjoy their special moment atop the Remarkables. Luckily they were able to make do with a romantic dinner for two at their favourite Queenstown restaurant.
Their wedding day was a different story altogether - Auckland turned on the sun and Sam and Megan shared a wonderful day with all their family and friends.
We'll let Megan fill you in on the rest...
How did you meet? Sam and I worked together at Subaru and had eyes for one another straight away.
Tell us about the proposal: Unfortunately all didn't go to plan! Sam arranged for us to fly down to Queenstown for a wine tour, and at Chard Farm we were to be picked up by a helicopter and taken up to the Remarkables where he was planning to propose. Unlucky for us the weather was too bad to fly up so Sam proposed over dinner at our favourite restaurant in Queenstown - The Bunker. We went back for our honeymoon.
Location of wedding: Our wedding was held at Mantells in Mt Eden, Auckland.
Describe your wedding day: We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. At the beginning of the week it was forecast to rain, but on the day Auckland really pulled out all the stops - the sky was clear and blue, a gentle breeze was blowing and it was a stifling 27 degrees. It was really warm, but we were so grateful for a beautiful day. We had our photo shoot first which was a load of fun and our photographer, Kelly Newland, was brilliant - she had so many great ideas and we found it such a breeze to work with her. Our ceremony began at 5pm with the reception to follow. Our celebrant was a good family friend which made it that much more personal and fun. Mantells was such a fabulous venue, we didn't have to worry about a thing and it all went so smoothly because Francois and his staff were so attentive and efficient and the food was incredible. The speeches kept everyone captivated and our first dance to 'Beneath Your Beautiful' by Labrinth featuring Emeli Sande was the perfect start to the rest of the evening on the dance floor. There was plenty of laughter and fun, there wasn't a single thing we would have changed.
The dress: When I visited Spain a few years ago I was amazed by the stunning gowns there, so when it came time to look for a dress, I searched the web and found the Pronovias website. They had so many beautiful dresses but I absolutely fell in love with the Benicarlo gown! Modes in Newmarket had a wide range of Pronovias gowns so I flew up to Auckland and they placed the order for me.
The flowers: We had a friend do our flowers, she made a special trip to Auckland and assembled everything on the morning of the wedding. I had my favourite flower - white peonies along with white roses, white hydrangeas and white freesias.
Highlight of the wedding: Our highlight would have to be seeing each other for the first time at our 'Special Meeting' at the old Courthouse just down from Albert Park. Even though this did happen before I walked down the aisle, it didn't curb the emotions - it was such a great feeling.
Was there any drama? There was one small problem with the delivery of our champagne, but that was quickly sorted.
The honeymoon: We went back to the place we got engaged - Queenstown. We spent a week at the Hilton where we wined and dined, rode on the Shotover Jet and even went paragliding which was undoubtedly the best way to see Queenstown! It was a super relaxing week and we can't wait to go back again.
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TARA HILLS — The Community Emergency Response Team of Tara Hills Mobile Manor will host its second annual Family Safety Fair Saturday. The public is invited to the free event from 10 a.m. to about 1:30 p.m. at Tara Hills Mobile Manor, located off Tara Hills Drive west of San Pablo Avenue.
Speakers will include representatives of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the Phillips 66 petroleum refinery, as well as local licensed general contractor Sigurd "Sandy" Szerlip, who has more than 30 years of experience working in homes and businesses, said Karen Sogge, the CERT team's procurement officer.
The PG&E rep will teach how to turn off individual gas meters in an emergency, and talk about what can happen with a downed power line.
The Phillips 66 rep will talk about protective action for any hazardous chemical or refinery incidents, including procedures for sheltering in place.
Szerlip will talk about hazard mitigation that can be performed before disaster strikes to reduce injuries and property damage, and about ways to reduce risks due to falling objects, falls, electrical hazards, and fires.
The Tara Hills Mobile Manor Neighborhood Watch and Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office will have informational tables, Sogge said.
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BBC Chief Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym visited Malmesbury School to talk on his specialist subject.
The UK Economy – Challenges and Opportunities, was the latest of the school's house lectures.
Headteacher Tim Gilson said: "It was lovely to see the hall full with a mixture of people from the town and students of the school.
"It was a really interesting presentation. Hugh is an engaging person and very easy to talk to and listen to. It was a lovely evening.
"It was a really nice opportunity for people in the town to come in and meet our students in a stimulating lecture and good question and answer session."
Malmesbury School has held seven lectures since March last year, covering several subjects.
The first was a talk by the Bishop of Swindon, Rt Rev Dr Lee Rayfield, entitled Porridge, Entropy and the Mystery of the Universe, followed by a speech on the ethics of money in July.
Other lectures have been based on history, mathematics, economics and terrorism.
Mr Gilson said: "The lectures started as part of the school's 40th anniversary. We thought it was something the school could do to encourage people who have never been to come into the school.
"We're in a lucky situation that we are in a one-school town, but there are people not of school age we could bring into the school.
"We had more than 120 people for Hugh Pym and have a regular audience of 30-80.
"It's a nice social thing – a chance to talk and see students and other generations mix.
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Guests at a Nashville hotel were evacuated for a short time early Monday night after a fire sparked.
The fire was reported around 7 p.m. at Stadium Inn located at 10 Interstate Drive near downtown.
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Health care is suddenly in vogue again. Everywhere you look, some big shot is bemoaning our shortcomings in medical knowledge. Or a politician is in hot water for trying to bilk the health-care industry. Or a bureaucrat is in trouble for proposing to cut medical items from the public budget.
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Someone asked Gov. Roy Barnes' office last week for a list of the governor's good works. Health-care projects turned up right next to education reform on Barnes' self-inventory of achievements. (A year ago, transportation issues would have occupied the slot just below school enhancement.)
The Medical College of Georgia is showing off to a parade of media types its accomplishments in research and treatment. (Just wait till you hear what a couple of MCG scientists say green tea can do for your prostate gland, if you happen to have one.)
A coalition of physicians and social workers has written Gov. Barnes asking him to avoid sharp cuts in funding for Medicaid and other medical programs for the indigent.
That is just the beginning of the new surge of interest in health-related issues. Except for the geezer class and the usual do-gooder suspects, no one has had much to say publicly about health care since Hillary Clinton tried unsuccessfully to socialize American medicine way back in the 1990s. The insurance industry wouldn't hear of it. After Hillary crashed and burned, health care went on the B List of things to worry about.
Then along came Sept. 11, followed by the anthrax-by-mail crisis, dire predictions of a smallpox attack and the shocking realization that we weren't ready for any of it.
Docs had never seen anthrax; if they had, they didn't know what it was. People died. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turned out to be nearly as ignorant as everyone else about anthrax, smallpox and other weaponized maladies. The facilities of the nation's fabled germ-fighting centers were revealed as antiquated and dilapidated.
In Washington, lawmakers from Democratic Sen. Max Cleland to GOP Rep. John Linder busied themselves multimillion-dollar fix-up bills for the CDC.
Terrorist-wrought health problems weren't the only medical topics receiving attention. Shortly before the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks, Gov. Barnes initiated a Cancer Coalition of the state's research institutions and put his top public-health guy, Russ Toal, in charge of producing concrete results. The governor's office also reminded constituents: ''Barnes delivered on his promise to strengthen the rights of HMO patients, and he has continued to address the problem of the 1.2 million Georgians who lack health insurance. Eligibility for the PeachCare for Kids program has been expanded, so a family of four with an income of $40,000 can now purchase low-cost insurance for their children. Today, about 163,000 children in Georgia are covered by this plan.''
Even the State Ethics Commission, jumped into the act. After weeks of delay, it has voted unanimously to hold a full public hearing on why state Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker of Augusta failed to report his company received more than $1.5 million between 1998 and 2000 from state-supported Grady Hospital and the Medical College.
Last year, flu shots weren't readily available until mid-December. This year, supermarkets and discount druggists, among others, started pushing flu shots for everybody in October.
When the state announced nominal cutbacks in medical programs during the economic downturn, 50 physicians and social workers fired off an ''open'' letter to Gov. Barnes:
''Besides leaving Georgians too few critical services in a time of need, cutting health and human services will lead to higher state costs in the short and long term. Georgia's economy will lose millions of dollars in federal (matching funds) which other states will get.''
So what does all this fresh hustle and bustle regarding human health mean?
Nationally, says The New York Times, ''health care is likely to determine just how rapidly the economy expands.''
In Georgia, upgrading health care could replace laying new asphalt as the most efficient way to pump public funds into a sagging economy.
Ironically, the terrorism crisis might inspire private enterprise and government to give us better medicine instead of louder entertainment and wider highways.
Bill Shipp is editor of Bill Shipp's Georgia, a weekly newsletter on government and business. He can be reached at P.O. Box 440755, Kennesaw, GA 30160, (770) 422-2543 or by e-mail: email@example.com.
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04-13-1897 Volume OC - Page 131 Reno, Nevada April 13, 1897 The Board of Regents met at the Office of the Bank of Nevada at 8 o'clock P.M., Tuesday evening, April 13. Present: W. E. F. Deal and H. S. Starrett. The estimate of C. E. Clough for the completion of the Gymnasium building as per plans and specifications for the sum of Twelve Hundred and Seventy Five Dollars ($1275.00) is accepted and the work to be completed on or before the 15th day of May, 1897, pay- ment to be made when said work is completed and accepted by the Board of Regents. On motion of Regent Deal, it was ordered that the salary of Mary W. Emery be made Eighteen Hundred Dollars per annum from and after April 1, 1897, payable in monthly payments of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. The plans and specifications for the Mechanical building is ap- proved and accepted as made by Percy & Hamilton, Architects of San Francisco, Cala.


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12 days ago I had fat grafting to my laught lines upper lip and under eyes also a nose job... I'm super super swollen I look like Joan rivers I was wondering in how long will this swelling go away...My doctor says 3 weeks but I'm nervous that it will never go away... My doctor never told me that i will be swollen for so long and now I'm freaking out!!! Please help!!!
Super Swollen From Fat Grafting 12 Days Ago
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12 days post fat grafting
Twelve days post surgery is still very early for you to judge the results of your surgery - be patient and follow up with your surgeon
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Swelling after facial fat grafting
Swelling after facial fat grafting is common. A significant amount of swelling will resolve after one week, but may take several weeks to completely resolve. Keeping your head elevated, especially at night with a few pillows, will help the swelling resolve more quickly. Good luck.
Swelling after facial fat grafting (and also rhinoplasty) is normal!
Please relax; swelling after rhinoplasty alone can sometimes be substantial--every patient is different! Also, are you laying flat at night? If you sleep with your head elevated above heart level (put a sofa cushion under your mattress) this will decrease the swelling that otherwise returns each night if your head is at the same position as your heart. Let gravity be your friend!
But if you add fat grafting to your lower eyelids and upper lips to the swelling already present from rhinoplasty, this increases the swelling by another whole level! Also, since a portion of the fat that is grafted always dies, a certain degree of over-correction is necessary to yield a reasonable amount of permanent fullness, so yet another degree of (intentional) swelling results!
I hope your procedures were done by an ASPS-certified plastic surgeon, or ABMS-certified facial plastic surgeon (Otolaryngologist), who should be willing and eager to help you through what sounds like a normal healing process. I'm sorry you were ill-prepared for the usual and expected healing process. Sometimes it's because the consulting surgeon doesn't want to overstate the downsides of surgery (risks, complications, and even the normal stuff like swelling and bruising) or else nobody would sign up for elective surgery!
Other times it's because even though we explain all of this, patients are unwilling or reluctant to hear and understand these issues--it's scary and often it takes a leap of faith to expose yourself to elective pain, swelling, and healing.
Talk to your surgeon! Express your concerns and listen to the advice given. Hang in there; it will (probably) be just fine as things settle and you heal! Best wishes!
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Swelling from Fat Transfer
Swelling is a natural and normal response to fat transfers. I always let my patients know that they are going to be very swollen, especially for the first two weeks. Usually swelling does not begin to stop or start resolving until weeks 3-6. One thing that I've noticed with fat transfers is that every patient heals differently some have more swelling, some have less, it is very individual. I would try your best to take a deep breath and to not judge the results until around week 6 when the fat has settled and the majority of the swelling has gone down or is starting to go down. Even after reviewing swelling with patients before their procedure, I often have patient's that are frustrated or in your words "freaking out" from the swelling. I know it can be frustrating but I assure you that even a large amount of swelling can be normal and it should begin to go down for you within the next couple weeks. However I would only be concerned if after the 3rd or 4th week the swelling increases rather than decreases, otherwise keep your face clean and continue to drink plenty of fluids throughout this healing time.
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Indianapolis • Saint Louis coach Jim Crews and Butler's Brad Stevens nearly echoed each other when assessing the key to Friday night's game.
"I think the start to the second half was key," Crews said after Saint Louis took control of the Atlantic 10 race with a 65-61 comeback win over the No. 15 Bulldogs.
Mike McCall had 18 points and Kwamain Mitchell scored 10 of his 12 in the second half to help Saint Louis rally. Dwayne Evans added 17 points for the Billikens, who won for a school-record fourth time this season against a Top 25 opponent and earned their ninth victory in a row in Atlantic 10 play. The previous eight had all been by 10 points or more.


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Markers and Calculation of Cardiovascular Risk in the Distinct Phenotypes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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.
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|Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder and cause of anovulatory infertility among reproductive aged women. According to the revised criteria of 2003, four distinct phenotypes of PCOS can be diagnosed. However, there are emerging evidence supporting the existence of different levels of cardiometabolic risk between the four phenotypic groups of the syndrome. The purpose of this study is to determine the cardiovascular risk of i) normoweight and ii)overweight plus obese women of every one of the four phenotypes of the syndrome as well as the levels of low inflammation serum markers and the possible correlations of the between the outcomes.
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Architect Janet Cotterell lives in a "Jekyll and Hyde" house in Ruislip. The front is a conventional Twenties bay-fronted semi; in her words, a typical "leaky, poor-quality house" thrown up after the First World War to solve the severe housing shortage. At the rear, however, is a 21st- century extension which requires no heating and, as it has made the back of the original ho me "airtight", has greatly reduced through-draughts .
Janet's cedar-clad extension is one of the first extensions built to Passivhaus standards in the country and, with a build cost of between £30,000 and £40,000 – including a new kitchen, it demonstrates that high-quality, low-energy extensions cost no more than conventional styles.
The Passivhaus concept, which started in Germany and Austria and is catching on throughout the northern hemisphere, is a way of building so effectively that the space heating requirements are a fraction of conventional homes (typically less than a 10th). What little heat is needed is provided either by "solar gain" (sunshine to laypeople), or electrical appliances such as ovens, computers and fridges, all of which give off heat.
Not all of us can afford, or want to live in a new home, which is why news of Passivhaus extensions and retrofits is so exciting.
"We finished the extension this summer, so it is facing its first test," says Janet. "So far, it has performed very well and hasn't needed heating. It's a full-width kitchen extension open to the rest of the house, but because it is airtight, we don't have the situation in older houses where air is constantly being drawn through the house, creating draughts."
The extension, across the width of the house to a height just under the first-floor windows, creates a super-insulated buffer. and Janet also fixed the the heat loss via the wooden floorboards .
"We wanted to put down insulation that would still allow air to circulate under the floorboards to prevent damp build-up, so we used lightweight clay Leca balls [leca.ae]. They are vapour-permeable balls of blown clay that look a bit like Maltesers. We just lifted the floorboards and poured them in."
Others are undertaking whole house retrofits to certified Passivhaus standards. Former business analyst Adam Dadeby's retrofit of a Seventies estate house occurred during the freezing winter of 2010-11. During it he, his wife, Erica, and their young son, Aaron, lived in a caravan parked on his mum's drive.
"Erica and I really appreciated moving back into the house after that," says Adam, "although Aaron of course loved being in the caravan with us all squeezed in together."
The most stressful part of the project was gaining planning permission for the project, which was on a Totnes housing estate, but neither listed nor in a conservation area.
"The houses are described as having special architectural interest and there was some resistance amongst planners and one of our neighbours, even though we have kept the same concrete tile roof and white render walls." The retrofit includes triple-glazed windows and a 100kg front door of wood, insulation and aluminium (both by Internorm, internorm.com) and wall cavities filled with Instabead polystyrene balls (instagroup.co.uk). The project took nearly 10 months to finish, once approved.
The house needs less than 15kW/h per square metre a year to heat, and required preplanning work to avoid heat loss.
"People think that Passivhaus is a highly technical way of building, but… I have learnt that it's much more about doing things well, paying attention to detail than it is about technology," says Adam, now a Passivhaus consultant. "Even if people don't want to or can't build to Passivhaus standards, they can take techniques and ideas to improve their own projects, as much or as little as they want."
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Best football APR scores
Four-year rates from 2006-07 through 2009-10. Out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams:
- 1. Northwestern 993
- 2. Rutgers 988
- 3. Northern Illinois 987
- 4. Duke 986
- 5. Ohio State 985
Worst football APR scores
Four-year rates from 2006-07 through 2009-10. Out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams:
- 120. Alabama-Birmingham 901
- 118. Louisville and Louisiana-Monroe 908
- 116. Texas-El Paso and New Mexico State 918
- 115. Florida Atlantic 920
- 114. Maryland 922
- 113. Idaho 923
- 112. Akron 924
- 111. Washington State 925
- 110. Tulsa 927
- 108. Michigan and Southern Miss 928
- 104. BYU, Colorado, NC State and Houston 929
- 103. Buffalo 930
- 102. San Jose State 931
- 98. Florida State, North Texas, Troy and Iowa State 932
- 97. Wyoming 933
- 96. San Diego State 934
What is the APR?
- The NCAA Academic Progress Rate program measures the retention and eligibility of student-athletes.
- Each athlete is worth two points per semester -- one for being enrolled and one for being academically eligible.
- The total points earned is divided by the total points possible on a 1,000-point scale.
- Teams are subject to penalties if they are under 925. But they will only suffer penalties if they are under 925 and lose an athlete who is not on good academic standing (those who flunk out, transfer, etc.)
San Diego State's baseball team was the only team out of all 149 teams in any sport in the Mountain West Conference to be penalized because of poor academic progress this year, according to NCAA data released Tuesday.
The NCAA hit the team with a reduction of 1.05 scholarships from the Division I baseball maximum of 11.7. Athletic Director Jim Sterk said the team already applied the penalty this year by reducing its scholarship count by 1.08.
"It's a point of emphasis that I made with baseball coaches, and we expect it to improve and get better," Sterk said. "Part of it is getting the players that want to be here and want to continue and not a one-(year)-and-done kind of thing."
Head coach Tony Gwynn was preparing for the Mountain West Conference Tournament at Tony Gwynn Stadium this week and was not available for comment Tuesday, a SDSU spokesman said.
SDSU baseball also suffered scholarship penalties in 2007, 2008 and 2009 but still has improved its Academic Progress Rate each of the past four years, up to 922 this year, its best multi-year rate ever.
This year's four-year APR measures the retention and eligibility of athletes from 2006-07 to 2009-10.
In football, SDSU improved slightly from 931 last year to 934 this year, also its best multi-year score ever. That APR puts SDSU football at 96th out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams — about the same as last year (95th) but better than its darker past. Three years ago, SDSU football had the nation's fifth-worst APR at 889. It also had been penalized with the loss of 14 scholarships over a four-year period.
This year, it ranked seventh out of nine MWC teams, ahead of Brigham Young (929) and Wyoming (933). The score includes all three seasons under head Chuck Long and the first under his replacement, Brady Hoke.
A big challenge for all sports in the future will be continued progress. Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA's Division I Committee on Academic Performance, warned Tuesday that his committee wants to increase the threshold at which teams are subject to penalties. Currently, that threshold is 925, but Harrison said it soon may move up to 930 to better correspond to a projected graduation success rate of 50 percent.
"Teams will have to perform better and better as the time goes on," Harrison said.
Overall, Sterk said SDSU is "definitely moving in the right direction."
SDSU volleyball had a perfect multi-year APR of 1,000 and received a Public Recognition Award from the NCAA.
SDSU men's basketball improved its multi-year score to 938 from 921 last year. By contrast, national champion UConn was penalized with a two-scholarship penalty after posting an APR of 893. The Division I average for men's basketball this year is 945.
Nationally, the four-year average for all Division I sports went up three points to 970. Eight teams still did so poorly that they received postseason bans for 2011-12. Five were men's basketball teams: Cal State Northridge, Chicago State, Grambling, Southern University and Louisiana-Monroe. Three were football teams: Idaho State, Jackson State and Southern.
"Athletic departments have come to realize over the past eight to 10 years that this (academic progress) is now an integral part of their mission," NCAA President Mark Emmert said Tuesday.
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Battlefield 4 launched with a number of major bugs and issues, which forced developer DICE to suspend all DLC development until it could get the game working.
It generated a significant fan backlash, and one that EA boss Andrew Wilson agrees with, calling the state of the game 'unacceptable'.
"For clarity it wasn't actually a server problem for Battlefield 4," Electronic Arts Andrew Wilson told Eurogamer.
"It was a client side problem. Right now the game is playing extremely well, and people are in there and having a lot of fun. I'm still playing it.
"For me, the situation we had was unacceptable. For the team it was unacceptable. We have worked tirelessly since then to make sure the gameplay experience got to where it absolutely should have been at launch and we're focused on that and we continue to deliver value to that player base."
Wilson says he can't promise it won't happen again, but development processes have been changed in an effort to prevent a repeat of the BF4 problems.
"We have changed development processes, we've changed development timelines and we've changed testing processes and beta processes, all with a view to not have the issues again.".
The next Battlefield game, Hardline, is developed by a different studio and launches on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in October.


text: Hoping someone might have been in a similar situation... My guy and I and another couple (our very best friends - both teachers) were starting to make plans to go on a summer Disney vacation. It would have been their very first trip to Disney, but unfortunately one of them lost their job and they had to drop out. So my guy and I went ahead and changed our plans to February to avoid the crowds. Feeling sad for our friends, we decided to invite them to join us for the weekend on our trip. So the plan is they pay for the airfare to Orlando and we would pick up the cost of the Disney tickets and staying with us for Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights. We are currently booked on a SPD discount 7 day/6 night stay. What is the best way to let Disney know that we will have 'guests' on three of those nights and will pay the additional occupancy fees. Will Disney have an issue with this? We've never stayed on property before and are concerned this might somehow nullify our SPD discount. Thanks for any advise you might have.


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Brownback swings at debate no-show Romney
Mitt Romney wasn't the only candidate to skip tonight's Values Voter debate in Fort Lauderdale, but he got a custom lashing from Sam Brownback.
"Given his liberal record taking stands as being pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-embryonic stem research and pro-taxpayer funding of abortion, Romney's decision to shun Values Voters comes as no surprise," the Brownback campaign said in a statement.
"The only values Romney has consistently cared about are in his stock portfolio," said Rob Wasinger, National Campaign Manager of Brownback for President.
Front-runner Rudy Giuliani skipped, too. Moments ago, a woman asked him about abortion. The camera moved to an empty podium and lingered. "Silence," the moderator said to laughter.
Romney -- rather, his empty podium -- took a question from a man who wanted to know about his "pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality" stances in the past. Fred Thompson and John McCain also got on-camera ribbing for missing the debate.


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Matt Bomer Hits The Spa With Partner Simon Halls! [PHOTOS]
The couple did a little shopping at Ralph Lauren (that does seem very Matt Bomer) in Los Angeles on Friday (April 12, 2013), and Matt treated himself to a little spa treatment.
It looks like Matt has a nasty scratch to the left of his left eye. That definitely look like it hurt.
I'm hoping that Matt will be in attendance at the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday, since he's up for for one award with his Magic Mike co-stars for Best Musical Moment. Fingers crossed for you Matt!


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Unfortunately, Malik's at that stage where he's getting "difficult." He has a lot of energy pent up and he isn't exactly speaking yet, which I guess turns him into one frustrated mess. He has tantrums, throws things and even hits me and/or Pao when he's at his worst.
We try to make him realize the consequences of his acts. I like to think that he understands. I am yet to see him push a playmate out of frustration or grab a toy from another person, so I suppose our parenting style is working. When Malik hits me for example, I tell him in a very disappointed tone, that what he did made me sad. Sometimes we make him stand in this corner -
I'm afraid this tactic won't work for too long though. Even at 2 years old, Malik tries to move around a little from his time out corner just to see how far he can stretch our patience. I have no idea what to do when that happens, except that physical punishment is not an option. Any suggestions?
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Lawmakers brace for health law, potential costs
Indiana lawmakers are bracing for the implications of the federal health care law but say they have questions about it as they prepare for the critical budget-writing legislative session that begins in January.
Hopes that the law would be repealed were dashed by President Barack Obama's re-election, and states were forced to decide whether to build the exchanges through which residents will buy insurance.
Governor-elect Mike Pence says he isn't interested in a state-run exchange.
Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma has tapped his top health policy expert, state Rep. Tim Brown, to lead the budget-writing Ways and Means Committee because of the health law's impact.
One issue lawmakers will have to weigh is whether to expand Medicaid coverage. Lawmakers say they need more answers to their questions before deciding.
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By Leslie Martin
A government health task force released a report Monday stating that women in their 40s shouldn't bother getting mammograms. According to its research, only one life in 1,000 is saved. If so, that life is mine and, not to sound egotistical, I like to think it was worth saving.
My first bout with breast cancer came at age 42. The oncologist and surgeons all remarked how lucky I was to have had an earlier or "baseline" mammogram, which allowed them to see how significantly the picture, so to speak, had changed.
According to the report, screening prevents one cancer death for every 1,904 women age 40 to 49, compared with one death for every 1,339 women age 50 to 74, and one death for every 377 women age 60 to 69.
The independent task force of doctors and scientists is concerned that all this screening leads to many false alarms and unnecessary biopsies.
It was a biopsy that confirmed my first diagnosis and the one that followed 18 months later. Not to get all up in these experts' faces, but the first biopsy showed that my cancer cells were particularly nasty ones, growing rapidly.
"The mammogram almost certainly saved your life," my oncologist said.
And yet, the report would ignore the value of all that.
"The benefits are less and the harms are greater when screening starts in the 40s," said Dr. Diana Petitti, vice chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, as quoted by the Associated Press.
Regarding those "harms" -- do they include something worse than death?
Something tells me the harms take the shape of a dollar sign. In fact, one of those involved in the report said that if the new guidelines are followed, billions of dollars will be saved. "But the money was buying something of net negative value," he said. "This decision is a no-brainer. The economy benefits, but women are the major beneficiaries."
I don't see the logic. And, considering my own experience, I dislike the term "no-brainer."
What's really scary is that these folks carry a lot of weight in terms of influencing insurance coverage, policy and doctors' practices. The report mentions mammogram screening biannually for women in their 50s, up to age 75. Then what?
My mom had breast cancer at age 83. Was her life worth saving? My dad thinks so, as does the rest of the family. Who is to going to decide about women like Mom in the future?
If there's any good news in this, it's that the American Cancer Society and the American College of Radiology are standing by the previous policy of recommending annual mammograms for women in their 40s. How well this policy will stand up to government wonks is anyone's guess.
On the other hand, I feel betrayed by so-called advocacy groups such as the National Breast Cancer Coalition, Breast Cancer Action and the National Women's Health Network, which reportedly welcomed the new guidelines.
I've been a proponent of President Obama's plan for health care reform. Suddenly I'm worried about what I used to consider ridiculous scare tactics concerning government decisions on who lives and dies. Now I'm not so sure they're ridiculous.
When I was first diagnosed with cancer, my daughter was 4 years old. If these new guidelines had been in place in the late 1990s, would I have lived to see her senior year in high school?
Leslie Martin is an editor. She lives in Mendota Heights.


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Nearly 200 local children in need will receive medical, dental, vision and mental health benefits as a result of a $200,000 grant from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) to the Healthy Kids program of the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation.
PAMF Regional President Lizz Vilardo, M.D., presented the check Oct. 24 to Kathleen King, executive director of Santa Clara Family Health Foundation.
"This gift will fund health insurance for 194 children who otherwise would not receive appropriate health care," Vilardo said. "For years, state budget cuts have negatively impacted county health programs and have reinforced the importance of philanthropic support. This gift reinforces PAMF's longtime commitment to keeping children and their families healthy."
PAMF's donation, combined with a gift from the El Camino Hospital District, will enable all under- and uninsured children in Mountain View to receive essential health-care coverage this year. As an expression of appreciation, Mountain View Mayor Mike Kasperzak proclaimed Oct. 23 "El Camino Hospital District and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Day."
"Healthy Kids fills the crucial gap in insurance and health-care access for many low- and moderate-income families who can't insure their children because they lack access to employer-sponsored insurance or are not eligible for public coverage via Medi-Cal and Healthy Families," King noted. "In Santa Clara County, those families can enroll their children in Healthy Kids. We believe one uninsured child in our county is one too many."
Launched in 2001, the locally funded Healthy Kids health insurance program increases access to and use of both medical and dental care, which are crucial contributors to children's overall well-being and health.
"The physicians and professionals of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation recognize this need and we are committed to helping children in the communities we serve," Vilardo said. "The work that the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation does to help the neediest of our county's children is constant and critical."