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Tuk Tuk drivers on the Koh San Road.
They are waiting for tourists to show the Indian tailor or a Ping Pong Show.
They have deals with shops and clubs if you stay in the shop for 10 minutes or pay entrance they get a petrol cheuq or money.
If they say I will bring you for free because it is the Kings birthday or something like that, do not believe.
If you do not want to pay to much, ask 3 different tuk tuk drivers how much too and howlong to come there.
One of Bangkok's top attractions is the "lovely tuk tuk ride" to the ping-pong show, flower-market or up to you…
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EAU CLAIRE — The new Chippewa Valley Dialogue on Science and Religion initiative has invited Dr. Harold Koenig, co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center, to present two lectures at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in October.
Koenig will present "Faith and Health: How Religious Beliefs Influence Mind and Body," from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the Davies Theatre, Davies Center. The lecture is free, open to the public and intended for a general audience.
Just prior to that, Koenig will present another free lecture geared toward an audience of medical and mental heath professionals, nursing and pre-med students. "Religion, Spirituality and Health: Background, Research and Clinical Applications" will be presented from 5 to 6:45 p.m., also in Davies Theatre.
Koenig is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and an associate professor of medicine. He has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics and religion, with over 275 scientific peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and 31 books in print or in preparation. Koenig has been nominated twice for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. His latest books include "The Healing Power of Faith" (2001), "The Handbook of Religion and Health" (Oxford University Press, 2001), "Spirituality in Patient Care" (2002), "The Healing Connection" (2004), "Faith in the Future: Healthcare, Aging, and the Role of Religion" (2004), and "Faith and Mental Health: Religious Resources for Healing" (2005).
Earlier this spring, several faculty and community members established the Chippewa Valley Dialogue on Science and Religion to help people better understand issues that relate to science and religion. The initiative will encourage organized discussions, bring science and religion experts to campus, and help high school science teachers better address questions that touch on religion, said Dr. Charlene Burns, associate professor of philosophy and religious studies at UW-Eau Claire.
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CVDSR received a three-year $30,000 grant from the Local Societies Initiative, which is administered by the Metanexus Institute (metanexus.net) through funding from the John Templeton Foundation. The UW-Eau Claire Foundation and the College of Arts and Sciences also provided funds.
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YouthWorks, a Christian Organization with 76 work sites in North America, recently led a work group on Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge to pick up litter along the Hwy 94 causeway. "Their assistance was greatly appreciated, as the Refuge is making a renewed effort to improve the cleanliness and appearance of popular public use areas", stated the new Refuge Manager, Bruce Freske . Freske stated that an important part of their plan is to engage organizations and the public to work with staff in cleaning up the Refuge and discourage future littering.
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Peace, love and positivity — those are the messages Emily Elbert tries to convey through her music. And at just 22 years old, this Berklee College of Music senior has already had plenty of opportunity to spread her good words, in concerts throughout the US and across the globe.
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Using Rapid Miner and R for Sports Analytics #rstats
Ajay- Why did you choose Rapid Miner and R? What were the other software alternatives you considered and discarded?
Analyst- We considered most of the other major players in statistics/data mining or enterprise BI. However, we found that the value proposition for an open source solution was too compelling to justify the premium pricing that the commercial solutions would have required. The widespread adoption of R and the variety of packages and algorithms available for it, made it an easy choice. We liked RapidMiner as a way to design structured, repeatable processes, and the ability to optimize learner parameters in a systematic way. It also handled large data sets better than R on 32-bit Windows did. The GUI, particularly when 5.0 was released, made it more usable than R for analysts who weren't experienced programmers.
Ajay- What analytics do you do think Rapid Miner and R are best suited for?
Analyst- We use RM+R mainly for sports analysis so far, rather than for more traditional business applications. It has been quite suitable for that, and I can easily see how it would be used for other types of applications.
Ajay- Any experiences as an enterprise customer? How was the installation process? How good is the enterprise level support?
Analyst- Rapid-I has been one of the most responsive tech companies I've dealt with, either in my current role or with previous employers. They are small enough to be able to respond quickly to requests, and in more than one case, have fixed a problem, or added a small feature we needed within a matter of days. In other cases, we have contracted with them to add larger pieces of specific functionality we needed at reasonable consulting rates. Those features are added to the mainline product, and become fully supported through regular channels. The longer consulting projects have typically had a turnaround of just a few weeks.
Ajay- What challenges if any did you face in executing a pure open source analytics bundle ?
Analyst- As Rapid-I is a smaller company based in Europe, the availability of training and consulting in the USA isn't as extensive as for the major enterprise software players, and the time zone differences sometimes slow down the communications cycle. There were times where we were the first customer to attempt a specific integration point in our technical environment, and with no prior experiences to fall back on, we had to work with Rapid-I to figure out how to do it. Compared to the what traditional software vendors provide, both R and RM tend to have sparse, terse, occasionally incomplete documentation. The situation is getting better, but still lags behind what the traditional enterprise software vendors provide.
Ajay- What are the things you can do in R ,and what are the things you prefer to do in Rapid Miner (comparison for technical synergies)
Analyst- Our experience has been that RM is superior to R at writing and maintaining structured processes, better at handling larger amounts of data, and more flexible at fine-tuning model parameters automatically. The biggest limitation we've had with RM compared to R is that R has a larger library of user-contributed packages for additional data mining algorithms. Sometimes we opted to use R because RM hadn't yet implemented a specific algorithm. The introduction the R extension has allowed us to combine the strengths of both tools in a very logical and productive way.
In particular, extending RapidMiner with R helped address RM's weakness in the breadth of algorithms, because it brings the entire R ecosystem into RM (similar to how Rapid-I implemented much of the Weka library early on in RM's development). Further, because the R user community releases packages that implement new techniques faster than the enterprise vendors can, this helps turn a potential weakness into a potential strength. However, R packages tend to be of varying quality, and are more prone to go stale due to lack of support/bug fixes. This depends heavily on the package's maintainer and its prevalence of use in the R community. So when RapidMiner has a learner with a native implementation, it's usually better to use it than the R equivalent.
Interview James G Kobielus IBM Big Data
Here is an interview with James G Kobielus, who is the Senior Program Director, Product Marketing, Big Data Analytics Solutions at IBM. Special thanks to Payal Patel Cudia of IBM's communication team,for helping with the logistics for this.
Ajay -What are the specific parts of the IBM Platform that deal with the three layers of Big Data -variety, velocity and volume
James-Well first of all, let's talk about the IBM Information Management portfolio. Our big data platform addresses the three layers of big data to varying degrees either together in a product , or two out of the three or even one of the three aspects. We don't have separate products for the variety, velocity and volume separately.
Let us define these three layers-Volume refers to the hundreds of terabytes and petabytes of stored data inside organizations today. Velocity refers to the whole continuum from batch to real time continuous and streaming data.
Variety refers to multi-structure data from structured to unstructured files, managed and stored in a common platform analyzed through common tooling.
For Volume-IBM has a highly scalable Big Data platform. This includes Netezza and Infosphere groups of products, and Watson-like technologies that can support petabytes volume of data for analytics. But really the support of volume ranges across IBM's Information Management portfolio both on the database side and the advanced analytics side.
For real time Velocity, we have real time data acquisition. We have a product called IBM Infosphere, part of our Big Data platform, that is specifically built for streaming real time data acquisition and delivery through complex event processing. We have a very rich range of offerings that help clients build a Hadoop environment that can scale.
Our Hadoop platform is the most real time capable of all in the industry. We are differentiated by our sheer breadth, sophistication and functional depth and tooling integrated in our Hadoop platform. We are differentiated by our streaming offering integrated into the Hadoop platform. We also offer a great range of modeling and analysis tools, pretty much more than any other offering in the Big Data space.
Attached- Jim's slides from Hadoop World
Ajay- Any plans for Mahout for Hadoop
Jim- I cant speak about product plans. We have plans but I cant tell you anything more. We do have a feature in Big Insights called System ML, a library for machine learning.
Ajay- How integral are acquisitions for IBM in the Big Data space (Netezza,Cognos,SPSS etc). Is it true that everything that you have in Big Data is acquired or is the famous IBM R and D contributing here . (see a partial list of IBM acquisitions at at http://www.ibm.com/investor/strategy/acquisitions.wss )
Jim- We have developed a lot on our own. We have the deepest R and D of anybody in the industry in all things Big Data.
For example – Watson has Big Insights Hadoop at its core. Apache Hadoop is the heart and soul of Big Data (see http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/hadoop/ ). A great deal that makes Big Insights so differentiated is that not everything that has been built has been built by the Hadoop community.
We have built additions out of the necessity for security, modeling, monitoring, and governance capabilities into BigInsights to make it truly enterprise ready. That is one example of where we have leveraged open source and we have built our own tools and technologies and layered them on top of the open source code.
Yes of course we have done many strategic acquisitions over the last several years related to Big Data Management and we continue to do so. This quarter we have done 3 acquisitions with strong relevance to Big Data. One of them is Vivisimo (http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/37491.wss ).
Vivisimo provides federated Big Data discovery, search and profiling capabilities to help you figure out what data is out there,what is relevance of that data to your data science project- to help you answer the question which data should you bring in your Hadoop Cluster.
We also did Varicent , which is more performance management and we did TeaLeaf , which is a customer experience solution provider where customer experience management and optimization is one of the hot killer apps for Hadoop in the cloud. We have done great many acquisitions that have a clear relevance to Big Data.
Netezza already had a massively parallel analytics database product with an embedded library of models called Netezza Analytics, and in-database capabilties to massively parallelize Map Reduce and other analytics management functions inside the database. In many ways, Netezza provided capabilities similar to that IBM had provided for many years under the Smart Analytics Platform (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/what-is-advanced-analytics/ ) .
There is a differential between Netezza and ISAS.
ISAS was built predominantly in-house over several years . If you go back a decade ago IBM acquired Ascential Software , a product portfolio that was the heart and soul of IBM InfoSphere Information Manager that is core to our big Data platform. In addition to Netezza, IBM bought SPSS two years back. We already had data mining tools and predictive modeling in the InfoSphere portfolio, but we realized we needed to have the best of breed, SPSS provided that and so IBM acquired them.
Cognos- We had some BI reporting capabilities in the InfoSphere portfolio that we had built ourselves and also acquired for various degrees from prior acquisitions. But clearly Cognos was one of the best BI vendors , and we were lacking such a rich tool set in our product in visualization and cubing and so for that reason we acquired Cognos.
There is also Unica – which is a marketing campaign optimization which in many ways is a killer app for Hadoop. Projects like that are driving many enterprises.
Ajay- How would you rank order these acquisitions in terms of strategic importance rather than data of acquisition or price paid.
Jim-Think of Big Data as an ecosystem that has components that are fitted to particular functions for data analytics and data management. Is the database the core, or the modeling tool the core, or the governance tools the core, or is the hardware platform the core. Everything is critically important. We would love to hear from you what you think have been most important. Each acquisition has helped play a critical role to build the deepest and broadest solution offering in Big Data. We offer the hardware, software, professional services, the hosting service. I don't think there is any validity to a rank order system.
Ajay-What are the initiatives regarding open source that Big Data group have done or are planning?
Jim- What we are doing now- We are very much involved with the Apache Hadoop community. We continue to evolve the open source code that everyone leverages.. We have built BigInsights on Apache Hadoop. We have the closest, most up to date in terms of version number to Apache Hadoop ( Hbase,HDFS, Pig etc) of all commercial distributions with our BigInsights 1.4 .
We have an R library integrated with BigInsights . We have a R library integrated with Netezza Analytics. There is support for R Models within the SPSS portfolio. We already have a fair amount of support for R across the portfolio.
Ajay- What are some of the concerns (privacy,security,regulation) that you think can dampen the promise of Big Data.
Jim- There are no showstoppers, there is really a strong momentum. Some of the concerns within the Hadoop space are immaturity of the technology, the immaturity of some of the commercial offerings out there that implement Hadoop, the lack of standardization for formal sense for Hadoop.
There is no Open Standards Body that declares, ratifies the latest version of Mahout, Map Reduce, HDFS etc. There is no industry consensus reference framework for layering these different sub projects. There are no open APIs. There are no certifications or interoperability standards or organizations to certify different vendors interoperability around a common API or framework.
The lack of standardization is troubling in this whole market. That creates risks for users because users are adopting multiple Hadoop products. There are lots of Hadoop deployments in the corporate world built around Apache Hadoop (purely open source). There may be no assurance that these multiple platforms will interoperate seamlessly. That's a huge issue in terms of just magnifying the risk. And it increases the need for the end user to develop their own custom integrated code if they want to move data between platforms, or move map-reduce jobs between multiple distributions.
Also governance is a consideration. Right now Hadoop is used for high volume ETL on multi structured and unstructured data sources, or Hadoop is used for exploratory sand boxes for data scientists. These are important applications that are a majority of the Hadoop deployments . Some Hadoop deployments are stand alone unstructured data marts for specific applications like sentiment analysis like.
Hadoop is not yet ready for data warehousing. We don't see a lot of Hadoop being used as an alternative to data warehouses for managing the single version of truth of system or record data. That day will come but there needs to be out there in the marketplace a broader range of data governance mechanisms , master data management, data profiling products that are mature that enterprises can use to make sure their data inside their Hadoop clusters is clean and is the single version of truth. That day has not arrived yet.
One of the great things about IBM's acquisition of Vivisimo is that a piece of that overall governance picture is discovery and profiling for unstructured data , and that is done very well by Vivisimo for several years.
What we will see is vendors such as IBM will continue to evolve security features inside of our Hadoop platform. We will beef up our data governance capabilities for this new world of Hadoop as the core of Big Data, and we will continue to build up our ability to integrate multiple databases in our Hadoop platform so that customers can use data from a bit of Hadoop,some data from a bit of traditional relational data warehouse, maybe some noSQL technology for different roles within a very complex Big Data environment.
That latter hybrid deployment model is becoming standard across many enterprises for Big Data. A cause for concern is when your Big Data deployment has a bit of Hadoop, bit of noSQL, bit of EDW, bit of in-memory , there are no open standards or frameworks for putting it all together for a unified framework not just for interoperability but also for deployment.
There needs to be a virtualization or abstraction layer for unified access to all these different Big Data platforms by the users/developers writing the queries, by administrators so they can manage data and resources and jobs across all these disparate platforms in a seamless unified way with visual tooling. That grand scenario, the virtualization layer is not there yet in any standard way across the big data market. It will evolve, it may take 5-10 years to evolve but it will evolve.
So, that's the concern that can dampen some of the enthusiasm for Big Data Analytics.
You can read more about Jim at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-kobielus/6/ab2/8b0 or
follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jameskobielus
You can read more about IBM Big Data at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata/
Interview Jason Kuo SAP Analytics #Rstats
Here is an interview with Jason Kuo who works with SAP Analytics as Group Solutions Marketing Manager. Jason answers questions on SAP Analytics and it's increasing involvement with R statistical language.
Ajay- What made you choose R as the language to tie important parts of your technology platform like HANA and SAP Predictive Analysis. Did you consider other languages like Julia or Python.
Jason- It's the most popular. Over 50% of the statisticians and data analysts use R. With 3,500+ algorithms its arguably the most comprehensive statistical analysis language. That said,we are not closing the door on others.
Ajay- When did you first start getting interested in R as an analytics platform?
Jason- SAP has been tracking R for 5+ years. With R's explosive growth over the last year or two, it made sense for us to dramatically increase our investment in R.
Ajay- Can we expect SAP to give back to the R community like Google and Revolution Analytics does- by sponsoring Package development or sponsoring user meets and conferences?
Will we see SAP's R HANA package in this year's R conference User 2012 in Nashville
Jason- Yes. We plan to provide a specific driver for HANA tables for input of the data to native R. This planned for end of 2012. We'll then review our event strategy. SAP has been a sponsor of Predictive Analytics World for several years and was indeed a founding sponsor. We may be attending the year's R conference in Nashville.
Ajay- What has been some of the initial customer feedback to your analytics expansion and offerings.
Jason- We have completed two very successful Pilots of the R Integration for HANA with two of SAP's largest customers.
Jason has over 15 years of BI and Data Warehousing industry experience. Having worked at Oracle, Business Objects, and now SAP, Jason has been involved in numerous technical marketing roles involving performance management dashboards, information management, text analysis, predictive analytics, and now big data. He has a bachelor's of science in operations research from the University of Michigan.
Interview Alvaro Tejada Galindo, SAP Labs Montreal, Using SAP Hana with #Rstats
Here is a brief interview with Alvaro Tejada Galindo aka Blag who is a developer working with SAP Hana and R at SAP Labs, Montreal. SAP Hana is SAP's latest offering in BI , it's also a database and a computing environment , and using R and HANA together on the cloud can give major productivity gains in terms of both speed and analytical ability, as per preliminary use cases.
Ajay- What made the R language a fit for SAP HANA. Did you consider other languages? What is your view on Julia/Python/SPSS/SAS/Matlab languages
Blag- I think "R" is a must for SAP HANA. As the fastest database in the market, we needed a language that could help us shape the data in the best possible way. "R" filled that purpose very well. Right now, "R" is not the only language as "L" can be used as well (http://wiki.tcl.tk/17068) …not forgetting "SQLScript" which is our own version of SQL (http://goo.gl/x3bwh) . I have to admit that I tried Julia, but couldn't manage to make it work. Regarding Python, it's an interesting question as I'm going to blog about Python and SAP HANA soon. About Matlab, SPSS and SAS I haven't used them, so I got nothing to say there.
Ajay- What is your view on some of the limitations of R that can be overcome with using it with SAP HANA.
Blag- I think mostly the ability of SAP HANA to work with big data. Again, SAP HANA and "R" can work very nicely together and achieve things that weren't possible before.
Ajay- Have you considered other vendors of R including working with RStudio, Revolution Analytics, and even Oracle R Enterprise.
Blag- I'm not really part of the SAP HANA or the R groups inside SAP, so I can't really comment on that. I can only say that I use RStudio every time I need to do something with R. Regarding Oracle…I don't think so…but they can use any of our products whenever they want.
Ajay- Do you have a case study on an actual usage of R with SAP HANA that led to great results.
Blag- Right now the use of "R" and SAP HANA is very preliminary, I don't think many people has start working on it…but as an example that it works, you can check this awesome blog entry from my friend Jitender Aswani "Big Data, R and HANA: Analyze 200 Million Data Points and Later Visualize Using Google Maps " (http://allthingsr.blogspot.com/#!/2012/04/big-data-r-and-hana-analyze-200-million.html)
Ajay- Does your group in SAP plan to give to the R ecosystem by attending conferences like UseR 2012, sponsoring meets, or package development etc
Blag- My group is in charge of everything developers, so sure, we're planning to get more in touch with R developers and their ecosystem. Not sure how we're going to deal with it, but at least I'm going to get myself involved in the Montreal R Group.
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Recovery on Sony SZ491N
I recently purchased a new Sony SZ491N and I reinstalled Windows Vista after partitioning the Hard Drive. I've had a few problems reinstalling drivers but to the most part it has been hassle free.
The main problem i have now is that since the Hard Drive was fully wiped after the partition, I no longer have the Sony recovery center. I therefore am without the fingerprint reader software, CD/DVD burning software as well as the DVD player software. I have been unsuccessful in finding the Recovery CD on the Sony website (and the accessories and parts website). (Oh, and I don't live in the US so I can't call the hotline )
Does anyone know a solution for this or that could lead me in the right direction?
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Go to vaio.sony.co.uk and select any sz4 computer in the downloads section and download preinstalled drivers and utilities. i installed drivers for my sz1 from here and it worked out well.
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Chicago Fire Review: Finding a Balanceby Nick McHatton at . Comments
"Leaving the Station" was a more subdued episode of Chicago Fire.
There was plenty here, as always, but with a few distinct differences: first, things revolved more around Shay and Dawson on the ambulance rather than fires with the guys; and second, Mills was contemplating leaving the firehouse.
It's about time Shay and Dawson enjoyed some screen time to themselves, but it was disappointing to see that this was merely used to carry on their current storylines without introducing anything new. Dawson is still headstrong, but her instincts are as good as ever. And Shay is still harboring feelings for Clarice; however, at least Shay is truly trying to move on with her life, and it's good to see her try to rebuke Clarice's advances.
Clarice is nothing but trouble. I get plenty of con artist vibes from her. She knows how to worm her way in with people, and she uses them for whatever needs or wants she has at the moment before casting them out. She's done so with Shay once before, and she's doing the same with her husband. Plus, Dawson is giving her plenty of glares, and that is proof enough for me that Clarice is up to no good.
Mills' witnessing of his first horrific event and his subsequent reaction is understandable. My brother has told me plenty of stories of decapitations, child deaths, and losses against the clock to make everything seem unworthy. If talking to someone isn't working, then finding something that does (and isn't dangerous) is paramount to dealing with the stress of the job. If pushing those feelings into a box is the only way to do so, then so be it.
And that reaction is the one thing Mills' mother doesn't want. Her goal is admirable, and her point of view is completely understandable. But why is it her decision, her right almost, to decide the path Peter wants to take in life? There's being protective, and there's standing in the way of her son's dreams. If she cannot find a way to balance those two competing ideas then she needs to take a moment, step away, and find some clarity. Peter is a grown man and is starting his career.
That speech being said it's wonderful to see everyone at the station stepping up and trying to help Mills. They've all bore witness to atrocity, and each has found a coping mechanism that works. It's nice to see Casey likes to find balance and find the good in everything, and not just the bad.
Finally, tonight we found Kelly in yet another precarious position with his shoulder, and once again it was nearly ripped out of its socket on a rescue. For something that's forever on the brink of catastrophe, why is it it's still such a common element every week? Here's hoping Chief Boden keeps a bigger eye on Kelly as the current path is starting to quickly run its course.
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Hannah, I was going to make a note of it in my review, but I became sidetracked as I wrote about Kelly. I think he was visiting his father.
I'm kinda suprised no one has talked about Casey visiting the grave on this episode. It had me confused.
Hated the crapola with the Canadians ....if this show goes dramedy .....I'm gone, long gone !!!
Decent show considering its on a lame commercial network and by Wed, we've watched our Pay cable shows , our AMC shows and our PBS Sunday shows.....So we gotta start slumming ....
As far as new commercial stuff, know I like Ementary better ...and Nashville would be third behind Fire........
★★★★☆TV @rechilders85 Agree on Severide's arc and Mouch and The Canadians. Lighthearted humor works really well on this show as it comes off naturally. Hallie not dieing was a relief. So as long as she comes back I'm okay. Mills was awesome as his emotions really got across. Lesson to be learned - Job isn't to save the world, it's to save the ones you can with the job. (-_')
After a few weeks into the fall season, this show emerged to me as being the best new show of the fall. I might be a little biased because I live in Chicago, and I was extra excited that the train incident happened on the same train line that I take to work everyday. The biggest annoyance that I have with this show, and it seems to be pretty much the biggest one with everyone else is Kelly's shoulder. That story arc needs to end, and it needs to happen now. It's ridiculous that he can hold on to 2 different people from falling to their deaths with that shoulder. Boden needs to either bust him or it just needs to rip out completely. I loved the bit between Mouch and the Canadians. The comedic side of this show is just enough to take some of the edge off and change up the mood.
I am glad that Boden is aware of Kelly's shoulder issue BUT it did not seem to make him smarten up at all as he still was popping pills at the end, I guess Shay's other ex is into guys too and it shows that Kelly is a decent guy for calling Shay first.
I am happy we get 2 more episodes before they take a break!
This was another solid episode! I really eanjoyed it.
Dawson does have good instincts but the way she goes about things, makes me wonder how she still has her job!
I felt bad for Peter but I did not think it was up to his mother to tell Boden thst she wants her son to be let go from the fire house. Yes she lost her husband but her son is a grown man and can make his own choice regarding quitting or not. I liked Casey taking the firefighters advice and showing Peter the good that can comes with the job.
I really to not want Dawson and Casey to get together.
I am sure losing money, being duped but a girl and treated unfairly by people in Canada, but being Canadian and my family was all born in the US and they all stil live there I know it is a two way street that people on power trips (the border guard that laughed at him) I know that the situation could easily have been reversed. So it was a little silly that they made Canaidans out to be bad.
I missed Hermann.
I am glad that the cheif will now keep and eye on Kelly but that did not seem to make him smarten up at all as he still was popping pills at the end, I guess Shay's other ex is into guys too and it shows that Kelly is a decent guy for calling Shay first.
I am happy we get 2 more episodes before they take a break!
@chili - I wasn't a big Casey/Hallie fan, but I do not like him with Dawson. I thought something was starting with her & Mills!? I think Casey needs to be alone for awhile.
....Sigh......gratuitous shirtless Kelly - I'll take it!! I have a feeling that shoulder will come into play Big Time - Like a life or death situation and his shoulder is going to be the deciding factor of someone living or dying! (probably Casey)
I like casey and Dawson!


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Increased Profits per Acre of Pasture
Grazing goats and cattle together, will produce more meat per acre than grazing either species alone. Cattle and goats prefer different species of forages. Goats will eat many species of plants that cattle will not eat such as spouts, greenbrier, hackberry, black berry, ragweed, golden rod, kudzu, and lespedeza. In pastures stocked only with cattle these plants become "weeds" robbing the cattle forages of moisture and nutrients. Because they are not grazed, they flourish and take over the pasture. Unless these "weeds" are controlled the land becomes less productive each year. They can be controlled with chemical herbicides but the herbicides are expensive. They also require expensive labor and fuel to apply. The herbicides can be harmful to the environment and might even be harmful to the livestock and to those consuming the meat produced. On the other hand when goats are placed on these pastures the "weeds" become forages for goats, and they no longer flourish out of control.
Internal parasites (stomach worms) are a major problem with goats. While cattle are more resistant to internal parasites than goats, parasites do lower gains in cattle. The parasites that infect cattle do not infect goats and those that infect goats do not infect cattle. Thus grazing both cattle and goats on the same land not only reduces the grazing pressure on the favorite forages for each species, but also reduces parasite contamination from each, making it easier to control parasites without worm medications. If worm medications are used too much, the parasites become resistant to them and the medications become less effective. Most worm medications also kill dung beetles which clean up the droppings left by cattle and goats. Thus the medications have an adverse effect on the environment and might even have negative effects on the health of humans who eat the meat produced.
Research done at several Universities and USDA research institutions has shown that serecia lespedeza and chicory control internal parasites in goats. Forty three years of raising goats on pastures in northern Arkansas leave us to believe that hop clover, Korean lespedeza, hot weather grasses that come up in July and August, and acorns also help control parasites in goats. Controlled scientific research has yet to be done on the anti helmetic effects of these plants. There are probably many other plants that also help to control parasites. Most of these forages can not tolerate heavy grazing. They usually do not survive in pastures fully stocked only with goats. Since cattle do not graze these plants as readily as goats, stocking with both cattle and goats enhances their survival.
Both cattle and goats are ruminants. Ruminants have an extra organ in their digestive system called the rumen. In the rumen micro-organisms digest forages into many nutrients for the animals. One such nutrient produced by bacteria in the rumen is conjugated linoleic acid (CLA.) Tests on laboratory animals show that CLA can prevent and cure many types of cancer and inflammatory diseases. Preliminary studies on humans show that CLA has a beneficial effect in preventing some types of cancer in humans. While all meat and milk produced by cattle and goats contain beneficial levels of CLA, research shows that ruminants grazing high quality forages have much higher levels of CLA in their meat and milk than those fed rations of stored forages and grain. Research has also shown that animals, grazing on pastures with larger varieties of forage plants, produce higher levels of CLA in their meat and milk than those on pastures with only a few species of forages. Grazing both cattle and goats on pastures insures the survival of a larger variety of forage plants. Much research has been done on CLA. Cattle and goats grazing high quality pastures probably produce many other beneficial nutrients that have not yet been researched.
The benefits from grazing both cattle and goats on the same pastures include: more meat produced per acre, less money spent for weed and internal parasite control, less adverse effects of herbicides and worm medications on the environment, healthier livestock, and more nutritious meat produced.
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Flyers Notes: Blair Betts says he's healthy enough to play
April 12, 2011
Flyers Notes Center Blair Betts , who has been bothered by a sore knee, pronounced himself ready to return when the Flyers open the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Thursday against Buffalo at the Wells Fargo Center. That's good news for the Flyers' penalty-killing unit, which has struggled in Betts' absence. Betts missed the last three regular-season games, during which the Flyers killed just 8 of 13 penalties. That kind of success rate would be disastrous in the playoffs.
Hartnell, Carter don't need surgery
May 14, 2011
After sending six players under the knife this week to repair various injuries, the Flyers finally received a small bit of good news yesterday. Scott Hartnell and Jeff Carter were checked out by doctors and will not require offseason surgery to repair hip injuries. Carter also will not need surgery to fix a knee injury that kept him out of five Stanley Cup playoff games. This week, Chris Pronger (herniated disk in lower back), Mike Richards (wrist), Michael Leighton (torn labrum)
Heatley expresses sorrow over death of teammate Snyder
October 15, 2003
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Atlanta Thrashers star Dany Heatley expressed sadness last night for the car wreck that killed teammate Dan Snyder, saying he was "very sorry over the loss of my close friend. " In his first public comments since he crashed his Ferrari into a wall, Heatley issued a statement before the host Thrashers (2-0-1) tied the New York Islanders, 2-2. Heatley was charged with vehicular homicide after Snyder died last week of injuries suffered in the Sept. 29 crash. Snyder fractured his skull in the wreck and never regained consciousness.
Pyorala scores goal in final exhibition game
September 30, 2009
By Sam Carchidi INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
After eight-plus seasons in Europe, winger Mika Pyorala is making the most of his first NHL taste. The 28-year-old Pyorala, a Finn signed as a free agent in July, capped an impressive preseason with a goal in the Flyers' 5-4 shoot-out loss to Minnesota last night at the Wachovia Center. The Flyers finished 2-3-2 in the preseason. Pyorala scored three preseason goals and appears to have landed a roster spot along with rookie James van Riemsdyk. General manager Paul Holmgren, however, said no decisions would be made until rosters have to be submitted at 3 p.m. today.
Same grit, different year: Clement on Betts
May 28, 2010
by Mike Mazzeo
BILL CLEMENT, a gritty center for the Broad Street Bullies' 1974 and '75 Stanley Cup-winning teams, paused for a moment when asked to ponder which current Flyer he resembled when he played. "I think Blair Betts," said Clement, now an analyst on the Flyers' pregame and postgame shows on Comcast SportsNet. "I was a penalty killer and more of a defensive player when I was here. I had a 20-goal season 1 year [21 in '75], and I was good on faceoffs. That was one of my roles. Bobby Clarke and I took the majority of the big faceoffs.
Flyers welcome back an ace penalty killer
October 31, 2009
By Sam Carchidi INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
When defenseman Matt Carle says teammate Blair Betts, the Flyers' fourth-line center and penalty-killing whiz, "adds another defensive dimension," he is not overdosing on hyperbole. With Betts in the lineup, the Flyers are 3-0; without him, they are 2-4-1. So it is with open arms that the Flyers will welcome Betts for today's 1 p.m. game against visiting Carolina. The Blair Betts Project will be back in session. Betts has missed the last seven games with a dislocated right shoulder.
Flyers' Pronger to have back surgery today
May 12, 2011
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Chris Pronger's self-described "year from hell" may not be over just yet. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced yesterday that Pronger will undergo surgery today in New York City to relieve a herniated disc in his lower back. The procedure is called a discectomy and will be performed by Dr. Frank Cammisa at the Hospital for Special Surgery. "The success rate for a surgery like that is usually about 95 percent," Dr. Todd Wetzel, the vice chair of orthopedic surgery and spine expert at Temple University Hospital, told the Daily News . "But that also means that five out of every 100 people will still experience chronic symptoms, like weakness, pain or numbness.
Ottawa needed that big lead to hold off Rangers' rally
January 12, 2007
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Daniel Alfredsson gave Ottawa a five-goal lead early in the third period and the visiting Senators then held off New York's furious rally last night to beat the Rangers, 6-4. Ray Emery and the Senators were cruising when Alfredsson's goal at 1:02 of the third sent many Rangers fans home early. They missed a lot. Emery, 6-1-1 in his past eight starts, allowed only 13 goals in that span before the Rangers broke out with four in 7:10. He finished with 38 saves. "It should have been enough, but you have to play the right way," said Emery, who was 16:31 away from his second shutout of the Rangers this season-.
Rangers trade for former Devil Sykora
January 9, 2006
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The New York Rangers obtained forward Petr Sykora and a 2007 fourth-round draft choice from the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for defenseman Maxim Kondratiev yesterday. Sykora, 29, has scored at least 20 goals in each of his last six NHL seasons. He had seven goals and 13 assists in 34 games for Anaheim this season. The move adds yet another Czech native to the Rangers, who already have Olympic forwards Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, Martin Rucinsky and rookie Petr Prucha. Sykora will be eligible for unrestricted free agency July 1 after earning $3.1 million this season.
Flyers re-sign forward Darroll Powe
July 23, 2010
By Don Beideman, Inquirer Staff Writer
With center Blair Betts recovering from shoulder surgery performed last month, the Flyers announced a key signing Thursday in forward Darroll Powe. Powe, 25, signed a one-year contract for $725,000, which puts the Flyers about $327,000 under the salary cap. Signed as a free agent in May 2007 after playing four years at Princeton, Powe scored 15 points on nine goals and six assists in 63 games last season, his second with the Flyers. "I am very excited about the opportunity to sign back on with the Flyers," Powe said.
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Flyers Notes: After being sidelined for Game 5, Flyers' Grossmann practices
April 22, 2012
By Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
In a surprising development, Flyers defenseman Nick Grossmann - who missed Friday's 3-2 loss in Pittsburgh with an apparent concussion - skated and took part in drills with Blair Betts, an unofficial assistant coach, in Voorhees on Saturday. Grossmann later participated in the team's optional skate, but the Flyers wouldn't say whether he could play Sunday. Encouraging is the word coach Peter Laviolette used when asked about Grossmann's being on the ice. The 6-foot-4, 230-pounder is arguably the Flyers' most physical defenseman and is also one of their best shot-blockers.
Flyers roar back to ice Buffalo
February 16, 2012
By Sam Carchidi, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Oh, to be a fly on the wall and to hear what Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said to his team after a dreadful opening period Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center. "It was not really pretty," Max Talbot said when asked what was said between periods. "We didn't come out like we wanted to. " But after falling into an early 2-0 hole, the Flyers scored seven unanswered goals - including two each by Talbot and Wayne Simmonds - en route to a much-needed 7-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Flyers Notes: Flyers, Jagr talking about return
January 20, 2012
By Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Veteran right winger Jaromir Jagr reiterated Thursday he would like to remain with the Flyers next season. "That's good to hear," coach Peter Laviolette said before Thursday's game against the New York Islanders. "He seems like he's been enjoying his time back here. There's a lot of smiling coming from him. His play on the ice, I think, shows that. " General manager Paul Holmgren has talked with Jagr's agent, Petr Svoboda, about re-signing the future Hall of Famer. "We'll see how it goes," Holmgren said, adding that he would like to retain Jagr.
Flyers' Nodl claimed on waivers by Carolina
November 30, 2011
BY FRANK SERAVALLI, firstname.lastname@example.com
AFTER SKATING for nearly 90 minutes yesterday morning, Andreas Nodl walked off the ice and packed his bag. The packing, as the Flyers were gearing up for a transcontinental fight to Southern California for Friday's game at Anaheim, was not out of the ordinary. It was just Nodl's destination - that was unknown until noon - that was strange. Nodl, 24, was plucked off waivers by the Carolina Hurricanes. He quickly packed his equipment, said a few goodbyes, and was in Carolina's lineup last night against Florida.
Flyers unveil Winter Classic jerseys
November 22, 2011
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WITH WORKERS outside taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather to begin laying the first pieces of groundwork for the ice hockey rink in Citizens Bank Park, the transformation of the Phillies clubhouse into the Flyers' dressing room was in full force yesterday. Ilya Bryzgalov's nameplate hung atop Roy Halladay's locker. Matt Carle's hockey stick was gently resting on the frame of Ryan Howard's cubby. And Flyers chairman Ed Snider was standing on a stage just feet from where the Phillies' starting pitcher du jour routinely answers questions about his outing on warm summer nights.
Inside the Flyers: Flyers' penalty-killing goes from poor to spectacular
November 20, 2011
By Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - After some growing pains, the Flyers' penalty-killing units have, for the most part, exceeded expectations and have played a key role in the team's recent success. They can only hope that their poor showing Saturday was an aberration, as they reverted back to their early-season form, allowing three power-play goals in a 6-4 loss to Winnipeg. The October growing pains were expected. You don't lose three of your four penalty-killing forwards - Mike Richards (traded)
Flyers lose Schenn to broken foot
October 28, 2011
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BRAYDEN SCHENN skated off the ice under his own power in Montreal on Wednesday night, hobbling a little bit after blocking a P.K. Subban howitzer with his left foot in the first period. With Schenn, 20, on the ice to finish the remaining two periods, his injury was an afterthought after the game. It's a fairly normal occurrence to watch a hockey player limp out of an arena after a game. Last night, Schenn was hobbling around the press box at the Wells Fargo Center - this time, with a walking boot, thanks to a fracture in his foot.
Flyers call up Zolnierczyk, not Schenn, in salary-cap maneuver
October 19, 2011
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OTTAWA - Harry Zolnierczyk, one of the Flyers' unheralded but productive undrafted free agents in training camp, was recalled from the Adirondack Phantoms yesterday, made his NHL debut against the Senators last night and scored a goal in a 7-2 victory. But Zolnierczyk's presence in the Canadian capital raised a few eyebrows - and question marks. Why didn't the Flyers decide to call up hotshot prospect Brayden Schenn, who has posted eight points in four games with the Phantoms?
Despite Schenn's success in minors, Flyers in no hurry to bring him up
October 17, 2011
By Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Center Brayden Schenn, acquired as part of the blockbuster trade that sent Mike Richards to Los Angeles last summer, is playing like he wants to be promoted to the Flyers. Schenn, 20, has four goals and seven points and is plus-three in four games with the AHL Adirondack Phantoms. "I just want to make a good impression," Schenn said the other day. "You don't want to be down here for long. " The Flyers, however, have a roster logjam and are in no hurry to promote Schenn.
Injured Betts returns to Flyers
October 11, 2011
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THE WAIT was agonizing. The news was sobering. With his career hanging in the balance, Blair Betts knew the delay was not good. Betts, 31, claimed on waivers by Montreal last Wednesday, was checked out by team doctors upon his arrival in Toronto for the Canadiens' season opener. He was not permitted to skate. He was only permitted to work out in the gym. He was then sent back to Montreal to wait, while doctors analyzed the results of his physical. His emotions, meanwhile, ranged from excitement - to continue his career in one of hockey's meccas - to disappointment in a matter of hours.
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Cup Tips and Help
It can be a bit daunting using a cup the first few times. If you aren't familiar or comfortable with your body, it might be helpful to get yourself acquainted first. Don't be shy! The following are some tips and advice collected from other cup users.
* To clean the airholes, fill the cup with water, place your palm on top, turn this upside down so your palm is over the cup and squeeze the cup – this should force the water out through the holes.
* Make sure the rim full pops out (You can feel this if you run a finger around the cup once inside).
* Squatting is a recommended position for insertion/removal.
* Don't let it get overfull, as emptying could then be messier.
* Carry a moistened face cloth or a bottle of water with you if you need to empty the cup while out.
* A kegel as you remove the cup can help.
* Trim your fingernails before using the cup.
* You may need to trim the stick (But try with it uncut, and don't cut it all off in case you have to return it – as some manufacturers won't take it back if the stem is cut off)
* Remove the cup slowly, and make sure you have broken the seal, don't just yank it out.
* Let the cup open as soon as the rim is in, then push it up further if you need to, or do a few kegels to move it further up.
* Turning the cup can help it get fully open and create a seal.
* If you are having difficulty, try a different fold.
* If you can feel it, or its uncomfortable its probably in the wrong spot.
* It doesn't go in as far as a tampon, it should sit just inside the vagina.
* If it gets "lost" don't panic. Relax and do some kegels (pelvic floor exercises) to push it back out.
* Emptying it in the shower (while showering) means you don't need to worry about spills.
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Michael Annett, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver
Birth Date: June 23, 1986
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Current Residence: Mooresville, N.C.
Des Moines, Iowa's Michael Annett is set to take on the toughest racing division in America – the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – in 2014, which will be the culmination of a successful and rare cross-sport transition.
Believe it or not, hockey – not racing – was Annett's first love. As a child, he had a natural talent for ice hockey and quickly advanced through the ranks. Annett caught the eye of regional and national scouts and joined a tier one AAA team, Team Illinois, at the age of 16 and led them to the 2002 Calgary Mac's AAA Hockey Tournament Championship.
After a successful season with Team Illinois as the league's leader in penalty minutes, Annett joined the Waterloo (Iowa) Black Hawks in the United States Hockey League (USHL) and earned honors as the 2004 USHL Most Improved Player. The Hawkeye native remained with the team for two seasons and earned a Clark Cup Championship. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Annett opted to trade in his hockey skates for a steering wheel.
While time on the rink was a natural fit for Annett, so was life in the fast lane. He was born into a family with a rich heritage in auto racing and attended his first race, the famed Knoxville Nationals, just days after his birth. For several years, the Annett family served as owner and primary sponsor for World of Outlaws legend Sammy Swindell.
Annett's name became synonymous with speed in 2007 because of his instant success in the ARCA Series. His series debut came at Iowa Speedway where the hometown favorite impressed the Hawkeye crowd by winning the pole and a third-place finish. The young driver padded his résumé with a pair of third-place qualifying efforts and top-10 finishes while making track debuts at Nashville Superspeedway and Gateway International Raceway.
Later that season, in his debut on the largest track on the ARCA tour, the famed Talladega Superspeedway, Annett was victorious. Driving a Pilot Travel Centers entry for Bill Davis Racing, he led 75 of 94 laps en route to his first career Stock Car victory.
During the offseason prior to 2008, Annett left his familiar surroundings in Iowa and moved to North Carolina after inking an agreement with Bill Davis Racing to participate in the ARCA Racing Series superspeedway events, a select number of races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and to participate in a rigorous testing program. The decision paid immediate dividends.
In the season-opening ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway, Annett led the final 32 laps, scoring his first win at the World Center of Racing. In four completed ARCA races that season, he averaged a finish of 4.75. In his initial NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts, he finished sixth at The Milwaukee Mile, 11th at Memphis Motorsports Park and second at Kentucky Speedway.
Annett and Pilot Travel Centers moved to Germain Racing for the 2009 and 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series seasons. In his rookie season in America's second most popular racing series, Annett earned four top-10 finishes and finished 10th in the final point standings. The following season, his average finish improved by one position.
For the 2011 season, Annett and Pilot Flying J joined forces with Rusty Wallace Racing to drive the organization's No. 62 entry. Contending in his third full season in NASCAR's Nationwide Series, Annett finished the season ninth in championship points with seven top-10 finishes and an average finish of 16.
The best season of Annett's career came in 2012 while driving the iconic No. 43 for Richard Petty Motorsports. He scored six top-five finishes, 17 top-10 finishes an averaged a finish position of 11.2. The highlights of his season included third-place finishes at Daytona and Dover International Speedway. Following a second season at RPM, Annett was ready to jump to the next level.
For 2014, Annett and Pilot Flying J join Tommy Baldwin Racing to compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Annett will drive the No. 7 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet SS in the country's most-watched racing series.


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