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On the second annual World Glaucoma Day, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins with groups around the globe to recognize this blinding visual condition as a scientific research priority and a public health concern. We at NEI reaffirm our commitment to support research that will identify glaucoma risk factors and lead to treatments that will prevent vision loss and blindness.
Glaucoma is one of the world's primary causes of vision loss. It affects nearly 70 million people worldwide, including an estimated 2.2 million Americans. An additional 2 million Americans remain undiagnosed. African-Americans over age 40 and all adults over age 60, especially Hispanics, are at a higher risk for the condition. Even with this striking prevalence, only 8 percent of Americans recently surveyed knew that glaucoma has no early warning signs.
The term glaucoma encompasses a group of disorders that cause damage to the optic nerve, leading to vision loss or blindness if left untreated. The most common form is primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), in which fluid builds up in the front chamber of the eye. The resulting increase of pressure within the eye damages the optic nerve, so visual information cannot be transmitted to the brain.
Glaucoma usually begins silently during midlife with painless, gradual vision loss. Only an eye care professional can detect subtle signs of glaucoma within the eye. Early detection offers an opportunity to stop or slow disease progression with eye drops or surgery. Regular, comprehensive dilated eye examinations are crucial because once vision is lost, it is gone forever.
We at NEI recognize the importance of preventing glaucoma-related vision loss by currently contributing nearly $65 million in support of 168 glaucoma studies. In 2008, NEI also initiated the NEI Glaucoma Human genetics collaBORation, known as NEIGHBOR, through which seven U.S. research teams will lead genetic studies of the condition.
One major NEIGHBOR project involves comparative analysis of genetic variations among 1,800 people who have POAG and 1,800 people without the condition. This comprehensive information will help scientists identify genetic and environmental risk factors for glaucoma and investigate the underlying biological causes of the condition.
Another area of ongoing research is neuroprotection, or the protection of nerve cells. When retinal ganglion cells in the eye are destroyed, vision loss occurs. However, proteins called neurotrophic factors can activate nerve cells' natural growth abilities, perhaps preventing cell death. NEI-supported investigators recently used gene transfer therapy in rodent models of glaucoma to stimulate the supply of a particular neurotrophic factor. Survival of retinal ganglion cells greatly improved with this treatment.
In addition, NEI-supported glaucoma research over the past several decades has consistently led to breakthroughs in the scientific and clinical understanding of the disease. Through the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS), scientists discovered that eye drops used to treat high pressure inside the eye are effective in delaying the onset of glaucoma in high-risk people. Pressure-lowering drops reduced the development of POAG by more than 50 percent.
OHTS investigators also identified risk factors for the condition, including age, African-American descent, high eye pressure, corneal thickness, and certain anatomical features of the optic nerve. These have been useful in helping eye care professionals predict which patients will likely develop glaucoma and may benefit from treatment.
Previous research helped set the standard of care for surgical treatment of glaucoma as well. The Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (AGIS) found that African-Americans with advanced glaucoma had better visual results after laser surgery, whereas whites with advanced glaucoma benefitted more from trabeculectomy, or surgical removal of eye tissue that allows fluid to drain properly.
On World Glaucoma Day 2009, we at NEI applaud the efforts of all scientists who are committed to increasing our knowledge of this blinding eye condition. We acknowledge the importance of glaucoma research today and every day though our scientific programs. We reaffirm our commitment to increasing public awareness of glaucoma and the importance of regular, comprehensive dilated eye exams through our National Eye Health Education Program. We look forward to continuing to advance the scientific and societal understanding of glaucoma in the years ahead.
For more information about glaucoma research programs at NEI, visit www.nei.nih.gov. For more information about glaucoma and eye health, visit www.nei.nih.gov/glaucoma.
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So other reviewers are claiming this movie is up there with Cap 2 and Avengers. Sounds like Rob is calling for a little bit of restraint. Nonetheless, I'm still stoked to see this.
So other reviewers are claiming this movie is up there with Cap 2 and Avengers. Sounds like Rob is calling for a little bit of restraint. Nonetheless, I'm still stoked to see this.
I am so pumped for this. I admit when I first heard the idea I was just interested, but the kore I've seen the more i want to. I watched a clip yesterday moring that told me this was going to be great. I love a good story, but i love great characters and I think this will deliver both. Plus looks fricking awesome visually!
Dragging the wife to it on Saturday. Been looking forward to this ever since the first trailer. One thing about the reviews that has been surprising me is the praise Batista is getting. From the trailers I was expecting him to be the weak link.
Regarding the review's comments about the villains... that is the one big flaw to the entire MCU to me. I'm glad the primary focust of the movies has been on the heroes rather than on the baddies like the 80/90's Bat-films, but often the villains have felt very much like an afterthought in these films. It can make it hard to take them seriously as a credible threat, and undercuts some really interesting characters.
Just saw it Very funny great action!I cant believe im agreeing with Rob but yup easy B.
No idea how you gave this a B - was an A for me - first movie in a while I'm sure I will see multiple times in the theater. Also, best 3D since Avatar. Great story, great characters, and super funny too - couldn't recommend it more.
Thanks for the DC trash talk at the beginning? Fanboy fuxx
Anyway. Movie was AMAZING and I WILL be seeing it a second time.
Also cannot wait for the whole team crossover event. Probably be Avengers 3 Infinity Gauntlet or Avengers 3 Fanboy for Life?
Saw it last night. Although I agree with your review in the letter grade, Its on the Marvel curve. Which means, this movie is much better then so many non-marvel movies, but in the Marvel grading system, its good. I really enjoyed it, found myself laughing out loud at some points. It was a very good break from the marvel superhero movies that take place on earth. Thanos looked great, and will look forward to a sequel to this. Yup, Marvel apparantly doesn't know how to fail. Keep it up. Ant-man will be the true test.
Recently read that an Avenger/Guardians of the Galaxy crossover may happen! Guessing it will be a throwdown with Thanos
I disagree with the grade here; definitely an A. I was surprised by some of the dialogue; much edgier than I thought it was going to be.
I nearly soiled myself when Gamora boards Quill's ship and says this place is a mess and he responds with you have no idea, if I had a black light in here this place would light up like a Jackson Pollock painting.
This movie was fun, funny, had some deep moments and was a sharp contrast to Cap 2. Marvel is doing a great job mixing things up. Another great year for Marvel between X-Men: DOFP (even though it's a Fox movie), Cap 2 and GOTG. The end of the credit scene is my second favorite; second only to the Iron Man end of the credit scene.

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Running Time: 73
Director: Jerry Ross
Company: X-Citement Video
Jill Kelly, Selena (I), Steve Drake, Kyle Stone (I), Too Long Dong, Missy (I), Kia, Alex Dane, Caressa Savage
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
Scheming attorney Steve Drake dumps his caseload into secretary Missy's docket. His mark, Kyle Stone, gets his rocks off with Alex Dane -- greatly! Selena, a willing pawn in Drake's plot to rook the rich, gets castled by him, while Stone's household help, Vince Vouyer and Jill Kelly, pube it up outdoors. Caressa Savage and Kia form a three-way with Too Long Dong. This case is strictly by the books.


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C and I continue to have medical adventures this year, and I've been a bit distracted in the past few weeks.
But I continued to work on Fulano's problem, although it was clear that local reports were going to take a completely fresh look at pre-processing a report; the ReportViewer renderer doesn't seem to play by exactly the same rules as the Reporting Services server-side renderer.
As you may recall from our server-side adventures in preprocessing, each renderer does have the option of processing report output events in a different manner as suits their content, so the server-side preprocessing code takes separate paths for PDFs and HTML renderers. It was a bit disheartening to think I was going to go through that again in the local mode context.
As I started to work through this, therefore, I told myself I would accept certain limitations. These turned out to be not nearly as drastic as I originally thought, for example, I didn't have to impose serious page break structure on the results. But I did find myself humming "They've gone about as far as they can go [Kansas City]" from Oklahoma! a few times; hence the even-odder-than-usual title of this post.
What are the essential features of a Table of Contents? The general idea (and it's a classic one) is this: a TOC shows up first in the order of the report pages, but it lists the page numbers for the rest of the report, which in most cases hasn't been built yet.
The general solution (which makes it a classic application for report preprocessing) is to run the report once, record the page numbers, and then run it again with the TOC properly filled out. To do this "properly" means to render the report exactly the same way the first time as the second, so that the page numbers you record the first time exactly match the pagination of the final result.
1. Following Fulano's requirements (you can read them in full in the previous post's comments), we're doing this in an RDLC, so I've used RS and VS 2005 here. I'm not entirely comfortable with the VS 2008's ReportViewer implementation with regard to localmode, because it wasn't really updated to handle the rendering of 2008-specific contents such as tablix, so I figure its event sequencing might change a lot when MS updates it properly. Last I heard this was scheduled to happen in VS 2010.
2. Fulano also needs this to work with PDFs. This has a tendancy to collide with the "proper" pre-processing in an illustrative example, because the first run you're going to get is going to be HTML. For the purpose of this example, I can give PDFs the right behavior by imposing the following layout restrictions:
In my case this meant a page and interactive size of 7.5in * 10in, which will permit the PDF renderer to add its frame for an 8.5in * 11in final result. It's going to look a bit funny in the HTML rendition, but the page numbers are going to come out right in the final PDF.
This limitation means that I didn't have to put in all kinds of extra code to handle any differences between PDF and HTML render-event sequencing on the local side, neither did I have to test it exhaustively for HTML; each renderer took a separate effort in server mode and I was not willing to go through that again. Instead, I worked on the PDF event sequence, observed what would work for this renderer for the final result, and stopped testing there.
3. I also set the reportviewer to appear in DisplayMode.PrintLayout, to help ensure the same pagination. I'm not actually sure if this is necessary in the final version or not, but I was unwilling to take chances and test hugely again. Don't worry, you'll see the code for this, below.
4. I think that Fulano's final code is going to involve instancing the ReportViewer programmatically, so he can feed it the right parameters (to tell the report code when it's running in preprocess mode, to record information, and when it's doing the run that displays the final values).
Consider that, in local mode, the reportviewer isn't going to prompt for parameters. The reasons, aka "rationale", defy understanding, but you do have to remember that local mode represents the "cut-down" version of RDL processing. With RDLCs, MS is making RDLs available without a ReportServer instance (and license) behind it so they don't have any obligation to do anything at all here.
I've simulated this behavior by exposing a "Reprocess" button on my form. So, you see the report come up with 0's in the TOC in the form, you wait (please!) for it to finish rendering, and then you press the button. The button flips the "preprocess" parameter for the report to "off" and then refreshes the report. After this action, you see the right result in the reportviewer and you can Save/Export the PDF with the right information.
There are a number of interesting things to note here.
5. I've used the Winforms client in this set of experiments, simply because I used a web scenario last time. There is no reason why the localmode renderers should work differently in the Webforms client, and, even if it did, you should be able to instance the Winforms client silently/programmatically even on a web server to produce a PDF if you are not interested in the visual display of the control in the first place.
The most likely difference in the two environments is permissions problems. To persist the page numbers in the preprocess run, you have to write to a file or a db, and to read the page numbers in the second run the way I'm doing it (with XML), you have to use an XML object. You'll see a little code here to take care of that, because even in the fat client the issue doesn't go away, and it should be similar for the Webforms client. In the server-side version, I covered this pretty thoroughly.
6. Fulano's requirements are to have different "report chapters" as subreports. He proposes a "carrot" textbox preceding each one in the main report. This should probably work, using similar ReportItems references to what you see here -- and if he has questions about exactly how to apply it, he can ask here; he's not shy <g>. But, for the purposes of a sample report, I've just created a set of tables in the main report, and included the reference textboxes directly in each of the tables.
The sample report is, once again, drawn from MySQL Tutorial World database. It's pretty simple.
Our TOC (with a blue background in this screen shot) precedes a table of Countries, a table of Cities, and a table of CountryLanguages. The significant textboxes for our purposes, which read and write TOC information, have a light yellow background.
The TOC has one entry for each table, because I think that's what Fulano wants, so I've made the TOC a list. But I've included enough information in the persisted values so that you could potentially have a second level in the TOC (for example, on what page do the Cities for each Country group start?). In this case, it would be a table data region instead.
The report has one parameter to handle "which pass are we rendering", similar to what we've done before.
The report has an appropriate reference to the .NET framework XML classes that I'm using in the code.
There are not a lot of fancy report expressions in this report.
=Code.RecordPage( Parameters!PreProcess.Value, Globals.PageNumber, Globals.TotalPages, ReportItems)
="page " & Code.GetPageInfo(Parameters!PreProcess.Value,"Country")
="Cities" & StrDup(1000,".")
7). The TOC should look something like this: 1). Section 1...............4 2). Section 2...............15 3). Section 3...............23 etc.
The report code sets up the following variables:
Public fileName As String = "" Public sw As System.IO.StreamWriter = Nothing Public doc As System.Xml.XmlDocument = Nothing Public debug As Boolean = False Public currentPage As Integer = 1
The function called directly from the expression in the report footer does the following to persist values during preprocessing:
PublicFunction RecordPage(ByVal tPreProcess AsString, _ ByVal tPage As Integer, ByVal tLastPage As Integer, ByVal r As ReportItems, _ Optional ByVal tFileKey As String = "stest") As String currentPage = tPage Dim ans As String If Debug Then ans = tPreProcess Else ans = "" End If If tPreProcess = "Yes" Then If tPage = 1 Then SetRecording(True, tFileKey) End If ' now determine whether there is anything to do ' here I'll look for an item appropriate to each subreport or table Dim theType As String, theItem As String If LEN(CStr(r("txtCountryName").Value)) > 0 Then theType = "Country" theItem = r("txtCountryName").Value ElseIf LEN(CStr(r("txtCityHeader").Value)) > 0 Then theType = "City" theItem = r("txtCityHeader").Value ElseIf LEN(CStr(r("txtLanguageHeader").Value)) > 0 Then theType = "Language" theItem = r("txtLanguageHeader").Value End If If theType Is Nothing Then ' skip Else ans = ans + RecordSectionInfo(tPage, theItem, theType, "", tFileKey) End If If (tPage = tLastPage) Then ans = ans + SetRecording(False, tFileKey) End If End If Return ans End Function
The SetRecording function you see referred to above sets up the beginning and end of the XML file persisting values for this run, and the RecordSectionInfo writes the instance information to the file. Here's the full set of supporting functions:
Function SetRecording(ByVal tStart As Boolean, ByVal tFileKey As String) As String Dim w As String, ans As String If tStart Then w = "<root>" Else w = "</root>" End If Try Open(tFileKey) sw.WriteLine(w) Disposal() Catch ex As System.Exception ans = ex.Message() End Try Return ans End Function Function RecordSectionInfo( _ ByVal tPage As Integer, ByVal tInfo As String, ByVal tType As String, _ ByVal tCode As String, Optional ByVal tFileKey As String = "stest") As String Dim ans As String = "" Try Open(tFileKey) sw.WriteLine("<Item currentPage='" & CStr(tPage) & "' currentType='" & _ tType & "' currentItem='" & tInfo & tCode & "'/>") Disposal() Catch ex As Exception ans = ex.Message() End Try Return ans End Function Sub Open(ByVal tFileKey As String) If Len(fileName) = 0 Then GetFileName(tFileKey) End If sw = New System.IO.StreamWriter(fileName, (currentPage <> 1)) End Sub Sub LoadDoc(Optional ByVal tFileKey As String = "stest") If Len(fileName) = 0 Then GetFileName(tFileKey) End If If doc Is Nothing Then doc = New System.Xml.XmlDocument() doc.Load(fileName) End If End Sub Sub GetFileName(ByVal tFileKey) Dim auth As New System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission( _ System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted) auth.Assert() ' fileName = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath() & _ fileName = "c:\temp\" & tFilekey & ".xml" 'System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & End Sub Sub Disposal() sw.Close() sw.Dispose() sw = Nothing End Sub
The XML output looks something like this (notice again that I'm recording more than I actually need for my simple TOC in this example):
<root> <Item currentPage='2' currentType='Country' currentItem='Brunei '/> <Item currentPage='3' currentType='Country' currentItem='Spain '/> <!--...etc... then the cities for each country (with 'currentItem' meaning 'current country group' in my example) --> <Item currentPage='9' currentType='City' currentItem='ARG'/> <Item currentPage='10' currentType='City' currentItem='ARG'/> <Item currentPage='11' currentType='City' currentItem='AUT'/> <Item currentPage='12' currentType='City' currentItem='BGD'/> <Item currentPage='13' currentType='City' currentItem='BLR'/> <Item currentPage='14' currentType='City' currentItem='BRA'/> <Item currentPage='15' currentType='City' currentItem='BRA'/> <!--...etc... --> <Item currentPage='122' currentType='City' currentItem='ZWE'/> <!--...followed by languages for each country, the same way... --> <Item currentPage='123' currentType='Language' currentItem='ARE'/> <Item currentPage='124' currentType='Language' currentItem='AZE'/> <!--...etc... --> <Item currentPage='154' currentType='Language' currentItem='ZWE'/> </root>
... and, during the "real" report run, we read values out of the XML file as follows in the TOC report expressions:
Function GetPageInfo(ByVal tPreProcess As String, ByVal tType As String, _ Optional ByVal tItem As String = Nothing) As String ' we're not using code, but we could have more info in the TOC than we currently do Dim thePage As String = "0", xa As System.Xml.XmlAttribute If tPreProcess <> "Yes" Then Try LoadDoc() thePage = "[NoData]" If doc Is Nothing Then ' problem Else xa = doc.SelectSingleNode( _ "/root/Item[@currentType='" & tType & "']/@currentPage") If xa Is Nothing Then ' problem Else thePage = xa.Value End If End If Catch Exc As Exception thePage = " error reading: " & Exc.Message() End Try End If Return thePage End Function
Finally, here's the load I used on the load of the form, of course also filling the datasets required for this local-mode-rendered report:
Me.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ExecuteReportInCurrentAppDomain( _ System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Evidence) Me.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.AddTrustedCodeModuleInCurrentAppDomain( _ "System.Xml, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089") Me.ReportViewer1.SetDisplayMode(DisplayMode.PrintLayout)
... and here's the code under the "Reprocess" button, to run the report a second time:
Private Sub ReProcess_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles ReProcess.Click Dim p(0) As Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ReportParameter p.SetValue(New Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ReportParameter("PreProcess", "No"), 0) Me.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(p) Me.ReportViewer1.RefreshReport() End Sub
Well, there you have it. I think a reasonably-extensible proof of concept version of what Fulano needs to do and where he needs to go, and as fully-worked as I can do it in my (ahem) spare time. While the actual code turned out to be completely different, the general approach in the code, as anticipated in my original walktrhough, as you could use in a server-side report.
It's a wacky idea, sure, but wacky extensions to what's possible are what I'm here for. If you know the musical I've been quoting for, you probably have already guessed that, in my very early days, I was only interested in playing Ado Annie, not Laurie.
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Thanks for the article, well done. But let me figure out my problem that your post couldn't solve. I have a lot of *rdlc files and one of them is the main *rdlc file which contains others as subreports. When in the code I'm trying to call subreport item in ReportItems collection that throws an exception.For example this call throws exception r("subreportItemName").Value Can you help me out ? Thanks.
Hi Roman, If you are a real person, please use the contact page to write to me with more details and I will see if I can help.
Hi Roman, We have a very similar issue. Our experience: Referenced "ReportItems" contains/lists only text boxes. We checked it in our custom method in Visual Studio (debug mode). So a report that is fragmented into sub reports causes a very big headache at this point. We do not know how we can discover the subreports and other report elements that are added to the main report. By the way we have subreports for part, section and subsection titles. Our dream was a simple custom method call to collect TOC itmes in these subreports. But we cannot refer to PageNumbers in a report body (only in page footers). We could add page footers to the subreports, but the rendering process does not affect/render/interpret (I do not know what is the right term here) them.
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Hi Csongor, Regarding this: "We do not know how we can discover the subreports and other report elements that are added to the main report" ...You can discover the subreports in the RDL or RDLC XML, but I don't know if this is what you are looking for. If you are looking to trigger code during the rendering of the report, then simply discovering the subreports in the report definition aren't going to help you. Regarding this: "We could add page footers to the subreports, but the rendering process does not affect/render/interpret (I do not know what is the right term here) them. " Always remember that there is no one "rendering process". There are many renderers (as many as there are output types) and each one of them receives information from the main engine about what is required for a page footer, and then uses that information however it wants. This is necessary because for some renderers (such as CSV) page footers wouldn't even have a meaning, and others (such as Excel) would interpret page footers according to a completely different set of rules than others (such as PDF). Pagination and page definition determine, in each renderer, when the page footer is going to happen and how it is going to appear. Also, as far as I can tell, each renderer has the ability to decide whether it will handle this activity during its rendering of the main contents, or after the whole main body has been rendered. All of this makes physical sense when you stop to think about it.
Dear Lisa.Can you e-mail me the sources?Many thanks in advance.
Thanks for the post, it's got lots of really good information.
YAPS on TOCs for RDLCs YAPS on TOCs for RDLCs


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Oracle9i Database Reference Release 1 (9.0.1) Part Number A90190-02 |
SQL Scripts, 2 of 6
Oracle automatically creates the data dictionary when you create a database. Thereafter, whenever the database is in operation, Oracle updates the data dictionary in response to every DDL statement.
The data dictionary base tables are the first objects created in any Oracle database. They are created in the SYSTEM
tablespace and must remain there. The data dictionary base tables store information about all user-defined objects in the database.
Table 5-1 lists required scripts, which are run automatically when you create a database. They are described here because you might need to run them again when migrating or upgrading to a new release of Oracle. To run these scripts, you must be connected to Oracle as user SYS
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The Angband Ladder: Lucky, from HoM, Dwarf Warrior by Phoenix21692
[Angband 3.0.9b Character Dump] Name Lucky, from HoM Self RB CB EB Best Sex Male Age 47 STR: 16 +2 +5 +0 18/50 Race Dwarf Height 48 INT: 11 -3 -2 +0 6 Class Warrior Weight 159 WIS: 13 +2 -2 +0 13 Title Myrmidon Status 43 DEX: 17 -2 +2 +0 17 HP -2/365 Maximize Y CON: 17 +2 +2 +3 18/60 SP 0/0 CHR: 12 -3 -1 +0 8 Level 30 Armor [54,+37] Saving Throw Superb Cur Exp 117865 Fight (+0,+10) Stealth Excellent Max Exp 117865 Melee (+9,+25) Fighting Legendary Adv Exp 120000 Shoot (+6,+3) Shooting Heroic MaxDepth 1750 ft Blows 2/turn Disarming Excellent Turns 590427 Shots 1/turn Magic Device Excellent Gold 16380 Infra 50 ft Perception Poor Burden 146.6 lbs Speed 3 Searching Fair You are the only child of a Dwarven Miner. You are a credit to the family. You have dark brown eyes, straight black hair, a two foot beard, and a dark complexion. abcdefghijkl@ abcdefghijkl@ Acid:+.....+.+.... Blind:......+.....+ Elec:+...+.+.+.... Confu:......+...... Fire:+.....+.+.... Sound:......+...... 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[Last Messages] > You hit the Paladin. <2x> > The Black knight misses you. <3x> > The Black knight points at you, incanting terribly! > You hit the Paladin. > You miss the Paladin. > The Paladin flees in terror! > The Black knight points at you, incanting terribly! > The Black knight misses you. <4x> > The Black knight hits you. <2x> > You hit the Black knight. <2x> > The Black knight misses you. <2x> > The Black knight hits you. > You hit the Black knight. <2x> > The Black knight hits you. <3x> > You die. [Character Equipment] a) a Trident (Defender) (1d8) (+9,+15) [+2] (+4 to stealth) It increases your stealth by 4. It provides resistance to acid, lightning, fire, and cold. It sustains your strength. It makes you fall like a feather and speeds your regeneration. It grants you immunity to paralysis and the ability to see invisible things. It cannot be harmed by the elements. b) a Light Crossbow (x3) (+6,+3) c) a Zircon Ring of Damage (+7) d) a Ruby Ring of Constitution (+3) It increases your constitution by 3. It sustains your constitution. e) a Crystal Amulet of Resist Lightning It provides resistance to lightning. It cannot be harmed by electricity. f) The Phial of Galadriel It usually provides light of radius 3. It activates for illumination every 10+d10 turns. It cannot be harmed by the elements. g) Power Dragon Scale Mail (-3) [40,+15] It provides resistance to acid, lightning, fire, cold, poison, light, dark, blindness, confusion, sound, shards, nexus, nether, chaos, and disenchantment. It activates for breathe the elements (300) every 300+d300 turns. It cannot be harmed by the elements. h) The Cloak 'Colannon' [1,+15] (+3) It increases your stealth and speed by 3. It provides resistance to nexus. It activates for teleport every 45 turns. It cannot be harmed by the elements. i) a Large Leather Shield of Resistance [4,+13] It provides resistance to acid, lightning, fire, and cold. It cannot be harmed by the elements. j) a Hard Leather Cap [2,-2] k) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,-1] l) a Pair of Metal Shod Boots [6,-6] [Character Inventory] a) 4 Pieces of Elvish Waybread b) 5 Violet Potions of Heroism c) 21 Tangerine Potions of Cure Critical Wounds d) an Indigo Potion of Healing e) 11 Scrolls titled "temptus voloco" of Phase Door f) a Scroll titled "dio do do" of Word of Recall g) 2 Rusty Rods of Trap Location h) 3 Nickel Rods of Door/Stair Location i) a Magnesium Rod of Disarming j) 3 Lead Rods of Light k) an Aluminum-Plated Rod of Acid Balls l) 2 Chromium Wands of Teleport Other (20 charges) m) a Lead Wand of Disarming (8 charges) n) an Iron Wand of Fire Bolts (9 charges) o) a Magnesium Wand of Frost Bolts (7 charges) p) a Maple Staff of Enlightenment (6 charges) q) a Golden Staff of Object Location (8 charges) r) a Bronze Ring of Free Action It grants you immunity to paralysis. s) an Obsidian Ring of See Invisible It grants you the ability to see invisible things. t) a Granite Ring of Accuracy (+10) u) an Ivory Amulet of Wisdom (+4) It increases your wisdom by 4. It sustains your wisdom. v) Chain Mail of Resist Fire (-2) [14,+5] It provides resistance to fire. It cannot be harmed by fire. w) a Broad Sword of *Slay Demon* (2d5) (+10,+8) (+2) It increases your intelligence by 2. It is especially deadly against demons. It provides resistance to fire. [Home Inventory] a) a Scroll titled "mo co gaescito" of Teleportation b) 6 Scrolls titled "luvinqui pro" of Identify c) an Obsidian Ring of See Invisible It grants you the ability to see invisible things. d) a Granite Ring of Accuracy (+10) e) The Leather Scale Mail 'Thalkettoth' (-1) [11,+25] (+3) It increases your dexterity by 3. It increases your speed by 3. It provides resistance to acid and shards. It cannot be harmed by the elements. f) The Dagger 'Nimthanc' (2d4) (+4,+6) It is branded with frost. It provides resistance to cold. It activates for frost bolt (6d8) every 7+d7 turns. It cannot be harmed by the elements. g) a Long Sword of Westernesse (2d5) (+8,+11) (+2) It increases your strength, dexterity, and constitution by 2. It slays orcs, trolls, and giants. It grants you immunity to paralysis and the ability to see invisible things. h) The Halberd 'Osondir' (3d5) (+6,+9) (+3) It increases your charisma by 3. It slays giants and undead. It is branded with fire. It provides resistance to fire and sound. It makes you fall like a feather. It grants you the ability to see invisible things. It cannot be harmed by the elements. i) a Whip of Extra Attacks (1d3) (+4,+5) (+2) It increases your attack speed by 2. [Options] Adult: Maximize effect of race/class bonuses : yes (adult_maximize) Adult: Randomize some of the artifacts (beta): no (adult_randarts) Adult: Auto-scum for good levels : no (adult_autoscum) Adult: Restrict the use of stairs/recall : no (adult_ironman) Adult: Restrict the use of stores/home : no (adult_no_stores) Adult: Restrict creation of artifacts : no (adult_no_artifacts) Adult: Don't stack objects on the floor : no (adult_no_stacking) Adult: Preserve artifacts when leaving level : no (adult_no_preserve) Adult: Don't generate connected stairs : yes (adult_no_stairs) Adult: Monsters chase current location : yes (adult_ai_sound) Adult: Monsters chase recent locations : yes (adult_ai_smell) Adult: Monsters act smarter in groups : yes (adult_ai_packs) Adult: Monsters learn from their mistakes : no (adult_ai_learn) Adult: Monsters exploit players weaknesses : no (adult_ai_cheat) Adult: Monsters behave more intelligently (broken): no (adult_ai_smart) Score: Peek into object creation : no (score_peek) Score: Peek into monster creation : no (score_hear) Score: Peek into dungeon creation : no (score_room) Score: Peek into something else : no (score_xtra) Score: Know complete monster info : no (score_know) Score: Allow player to avoid death : no (score_live) |
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BU 5501 - Small Business Analysis: SBI Part II
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Required for a six-credit Small Business Institute project which includes primary and secondary research, complex financial analysis and a comprehensive plan including specific recommendations for improvements in business operations. Final report preparation of findings and recommendations to the small business client are requirements of this course. Prerequisite: BU 5500.
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Landscape and Nursery students in the Department of Horticulture's 2-year program have one advisor for all their academic and professional needs. Marcus Duck assists students in creating an academic plan of required and elective courses that can be customized to meet the individual's educational and career goals. The academic plan includes outlining how prior coursework and transfer credits meet program requirements. Marcus also serves as a mentor to help students find professional internships as well as identify career opportunities when they graduate from the program. His experience and contacts in the industry can be invaluable to students as they enter the job market. Landscape and Nursery students are highly encouraged to meet with Marcus periodically throughout each semester to be sure they are on track, and progressing smoothly through the program.
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Undergraduate students in the Department of Horticulture enjoy the help and guidance of two advisors who are committed to making the undergraduate experience meaningful and relevant to each student's needs. All students will have the assistance of our Undergraduate Advisor, and a Faculty Advisor. Both advisors work together with students and are available to provide information, advice and assistance.
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Oracle Debuts Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
The relationship between Oracle and Red Hat becomes even more strained.
At Oracle OpenWorld Oracle announced the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. Oracle touts the kernel as being more than 75 percent faster than Red Hat according to OLTP benchmarking.
The kernel itself is based on the 2.6.32 mainline kernel. It allows for existing Oracle Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 customers to upgrade without reinstalling the entire operating system. Oracle says that third party applications for both RHEL 5 and Oracle Linux will run unabated. At the same time, however, the announcement slips in a mention that from this point forward the Unbreakable Kernel is the only kernel Oracle recommends using.
Between this announcement at Red Hat's decision to stop support Xen in favor of the KVM virtualization technologies that came with the acquisition of Qumranet, it looks like the future of Red Hat and Oracle compatibility is a shaky one.
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Linux Mint Will Stay with Ubuntu
Lead developer quells rumors that the Debian version is slated for center stage.
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House Clearance Help & Advice: Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome Case Study: The Collyer BrothersCompulsive Hoarding Syndrome Case Study: The Collyer Brothers The Collyers first came to the attention of the American public during the late 1930's and early 1940's when, despite a very lucrative offer, the brothers turned down a real estate's interest in their 19th Century Harlem home. Originally, they were rumoured to be living in "Orientalist splendor" and so little was thought of their rejection of the offer. However, several years later the brothers began to refuse to keep up mortgage payments on the house. When eviction procedures began and a clean-up crew was sent over, it was discovered that the brothers had been living an isolated existence, never leaving the house, amidst massive walls of junk and old newspapers. At the time, Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome had yet to be designated a medical illness, but this is clearly a textbook case for all of the reasons we will examine in a moment. When the police attempted to force an entry into the house, they were walled out by a massive mound of rubbish, from floor to ceiling, directly behind the door. After the furoar of the police smashing down their door, Langley Collyer simply made out a check for $6,700, enough to pay off their mortgage in full and without comment retreated back into isolation.
Eventually an emergency squad was deployed and after successfully breaking a second-story window, one man crawled for two hours through the network of garbage-tunnels in the Collyers' house before finding the body of Homer Collyer. It took a further few weeks to find his brother Langley who had been lying fairly close. Sadly, no-one had yet begun to treat Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome as a mental illness in American society. However, their story serves as a stark reminder of the more extreme symptomatic manifestations that are possible. The Collyers went well beyond the normal criteria for defining Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome, with the whole house being so inundated with garbage that it could no longer serve its purpose. (After their deaths it was demolished to make room for a municipal park.) However, the Collyers also displayed some interesting peripheral symptoms and characteristics of the compulsive hoarder. Both brothers seemed to be of above average intelligence and Langley had, in the past, invented an ingenious machine to vacuum the inside of pianos and had adapted a T Model Ford to generate electricity. Later, this intelligence was used to boobytrap the house against the outside world. Paranoia, isolation and a disregard to personal hygiene characterised the brothers' entrenchment in their own home. Their boobytrapping and the fact that Langley was prepared to occassionally leave the house to file lawsuits against the police for breaking an entering makes clear the utter hostility that the brothers possessed towards the outside world. A past family upheaval (their father had left the family when they were young men). Most interestingly, when asked by a journalist why he saved such a massive collection of newspapers, Langley remarked "I am saving newspapers for Homer, so that when he regains his sight he can catch up on the news.". This clearly echoes the common Compulsive Hoarder's "I'll need it later" justification. Overall, the Collyers were an extreme case but extreme cases from the past can shed light upon the disorders we see around us today. Need a hoarded house cleared? Call us today on FREEPHONE 0800 0352653 We have cleared many many hoarded/cluttered homes. Ring Abacus house
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Happy New Year! I'm getting married this year, so getting in shape is more than just a New Year's Resolution. I started working out with a personal trainer about a month and a half ago, and it has been awesome. I nearly threw up during the first few sessions, but I'm getting stronger and my trainer has helped me overcome a few nagging sports injuries. It's expensive, but it's well worth the investment. You can't replace the in-gym experience with a personal trainer, but Wello is a company that is trying to come close through the power of the Internet. They're based in Palo Alto, CA, and they offer personal trainers over "live, 2-way video."
As my trainer says, "a good trainer can train someone in four foot by four foot space." Having access to a gym with all kinds of equipment is nice, but it's not essential. Wello allows you to get an amazing workout in whatever space you have available whether it's a hotel room or your bedroom. And you still get most of the benefits of having an in-person trainer–form checks, getting pushed to your limit, and a program tailored to your needs. There's obviously something that will be lost through the video connection, but I'm sure that it's more about your attitude than anything else. You can get a feel for how Wello works here. The prices are pretty reasonable, and they give you 25% off your first workout, so it's definitely worth a try. If you like what Wello is all about, check out their Jobs page. Right now they're looking for a Marketing Manager. Ideally, they want someone with a couple years of experience, but don't be a fraid to reach out to them about other potential opportunities at email@example.com.
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The air-conditioning unit at the Cedar Avenue restaurant was discovered missing Tuesday morning, acting police Capt. Glenn Thomas said.
The outdoor unit — valued around $3,000 — was stolen sometime between late last summer and Tuesday, Capt. Thomas said.
The temperature Tuesday reached 82 degrees, according to AccuWeather. Kelly's remains open.
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This sample MBA essay will answer the question
"Please explain if you have been involved in charity/volunteer and/or entrepreneurial activities, giving examples of your involvement, the amount of time you gave to each activity and why you chose to get involved."
What the Business School wants to know?
B-School wants to know about your outlook and commitment towards the well-being of your community. There are hundreds of charity and not-for-profit organization around the world. Were you a volunteer in one of them? Mention your role and the activities that you had to do. What skills did you develop?
"During the summer of 2007, I received a mail from my friend, X. He wanted me to be part of an NGO (mention the name) that he was managing. The process of managing the NGO became a little overwhelming for him and he wanted someone to share his responsibilities. I had just moved from City X to City Y. I agreed to be part of the NGO to help my friend. As I got involved with the day-to-day activities of the organization, I realized the value that my friend was adding to the society. This thought forced me to retrospect on the priorities of my life. Working for <NGO Name> not only changed my outlook towards life but also polished some of the skills that I thought I never had.
During the time in <location of NGO>, I had the privilege of working with a dedicated team, on projects that were slowly reaching out to a larger section of the community. Our reach was not wide enough to cover the cost. We developed a plan for the fundraising event. Our marketing plan pointed us to the fact that a celebrity's presence can make a huge difference in covering our cost.
My mission was to find a celebrity for our event. I was the public relations lead of our team – a role that I had never taken in my life. I began my cold call routine with some interesting response ranging from cursing to tentative "Yes". I can whole-heartedly vouch for the old saying - "Perseverance pays". My 98th call was a man by the name of Y, who was the agent of the 90s popular sitcom, <name of the sitcom>. He agreed to set up a meeting with the actor. I was elated but a little nervous on the prospects of meeting this star. I prepared a pitch for him. We had a meeting over coffee at <name of the restaurant>. I started my pitch and before I had completed he said "Yes". I was delighted and knew that his presence would change the response of the event.
Our perseverance and entrepreneurial approach had paid off. We hosted our fund raising event on <date> at <hall name/location/premise>. The response was overwhelming and we were able to cover the cost of the operations for the next two years with a single event. This was beyond our imagination. Now we were able to focus on expanding our NGO to other parts of the country.
In the past two years, we had opened centers in five cities across the country. We are a <member count> member organization with our operations helping more than <number of children> underprivileged children in <state names/city names>. This was possible because of the untiring work of our team"
Does financially supporting an organization matter?
Supporting an organization financially is no small task. However, think about roles where you used your skills (leadership, communication, task management etc) in helping organization/start-up/church/temple/mosque etc.
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Definition of high seas in English:
plural noun
(the high seas) The open ocean, especially that not within any country's jurisdiction.
Example sentences
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- Piracy has flourished on the high seas for as long as maritime commerce has existed between states.
- He joined Scindia Steam Navigation as a sea cadet and sailed the high seas for the next 10 years.
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Several tornadoes developed as low pressure moved across the Northern Plains states on Friday, October 4, 2013. Additional updates for this event may still occur as further details become available.
EF Scale Rating
Estimated Peak Wind
170 mph
Path Length in statute miles
Maximum Path Width
1.5 miles
Start Date
October 4, 2013
Start Time
6:35 pm CDT
Start Location
2 miles southwest of Climbing Hill, Woodbury County, Iowa
42.332oN 96.110oW
End Date
October 4, 2013
End Time
7:17 pm CDT
End Location
2 miles west of Washta, Cherokee County, Iowa
42.582oN 95.762oW
This violent tornado started 2 miles southwest of Climbing Hill, Iowa, flattening corn crops and snapping tree trunks. As the tornado moved northeast, it intensified and struck a farmstead approximately 5 miles west-northwest of Correctionville, Iowa. Sheds and other buildings were severely damaged or destroyed with the residence being severely damaged. At this point, the tornado continued to increase in both size and magnitude as it continued on its trek northeast. The tornado reached its maximum intesnity 2.5 miles south of Pierson, Iowa, when two farmsteads were struck by this mile wide tornado. Numerous outbuildings and barns were destroyed, with farm equipment being tossed over 400 yards. It was here that the tornado was rated EF-4. The tornado stayed southeast of the town of Pierson, Iowa, and to the west of Washta, Iowa. Before lifting, the tornado produced more tree damage and downed power poles and lines 2 miles west of Washta, Iowa.
EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
EF0: Wind speeds 65 to 85 mph
EF1: Wind speeds 86 to 110 mph
EF2: Wind speeds 111 to 135 mph
EF3: Wind speeds 136 to 165 mph
EF4: Wind speeds 166 to 200 mph
EF5: Wind speeds greater than 200 mph
Note: Information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data.
Map of Pierson, Iowa tornado track
Click on map to download a kmz file that will display this path in Google Earth. If you download the kmz file and import it into Google Earth, each triangle will link to a description of the damage that was observed and may also include photos of the damage..
Photo of the tornado when it was approximately 6.5 miles southeast of Moville, Iowa. This photo was taken by Jeff Piotrowski and is reproduced here with his permission. An enlarged version of this photo can be seen by clicking on the photo.
Another photo of the tornado taken when it was southeast of Moville, Iowa. This photo was taken by Ethan Schisler and is reproduced here with his permission. An enlarged version of this photo can be seen by clicking on the photo.
Radar images of the tornadic supercell as it approaches Pierson, IA
This radar picture is from 6:54 pm CDT, October 4, 2013. The hook echo southeast of Moville, IA is the approximately location of the tornado at this time. This radar picture is from 7:07 pm CDT, October 4, 2013. The tornado was at its strongest at this time with winds estimated at 170 mph south of Pierson Iowa.
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Photos of tornado damage associated with the Pierson, Iowa tornado
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A tourist in my own city: Part IV, bu.ku
Downtown Raleigh's most unique and worth-it restaurants are on Hargett Street. Then a beacon of light started shining from the corner of 110 E. Davie Street, guiding wayward folks down Blount Street through the fog of restaurant-nothingness.
I'm pleased to say that bu.ku holds the title of our first anniversary dinner. The food would have been oogled by the likes of Chef Ramsey and we didn't break the bank for it. Glittery cinnamon stick-like lamps maze around the ceiling in the dining room and lead to the barroom where a few tables and a stage are setup. After dinner we went in and watched the band play a few practice notes and I ordered a drink I'd seen on their website earlier that day – the rickety ginny, made up of gin, thai chile, lemongrass, ginger and lime. Pretty tasty.
Overall, the atmosphere is fancy but fun, just like the food. Our waiter was nice enough though oddly mum most of the time. I could tell the kitchen was running efficiently, which is always nice to know because it makes me feel like there's less of a chance something sketchy happened to my food behind the scenes, but when a customer makes a reservation for a special night, don't stick them beside the kitchen!
(Although, as I commented on our misfortune to Dave, I realized it took me almost halfway through our meal to notice it because I had been enjoying the interactions in the kitchen between the sous chefs and waitstaff. Secretly, I felt kind of fortunate to be so close to the action because that's right where a reporter wants to be.)
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Katie I highly recommend the Sangria– it's excellent, served with fresh fruit served in a large glass. I visit Buku often, just for a glass :)
Dame Raleigh Katie, great to hear from you! Sangria is one of those drinks that is so special but easily made boring by lazy waitstaff. I can't wait to try it!


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One of my best tons: Sachin
Ranji trophy |
Randhawa up to tied 8th after Rd2
Surjit hockey from today
Force India face legal action
Pinegrove and YPS reach semis
Hyderabad, November 6 Tendulkars 45th one-day century, a rollicking 141-ball knock, almost pulled off a great win for India yesterday but the lower-order batsmen could not score the required 19 runs from 17 balls.
We started off very well, there was a good partnership between Suresh (Raina) and me at one point of time. But we lost few crucial wickets and also the game itself. So its disappointing at the end of the day, Tendulkar said after the match which India lost by just three runs here yesterday. On being asked if he would rate this century as one of his best knocks, he said, Ya, sort of. I was hitting the ball well. It was one of my best knocks. Tendulkar said it is his passion to play for the nation that has inspired him to perform consistently for 20 long years ever since he made international debut in 1988 as a 16-year-old boy. Its the passion of representing India in international cricket that keeps me motivated all the time. Its always a dream to play for my country. I am absolutely honoured to do that for the last 20 years, Tendulkar said. Tendulkar also praised young left-hander Suresh Raina, who scored a run-a-ball 59 to support him well from the other end as they shared a 137-run fifth wicket partnership which was instrumental in bringing India close to win. Raina is a terrific talent. We were trying to push the game as close as possible. We were chasing a big target, there was constant pressure on us, but we managed it well to bring the match quite close, Tendulkar, adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his magnificent knock, said. Captains - Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ricky Ponting - also showered encomiums on Tendulkar for his blistery knock. Dhoni said though this was another special innings by Tendulkar, his personal favourite still remains the one he produced in Sharjah against Australia in April 1998. It was a pleasure to see him batting so well. All his centuries have been special and this too. But I am still a big fan of his desert storm (innings), he said. Its one of the best knocks I have seen. Sachin was playing beautifully today. And I think, the wickets was also great here and enthusiastic crowd all around as well, Ponting said. PTI |
Ranji trophy
Chandigarh, November 6 After off-spinner Ramesh Powar had slammed a hundred and O Khanvilkar had missed the milestone by 13 runs, paving the way for the crucial 212-run first-innings lead for Mumbai yesterday, the only interest left in the match was for the hosts to bat well and avoid an outright defeat. Punjab batsmen were not found lacking. On the contrary, they did the job quite admirably. Opener Ravi Inder Singh, who slammed a century in the first innings, came good for the second time in the match, notching up an impressive half century. Wicketkeeper batsman Uday Kaul and debutant Gaurav Gambhir both scored half centuries, while former skipper Pankaj Dharmani, made amends for his failure in the first innings with a scintillating 46-run knock, with nine hits to fence. M S Goni was unbeaten along with Rahul Sharma having played a 32-ball 33 run cameo, underlining his utility as a batsman as well, as the hosts were 311 for 7 in 98 overs when the last days play ended. Seeking a comeback to the Indian team after injury which has kept him out of the current ODI series against Australia, India pace spearhead Zaheer Khan bowled a steady spell finishing with three wickets in the innings. With four wickets that he scalped in the first innings for a match haul of seven wickets, the seasoned left-arm seamer looks firmly on the path to recovery. Punjab coach Bhupinder Singh Sr was content with the overall team performance. We had a tough first match. Im statisfied with the performance of the boys. Though they (Mumbai) took the first innings lead, there are some positives to have emerged from the match. It was a case of they (Powar and Khanvilkar) batting well rather than our boys bowling badly, he replied when asked about the fine rearguard action by the Mumbai lower order batsmen yesterday, which tilted the momentum heavily in favour of the visitors. Mumbai gained three points from the match by virtue of the first innings lead, while Punjab will have to remain content with the lone point. Punjab next play Hyderabad at the PCA Stsadium, Mohali, from November 10. Scoreboard Punjab (Ist innings) 259 Sohal c Khanvilkar b Zaheer 4 |
Randhawa up to tied 8th after Rd2
Shanghai, November 6 Gaganjeet Bhullar (150) was the lone Indian who could not improve his position and followed up his opening round 74 with 76 to slip to tied 70th. World number one Tiger Woods took his customary position atop the leaderboard, tying for the halfway lead with Nick Watney after shooting a second straight five-under 67. The American world number one endured a frustrating front nine but stormed home with four birdies to join overnight leader Watney (70) on 10-under 134. Randhawa, a 10th tee starter, was even-par at the turn and he sunk three birdies, against one bogey, in his front nine to sign off with his second successive sub-par card. It was a welcome return to form for the former Asia number one, who won the Singha Thailand Open earlier this year on the Asian Tour but failed to maintain his momentum. Randhawa, however, felt there was enough room for improvement in the short game department and hoped his putting would improve over the next couple of days. PTI |
Surjit hockey from today
Jalandhar, November 6 It seems that owing to the present sour relations between India and Pakistan the team failed to receive a go ahead. Asked to comment on the reason behind the teams refusal to turn up for the prestigious event, director sports, Pargat Singh said, I cannot say anything in this regard but since the team was not given any formal approval by the External Affairs ministry, it failed to reach here. The Government of India has not given a green signal to the Pakistani team so far. The organisers of the tournament maintained that there has been no official confirmation by the team in this regard. Organising secretary of the tournament, Iqbal Singh Sandhu said, It is understood that the team is not coming for the tournament as they have failed to report so far. We had completed the official formalities in this regard nearly two months back. Moreover, the official confirmation is always made well in advance. It is pertinent to mention here that last year three Pakistan teams namely, Javed Hockey Club, Gojra, Crescent Hockey Club and Independent Hockey Club were seen in action during the tournament. The tournament would be played on league-cum-knockout basis on the newly-laid polytan turf under floodlights at the local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium. As per the new schedule, the teams have been divided into four pools and winner team of the each pool will qualify for the semifinals, scheduled for November 12. Last years champion Punjab & Sind Bank Delhi, Border Security Force (BSF) Jalandhar & Indian Air Force (IAF) Delhi have been put in pool A; Air India, Mumbai, Namdhari-XI, Sirsa & Punjab National Bank (PNB) Delhi have been kept in pool B. Former champions Indian Oil, Mumbai, Rail Coach factory (RCF) Kapurthala & EME Jalandhar have been placed in pool C, while Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Mumbai, Punjab Police & Corps of Signals, Jalandhar, are in pool D. |
Force India face legal action
London, November 6 The company issued a statement after media reports suggested Force India were concerned that Lotus, who are now working closely with Aerolabs parent company Fondtech, had copied details of their 2009 car. Lotus F1 technical head Mike Gascoyne was previously employed by Silverstone-based Force India. Aerolab managing director Jean-Claude Migeot said in a statement that the Lotus rumours were designed only to tarnish the companys reputation and professionalism and to divert attention away from the facts. The truth is that Aerolab is suing Force India for not fulfilling its obligations. Force India were not immediately available for comment.
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Pinegrove and YPS reach semis
Chandigarh, November 6 The much awaited victory gave the Grovians a place in the semifinal. Both goals were scored in the second half. Anurag opened the account in the 31st minute and the second blow was given by Deepak Antil 18 minutes later. In the other matches PPS, Nabha were compensated as they thrashed British Co-Ed, Patiala 7-0 in a one sided match. Rana Pratap Singh and Gaiven Singh scored two goals each while Gurjot, Navdeep and Gurkirat contributed one goal each. Lawrence School, Sanawar and Daly College, Indore continued their winning spree as LSS hammered YPS, Mohali 7-0. Sohrab Gill of Lawrence School displayed excellent stick-work and scored three goals. Daly College and Pinegrove defeated British Co-ed, Patiala with astounding scores of 10-0 and 15-0, respectively. The scorers for Daly College were Sarvesh, Devashsish, Raghavraj and Dhruv Patel. Anurag scored seven goals and Deepak scored three goals for the hosts while Amandeep scored two and Madhur, Rajvansh and Aldrin scored one each. St. Soldier, Panchkula lost to YPS Patiala 0-4. |
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Jessica Alba's Daughter Honor Once Ate Her Diaper — Scary!
Think diapers are babyproof? Think again. Back when Jessica Alba's daughter Honor was still just a baby, the now-5-year-old ate part of her diaper. Now, disposable diapers clearly aren't made to be eaten... and Jess was more than a bit worried for Honor's health. "My kid's diaper exploded. All of a sudden, these beads were in her mouth," she told Us Weekly. "And I was calling my mom, and I was like, 'What happened? What do I do? What is this made out of?' I called my pediatrician. I called 911. I completely freaked out." Jess even went so far as to call the diaper company, but she didn't feel comforted by their help. The manufacturer asked Jessica to have her doctor send over a list of everything Honor was allergic to, but Jess didn't want to expose her daughter to a bunch of chemicals in order to conduct the test. Honor ended up being fine, but the experience prompted Jessica to search for eco-friendly diapers and baby products. When she couldn't find any that she thought were both effective and affordable, the 32-year-old actress decided to take matters into her own hands and make her own. The Honest Company, Jessica's line of eco-friendly products, has now been around for over two years. So even if her younger daughter, Haven, 2, tries putting weird things in her mouth, Jess can rest assured that little diaper beads won't be among them.


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Coverage: ESPNU/WatchESPN
6:00 PM ET, December 29, 2012
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee
Top Performers
Xavier: D. Davis 7 Pts, 3 Reb, 6 Ast, 3 Stl
Tennessee: J. Richardson 12 Pts, 7 Reb, 1 Stl, 2 Blk
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nburwell Registered: Jan 15, 2006 Total Posts: 3519 Country: United States |
I'm an avid reader who can spend hours at my local B&N store. With eReaders becoming more and more popular, I held off as long as I could in purchasing one. There is just something about holding a physical book in your hand when you're reading it. However, last week I finally broke down and purchased a Kindle. Needless to say that in the 7 days that I have owned it, I have grown quite fond of the device. Therefore, I thought I would make my newest "high tech" toy the subject of this week's WA. |
Travis Rhoads Registered: Apr 28, 2009 Total Posts: 3977 Country: United States |
I really like that the words through the glasses are nice and in focus, very nicely done. |
twistedlim Registered: Oct 20, 2004 Total Posts: 3129 Country: United States |
Nicely done, still like the smell of a book though. |
mark fadely Registered: Oct 09, 2005 Total Posts: 7116 Country: United States |
Good entry Nick. I also like the focus through the glasses and the whole idea that the e-reader has taken the place of the book where you might have previously found those eyeglasses. |
birdied Registered: May 02, 2010 Total Posts: 26383 Country: United States |
Wonderfully done ! |
Tenn.Jer Registered: Mar 08, 2011 Total Posts: 1558 Country: United States |
I'll repeat Travis and Mark re the focus through the reading glasses - a nice shot all around...it would have been worth the ten bucks to have the reader displaying something like Brian Peterson's "Understanding Exposure", or something similar... |
Travis Rhoads Registered: Apr 28, 2009 Total Posts: 3977 Country: United States |
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James Markus Registered: Jul 20, 2005 Total Posts: 4586 Country: United States |
One of the ideas I also had for this WA...my 93 yo mother with her kindle, but you did yours so well! |


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Editorial: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
Last month, we reported that U.S. Fire Administrator Dave Paulison was nominated by the President to serve as the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and was facing a tough confirmation process on Capitol Hill. At the time, some wondered whether there should be a FEMA or U.S. Fire Administration. This is a battle – and a debacle – that continues to dismay the fire service. Hal Bruno reports on the latest developments in his Fire Politics column on page 22.
I was just in Las Vegas working on the details for the upcoming EMS Expo and Firehouse Las Vegas show scheduled for Sept. 25-29, 2006. Officials in Clark County tell me that 5,000 people move there every month. The interstate highway adjacent to the Las Vegas Fire-Rescue headquarters is scheduled to be widened – so large, in fact, that the headquarters must be moved. The two engines, one truck and three ambulances that protect the old downtown Fremont Street area will be relocated into two new stations.
With the varied emergency services that Las Vegas and Clark County provide, alarms continue to skyrocket, and it's happening in many places. Take a look at page 52, where we are proud to present Part 1 of the three-part National Run Survey. This year, we received responses from 305 fire departments in 48 states and the District of Columbia and five provinces in Canada. (If your volunteer department would like to participate in our Volunteer Run Survey, it's not too late to download an application form at www.firehouse.com/magazine/surveys/forms.)
Also in this issue, Buffalo Fire Commissioner Mike Lombardo details several successes with the use of thermal imaging cameras; see page 78. Many people would not be alive today if this technology wasn't available. When they were first available, these units were used for specific emergencies. Now, however, as a captain riding in the front seat responding to alarms, I take our unit with me nearly every time I step out of the apparatus. Speaking of technology, I was impressed at several recent fire industry shows where many of the items we were wishing for seemed to have come to fruition: a system that locates firefighters in trouble inside a structure, even if they are working on different floors; another that lets the incident commander view the remaining air in crews' breathing apparatus; apparatus that lets us operate in contaminated environment; and many more. Many products are being developed to help the emergency services operate more efficiently and effectively.
On page 84, Curtis Massey describes what the building industry has developed in the wake of blackouts and power failures. Redundant power supplies are designed to keep high-rise buildings in full operation. In case of an emergency when the power needs to be shut down, it may be quite a surprise for firefighters to find they can't shut down the power. Not every fire department has high-rises in its response area, but Joe Berry describes the problems that firefighters may encounter in the 40,000-plus self-storage occupancies that exist all over the country. On page 88, Joe describes the myriad hazards that can cause real trouble for responders. Curtis and Joe will discuss these problems in depth at Firehouse Expo 2006 in Baltimore.
Firefighters continue to lose their lives in the line of duty. A second National Safety Stand Down will occur this month. Safety procedures and practices should be reviewed. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation has just completed a training package that should reach every department in the country just before the Stand Down takes place. Please do your part to make sure that "Everyone Goes Home.â€
Tom Brennan, former editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering, passed away recently. He was an inspiration to many as an educator, leader, and fire officer and chief. Many liked what he had to say and how he taught us to be safe and effective. Dick Otte, a member of the National Fire Protection Association committee on rescue tools and head of marketing for Curtiss-Wright PowerHawk, died during the recent Fire Department Instructors Conference in Indianapolis. Dick was considered a pioneer in rescue tool safety. George Hall, a world-renowned photographer and writer, filed many stories from San Francisco for us during our early years. His books and calendars were well received. He recently passed away during surgery.
I was proud to call them friends. They will be missed.


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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFirst thing every morning I send out a "quote of the day" to the agency. The topics range all over the place. Occasionally, I might post one up here, like today's.
"They prefer stability over conflict, continuity over disorder, and GM's way over anybody else's. They believe that hard work will overcome adversity, and that tomorrow will be better than today – despite four decades of evidence to the contrary. In many ways the story of General Motors since the 1960s is a tale of accelerating irrelevance. Customer preferences changed, competition tightened, technology made big leaps, and GM was always driving a lap behind….. Over the years the company has tried to reform itself any number of times, but it has been doomed by what ONCE made it successful: doing it the GM way."
Alex Taylor III, a writer that has been covering GM for the last three decades. This quote is from his latest article in the December issue of Fortune. I am sure you are all familiar with GM's woes, but consider this -Toyota, through their progressive direction of capitalizing on changing consumer interests and technology is no where near needing a bailout and has a market cap of $103.6 Billion. GM, who has said they are not interested in thinking like Toyota, has a market cap of $1.8 Billion.
If you want to be relevant in business and stay there, consumer driven-continual change, harvesting technology to your benefit and some level of conflict and disorder are all conditions of success. You can quote me on that…