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WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes tumbled more sharply than expected in June, pushing activity down to the lowest level in more than a decade.With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices fell compared to a year ago and analysts predicted prices would keep falling until next spring as tighter credit, a slipping job market and rising foreclosures scare potential buyers away. The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that sales dropped by 2.6 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.86 million units, the slowest sales pace since the first quarter of 1998. The decline was more than double the 1 percent drop that economists had been expecting and left sales 15.5 percent below where they were a year ago. The downward slide in sales depressed prices, too. The median price for a home sold in June dropped to $215,100, down by 6.1 percent from a year ago. That was the fifth largest year-over-year price drop on record. Inventories of homes on the market rose by 0.2 percent to 4.49 million units, meaning it would take 11.1 months to exhaust the current backlog at the June sales pace, the second highest level in the past 24 years. The glut of unsold homes is being made worse by a rising wave of foreclosures.
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CEDAR RAPIDS – It feels like a playoff series now.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Dubuque Fighting Saints have provided some drama, some chippiness, some chirpiness and some controversy in their first two USHL playoff games. They also provided a victory split, each by a goal.
Things shift to the tri-state region this weekend with the best-of-five series completely up for grabs. Game 3 is Friday night at 7:35 at Dubuque's Mystique Ice Center.
"Yeah, it seems like a typical (NHL) playoff series that you see on TV," said RoughRiders defenseman Scott Moldenhauer. "It's pretty exciting."
Moldenhauer has seemed to be front and center in the chirpiness department, doing his fair share of face-to-face yapping with various Dubuque opponents. Thus far, no one has dropped the gloves.
"The talk is going both ways," said Moldenhauer, with a smile. "It just sort of comes from playing the same team back to back. It's a lot of personal rivalries, stuff like that."
Dubuque won Game 1 last weekend in Cedar Rapids, 2-1, with a third-period goal. The RoughRiders survived Game 2, thanks to a Corey Petrash goal in the final minute.
The Riders built a 5-0 lead early in the second period but couldn't hold it.
"Nothing really changes. We're working on the stuff we've been working on all year," RoughRiders Coach Mark Carlson said, when asked what the focus of practice was this week. "I think just more consistency. We played with a lot of confidence, made a lot of plays. I think we just need more consistency."
"I thought we had a lot of good work ethic last weekend," Moldenhauer said. "In practice, we sharpened up on some defensive stuff this week. Gaps in the D-zone, stuff like that. We'll be good, as long as we keep working."
The series controversy came late in the first period of Game 2 when Dubuque's Karson Kuhlman plowed into Cedar Rapids goaltender Danny Tirone in front of the net. He drew a five-minute major penalty, with the RoughRiders scoring three times on the ensuing power play.
This came shortly after another Dubuque player incurred a minor penalty for slashing Tirone at the side of the net. Video of the Kuhlman-Tirone play, complete with various angles, was sent to the USHL office this week with Kuhlman receiving no further discipline.
"They were coming in on the rush, and he was just driving the net," Tirone said, when asked to describe what he saw and felt. "When the guy shot it, it went over my shoulder, and I kind of lunged at it a little bit. He was driving the net, so it was a little hard for him to get out of the way, I guess. We collided pretty good there. I haven't actually seen (a replay of) it. I'm not really sure the intention of it. I mean, it happens a lot, guys are always crashing the net."
"He was driving the net. It kind of looked like he went for Danny on that one," Moldenhauer said. " I don't know, don't know what the call should be on something like that."
Carlson wouldn't publicly touch the subject with the proverbial 10-foot pole.
"I don't have any comment on that," he said, flatly.
"I try not to look too much into it," TIrone said. "I've got to do my job. We were fortunate enough to get some goals off of our power play. Our power play really stepped up. That's really what our focus is, on what we're doing, not what they're doing."
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Detroit bloggers' roundtable (Pt. 2)
Last week, I sent an email to many sports bloggers who cover Detroit teams with five questions about why the city of Detroit is such a great sports city. I received so many great and well thought out responses that instead of posting the answers to all five questions at once, I will spread it out throughout five days.
Today is Day #2 for the Detroit bloggers' roundtable. You can view the discussion in part one at this page.
I'd first like to once again thank the bloggers who participated in this discussion:
Kurt @ Mack Avenue Tigers (Detroit Tigers)
Scott @ Quo Vadimus & Cutoff Man (Detroit Sports & Detroit Tigers)
Sean @ Pride of Detroit & Michigan Sports Center (Detroit Lions & UM Sports)
Matt @ Lets Go Wings (Detroit Red Wings)
Paul @ Kukla's Korner (Detroit Red Wings/NHL)
Al @ The Wayne Fontes Experience (Detroit Sports)
Ripismoney @ Detroit Sports Unleashed (Detroit Sports)
The second question I asked the panel was… "How has the team you cover contributed to this title of best sports city?"
Note: These answers all came before the Pistons lost in the 2007 ECF.
Kurt @ Mack Avenue Tigers: "I think the Tigers pushed Detroit over the top with their World Series appearance. Before, you could talk about the great playoff push the Pistons had and great regular season the Red Wings had, but the Lions stank and the Tigers were seldom much better. I think images of 40,000+ Tigers fans bundled up and waving their towels as Magglio Ordonez sent Detroit to the Fall Classic will be the cover image should Detroit be named the top sports city. It's really a special story and really made us proud to be Detroit fans, I think."
Scott @ Quo Vadimus & Cutoff Man: "Though I write about all the teams at my personal blog, I'll answer this as MLive's Detroit Tigers blogger and say that the Tigers incredible history and tradition are what they contribute. From Ty Cobb to Ernie Harwell, George Kell to Al Kaline, Kirk Gibson to Curtis Granderson, just looking at the history of the Detroit Tigers is looking at a history of Major League Baseball. Some of the best players in the history of the game. The best announcer. One of the best managers in Sparky Anderson. And the tradition and history of Tiger Stadium and the opening of Comerica Park which helped rejuvenate at least part of downtown when it really needed it."
Sean @ Pride of Detroit & Michigan Sports Center: "I would like to use the Drew Rosenhaus style and just say, "Next question," but I will answer this. The Lions haven't won a championship in 50 years and have been horrific to watch throughout this entire millennium. If you discount everything recently, then go to the 90′s. Although the playoff greatness really wasn't ever there, fans got to watch one of the most elusive players in NFL history in the form of Barry Sanders. If you want added excitement for Detroit fans though, there always is the draft each April that has a buzz around the Motor City.â€
Matt @ Lets Go Wings: "The Red Wings have had a huge role. Following the Pistons' back-to-back championships in '89 and '90 this city lacked a true winner. The Tigers were bobbing above and below the .500 mark while the Lions were all over the map and getting waxed when they did reach the playoffs. The Wings were on a steady rise in the standings but couldn't make that final push in the postseason. I think when Steve Yzerman finally did lift the Stanley Cup in 1997 the emotion of fans in the region — the thirst for a champion after 42 years of disappointment — reached a critical mass that was released on that night. It's something that they accomplished through the age-old Detroit mantra — a quiet, strong leader in Yzerman and with blue collar players that worked their butts off every night in Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, Joe Kocur, Martin Lapointe, Vladimir Konstantinov, et al.
That feat was followed up by an emotional win in 1998 with a wheelchair-bound Konstantinov, and another in 2002 with a roster bolstered by future Hall-of-Famers. This was all during a time while the other major teams broke things down and built things back up (well… except for the Lions, which are still working on that) and it was easy for a large number of fans in the region — even ones on the fence with the sport of hockey — to enjoy this team.â€
Paul @ Kukla's Korner: "I believe the Wings have set the bar for other hockey teams in the US. Other teams set their standards using the Wings as a measuring bar. Now a word or great warning, the Wings marketing department is basically non-existent and they must start attracting new fans and keeping the current fans happy. They are walking a very fine line right now, and must start responding to the fans requests and needs.â€
Al @ The Wayne Fontes Experience: "As someone who gives his opinion about all sports, all I can say that the success of the Tigers, Red Wings, and Pistons makes it damn easy to come up with pertinent topics on almost a daily basis. Such as during the Tigers playoff, which was wonderful to write about, I had the Lions and their yearly pratfall to write about as well. Let alone Michigan football, which was on quite a good roll. There is always something to talk about in Detroit, as odds are there is going to be at least 1 team doing well. Each team brings something different to the sports table. For example, the we have the Pistons and their "Team†orientation, a NBA anomaly due to their lack of a superstar, then we had the polar opposite in the (Pre-lockout) Red Wings, who for years were considered the Yankees of the NHL. Every team contributes something to the sports culture, from the Lions yearly fan revolts, to the Tigers recovering a lost generation of fans thanks to their unexpected 2006 success.
It's amazing how thoroughly each team is woven into the fabric of the area.â€
Ripismoney @ Detroit Sports Unleashed: "At Detroit Sports Unleashed, we attempt to recognize the entire sports sphere from the Detroit area. It is not a single team that contributes most to the lure of the D but a collective effort. Rich traditions in baseball and hockey have thrived in the Motor City for decades, and the rest of the sports landscape is notable as well. Through it all, it is theunprecedented ability to watch a sports game or event from Detroit almost every night that is something we all take for granted. I like to refer to NFL Draft day as Super Saturday — the past two years there has been lottery picks for the Lions, playoff games for the Red Wings & Pistons, as well as a Tigers game on draft day. It is the greatest day in Detroit sports annually!"
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Sunderland return to home turf at the weekend in the Barclays Premier League, when Cardiff City (aka Real Madrid in Gus Poyet's mind) head to the Stadium of Light for a hugely important game.
We face Ole Gunnar Solskjaers side on Sunday 27 April, in a 12noon kick off.
Gus Poyet is urging the clubs fans to get behind the team in the vital remaining games: We are going to go on until the end and we are going to fight. We have to keep believing, he said after sealing three points Saturday.
Tickets for Sundays game are on sale now, priced from £25 for adults, £19 for over 65s and £10 for under 16s. Hospitality for the game is available from £50 per person.
Tickets can be purchased in person from the Stadium of Light ticket office, by calling the credit card hotline on 0871 911 1973 or by visiting www.safc.com/tickets.
The Stadium of Light ticket office is open from 9am-5:30pm Tuesday to Friday this week, 10am until 1pm on Saturday and 10am until kick off on Sunday.
Supporters who purchase tickets online can use the clubs free print at home service full details can be found at www.safc.com.


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Other uses of the subjunctive in English, as in "And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass..." (KJV Leviticus 5:7) have definitely become archaic. Statements such as "I will ensure that he leave immediately" often sound archaic or overly formal, and have been almost completely supplanted by constructions with the indicative, like "I will ensure that he leaves immediately".
The subjunctive mood figures prominently in the grammar of Persian and the Romance languages, which require this mood for certain types of dependent clauses. This point commonly causes difficulty for English speakers learning these languages.
In certain other languages, the dubitative or the conditional moods may be employed instead of the subjunctive in referring to doubtful or unlikely events (see the main article).
The potential mood is a mood of probability indicating that, in the opinion of the speaker, the action or occurrence is considered likely. It is used in Persian, Finnish, Japanese, in Sanskrit and in the Sámi languages. (In Japanese it is often called something like tentative, since potential is used to refer to a voice indicating capability to perform the action.)
In Finnish, it is mostly a literary device, as it has virtually disappeared from daily spoken language in most dialects. Its suffix is -ne-, as in *men + ne + e → mennee "(s/he/it) will probably go". Some kinds of consonant clusters simplify to geminates. This simplification occurs progressively (*rne → rre) with the resonant consonants L, R, and S, and regressively with stops (*tne → nne) and is meant to prevent the violation of phonotactical rules concerning sonority hierarchy. For example, korjata → *korjat + ne + t → korjannet "you will probably fix", or tulla → *tul + ne + e → tullee "s/he/it will probably come". The potential mood can be used only in present and perfect tenses. The verb ole- "be" is replaced by lie, so that "(it) is probably" is lienee (not *ollee). Thus, in the perfect tense, which is formed with an auxiliary verb, the auxiliary verb lie is used instead of ole- as liene-, e.g. lienet korjannut "you have probably fixed" (not *ollet korjannut).
The presumptive mood is used in Romanian to express presupposition or hypothesis regarding the fact denoted by the verb, as well as other more or less similar attitudes: doubt, curiosity, concern, condition, indifference, inevitability. For example, acolo s-o fi dus "he might have gone there" shows the basic presupposition use, while the following excerpt from a poem of Eminescu
shows the use both in a conditional clause de-o fi "suppose it is" and in a main clause showing an attitude of submission to fate le-om duce "we would bear".
In the Romance languages, the conditional form is used primarily in the apodosis (main clause) of conditional clauses, and in a few set phrases where it expresses courtesy or doubt. The main verb in the protasis (dependent clause) is either in the subjunctive or in the indicative mood. However, this is not a universal trait: in Finnish, for example, the conditional mood is used in both the apodosis and the protasis. An example is the sentence "I would buy a house if I earned a lot of money", where in Finnish both clauses have the conditional marker -isi-: Ostaisin talon, jos ansaitsisin paljon rahaa. Another example, related somewhat closer to English, is Polish, where the conditional marker -by also appears twice: Kupiłbym dom, gdybym zarabiał dużo pieniędzy.
In English, too, the would + infinitive construct can be employed in main clauses, with a subjunctive sense: "If you would only tell me what is troubling you, I might be able to help".
In Finnish, the mood may be called an "archaic" or "formal imperative", even if it has other uses; nevertheless, it does express formality at least. For example, the ninth Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins with Älköön ketään pidätettäkö mielivaltaisesti, "Not anyone shall be arrested arbitrarily", where älköön pidätettäkö "shall not be arrested" is the optative of ei pidätetä "is not arrested". (Also, using the conditional mood -isi- in conjunction with the clitic -pa yields an optative meaning, e.g. olisinpa "if I only were". Here, it is evident that the wish is not, and probably will not be fulfilled.)
In Japanese the verb inflection -tai expresses the speaker's desire, e.g. watashi wa asoko ni ikitai "I want to go there". Oddly enough, this verb form is treated as a pseudo-adjective: the auxiliary verb garu is used by dropping the end -i of an adjective to indicate the outward appearance of another's mental state, in this case the desire of a person other than the speaker (e.g. Jon wa tabetagatte imasu "John wants to eat").
Sometimes this is called a "desiderative mood", since it indicates desires. Occasionally distinctions are made between different optative moods, e.g. a mood to express hopes as opposed to a mood to express desires. (Desires are what we want to be the case; hope generally implies optimism toward the chances of a desire's fulfillment. If someone desires something but is pessimistic about its chances of occurring, then one desires it but does not hope for it.)
Many languages, including English, use the bare verb stem to form the imperative (such as "go", "run", "do"). Other languages, such as Seri and Latin, however, use special imperative forms.
In English, second person is implied by the imperative except when first-person plural is specified, as in "Let's go" ("Let us go").
The prohibitive mood, the negative imperative may be grammatically or morphologically different from the imperative mood in some languages. It indicates that the action of the verb is not permitted, e.g. "Don't go!"
In English, the imperative is sometimes used to form a conditional sentence: e.g. "go eastwards a mile, and you'll see it" means "if you go eastwards a mile, you will see it".
The admirative mood is used to express surprise, but also doubt, irony, sarcasm, etc. In Indo-European languages, the admirative, unlike the optative, is not one of the original moods, but a later development. Admirative constructs occur in Balkan Slavic (Bulgarian and Macedonian), Tosk Albanian, and Megleno-Romanian. A form of the admirative, derived from the Albanian pattern, can be found in Frasheriote Arumanian. It seems that the dubitative/inferential patterns of Turkish — a non-Indo-European language — influenced Albanian and Balkan Slavic languages in this regard.
The eventive mood is used in the Finnish epic poem Kalevala. It is a combination of the potential and the conditional. It is also used in dialects of Estonian. In Finnish, there are theoretically forms such as kävelleisin "I would probably walk".
Precative mood is a grammatical mood which signifies requests, e.g. "Will you pass me the salt?"
The inferential mood is used to report a nonwitnessed event without confirming it, but the same forms also function as admiratives in the Balkan languages in which they occur. The inferential mood is used in some languages such as Turkish to convey information about events, which were not directly observed or were inferred by the speaker. When referring to Bulgarian and other Balkan languages, it is often called renarrative mood; when referring to Estonian, it is called oblique mood. The inferential is usually impossible to be distinguishably translated into English. For instance, indicative Bulgarian той отиде (toy otide) and Turkish o gitti will be translated the same as inferential той отишъл (toy otishal) and o gitmiş — with the English indicative he went. Using the first pair, however, implies very strongly that the speaker either witnessed the event or is very sure that it took place. The second pair implies either that the speaker did not in fact witness it take place, that it occurred in the remote past or that there is considerable doubt as to whether it actually happened. If it were necessary to make the distinction, then the English constructions "he must have gone" or "he is said to have gone" would partly translate the inferential.
Writing on the typology of evidentiality in Balkan languages, Victor Friedman systematizes the facts in the following way:
"As grammaticalized in the Balkan languages, evidentiality encodes the speaker's evaluation of the narrated event, often, but not always, predicated upon the nature of the available evidence. These evidentials can be of two types: Confirmative (sometimes called 'witnessed') and nonconfirmative (sometimes called 'reported', 'inferential', and/or 'nonwitnessed'). The nonconfirmatives can, in Austin's terms, be felicitous (neutral) or infelicitous. Felicitous nonconfirmatives are used for reports, inferences, etc., for which the speaker chooses not to take responsibility. An infelicitous nonconfirmative expresses either acceptance of a previously unexpected state of affairs (surprise, i.e. something the speaker would not have been willing to confirm prior to discovery, the mirative or admirative) or sarcastic rejection of a previous statement (doubt, irony, etc., the dubitative)."
Ibid., "Illustrative data (interlinear glossing is omitted to save space): [...]
In Bulgarian, even though a state of affairs may be entirely undisputed by the speaker, he may choose to use the renarrative in order to present disagreement with the actions or opinion of the speaker:
Present and future tenses also exist for such a mood in the above-mentioned languages, but, with the exception of the Albanian true nonconfirmative present illustrated above, these "nonconfirmatives, (from perfects), always have a past reference to either a real or a putative narrated event, speech event, or state of mind. They cannot be used with true nonpast reference."
True Renarrative
Often, there is no doubt as to the veracity of the statement (for example, if it was on the news), but simply the fact that the speaker was not personally present at the event forces them to use this mood (such as the Turkish varacakmış, above, or the Bulgarian toy otishal). In this sense, the renarrative could be considered a realis mood.
News reports
It is interesting that news headlines (in Bulgaria, at least) are rarely presented in this mood, but rather in the indicative preterite - even though in most cases the reporters clearly did not witness the events being reported.
The main body of the news report tends to use the renarrative correctly - but sometimes, again, it is intentionally avoided. This is especially so when sensitive or controversial subject matter is being dealt with. This is because, due to its ambiguity, the renarrative in such cases could be perceived as a passing of judgement or expression of doubt by the reporter, rather than as a simple renarration. In such cases, constructions with a directly-cited source reference such as "the minister said that + indicative" are preferred.
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THE new Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon winner, Wesley Kibet has challenged the youths to engage themselves in sports activities because the opportunities are open to all.
"I urge you to enter into the world of sports as there are chances of building a better future for yourself and your children," said Kibet. He was speaking yesterday in Solabwek Primary School in Narok South District after he presented balls to the school.
Kibet said involvement in athletics was strange since none of his family members had ever tried any sporting activity. He said his victory in the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon was equally a shocker although he had worked hard in training. He said sports success was only about hardwork and discipline and that can be achieved with any focused individual.
"For one to succeed in this field, one must focus on the goal and really work for it,' he advised. National Olympics Committee of Kenya assistant treasurer, Stephen Arap Soi who was present at the event, said the organisation recognises the untapped talents hidden in the youths. He said the talents are only exploited when the youths are exposed to opportunities available in the field of sports.


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YIELD: Makes 6 to 8 servings
Combine 4 tablespoons ice water and cider vinegar in small bowl. Blend flour and salt in processor. Add butter and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. With machine running, slowly add water-vinegar mixture, processing until moist clumps form. If dough seems dry, add ice water by teaspoonfuls.
Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated. Allow dough to soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Roll dough out on lightly floured work surface to 12-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Press dough onto bottom and up sides. Fold in overhang and press to extend dough 1/2 inch above sides of pan. Line pan with foil and dried beans or pie weights. Bake until dough looks dry and set, about 30 minutes. Remove foil and beans and continue to bake until crust is pale golden, 20 to 25 minutes longer. Remove from oven and cool while preparing filling.
Whisk milk, cream, egg, egg yolk, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over bottom of warm crust; spread leek confit over and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Pour milk mixture over. Bake until filling has puffed, is golden in spots, and center looks set, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool slightly. Remove pan sides. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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May 28, 2013
AKRON, Ohio – Oklahoma State wrestlers Josh Kindig and Austin Marsden earned fourth-place finishes at this weekend's ASICS University Nationals in Akron, Ohio.
Kindig, wrestling at 66 kilograms, breezed through his competition in the first three rounds, picking up technical falls over each of his opponents and only giving up one point. The junior fell to Kevin LeValley in the quarterfinals but was not slowed down as he earned tech-falls over two of his opponents in the wrestlebacks and pinned another. Kindig took home fourth place, defaulting with an injury in the third-place bout.
Marsden, who redshirted the 2012-13 season, had similar success in his first four rounds of the 120 kg bracket with three tech falls and a pin. In the semis, Marsden went head-to-head with two-time NCAA Champion, Tony Nelson, who handed him his first loss of the tourney, 3-1. Marsden put himself in position to finish third with his 46 second pin in the wrestlebacks, but was outscored by Nick Gwiazdowski, 7-5, in the third-place match to finish fourth.
Former Cowboy Cayle Byers grabbed a top-eight finish at 96 kilos. Byers got off to a fast start defeating his opponents, 10-0, 12-2, 10-0, respectively. In the quarterfinals, he picked up a 3-2 win over Matt Wilps, but was not also able to keep up as he suffered a 5-2 loss against Micah Burak in the semifinals. Despite losing both of his wrestleback matches, Byers was able to nab sixth-place.
Nolan Boyd and Kyle Crutchmer also represented the Cowboys in Akron.*


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Wecome to Behavior Enterprises. Behavior Enterprises offers consulting for pet owners, researchers, or anyone interested in exploring, understanding, or changing behavior patterns. We offer training services for pets, services animals, and for behavioral research laboratories. We also design, build, and program customized equipment for behavioral research.
These affordable tools for research will lower the cost tax-payer funded science, while also allowing beginning scientists, or even hobbyists and "citizen scientist", to dive into an exploration of animal behavior. We hope this may also allow the interested trainer - whether pet or service animal trainer - to combine their expertise based on many centuries of trade-craft with the experimental control valued by the scientific community. We hope also that the academic behaviorists and the trainers may learn from one another and be able to build a common knowledge-base on the topic of interest we share: animal behavior.


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42 CFR 423.508 - Modification or termination of contract by mutual consent.
(b) Notification of termination. If the contract is terminated by mutual consent, the Part D plan sponsor must provide notice to its Medicare enrollees and the general public as provided in paragraph (c) of this section.
(c) Notification of modification. If the contract is modified by mutual consent, the Part D plan sponsor must notify its Medicare enrollees of any changes that CMS determines are appropriate for notification within timeframes specified by CMS.
(d) Timely transfer of data and files. If a contract is terminated under paragraph (a) of this section, the Part D plan sponsor must ensure the timely transfer of any data or files.
(e) Agreement to limit new Part D applications. As a condition of the consent to a mutual termination, CMS will require, as a provision of the termination agreement language prohibiting the Part D plan sponsor from applying for new contracts or service area expansions for a period up to 2 years, absent circumstances warranting special consideration.
(f) Prohibition against Part D program participation by organizations whose owners, directors, or management employees served in a similar capacity with another organization that mutually terminated its Medicare contract within the previous 2 years. During the 2-year period specified in paragraph (e) of this section, CMS will not contract with an organization whose covered persons also served as covered persons for the mutually terminating sponsor. A "covered person" as used in this paragraph means one of the following:
(1) All owners of nonrenewed or terminated organizations who are natural persons, other than shareholders who have an ownership interest of less than 5 percent.
(2) An owner of a whole or part interest in a mortgage, deed of trust, note or other obligation secured (in whole or in part) by the organization, or any of the property or assets thereof, which whole or part interest is equal to or exceeds 5 percent of the total property, and assets of the organization.
(3) A member of the board of directors or board of trustees of the entity, if the organization is organized as a corporation.
[70 FR 4525, Jan. 28, 2005, as amended at 75 FR 19821, Apr. 15, 2010; 76 FR 21575, Apr. 15, 2011]
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A motorcade of barely dressed women rolled through the streets of London, but they weren't on their way to a nudist colony -- it was all in the name of fashion.
According to London's Telegraph, the daring drive-by -- organized by Lingerie Francaise, with the support of the French Government -- featured eight models riding in vintage cars and wearing flapper-esque pearls and an assortment of corsets, bras, bustiers, stockings, and lacy knickers.
Each of the models was also given a satin robe in case she got cold (or creeped out by the leering men?).
The procession of panties was part of an initiative to promote France's leading lingerie brands, including Princesse tam tam, Chantelle, Aubade, Lise Charmel, Simone Pérèle, Antinéa, and Passionata.
This isn't the first time the project has taken underwear outdoors. They've previously staged similar fashion shows in Toronto and Hong Kong and will next head to Prague, Dubai, and Ljubljana. (That last one just sounds dirty!)
No word on whether they'll be coming to the Big Apple, but it's not like seeing people on the street in their underwear would shock New Yorkers. We've already got the Naked Cowboy.
Meanwhile, read about the latest scandal surrounding edible underwear.


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Southern Minnesota Beet sees more environmental challenges in 2013Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative faced more environmental challenges in the past year than in the two previous, despite on-going investments to improve its water treatment systems.
By: Tom Cherveny , Forum News Service
OLIVIA, Minn. — Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative faced more environmental challenges in the past year than in the two previous, despite on-going investments to improve its water treatment systems.
"The good, bad and the ugly, all in one year" is how Louis Knieper, manager of environmental affairs for the cooperative, summed up the past year in a report to the Renville County board of commissioners on June 3. The company provides an annual report as part of its permit allowing it to discharge treated wastewater into County Ditch 45, the headwaters of Sacred Heart Creek.
The year was a challenge for the company on many fronts, starting with an early harvest-time frost. The company sliced 2.28 million tons of beets in 2013, but its growers had to plow down an estimated 800,000 tons of beets, according to the report. The company could not risk storing the frost-damaged beets, since they would have caused water and management issues.
The company's biggest environmental problem occurred before harvest time in County Ditch 37, which drains to the West Fork of Beaver Creek. An accidental discharge of what the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency termed "non-treated" water led to a fish kill along a portion of the creek on Aug. 14.
Knieper told the commissioners a valve that connected a holding pond's drain line and the non-contact cooling water system was left open. He said the company does not know why or when the valve connecting the two had been installed.
In response to the incident, the company has installed a new, separate line system for its non-contact cooling water.
The company also reported excessive hydrogen sulfide and odor emissions from its on-site ponds in 2013. The company has not had hydrogen sulfide issues in the ponds for several years. Consultants examining the problem have not been able to determine why it has re-emerged, according to Knieper.
Southern Minnesota has invested in new equipment to aerate and chemically treat the ponds to address the problem.
It has also invested in new belt filters to reduce the solids in holding pond waters.
It also faced a challenge as last year's sugar beet campaign began. Fecal coliform discharges exceeded the allowed limits from a new contact pond that is part of the wastewater treatment system. The pond's larger size resulted in areas where there was stagnant water. The company added new mixers to successfully address the problem, according to Knieper.
A few positives
The year saw its accomplishments, too. The company reported more than 80 percent of its growers are participating in its cover crop program to reduce phosphorus run-off. The early season cover crops are credited with keeping 18,000 pounds of phosphorus from reaching the Minnesota River by holding soil in place.
Knieper said the company is also working to reduce nitrogen in its wastewater treatment system.
It's also focusing on reducing its groundwater use. In the warm weather season, it uses a mechanical chiller to cut down on the non-contact cooling water needed. That has cut groundwater use by 800,000 gallons in the past few years, he said.
The company is still seeking a new permit from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to replace the one that expired in 2009. It's now submitting its third application.
The company is asking to increase its allowed discharge into County Ditch 45 and lengthen its discharge season by one month to include April.
Knieper said the company will be hosting MPCA Commissioner John Linc Stine to discuss its permit request and environmental compliance efforts.
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He scoffed as Abu Hassar began to roll into this Islamist polemic.
But mixed with that portion of truth is a larger portion of polemic and apologetic.
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After a brief ray of sunshine in a stormy season, the dark clouds were hovering over Old Trafford again on Wednesday in the wake of another humiliation for the champions.
A 3-0 home defeat by local rivals Manchester City, their third in a row against them at Old Trafford, drained away any optimism born out of victories against Olympiakos and West Ham United the previous week and illustrated once again just how far United have fallen in such a short space of time.
United manager David Moyes wore a glazed look as City's gloating fans mocked him with chants of "five more years" while thousands of the home faithful voted with their feet, heading for the exits long before Yaya Toure put a realistic gloss to the scoreline with City's 90th minute third.
"I am the one who picks the team," Moyes, portrayed on one Old Trafford banner as the "Chosen One", said after the latest in a series of debilitating setbacks.
"I take responsibility and always will do. It is disappointing. I thought it would be a tough year but I hoped it would be more competitive."
Club stewards had to step in when some fans tried to haul down the "Chosen One" banner as their frustration boiled over at another home humiliation days after Liverpool thumped them 3-0 there.
This season they have lost six times at their former fortress in the league and on home form alone they would be 12th in the table, rather than the seventh spot they currently inhabit with seven games left.
While league defeats against the likes of West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United, not to mention an FA Cup exit against Swansea, were hurtful, it is the way they have been outclassed by Liverpool and Manchester City in consecutive home league fixtures that have been most ego-damaging.
United's record against the current top four is equally dire with one win, two draws and five defeats the sum total of their efforts against Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal.
Moyes had a similarly poor record against the top-four when he was Everton manager but things were supposed to be different once he was given the controls at United.
Squad decline
The reality is, however, that he has inherited a squad in decline, with too many players who would struggle to get a place on the bench at the Etihad, Stamford Bridge or Anfield.
England squad player Tom Cleverley, who has become the whipping boy of the fans, was hauled off at halftime on Tuesday but to single him for United's malaise would be unfair.
Moyes' two big signings since taking the job, Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata, were outclassed by City's midfield slickers while Michael Carrick laboured in United's misfiring engine room.
While there is some sympathy for Moyes and continued support from …continued »


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How birds stay warm when it gets cold
By Gary Bogue
Friday, February 4th, 2011 at 7:05 am in Birds.
Cold purple finch. Photo by Richard Strange, Cave City, Kentucky.
I got this from my brother in Cave City, Kentucky:
"The temperature was 29 degrees when I took this picture. Most birds fluff themselves up when they are resting on their selected perch during cold weather. Flo and I weren't sure what this bird was when we first saw it this morning, but with the zoom lens on my "new" Canon we knew it was a Purple Finch."
He is an avid bird watcher and participates in the bird count every year. I hope the bird was indeed warm with those feathers fluffed out like that.
Betty, Concord
Bird feathers are very efficient. When they fluff them out like that, more air is gathered in the spaces between the feathers, providing more insulation. Kind of like you putting on a down jacket when it's cold. /Gary
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Pastries of Demark's Petit Fours
By Mabel Suen
Miss Leon's Serves Some of St. Louis' Best Comfort Food
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Dessert was a fresh-fruit terrine, colorful slices of strawberry, banana and kiwi suspended in a thick berry mousse encased in a light pastry, adorned with mint leaves and raspberries over a "collision" of raspberry and custard. For those for whom all this wasn't enough, a tray of petits fours arrived as a final, final course to go with our coffee.
As noted, many of the game items are also available à la carte, and we leveled off some of the exotic nature of our evening with a second meal of the more "normal" Fio's items, such as a napoleon of smoked salmon and crawfish, couscous in a small fortress of fresh asparagus, a tomato-and-spaghetti-squash salad, and lobster and shrimp around a seaweed-based Japanese salad called chuka, flavored with a vermouth beurre blanc.
On game and nonwild dishes alike, Fio is a master plate sculptor, deftly arranging the many individual elements of each dish and ornamenting with intersecting swirls of sauce, or ridge cuts of carrots, or any number of other decorative elements but always resisting the gaudier trends of stacked, high presentations that overwhelm both the visual aspect of the dish and the diner's ability to maneuver his or her utensils efficiently.
And if you're a soufflé fan, Fio makes some of the best in the city, with the current selection including raspberry, Grand Marnier and Swiss chocolate.
A very short list of restaurants in the St. Louis area consistently perform at the level of "fabulous," and Fio's, now a part of the community for 17 years, has certainly earned its place in the very highest echelon. We are privileged to have them, and they are privileged to serve a dining populace with the good sense to have supported them for all these years.
Fio's game menu will be available until Dec. 18.
FIO'S LA FOURCHETTE, 7515 Forsyth (Clayton), 863-6866. Hours: Dinner starts at 6 p.m., Wed.-Sat. Entrees, $20-$25; prix-fixe: five-course $53.75, six-course $63.75.
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Final Score: Detroit 6, Philadelphia 3
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Henrik Zetterberg tallied two goals and two assists to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers at Joe Louis Arena.
Pavel Datsyuk added a pair of goals and Chris Chelios and Robert Lang also scored for Detroit, which snapped a brief two-game skid to win for the eighth time in its last 11 games overall.
Manny Legace stopped 17 shots for the Red Wings, who continued their dominance on home ice against the Flyers. Philadelphia is now 0-13-2 in its last 15 games in Detroit and last won here on November 4, 1988.
Simon Gagne scored twice for the Flyers, who finally concluded their franchise-record 11-game road trip and will return home to face Colorado on Saturday. Dennis Seidenberg also scored while Antero Niittymaki allowed six goals on 41 shots in the losing effort. Philly finished the road swing 8-2-1.
Detroit took the lead with the game's first goal -- a power-play tally -- at 13:20 of the second period on a one-timer from near the left post by Datsyuk. Zetterberg passed it through the crease and Datsyuk slammed it home for his 17th goal.
The Flyers tied it up with 3:15 to play in the second with a power-play goal of their own, the first of Gagne's two goals on the night. Peter Forsberg held the puck along the left half-wall and passed out to the slot, where Gagne fired a wrist shot over Legace's glove for a 1-1 tie.
With the contest knotted 1-1 at the opening of the third, the Red Wings exploded for five goals in the final stanza and eventually cruised to the three-goal victory.
Before the Flyers could get their bearings, Detroit led 3-1 when goals by Chelios and Datsyuk were scored at the 15 and 46-second marks, respectively.
Seidenberg's second goal of the season at 4:06 brought the Flyers back within one, but a fluke goal by Zetterberg allowed the Wings to regain their two-goal edge.
Zetterberg hustled down the left-wing side and released a shot from the circle before the save was made. The rebound caromed behind the net and Zetterberg sent a pass in front from the rear boards, but the disc deflected off of Niittymaki and into the cage at 8:37. The unassisted marker was Zetterberg's 21st goal.
Philly once again fought back when Gagne beat Legace from a very sharp angle at the bottom of the left circle to make it 4-3 with 9:27 remaining. As with his first marker of the game, the assists came from Forsberg and Mike Knuble.
But Detroit pulled away with two more goals over the next three-plus minutes.
Only 36 seconds after Gagne scored, Zetterberg found the back of the net again for a 5-3 Wings lead. Datsyuk fed a pass from the outer rim of the right circle over to Zetterberg, who was all alone in the low left slot and fired home a wrist shot.
The final nail in the coffin came from Lang, who broke in on a 2-on-1 with Steve Yzerman, took a pass from the future Hall of Famer and buried it into the empty net past a sliding Niittymaki at 14:10.
Game Notes
With the assist, Yzerman moved past Gordie Howe into seventh place on the NHL all-time assist lead with 1,050...Detroit improved to 15-7-1 at home this season...The Wings have now won six of their last eight overall against the Flyers. These teams met in the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, when the Wings swept Philly for the first of their two straight titles...This marked Zetterberg's sixth career two-goal game...The Flyers finished 1-for-4 on the power play, while Detroit was 1-for-6 with the extra skater...Attendance was 20,066.


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We strive to make your child's experience with CLCF Soccer a positive, educational, but most of all FUN. Below you will find some helpful tips to help make the season positive for all.
All games are played at the Chaffee Sports Complex on Hope Road in Western Cranston. If you are using a GPS, 460 Hope Road, Cranston, works pretty well. You can learn more about our facilities here. CLCF Soccer runs a concession stand, great for a snack, early lunch, a coffee fix, or if you forgot to bring a drink for your players - please stop by!
It helps the coach, as well as everyone's stress level, to arrive at the field at least 20-30 minutes earlier than the scheduled start. This will give you time to find your team/field, settle in and for your player to warm-up prior to their match. With baseball running in the spring, parking can be tight at the complex, arriving early will also give you time to find a spot to park. Before leaving for your game, make sure to check here for weather related cancellations. Soccer is played in all sorts of weather - but we do keep in mind player safety - if there is no cancellation here, then we are playing games.
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Government fund tells U.N. it supports developers that have earned billions under carbon-offset program, as decision whether to review the program looms. Some say developers produce more greenhouse gas to win more credits.
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Simple Introduction to Unit Testing
For some unknown reason, I fell in love with Unit Testing after first reading about it a few years ago. I think it's the concept of trying to break another developer's code, trying to out think another developer, and trying to find holes in their implementation that intrigues me. I haven't written as many Unit Tests as most developers, so maybe that's why I still like writing these tests.
I believe that it's not a good idea to have the programmer write their own unit tests, because most of the time if the programmer could think of various ways to break their code, they would have implemented solutions for it. It's much better for another developer to write Unit Test cases for the code, since they may not have intimate knowledge of the actual implementation details.
Although, sometimes you don't work on a team of programmers or have other programmers available to write Unit Tests for your code. In most of my recent projects, I was/am the only developer so I need to write my own Unit Tests. I've found that for the most part, the Unit Tests aren't very useful because I've accounted for everything that I can think to test in the implementation. But every now and then, I've found a few methods where testing with nulls or boundary conditions returns an error that I need to resolve.
What is Unit Testing?
Simply put, Unit Testing is when you write code that tests individual units (methods/classes) of a program. So if you write code to test a class method, then that's a Unit Test. Unit Testing does not eliminate other forms of testing. It compliments testing by testing staff and alpha/beta/end-users.
Why use Unit Testing?
Unit testing allows developers to test their own code before Testing staff gets a chance to test it. I also think that most of the time, Unit Tests will test parts of the code that normal testers won't or can't test. In my experience, most of my testers are usually testing items they can access via the user interface. If there's anything going on in the background, then they can't really test it unless something in the UI breaks and then you would need to start at the UI and debug backwards until you find the actual method causing the problem.
Example of Unit Testing:
Here's the signature of method that we will write some test cases for.
public static string ArrayToCommaDelimitedList(string[] valueArray)
This method takes an array of string values and returns a comma delimited list of items. For example, if we passed in two strings of "A" and "B", then we should get "A, B".
The first test we'll create will be to just validate the example we just mentioned. When naming Test classes, I use a standard such as:
- Namespace naming: ProjectName.Tests.Helpers, where classes to be tested will be in ProjectName.Helpers. I just insert "Tests" as a namespace and try to use the same Namespace names to make organizing my tests easier to find. The above method that we are testing will be in ProjectName.Helpers namespace and the Tests will be in ProjectName.Tests.Helpers. I also create a second Visual Studio project to hold the test cases and never include the test cases in the same library as the code to be tested.
- Class naming: ProjectName.Tests.Helpers.ArrayHelperTests. I append "Tests" to the end of the class name. I like to have one Test class per implemented class. The only difference is that "Tests" is appended to the end of the testing class name and the test class includes a namespace of "Tests".
Here's the code for MyProject.Tests.Helpers.ArrayHelperTests class. In this example, I'll be using MbUnit's Unit Testing Framework.
using System; using MyProject.Helpers; using MbUnit.Framework; namespace MyProject.Tests.Helpers { [TestFixture] public class ArrayHelperTests { [Row(new string[] { "A", "B", "C" }, "A, B, C")] [Row(new string[] { }, "")] [Row(new string[] { null }, "")] [RowTest] public void ArrayToCommaDelimitedList(string[] listItems, string expectedOutput) { string actualOutput = ArrayHelper.ArrayToCommaDelimitedList(listItems); StringAssert.AreEqualIgnoreCase(expectedOutput, actualOutput); } } }
The above test class has one test case (RowTest) with three sets of testing criteria (Row). This is one of the better functions of MbUnit. Some Unit Testing software doesn't allow you to use RowTests, so you would need to create a different Test Method for each set of criteria (if you're Unit Testing framework doesn't support a RowTest like feature, then you would need to create three test case methods for the above example).
Using TestDriven.NET Visual Studio add-on, I can just right click the project, namespace, class, or method to start the Unit Testing. After MbUnit is finished testing, it makes a nice Test Summary HTML report document that includes details of each Test with pass/fail and exception messages. The output of the testing was:
2 passed, 1 failed, 0 skipped, took 2.23 seconds
Now, let's examine why we had a failed test. The testing results provides us details on why the test failed stating:
[failure] ArrayHelperTests.ArrayToCommaDelimitedList(System.String[],) TestCase 'ArrayHelperTests.ArrayToCommaDelimitedList(System.String[],)' failed: Equal assertion failed: [[]]!=[[, ]]
It appears that Test #3 failed because the method we are testing does not correctly render a list with a null value. Our expected output was "" and the actual output was ", ". Since the actual output is not what we expected or want, we can now go back and fix the method to properly handle a null value and then re-run the tests to validate the changes. After making the change by adding a IsNullOrEmpty check on the values passed to the method and rebuilding the projects, all three test cases now pass.
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Are you in the 80% or the 20% of programmers?
Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror writes an interesting article worth mentioning and reading by any programmers out there. He points out that there's only two types of programmers.
Jeff's article is based on Ben Collins-Sussman's article written about a week earlier. Ben writes:
The 20% folks are what many would call "alpha" programmers — the leaders, trailblazers, trendsetters, the kind of folks that places like Google and Fog Creek software are obsessed with hiring. The 80% folks make up the bulk of the software development industry. They're not stupid; they're merely vocational.
Jeff points out (not in so many words) that a lot of programming bloggers happen to be "alpha" programmers (or would like to be considered as much). These bloggers often forget about the 80% of the industry and take on an elitist approach to programming. I've seen this happen many times in blogger's attitude and content. Hopefully Jeff's call to programmers might have some impact.
I've always wanted to be in the 20%, but I know that I'm sitting over in the 80% boat. I'd like to think that I might know enough to be on the edge there straddling between the two groups, but I just don't use enough of the trending techniques, patterns, technologies, etc. to stay up to date on everything. Nor do I want to spend my weekends reading new software engineering, design patterns, etc.
If you're in the 20%, just don't forget about the majority of programmers out there. Most of us are still reading your blogs and experimenting with new technology, but some of us just don't have the time to keep up with everything going on or the flexibility to try as many different things at work as we'd like.
Jeff sums this up with a call to alpha programmers/bloggers stating:
If you really want to change the software development status quo, if you want to make a difference this year, you have to help us reach outside our insular little group of alpha programmers and effect change in the other 80% of the world.
I'm glad it has a name…
This morning's Dilbert cartoon had me rolling. The pointy-hair boss commands Dilbert's team to start using Agile programming. In the boss's description, he states that Agile programming means "no more planning and no more documentation." The boss goes on saying that the programmers can "start writing code and complaining."
Free HD content
After recently purchasing my HDTV, I found that my cable provider sends the local channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CW/WB) over the cable for free. If I had a antenna set up, then I could get HD free from the signal feed, but it's nice to get something for free. These HD feeds are called "over-the-air broadcast" since the channel is providing the broadcast via their antennas and the cable companies are just relaying that signal to coaxial.
If you have a digital TV, then you can just enter the following channels for the San Diego area. You can click here to find HD channels in your neighborhood.
One of the great things about the XBOX 360 is that you can stream HD videos from your computer to your HDTV via the console (without having a HD DVD player). You can also stream music and browse your photographs from your "My Photographs" and "My Music" folder via Windows Media Player.
One downfall that I noticed is that the videos need to be in WMV format, but luckily the music can be in MP3 format. So you can stream your own music as you are playing your favorite games.
After looking around the Internet for some free HD movies to test the PC-to-XBOX wireless streaming, I found Microsoft's WMV HD Content Showcase. There's a few good downloads there, but mostly 1-3 minutes. The downloads are a great way to test your PC-to-XBOX connection with HD movies. The downloads vary in size between 20 MB and 240 MB. Most videos are provided in both 720p and 1080p formats.
I also found "world's first High Definition TV series distributed directly on the Internet" (and free too). The web site mariposaHD.tv provides 25-35 minutes HD TV shows on three primary subjects: adventure (sports, hiking, surfing, biking, etc.), beauty (lots of South American women in bikinis), and style (mostly clothing and some more of bikini models, etc.). The shows are downloaded via BitTorrent which is nice since the files are around 1.4-1.8 GB each. All shows are offered in both 720p and 1080i formats. One of the recent shows (episode 6) has about 10 minutes of a tiësto concert in HD.
Also, you can download individual movies or TV shows via XBOX Live Marketplace directly to your XBOX's hard drive. The Marketplace works a lot like iTunes in that each TV episode and movie is around $2-$6. There's also free movie trailers, game demos, game trailers, etc. that you can download for free using just your XBOX console.
And finally, you can make your own WMV HD movies that can be viewed via your XBOX (without HD DVD) by just writing the WMV files to a CD-ROM. If you want to author your own WMV HD files, then you should read the WMV HD authoring guide.
Debugging assembly loading within a unit test project
I reorganized one of my projects and discovered that my MbUnit tests no longer worked. The error stated that one of the assemblies could not be loaded, but it worked fine before I removed and added the project to another solution. The assembly in question was the SubSonic assembly.
This took me a little while to work through and I wasn't able to find any helpful blogs or documentation to help. So I figured that I'll contribute to the blogosphere and maybe someone else might find this useful.
I thought through the problem and finally figured it out. I had forgotten about how MbUnit executes. Even though, MbUnit's output is sent to the Visual Studio's output window, the tool runs in a separate process - remembering that I was able to debug and figure out how to solve my problem.
The root cause was that the assembly wasn't in the working directory for the test assembly so it couldn't be loaded by MbUnit. The SubSonic assembly was not in the GAC, the SubSonic directory wasn't in my %PATH%, and the assembly's "Copy Local"property was set to false.
By changing the "Copy Local" property, the test project automatically copied the SubSonic assembly to the bin directory and MbUnit was then able to load the assembly without any errors. Alternatively, you could add SubSonic to your GAC (Global Assembly Cache) or add the SubSonic directory (the directory with the .dll file) your environment path. Here's a little more information and the steps I used to resolve the problem.
- Visual Studio Professional 2005
- SubSonic 2.0.3
- MbUnit 1.0.2700 Add-in
- TestDriven 2.8 Add-in
TestCase failed: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for SubSonicService: Could not load file or assembly 'SubSonic' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Message: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for SubSonicService: Could not load file or assembly 'SubSonic' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Source: System.Configuration
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord(String configKey, Boolean& isRootDeclaredHere)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSectionRecursive(String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission, Boolean getRuntimeObject, Boolean requestIsHere, Object& result, Object& resultRuntimeObject)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at SubSonic.DataService.LoadProviders()
at SubSonic.DataService.GetInstance(String providerName)
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at System.Configuration.TypeUtil.GetTypeWithReflectionPermission(IInternalConfigHost host, String typeString, Boolean throwOnError)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.Init(RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.InitWithRestrictedPermissions(RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory..ctor(RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord)
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- Select "Subsonic" library
- Set "Copy Local" to true
- Rebuild the test project
Beowulf: IMAX 3D Experience (Movie Review)
I wasn't too familiar with the Beowulf story, but I knew a little about it before seeing this movie. I had wanted to see the movie based on the previews, but I had never seen a IMAX 3D movie before. Sure, I'd seen a few IMAX movies and a few 3D movies, but never the two combined.
This movie was incredible in IMAX 3D. Unfortunately, I just happen to see it on the first day of showing and after one of my worst Starbucks experiences ever (imagine waiting in line for 30 minutes for a basic cup of coffee and then finding out that they were out of coffee), ended up getting there late and getting a second row seat that was too close to the screen to be fully enjoyed.
In the San Diego area, I believe that the Edwards Mira Mesa Stadium 18 theater is the only IMAX theater in the county, but you can check here for local IMAX showing.
The entire movie was full 3D and look near perfect. There were a couple distortions in the 3D effects, but that might have been due our seats. Overall, I'd probably like to revisit and watch this again in the IMAX 3D showing after a few weeks have passed and the crowds were less and allowed a better and easier seating.
IMDB scores this a 7.0/10, but I really disagree with this. If the reviewers experienced the same movie in the same setting, then I think it could easily get 1 or 1.5 more stars from the IMAX 3D experience. The cast includes John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins, and Angelina Jolie.
ASP.NET AJAX Rich Text Editor
I've been looking for a nice ASP.NET AJAX text editor control for a little while now. There's quite a few JavaScript based controls and AJAX controls using other AJAX libraries, but I've been trying to keep my projects to a single AJAX library.
The author, Kannan Sundararajan, posted the source code over at CodePlex. His friend Kirti has also written up a nice article discussion some of the control's features.
Spider-Man 3: The battle within (Movie Review)
As you may have noticed with my last movie review, I'm a bit behind on watching movies. I'm just now getting around to watching Spider-Man 3 on DVD.
Growing up, Spider-Man was never one of my favorite superheroes. I always thought that Peter Parker was too whiny in the comics and so far I think they've done a good job bringing that to the movies.
Okay, back to Spidey... In fact, his arch-nemesis Venom was one of my favorite comic book characters - and my favorite super-villain. So I went into this moving hoping that they don't spoil my childhood memories of Venom and hoping they elude to Venom's offspring, Carnage for a future movie (if more Spider-Man movies come after this one).
I wasn't very entertained with the previous Spider-Man movies, but they weren't too bad as far as comic book movies goes. In this sequel, the alien symbiote arrives from outer space and finds Spider-Man. This alien (as all Venom fans already know) bonds with Spider-Man to become the black Spidey-suit. This alien enhances his abilities, but also begins to try to take over his conscience as well. Eventually, Spidey frees himself from the alien and it bonds with another person.
The movie description on the Netflix jacket talks about Sandman, but doesn't even mention Venom. From IMDB Trivia, nobody in the movie even calls Venom by his name.
The drama between Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, and Mary Jane reminds me a lot of Smallville for some reason. Giving Sandman a background like this (trying to get money to save his daughter due to a medical condition) was a nice touch, but why are people doing experiments in the middle of the marshlands?
As a bonus, Bruce Campbell has a cameo roll as the French Maître d'. Also, the few scenes with Doctor Connor was a nice touch. Hopefully, they'll continue making the Spider-Man movies long enough for him to become Lizardman.
Exactly, how many extra masks does Spidey carry with him? Seems like its been ripped off or lost a few times and he keeps finding it or getting a new one.
The movie scores a 6.8/10 from IMDB, which is even lower than I would have thought.
Saving and truncating values to fit with SubSonic
For one of my applications that I'm working on, I have two different data sources where one needs to push data to the other. However, since both data sources were not designed for this, there's a few destination fields that are shorter than the source fields.
To resolve this, I needed to truncate any values to fit within the maximum size of the destination fields. If there were only a handful, then it would be easy enough to code. However, there's several dozen fields and just to make sure I don't miss a field, I wrote the below code to loop through the destination fields and automatically truncate any values that exceed the maximum length.
After asking if there was a SubSonic way to do this, I learned that there wasn't any code already written. Montyguy recommended that I override the BeforeValidate method of my Data Access Layer (DAL) related class instead of calling a separate function in my code.
protected override void BeforeValidate() { //Truncates any string columns //to the maximum length of the field foreach (TableSchema.TableColumn col in this.GetSchema().Columns) { if (col.DataType == DbType.String && !string.IsNullOrEmpty( this.GetColumnValue<string>(col.ColumnName)) && this.GetColumnValue<string>(col.ColumnName).Length > col.MaxLength) { string newValue = this.GetColumnValue<string>(col.ColumnName). Substring(0, col.MaxLength); this.SetColumnValue(col.ColumnName, newValue); } } base.BeforeValidate(); }
The above code loops through each column/field in the table/class and checks to see if the value is not null or empty and if the length exceeds the maximum length defined by the database. If so, then it takes a Substring of the value and sets the column to the truncated version of the original value.
Day of Jury Duty
I've walked past the Hall of Justice for a while and always wanted to enter it. I thought that I'd find Superman or one of his super friends from the legion there, but it was just ordinary people that was a little disappointing.
7:30 Wait in line for metal detectors
7:35 Elderly lady's knitting needles confiscated at metal detectors
7:45 Jury duty introduction and overview movie
8:45 Half-hour break
9:15 Forgot to write down exactly how many days my company will pay for, called into Jury Services office to fill it out, called work to find out
9:40 Still no answer from work, admin thinks its either one or two weeks
9:50 Worked called said company pays for all time spent at jury duty. Oh great...
10:10 Name called.. Uh oh.. Going to a department court room. Got to walk across the bridge to the county courthouse.
10:30 Department roll call
10:45 Entered the court room and listened to judge's lecture. The judge begins asking questions to help the attorneys select the jury pool. It is a felony trial. Luckily, I wasn't one of the first twelve called. Judge begins asking questions for the first set of twelve. The trial expected to take 4-7 days. Noticed that the first twelve was weighted towards men (9 men, 3 women) while the entire jury pool sitting in the audience is a majority of women.
12:00 - 1:25 Lunch break
1:25 Judge finishes asking questions to first twelve.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
3:00 Started noticing a pattern with the dismissed jurors. About 30 people left in the room that can be called. I'm starting to get a little nervous.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
3:45 Guy sitting next to me mentions that he notices the pattern also.
Juror dismissed. Another called.
4:15 Both prosecution and defense rests with jury selection.
4:20 Alternate juror called. Dismissed.
4:25 Second alternate juror called.
4:30 Final jury consists of 9 (+1 alternate)women and 3 men (complete inverse of original panel). Everyone dismissed.


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About Kristy Callaway
Name: Kristy Callaway
Web Site: http://www.artsschoolsnetwork.org
Bio: Kristy Callaway has served from March 2008 to present as executive director for the Arts Schools Network, which is a non-profit association founded in 1981, dedicated to serving arts schools leaders. Previously, Kristy was fine arts coordinator and director of curriculum development for 20,000-students in Beaufort County School District, South Carolina, from 1999-2008. Kristy has been recognized by the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, the National School Board Association and the Kennedy Center for excellence in arts education; and the SC Consortium for Gifted Education for professional development. She has served on panels and presentations at annual meetings for Arts Education Partnership, Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education and Partners in Education, Magnet Schools of America and Northwest Evaluation Association. She is a co-founder of the SC Formative Assessment Literacy Group. Kristy is a past-president of the SC Alliance for Arts Education, served on the SC Arts Alliance board of directors from 1999-2009 and on The Arts in the Basic Curriculum steering committee from 2005-2009. Currently, Kristy is serving on the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education National Leadership Committee. Kristy has given numerous keynotes, commencements, professional development sessions, and has taught dozens of graduate courses on arts education, arts integration, creativity, formative assessment and research, and gifted and talented education. Kristy has earned a bachelor's in art history and criticism from Florida State University, and master's degrees in the arts in teaching, public administration and gifted & talented education from the University of South Carolina, College of Charleston and Converse College.
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- Labor, Life, and the Pursuit of Happiness for Arts Alumni (Jun 25 2013)
- Research & Red Flags in Child Development (Mar 22 2013)
- Oscar Winners Thank the Born, Unborn, and Reborn (Feb 28 2012)
- The Liberating Power of the Internet (Sep 23 2011)
- Thrill Kill & Other "Fun" Activities (Mar 18 2011)
- The Scientific Method Should Be Trusted (Mar 08 2011)


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MANKATO (TEC News) – Police have no suspects in a stabbing late Monday night along a street just off Madison Avenue on Mankato's hilltop.
When police arrived at the scene in the 1500 block of Tullamore Street, which runs behind Godfather's and Pizza Ranch, they found a 20-year-old male with a single stab wound to the stomach.
A Department of Public Safety commander said Tuesday morning that the victim knew of the suspect, but didn't know his name.
The suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his 20s who fled the scene in a white Chrysler Sebring.
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Video: Tricked octopus
Octopuses make for discerning TV viewers: it seems they prefer high-definition to traditional cathode ray images (CRT). What's more, the first study using video to trick octopuses, finds that they may be the Jekyll and Hydes of the oceans: aggressive one day, shrinking violets the next.
"People have been trying for over a decade to get proper behavioural responses from octopuses and other cephalopods using videos," says Roger Hanlon, an octopus researcher at the Marine Resources Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, who was not involved in the study. "But this is the first time anyone has managed it."
Gloomy octopuses (Octopus tetricus) reacted to films shown on liquid crystal high definition television (HDTV) as if they were seeing the real thing, according to a new study by Renata Pronk at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues. "They lunge forwards to attack crabs and back off from other octopuses, much as they do in the wild," says Hanlon.
Surprisingly, an octopus that was bold, aggressive and exploratory on one day was just as likely to be shy, submissive and stationary the next. "This suggests that the gloomy octopus does not have personality," writes Pronk in the new study.
No personality
By "personality", researchers mean consistency in behaviour. You might expect an individual to respond to crabs, other octopuses, jars, for example, by being consistently bold, shy or aggressive.
In contrast, the octopuses in Pronk's study were more moody than gloomy. The team captured 31 gloomy octopuses in Sydney harbour and showed them a set of 3-minute videos displayed on a screen at the front of their tank. The videos were filmed at 50 frames per second and featured a crab (their prey), another gloomy octopus, a jar and a water-filled aquarium.
Previous attempts to get octopuses to respond to videos failed, probably because they used CRT, which displays footage at a rate of 24 frames per second – too slowly for their sophisticated eyes. "The images that they see on CRT screens are incomplete and probably incoherent," says Hanlon.
To Pronk's surprise, the octopuses behaved as if animals in the film were real. They lunged forwards at crabs using jet propulsion, often striking the front of the aquarium. But when they saw films of other octopuses, which they avoid in the wild, they cowered behind a terracotta pot placed in the aquarium.
Octopuses that reacted to one film aggressively tended to respond to all films on a particular day in the same way. But over longer periods of time, any trace of "personality" or consistency evaporated. They might react aggressively one day, but much less so on another day. "It's a bit of a surprise," says Hanlon. Other cephalopods, such as the dumpling squid, display consistent personalities for most of their lives.
Huge brains
This lack of consistent behaviour may be related to octopuses's huge brain size, relative to other cephalopods. Big brains may "afford octopuses considerable behavioural flexibility that allows them to change their behaviour adaptively over time," write the researchers.
Lack of personality may not necessarily be a bad thing. They live in dynamic environments (shallow coastal waters and reefs) and "these conditions may select for behavioural flexibility as individuals could then optimise their behaviour in a variety of typical environmental conditions". For example, behaving shyly may be an octopus's best response when it is threatened by a predator, but behaving boldly may be the best behaviour when foraging.
Hormones may drive short-term changes in the octopuses' behaviour from day to day, the authors also speculate.
The new video technology used in the experiment could help to settle several long-standing debates, says Hanlon. "For example, scientists have debated since 1992 whether or not an octopus can learn behaviours simply by watching each other," he says. "This technology will open many doors."
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Kuwait Energy Company K.S.C. (Kuwait Energy) is an independent upstream energy company. It mainly focuses on the exploration, development and production of oil and gas. The company, through its subsidiaries, conducts operations in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eurasia regions. Kuwait Energy carries out its upstream operations in eight countries, which are Egypt, Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Latvia and Ukraine. the company has interests in 60 exploration, development and production licenses. The company has regional offices located in Cairo, Kiev, Sana'a, Basra, Ukhta, Baghdad and Moscow. Kuwait Energy is headquartered in Salmiya, Kuwait.
As a part of its growth plan, in 2012, the company spent around 119.8m towards the capital expenditure. Besides, the company announced a new oil discovery
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100 Level Teacher Training
100 Level Teacher Training Program Outline.
100 Hrs Teaching course schedule Study of theory and practical techniques of Integral Transformational Yoga
• Introduction to Hatha Yoga, Prana Yoga, Raja yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Kundalini yoga
• Introduction to Integral Transformational Yoga
• Introduction to Para and Apara dimension of conciousness
• Introduction of 7 chakras and relation with the 5 bodies (physical, prana, mental,
psychic and spiritual)
• Prana body and 5 Pranas energy flow (Apana, Samana, Maha, Udana and Vyana) and their functions
• Impurities of 4 bodies (physical, prana, mental and psychic), effects and purification techniques for each body
• Awakening of Spiritual body
• Energy mechanics of integral transformational yoga
• Difference of integral transformational yoga from other types of yoga
• Introduction to Meditation
• Talk on diet/Lifestyle for yoga teachers Practice of Integral Transformational Yoga
. Basic integral transformational yoga sequence . Technique of integral transformational yoga
. Invocation of Divine Mother Light through mantras
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Maha Prana Breathing
Apana Prana Breathing
Udana Prana Breathing
Samana Prana Breathing
Vyana Prana Breathing
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. Yogic energy awakening science (Kriyas)
. Introduction to Pranayam
Nadi Shodhan
. Yoga Asanas (practice of Integral transformational yoga asanas sequence- set 1,2,3 and 4)
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. Element Mantra for Chakras
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This course will explore the classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s. This course will introduce the most popular narrative tendencies and film genres that were developed during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema, from the rise and fall of the major classical Hollywood studios, to the definition of the key characteristics of seamless storytelling and the basic mode of film production used during this period. Major films and significant directors from this period will be viewed and discussed.
Credits: 3
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I) The Golden Age of Hollywood
Textbook and Materials Required: No textbook
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Grading/exams: Grading procedures will be determined by the individual faculty member, but may include a researched essay, oral presentation, and regular exams.
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This course is an Arts, Humanities, and Arts and Sciences Elective.
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If you suffer from a chronic wound that hasn't healed in 30 days or a medical condition such as diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, bone infections, radiation skin irritations or vascular disorders resulting in poor blood circulation, your doctor may prescribe hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO).
The ECHN Center for Wound Healing at Manchester Memorial Hospital uses HBO to treat patients referred by a variety of medical specialists such as primary care physicians, internists, podiatrists, radiation oncologists, dentists, gynecologists, neurologists and urologists.
"HBO is used only for wounds that have not responded to traditional treatments as well as for more rare conditions such as the bends and gangrene," explains Dr. Bob Bartlett, senior medical advisor of National Healing Corporation, which advises ECHN's Center for Wound Healing and other partner hospitals around the nation.
While receiving treatment, patients watch movies while relaxing on a bed incased in a large see-through plastic shell as they are surrounded by 100 percent oxygen at higher-than-normal atmospheric pressure which enables oxygen molecules to pass through the plasma to the body more easily and speed healing.
"Although patients may never have heard of it, HBO is a completely noninvasive procedure and can produce results where other treatments have failed even to the point of saving limbs from amputation," Bartlett says.
The HBO experts at ECHN's Center for Wound Healing offer the following information on what new HBO patients can expect:
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Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run is an exciting run held in Cleveland-Akron, Northeast Ohio, USA, that travels through several of the region's most scenic areas, including the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the Cleveland Metroparks and the Metro Parks, serving Summit County. The Cuyahoga River is called the 'Burning River' since it caught fire in 1969.
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The entry fees is $235 for early bird registrations. To participate in Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run you can register in the official website.
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The start is at Squire's Castle in Willoughby Hills, OH and the finish is at the Falls River Square in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The point-to-point course travels through several of the region's most scenic areas, including the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the Cleveland Metroparks and the Metro Parks, serving Summit County. Using the Buckeye Trail and other trails and roads, the course connects to the South Chagrin Reservation and the Bedford Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks before meeting the Towpath Trail in Valley View.
The course then follows the Towpath Trail south to Station Road Bridge in Brecksville. Using various trails including the Buckeye Trail, the Hike-and-Bike Trail, the Bridal Valley Trail and the Towpath Trail the course moves through Brecksville Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The final one-third of the course includes trails in southern areas of the region including the Virginia Kendall Park, Oak Hill and O'Neil Woods.
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SENECA - This summer's monsoon-like conditions have been a nuisance to many, but they were a boon Saturday morning to a few hundred runners in Seneca.
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