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Lady Hi-Liner volleyball climbed right back into the thick of the Eastern Dakota Conference playoff race with a late two-set rally and a 3-2 (28-26. 24-26, 22-25, 25-22, 17-15) home win over Fargo South on Thursday night.
Read this story in the Oct. 25-27, 2013 Weekend Edition of the Times-Record.
University of Jamestown is the top seed in the first-ever North Star Athletic Association Volleyball Postseason Volleyball Tournament, the NSAA announced on Tuesday.
Maple Valley senior setter Abbie Tinjum needed only eight assists to surpass 1,000 assists in her four-year Varsity career as the Raiders hosted rival Northern Casselton on Pink Night Thursday night.
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Valley City's Hi-Liner Booster Board "would like to thank all fans who have so generously contributed to Hi-Liner athletics by joining the Booster Club," the Booster Club wrote in an open letter this month.
Read this story in Thursday's Times-Record.
After making the Top 25 for four straight weeks and ranking as high as No. 16, Valley City State football dropped out of the Top 25 in this week's North Star Athletic Association Coaches' Poll following their straight loss on Saturday, a 42-21 loss to NCAA Division III school Gustavus Adolphus.
The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announced its Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team and honors on Monday, which included Valley City State 6' 4" senior guard Aaron Duske of Buffalo, Minn., and 5' 10" junior guard A.J. McDonald of Killeen, Texas.
Read this story in Wednesday's Times-Record.
Derek Elliott of Valley City State was named North Star Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Week, Josh Licht of Dakota State the Defensive Player of the Week and Dylan Torgerson of Mayville State the Special Teams Player of the Week.
Valley City Parks & Recreation women's volleyball returned for Week 3 action on Oct. 15.
At 5:30 p.m., prior to the Championship round, VC wrestling will recognize all former VC wrestlers, coaches, administrators, managers and cheerleaders in attendance.
The VC Tennis Association has crowned the team of Young People's Healthy Heart of Mercy Hospital as champions of the 2013 Summer Tennis League.


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Rangeley, ME: An Angel in Rangeley
Once the tree arrives at Lakeside Park, it's fitted into a hole in the ground and strung with 4,000 small white lights. At the very top stands a wooden angel carved by Rodney Richard, the Mad Whittler, whose chain-saw sculptures have gained him a national reputation. He's famous around town, though, for his Rangeley Angel. Carved in memory of his five-year-old niece who died in a tragic sledding accident, the angel has come to symbolize the spirit of caring. "We like to say, 'There's an angel in Rangeley,' " says Rodney, quoting a local Christmas card.
The tree-lighting ceremony on November 27 includes American and Canadian national anthems, official welcomes in French and English, choral performances from both towns, and a few words from the local snowmobile club. Finally, the Rangeley Angel — the other one — arrives in a sled pulled by white-as-snow Samoyeds. This is a big moment for the six- or seven-year-old angel, who is chosen way back in the summer when she wins the talent show during the logging festival. Months later, Little Miss Woodchip, by some feat of small-town logic, becomes the Rangeley Christmas Angel, who flicks the switch beneath the giant Giving Tree.
Children in the crowd, nudged by their parents, walk forward to leave gifts beneath the tree. Faces turn upward. As the tree lights, every church in town rings its bells, and the winter air is crowded with sound, note upon folded note rolling out like the hills themselves into the distance.
On years when the weather is good — or at least when it's not blowing up a wind-chill that can reach 20 below — hundreds of people turn out for the Walk to Bethlehem. From the steps of the Rangeley Inn the proclamation is read from the second chapter of Luke: "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed." Then the procession, led by a costumed Mary and Joseph, moves through town, first to the pillared Baptist church on the corner of Lake and Main, then on to the Catholic church a few doors down. Then back to Main Street, past the IGA, where more people join the walk, and on to the tiny Congregational church. Along the way, the walkers stop to sing carols and to ask if there is "room at the inn." At each church they are turned away.
The procession ends at the Episcopal church by the lake. Inside, the auditorium is already full, and there's hardly room for the walkers. People squeeze into pews, stand in the aisles, and sit on the floor in front. The Christmas pageant comes only once a year, and it is a show not to be missed. There are dance performances and dramatic skits, carol singing and bell ringing.
Finally comes the moment everyone's been waiting for: Mary and Joseph walk in carrying baby Jesus — usually the newest baby in town, though often, as it happens, "baby Jesus" is a girl. Then come the Cub Scouts dressed in their shepherd costumes, followed by the Wise Men who present their gifts. When the lights dim, the crowd stills, and the music begins. And then all of Rangeley, packed shoulder to shoulder, lift their voices to sing "Silent Night." Outside, the Giving Tree stands shimmering in Lakeside Park, a bright beacon in a dark December night.

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NCMA Launches New Communities of Practice
May 6, 2008
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NCMA Launches New Communities of Practice
New Online Resource Receives Positive Reaction Among Contract Management Professionals
ASHBURN, Va. – May 6, 2008 – The National Contract Management Association (NCMA) recently launched its new Communities of Practice (CoPs) at World Congress 2008, which took place April 13–16, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Attendees learned more about CoPs and celebrated the inauguration while enjoying frozen beverages at the CoPs launch party. Members also enjoyed learning from educational speakers and networking with peers at the breakfasts and conversation pods. In addition, the small business contracting e-zine, NCMA's first electronic magazine was released.
"We are pleased with the enthusiastic response our members and partners have shown for this exciting new resource. NCMA's Communities of Practice offer something for everyone, whether they are new to the field or experienced professionals," stated NCMA Executive Director, Neal Couture.
CoPs offer expanded learning and networking opportunities for members involved in small business contracting; performance-based service acquisition; task delivery order and schedule contracting; and new professionals.
CoPs founding sponsors have been an integral part of the community development. They are subject matter experts who provide educational and networking opportunities, contribute material for the Web sites and e-zines and actively participate in the discussion boards.
Founding CoPs sponsors include:
- Army Contracting Agency (small business contracting)
- Acquisition Solutions (performance-based service acquisition)
- Centre Consulting (small business contracting and task delivery order and schedule contracting)
CoPs require a variety of roles to support the ongoing activities. NCMA is seeking community leaders and knowledge experts to contribute articles to the e-zines, promote the communities, and more. If you are looking for a way to participate in the advancement of the contract management profession, you can start by getting more involved in CoPs. Visit www.ncmahq.org/communities or contact Michael Sturm, Education Program Manager, at email@example.com for more information.
About NCMA
Founded in 1959, NCMA is the world's leading association in the field of contract management. The organization is dedicated to the professional growth and educational advancement of procurement and acquisition personnel worldwide. NCMA strives to serve and inform the profession it represents and to offer opportunities for the open exchange of ideas in neutral forums. For more information, visit www.ncmahq.org.
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has made additional nomination in government pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate, an Executive Mansion release issued late on Friday said.
Those nominated are Mr. J. Henry Shaw, Deputy Director for Administration at the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Mr. Reginald Elbert Tay, Deputy Director for Operations, DEA, Mr. Joshua Sackie Jr. Managing Director, Monrovia Transit Authority (MTA), Mr. James D. Kormon, Assistant Minister for Economic Cooperation and Integration, Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs and Shadrack Baimba Kanneh, Deputy Director for Technical Services, Center for National Documents and Records (Archives).
The Head of State has also constituted the Board of Directors at the Monrovia Transit Authority (MTA), the release signed by the Press Secretary to the President, Cyrus Wleh Badio, indicated.
Those appointed are Mrs. Ophelia Hoff- Saytumah, City Mayor of Monrovia, Chairperson; Mr. Jeremiah Sulunteh, Minister of Transport, Vice Chairperson; Mr. Richard Tolbert, Chairman National Investment Commission, Member; and Mr. John Brandy, Businessperson, Liberia Business Association (LIBA), Member.
Others are Mr. Francis A. Dennis, Member; Mrs. Amie Clarke, Private Person, Member; Antoinette M. Sayeh, Minister of Finance, Member; and Mr. Joshua Sakie Jr. Managing Director of the Monrovia Transit Authority, Secretary to the Board.


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MEMPHIS WEATHER--Good Tuesday! The heat ramps up even more today with highs in the mid and upper 90's. Plan on your "feel like" temperatures climbing above 100 degrees today! Rain chances are slim, but a stray shower east of the MS river today cannot be ruled out. Mid 90's will hang around through Friday. By the weekend, a weather-maker north of the Mid-South will pass by and will help to bring better opportunities for rain. As a result, temperatures by Sunday will only top out around 90 degrees.
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Heather Russell, 10-year-old singing sensation, wows on original songs
Heather Russell is the newest internet star about to go viral. MSNBC showed a clip of the 10-year-old budding musical star on Valentine's Day and by the end of today, she will probably be a household name.
We've embedded a few YouTube clips and it's easy to see why she's creating a stir. The girl has a voice far beyond her years, she plays the piano and she writes her own songs. And she's 10 years old!
Record producer Rob Fusari has signed her and on his official site, her bio is as follows:
Born: August 10, 2000
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Heroes: Mom, Dad, & little brother Robin
Musical Influences: Prince, Justin Timberlake, Queen, Alicia Keyes
Favorite Food: Pizza, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cheddar Cheese
At 5 years old she had a vibrato; at 8 years old, Heather wrote her first song on the piano called "Beautiful." At 9, Ashton Kutcher tweeted about her to Demi Moore, Ellen DeGeneres wants her on the show and Grammy Winning Music Producer Rob Fusari takes her under his wings. Stay tuned for more on heather.
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'Nashville' Season 2 promo released: Watch Rayna cling to life, Gunnar cheat, and Juliette complainAdd to Favorites | Nashville
After the "Nashville" Season 1 finale, we knew things weren't looking good for Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) after Deacon (Charles Esten) drunkenly caused her car to crash. Now we've got a first look at the aftermath of their car wreck -- and Rayna's in a coma!
In the first promo video released for Season 2, we see that Rayna's not doing so well in the hospital ... she even flatlines at one point while her family looks on with worry. There's some good news ahead, though: we know Rayna makes it out since she's got a new romance on the horizon.
Meanwhile, Deacon agonizes over his mistake that put Rayna in that hospital bed, Juliette realizes that Rayna's coma will make outselling the country legend an impossibility, and Gunnar ... cheats on Scarlett?
Whoa, that's not good for the maybe-newly-engaged, still-living-together country duo. Although it does look like the girl practically jumps on Gunnar, so maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt and hope he pushes her away. Either way, it looks like there's trouble ahead for all of our favorite "Nashville" stars (some of which are new faces, and some have been promoted to series regulars).
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So, if you've been reading for the last two weeks, you know that I've been trying to really hone in on my diet and cut out a lot of extras and stick to a diet rich in more whole foods and less processed stuff. This has also meant me going gluten free…which is getting better, but makes going to places like Chick fil A totally not fun anymore!
Even though I've cut out sweets for the most part, every once in a while I want something that feels bad, but is totally good for me. Let me introduce you to Banana Pumpkin "Ice Cream." You may have even seen appliances that you can buy to turn your bananas into a frozen, ice cream-like treat. My sister showed me how to make this type of thing over the summer and back then I thought it was "cute" that she was making all of these sacrifices for her nursing infant but really didn't think I would ever need it. Well, I didn't even THINK about the fact that it would be a great thing to experiment with and then share with you all!
I've been trying to incorporate more veggies in my diet (which I'll post on later) and this is a great way to sneak veggies into dessert, too!
Banana Pumpkin "Ice Cream"
serves 2
1 medium banana
1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin (not the sweetened kind)
1/4 cup coconut milk (or any non-dairy milk)
1/2 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp stevia granules (like Truvia) (OR a drizzle of honey or maple syrup!)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1. In a bowl, mash together the banana and pumpkin.
2. Stir in remaining ingredients.
3. Freeze for 30 minutes.
4. Stir, and return to freezer for an additional 30 minutes.
5. Depending on your freezer, you can check the consistency and either serve it or freeze for longer. It doesn't really "melt", it just gets mushy.
6. Top with anything! I added almonds, but I'm not allergic. You can add caramel…nuts…chocolate chips…whatever you're NOT allergic to!


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MPD Responds To Call For Nude People at Art Gallery
Apparently we've reached the point that we don't have any real crime over here because 5th District Officers responded to a call about naked people at an art gallery. The three naked people (two women and a man) were part of an opening exhibit Saturday night at Conner Contemporary Art Gallery. The three people were


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Ag bill set aside in Senate and HouseWASHINGTON — The Agriculture appropriations bill for the 2015 fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1, is now bogged down in both the Senate and the House.
By: Jerry Hagstrom, Agweek
WASHINGTON — The Agriculture appropriations bill for the 2015 fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1, is now bogged down in both the Senate and the House.
The Senate approved a measure to proceed with the Agriculture bill but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wanted a 60-vote threshold on amendments in order to limit the number that would pass and most likely to avoid potentially embarrassing votes for Democrats who are up for re-election. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., wanted to reduce the number of votes required for an amendment to be added to the bill, but Reid disagreed and on June 19 set the bill aside.
Meanwhile in the House, the election of a new majority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and a new majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., has put the bill on hold indefinitely as the new leaders try to figure out how to handle the bill.
House Agriculture Appropriations Committee ranking member Sam Farr, D-Calif., said he thinks Republicans might be delaying the bill because they do not have the votes to keep a controversial provision in the House bill that would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to grant a waiver from healthier meals rules to any school that says it has been losing money in the school lunch program.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said on June 18 he would offer two amendments to the bill.
One would reprogram $2 million in the fiscal year 2015 Natural Resources and Conservation Service budget to address the backlog of undetermined wetlands in all states.
"Conservation compliance is an eligibility requirement for crop insurance premium assistance and most other federal farm program benefits," Thune noted.
"With a backlog of more than 3,000 undetermined wetlands in South Dakota, these farmers cannot apply any water management practices on their land because they do not know where NRCS will determine wetlands are located. Some farmers have been waiting two or more years for these determinations."
Thune's second amendment directs Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to complete National Environmental Policy Act activities, if required, within 30 days of receiving an emergency Conservation Reserve Program haying or grazing request because of drought.
"In the drought of 2012, farmers were forced to wait for USDA to complete NEPA requirements before certain CRP practices could be approved by the secretary for emergency haying and grazing," Thune said. "This amendment requires the secretary to expedite this process to make emergency feed available when a drought occurs."
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Disable Digital Driver Signing in Windows 7
When you try to install some device drivers on Windows 7, you might come across a warning message that those drivers should be digitally signed. You can get disable this driver signing warning message in Windows 7 with the help of a workaround.
How to disable Driver signing in Windows 7?
Go to the Start menu and type cmd.exe in the Search Bar. Right click on cmd.exe and choose Run as Administrator.
If you have the UAC turned on, choose Yes to proceed. Otherwise, you should see the command windows opened already. In the shell window, copy paste the following and hit Enter.
bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON
You'll get a confirmation that the operation completed successfully, as you can see below:
Restart your computer for the changes to take effect. You've just disabled digital driver signing in Windows 7.
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Johnathan Sails, right, talks to his attorney, Robert Leonetti of Mt. Clemens during Sails' arraignment Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in the death of a boy at East Detroit High School. / Eric D. Lawrence/Detroit Free Press
A man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a teenage boy he failed to pull from a high school pool in the Detroit area faces a court hearing.
■ Related: Teacher charged in East Detroit High drowning tried to save boy, attorney says
Johnathan Sails is to appear Wednesday for a pre-exam hearing in Eastpointe District Court.
Sails lawyer, Robert Leonetti, says his client is devastated by the tragedy and innocent of the charge against him.
The Macomb County prosecutor says Sails was supposed to be monitoring a remedial swim class at East Detroit High School on Nov. 8 when students told him KeAir Swift was having trouble in the water.
Authorities say Sails changed clothing in a locker room before jumping into the pool. A vice principal wearing a suit jumped in and pulled out the 14-year-old.
KeAir later died.


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Maputo — The international pharmaceutical company Merck announced on Thursday that it is entering into "a strategic partnership" with Mozambique, centred on an "Advanced Capacity Building Programme".
Under this programme over 1,000 university medical students will benefit from clinical training in dealing with diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
According to a Merck press release, during a visit to the medical faculty of Maputo's Eduardo Mondlane University, Stefan Oschman, head of the pharmaceutical division of Merck, said the company hoped to maintain a long relationship with the University "to improve the pattern of diabetes and high blood pressure, health care, medical education and awareness of the problem of diabetes among Mozambicans".
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Rocket Football Coaches to Host Signing Day on Feb. 6; Event Will Be Streamed Live
TOLEDO OH - The University of Toledo football coaching staff will host a special presentation of its 2013 recruiting class in Savage Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 4:00 p.m. All Rocket fans are invited to attend free of charge. A concession stand will be open for fans to purchase snacks and beverages.
Head Coach Matt Campbell and his assistant coaching staff will announce their 2013 recruiting class and show video highlights of each signee at the event. Feb. 6 is the first day that high school seniors are allowed to sign national letters of intent.
The event will be streamed live on UT's official website, www.utrockets.com, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
2013 Toledo Football Signing Day Fan Event
- Head Coach Matt Campbell and UT assistant coaches will present video highlights of 2013 signees
- Savage Arena - Club Seating Area
- Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 4:00 p.m.
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Visitors pass under a white trellis to discover this colorful and fragrant garden which includes more than one hundred varieties of roses. At the garden's center is a reflecting pool punctuated at one end with a bronze sculpture of a heron drying its wings. The tranquil spot commemorates rosarian gardener Clare Lambert.
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Spring is heating up, and so are the opportunities, activities and events of Ohio's county Farm Bureaus. Scholarships, Oil & Gas Informational Meetings, Local Ag Days and more dot this month's County Farm Bureau Round-Up.
As spring heats up, farmers are hitting the fields, and county Farm Bureaus are gearing up for warm weather events and activities. Check out whats being offered throughout the state in the coming weeks.
With 1.4 billion people and a growing middle class, the impact China has on world agriculture is steadily increasing.
Yvonne Lesicko, OFBF senior director of legislative and regulatory affairs, discusses where Farm Bill progress stands.
When an energy company began reaching out to farmers in northeast Ohio about growing grass for biofuels, it was a perfect opportunity for the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau to bring the community together.
Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Jack Fisher has received accolades for his work at the helm of the states largest farm organization.
A breakdown of what's included in the enabling legislation for the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, as passed by the General Assembly.
During Ohio Farm Bureaus annual meeting Nov. 28-30, more than 300 member delegates from around the state will discuss and debate county proposed changes to Farm Bureau policy. Once approved, these ideas will guide the organization on a number of issues in the coming year.
OFBF's annual Trends and Issues Conference held in March focused on the farm bill and climate policy.


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Anberlin, "New Surrender"
ANBERLIN LEAD a class of Christian bands that is difficult, from a marketing perspective, to explain. They boast an army of die-hard fans large enough to generate consistent commercial success, came of age on the roster of forward-thinking Tooth & Nail Records, and have released single after single that simply begs for national blowup. Anberlin so commands the AbsolutePunk niche (that itself no small feat), that it is simply inexplicable how under-the-mainstream-radar they still fly. Last year's Cities, the near-flawless culmination of their previously here-and-there flashes of promise, rammed hard against the brick wall that has stood between nearly every strong Tooth & Nail act and mainstream success: it debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard 200, and made a strong showing in iTunes bestselling albums list. Still, Anberlin has yet to launch a charting radio single and, if you toss out their name in a crowded elevator (I tried it), all you'll likely get is a befuddled "Who?"
Fellow acts on their former label, the used-to-be-renegade Christian rock house Tooth & Nail, have also had a trying time with major-label debuts (their friends Mae, excellent on Tooth & Nail, made a tepid album on Capitol Records and were dropped almost immediately). So it is with some trepidation that Anberlin loyalists watch their boys release their debut on Universal Republic, the peculiarly-titled-for-a-crossover-band New Surrender.
Long-time listeners of a previously-successful indie bands are likely to hear major-label debuts as commercialized retreads, and Anberlin won't be escaping that dilemma on this record. In their defense, their big shot at an introduction to household America is probably not the time to be toying with the sound that has gotten the job done on four records running. New Surrender is without a doubt Cities: Mainstream Rock Edition, but that is hardly the withering characterization it might sound.
Like last time, New Surrender opens with a stunning, rocketing, riot-igniting send-off, except that "The Resistance" knocks "Godspeed" flat on its back, immediately demanding to be named Best Anberlin Track Ever. The guitars have dialed down the fuzz from Cities' melodic wash to a gritty, razor-edged distortion that is closer to Disturbed's neighborhood than they've ever ventured. Stephen Christian's unique, versatile voice sells the upper-register, barn-burning chorus, and vague, well-worn references to riot and revolution come more alive than they possibly ever have. Nathan Young, Anberlin's drummer and youngest member, continues to distinguish himself: on Cities, he played with tricked-out, tripped-up rhythms, and in "The Resistance," he's at the drum-rolling, stick-flailing top of his game.
"The Resistance" and "Godspeed" have enough in common to convict Anberlin of self-plagiarism, but it's difficult to complain about a song executed this flawlessly. New Surrender's opener is another instance of the band in perfect symmetry, perfect artistic unity—the point of excellence on which Cities made its deepest impression.
Another of Cities' career-defining marks was its streamlining of the Anberlin consciousness into a series of well-rounded tracks, rather than the loose, often hookless meandering that characterized Blueprints for the Black Market, and to a lesser extent Never Take Friendship Personal. The first tastes of the band's polished, melodic capabilities emerged on Friendship, particularly the fan favorite "The Feel Good Drag," which gets an updated treatment on this record. But track after track on Cities spun melodies as addictive as the substances their shady cast of lyrical characters abused. New Surrender continues that trend, wrapping defining Anberlin characteristics into radio-ready rockers that binge on hook and harmony. They're nothing new—some tracks like "Breaking," for example, seem to be constructed from snippets of older Anberlin melodies—but they're at very least satisfying, and will easily overshadow any rock track they're likely to meet on mainstream radio.
Though many of New Surrender's tricks are actually Black Markets throwbacks (listen to the way "Disappear" mixes a Cities-esque synth with that old rumbling bass trick), there are a few moments of experiment. After a typical Anberlin intro, a verse backlit by Young's fantastic drumming, "Blame Me! Blame Me!" launches into a pulsating dance rhythm a la Franz Ferdinand or, more recently, VHS or Beta. A ghostly haze of melody, riff, and pulsating percussion, it's irresistible. The gentler tracks again, while showcasing Christian's unique, nuanced singing, tend to drift to the bottom of the mix—none quite shine like Cities' epic choir-backed finale.
On album four, it's most remarkable to see how unified Anberlin has remained in their six-year career. Loved and over-referenced for taking the alternative rock formula seriously enough to infuse it with serious creativity, Stephen Christian and Co. have earned themselves a position that their likely impending status as "new artists" will hardly do justice. But unlike Tooth & Nail graduates of the past, their major-label debut is as mature as it should be, and will provide their new acquaintances a respectable summary.
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Fort Worth Railroad Salvage, Inc. filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas on Wednesday, June 28, 1967 and is approximately forty-eight years old, according to public records filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Monday, July 6, 2015.
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Wendell Grandey is the Director of Fort Worth Railroad Salvage, Inc.. Wendell's additional corporate interests include Wendell K. Grandey, P.C. located in Fort Worth, TX Wendell's past corporate affiliations include Wendco, Inc.
The registered agent for the company is Wendell Grandy. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
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Americans are all about bloodsuckers…and it's the undead ones, not the Goldman Sachs traders, who have hearts in a flutter. Under the specter of the Reagan administration, Stephen King wrote in his 1981 book Danse Macabre that horror fiction, by creating a narrative of pure good versus pure evil, is "as Republican as a banker in a three-piece suit." Now, gone are the 18th-century views of the sanguivorous as putrid ghouls who defile good citizens and vestal virgins. The vampire genre has been democratized and reinvigorated by a feasting of tall, dark, and pulseless hunks, from True Blood's genteel Bill Compton (played by Stephen Moyer), to Twilight's brooding Edward Cullen (played by Robert Pattinson). While most viewers are swept away by epic human-vampire romance (and in True Blood's case, gratuitous sex that makes you yearn for a partner with fangs), these vampire narratives follow a long tradition of reflecting societal woes. Honing in on themes of female empowerment and modern sexual mores, to the culture wars, vampire allegories have taken on a particularly American sensibility. Thus, vampire television, film, and fiction have used these mystical creatures as a vehicle through which to posit questions of gender, sexuality, and minority politics in the first decade of the 21st century.
The current vampire vanguard evolved out of the high literary tradition of 19th Century romanticism. Gothic horror as it appears today was born the summer of 1816 in a villa on Lake Geneva. Here, Lord Byron, hotfooting it from marital problems, proposed a ghost story competition amongst his companions, including physician, John Polidori; friend, Percy Shelley; Shelley's mistress, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; and Godwin's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, who was also Byron's ex-mistress and pregnant with his child. During these reading sessions between rarefied friends and lovers, the grotesque monsters of Eastern Europe transformed into the soulful freaks and dashing patricians of modern popular culture. Godwin, who married Shelley later that year, expanded on her written exercise, publishing the harrowing Frankenstein in 1818. The novel presents contemporary anxieties towards the Industrial Revolution. The hideous and misunderstood monster, engineered by Dr. Victor Frankenstein, is a jarring warning against the abuse of technology and the dehumanizing effects of factory work. In 1819, Polidori's short story, "The Vampyre", which had been inspired by one of Byron's discarded drafts, was published in New Monthly magazine. In the tale, Polidori's vampire is a suave charmer, homosocially traveling the world with his male companion, whilst invidiously luring high-society women into his crypt.
Solidifying the vampire's lateral move from peasant folklore to blue blood bodice rippers was Irishman Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula. Differing from Frankenstein's sympathetic approach and Polidori's foppish villain, Stoker has more disparate views of good and evil and masculine and feminine. Scholars have pored over this text, as reported by Joan Acocella for The New Yorker. Nina Auerbach, in her 1995 book Our Vampires, Ourselves, explicates the changing notions of homoeroticism from Polidori's tale to Stoker's novel. In Polidori's story, sexuality is decadently ambiguous. The primary relationship in the novel is between the protagonist, Aubrey, and the vampire Lord Ruthven, as dead female bodies pile up in the background. Further, Lord Ruthven is able to "pass" as mortal in human society, as how gay men would "pass" as straight men in polite company. Stoker, however, wrote during the Oscar Wilde trials of 1895, where 'indecent' homosexual behavior was made anathema. Consequently, Stoker posits his characters within the strict confines of heteronormativity. Stoker also shows conflicted feelings about the rise of turn-of-the century feminism. Although his heroine, Mina, has worked as a school mistress and is an accomplished typist (a progressive trait for a late-century aristocrat), the overwhelming thrust of the novel, as perceived by Auerbach, depicts women as "weak but good" and men as "strong but less good."
These great works of prose quickly made their way across the pond to the United States, where they were co-opted by the film industry. The first major breakthrough came out of Berlin, with the unauthorized adaptation of Stoker's Dracula by F.W. Murau in his 1922 silent film Nosferatu. A product of the Weimar Republic's expressionist movement, the deformed, and truly horrific Count Orlok was the physical embodiment of the ugliness of humanity. The film reached American audiences in June 1929.
Vampire flicks took a decidedly Hollywood turn with Tod Browning's 1931 Dracula. It was Universal Studio's first horror talkie, casting Béla Lugosi, with his deliberate, Hungarian-tinged drawl, in the title role. In the first two days of its opening at The Roxy Theatre in New York, it had sold 50,000 tickets. In the difficult years of the Great Depression, Dracula went on to be a massive hit, cementing American blood lust for horror cinema.
Throughout the rest of the 20th century, vampire parables have waxed and waned. Their moral fortitude is variable: on one extreme, they are deadly villains, and on the other, they are the noble, isolated creatures illustrated by Louis in Anne Rice's 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire. Today's crop of vampires, however, have M.O.s just as multifaceted as a box of L'Oréal hair dye.
Vampire-philia came to the small screen in 1997 with Joss Whedon's television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. With a run that lasted through 2003, it fused high-school drama and action/horror genres in a clever pastiche of Gen X farce. Set in the fictional town of Sunnydale, California, the petite and always fiercely accessorized Buffy is a high-school student saddled with the responsibility of saving the world a lot. The Hellmouth (the portal of chaos and evil from which the demons emerge) stews beneath the foundations of the high school. This provides endless allusions to the monsters that beset turn-of-the-millennium teens. Portrayed by the adorable Sarah Michelle Geller, Buffy is playful and flippant, always bidding a snappy adieu to her vampire foes before vanquishing them with a stake to the heart.
Buffy's not just a fighter, but a lover as well. She has two serious vampire boyfriends, first the devastatingly handsome Angle (played by David Boreanaz), and subsequently Spike (played by James Marsden), a Sid Vicious doppelganger of sorts. Angle and Spike are happy playing foot soldiers to Buffy's ass-kicking General, and both comfortably defer to the leaderships of heroine-with-a-silly-name. Thus, Whedon succeeded in reversing the scary movie motif of a pretty blonde girl running for her life by crafting a feminist allegory in which women have strength and men have dreamy furrowed brows and vulnerability. The symbolism is made painfully obvious in the series finale when Buffy uses her nifty slayer sickle to bisect a misogynistic über-demon…from the crotch up. Powerful women (and Lorena Bobbitts') of the world, unite!
In contrast, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels, the first installment published in 2005, toned down the 90s "Girl Power", relying on a more traditional boy-meets-girl, will-they-won't-they, vampire narrative. While Buffy's sensibility was of post-modern wit, Meyer's is of post 9/11 sobriety. This approach aligns with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's observation that America's great tragedy marked "the end of the age of irony." Meyer's earnest portrayal of a supernatural teenage romance hit the right note; her four novels have sold over 70 million copies worldwide, and the first film adaptation made $177 million in its initial seven weeks in theaters. New Moon, the second film in the saga, broke the record set by The Dark Knight for best domestic opening day sales. Released on 20 November 2009, the film grossed nearly $73 million in its first day in theaters, a 100% gain over the first film. Midnight screenings alone brought in $26.3 million. While tweens can be fickle, their love for Meyer's world is far from anemic.
Meyer's heroine, Bella Swan, is smart and brave, her intense longing for Edward manifest in her unrelenting heaving bosom. In the Twilight novel and film, however, she is often in need of rescue (from a rogue car, a lecherous group of men, a horde of evil vampires) by her 104 year-old vampire beau, who must resist his urge to eat her. Loosely based on the chivalric romance of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Edward and Bella's relationship progresses slowly, and in stark contrast to Dracula's blatant wantonness with Lucy. Edward and Bella first encounter one another in biology class. When Bella approaches, Edward is described as "sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face like he smelled something bad." Meyer is not quite in the same literary league as Stoker, let alone Austen. What she does share with her predecessors, however, is a Victorian neurosis about sex. As a practicing Mormon, she believes that, like the fate of foolish Lydia Bennett, if a man has sex with a girl before marriage, he will ruin her. In 19th-century England, premarital sex was taboo and dangerous, as syphilis was a widespread and potentially fatal disease. Moreover, the lack of birth control pills or free condoms from the school guidance counsellor could get a woman pregnant, and most assuredly destroy her reputation. In 21st-century America, Meyer's religion views teen sex as a violation, likening it to the violence of penetrating vampire fangs into pure flesh.
Thus, Edward is terrified that he will not be able to control his natural urges for Bella. He knows that if his bloodlust overcomes him just once, he will indelibly change her. So, instead of dry humping, they share furtive glances, hold hands, and leap from treetop to treetop amidst the charming atmospherics of the Pacific Northwest. Theirs is a study in repressed desire and delayed gratification that would make Sting jealous. Lacking Edward's fearfulness, Bella wants nothing more than for him to ravage her. She is the aggressor, so enraptured that she wants to give him her body and human life so that they can be joined together for eternity. The frisson she experiences with every chaste encounter is what resonates with the series' fans. While Bella is constantly tempted by Edward (and who wouldn't be tempted by a boy who literally sparkles?), Meyer stays true to the abstinence, purity-ring set; Edward and Bella don't get it on until the last book, when they are married. Although Meyer appears to be more engaged with the romance than putting forth a "teachable moment," her attitude towards sexuality is clear: if you want to bite me, you have to marry me.
For a more R-rated audience, Alan Ball's HBO series True Blood illustrates ravishment of a more explicit nature. A Southern Gothic soap opera, it is set in the fictional Louisiana town of Bon Temps. The pilot episode explains that vampires have come out of hiding after scientists developed a synthetic blood product called True Blood that renders human snacking unnecessary. Having been "out of the coffin" for two years, the vampire community is agitating for rights and the ability to assimilate into mainstream society.
The television series is based on Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels, the first of which, Dead Until Dark, was published in 2001. The heroine is the good-hearted, telepathic barmaid, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin). She is characterized by her firm moral rectitude, precocious comebacks, and her ridiculously perky tits. First premiering in September 2008, by season 2 over 5 million viewers were tuning in to watch Sookie traipse about Bon Temps looking positively pornographic in a white t-shirt.
In a Hegelian dialectic of vampire leading ladies, if Buffy Summers is the thesis, then Bella Swan is the antithesis, and Sookie Stackhouse the kooky synthesis. In other words, she's not a fearsome slayer, but she doesn't just mope about, staring into Bill's eyes, whining for him to make her a vampire, either. She's a good Christian girl, but has no qualms about pre marital sex if it's with a good man, or dead man. She loves Bill's erotic noshes on her neck. Sookie is also plucky, and in the season 2 finale, when Dionysian demon Maryann asks, "What are you?" Sookie retorts in her southern drawl, "I'm a waitress. What the fuck are you?"
True Blood also has an overt political agenda. The opening credits serve to set up the tensions rife within America's culture wars. Exquisitely pieced together, it juxtaposes images of religious symbolism with totems of debauchery and decay, all to the dirty baseline of Jace Everett's "Bad Things". Images of a black Baptist congregation praising Jesus cuts to gyrating stripper with cellulite. There are clips of hooded clansmen, a decomposing fox, and a sign that reads "God hates fangs".
True Blood's vampires bear the wrath of the lunatic right-wing fringe, having a similar experience as black and gay Americans. Like the plight of many minority groups before them, vampires are only allowed to marry humans in the state of Vermont. This is a blatant reference to the gay marriage debate, but can also be seen in the context of the anti-miscegenation laws that prohibited black and white couples from marrying in Southern states like Virginia up until 1967. Most characters are fearful of vampire/human relationships, tarring women who bed vampires "fang bangers." When Sookie can't help but hear people's thoughts of her relationship with Bill, most dismiss her as a floozy who's slumming it. The town folk much rather see Sookie with a pick-up truck driving, red meat eating, Neil Diamond hating Southern Man, than a wealthy, well-mannered, Sidney Poitier in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner-esque, vampire.
Alan Ball continues pulling punches at extreme 'family values' conservatives. He depicts a congressional candidate who makes a sport of vampire bashing (i.e., gay bashing). In his spare time, said candidate buys black market V (a hallucinogen made of vampire blood that gives one incredible sexual prowess) from a flamboyantly gay black man. Another vampire-phobe, bringing the fire and brimstone of Jerry Falwell and co., says that "Vampires have taken our jobs and our women, and their very blood turns our children into addicts, drug dealers and homosexuals!"
Season two presents more screwball religious hypocrisy. A maniacal Christian cult called the Fellowship of the Sun runs a conversion camp and vigilante training ground at the "Light of Day Institute". Led by Reverend Steve Newlin, their objective is to eliminate the vampire menace and their pesky sympathizers. While Sookie and the gang thwart their attempt to provoke an epic human/vampire showdown, it has been confirmed that Newlin will be back for season 3, where one can expect more god-fearing gems, like when he tells Sookie, "The war has begun, you evil whore of Satan."
Newlin isn't all-wrong. Bad vampires still roam the earth. The human-eating ones can be differentiated through their preference for S&M gear and nasty snarls. Despite their pathological streak, we still like them, because how can you hate a creature so pretty?
It has been almost 200 years since Shelley and Polidori put quill to parchment, and gothic horror has continued to dramatize social fears. The most pertinent difference between vampire tales past and present seems to be that as they've gone through the wringer of American popular culture, their role has shifted from antagonist to protagonist. With the entire hullabaloo surrounding the "Twi-hards" and True Blood's pulpy cliffhangers, one mustn't forget that the vampire experience can be delicious if placed in its proper social context. From Buffy's girl-power acrobatics, to Bella's characteristically heaving bosom, to Sookie's luridly exposed bosom, the mortal sylphs have proved to be more relevant than their polite, supernatural hunks. Next time you roll your eyes at yet another person who squeals in delight over Edward Cullen's monosyllabic grunting, remember that there are strains of vampire mania that don't suck.


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KILIMO Kwanza initiative is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology in its endeavour to contribute to the country's social economic development.
"We have already decided to direct the Ministry's resources to areas with huge positive impact to people's life and Kilimo Kwanza is one of them," the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Florens Turuka, told journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam.
Kilimo Kwanza is a government's initiative which seeks to attain green revolution in Tanzania by bringing in mechanized agriculture, irrigation projects, adding value to crops and other measures. He said that the Ministry had decided to commit part of its resources in research works that seek to develop the country's agriculture and specifically Kilimo Kwanza initiative.
"We have decided to use the government's funds allocated for research and development to create a strong human resource base that will help develop the initiative among other sectors," Dr Turuka said. He mentioned some of the areas focused by his Ministry for more research as developing agriculture implements and markets for agriculture produce.
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He mentioned other potential areas focused for research as improving the agricultural value chain and value addition. Statistics show that the high- income countries add up to USD 180 of value by processing one ton of agriculture produce but developing countries add only 40 US dollars to one ton.
Whereas 98 per cent of agriculture production in industrialized countries undergoes processing, only 30 per cent is processed in developing countries. "The value addition area is the very important for researching... a priority is given toward this endeavour," he emphasized.
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In the past, it has not been possible to perform searches within documents stored in a proprietary, binary format, such as Microsoft Word documents and Adobe Acrobat documents. The present invention solves the problem by storing the binary file as a field in a record of the database. Then, the binary file is translated into a text format, which is searchable within the database. Thereafter, a user of the database is able to search within binary files by performing a search of the translated file.
1. A method for facilitating a search of a database for binary content corresponding to a text string, said method comprising:
creating a record in said database;
storing said binary content within a binary large object field of said record, wherein said binary content does not contain searchable text and, wherein said binary content was created from text saved to a file of at least one of: a word processing program, a spreadsheet program, a presentation program, and a document layout program;
converting each binary set of said binary content directly into each corresponding ASCII value to form text content;
storing said text content within a character large object field of said record;
searching for said text string within said character large object field; and,
downloading, from said database, said binary content to a computer based on said searching step.
2. The method of
determining a file format of said binary content; and,
converting said binary content to said text content based on said file format.
3. The method of
determining a file format of said binary content; and,
converting said binary content to said text content based on said file format by applying an algorithm according to said file format.
4. The method of
receiving search criteria, wherein said search criteria comprises said text string;
constructing a query based on said search criteria;
executing said query to locate data within said character large object field;
matching said search criteria to produce search results; and,
retrieving said binary content from said binary large object field corresponding to said character large object field based on said search results.
5. The method of
6. The method of
7. The method of
saving said binary content to a file; and,
providing a hyperlink to said file.
8. The method of
This application generally relates to a computer database, and more particularly, to a method and system for facilitating full-text searching of binary files.
A database is a collection of information that is stored in such a way that a computer program can quickly find desired data. Databases are used for many purposes throughout the world such as, for example, to store information regarding financial accounts, contact information, parts for specific products, court cases, and a multitude of other different uses. It is sometimes desirable to have a database that is accessible by many people at once such that multiple people can access data simultaneously. With the growth of the Internet, it has also become desirable for people in remote locations to be able to access data.
One problem with prior art databases is that, for a database to be used on a global basis, it was often necessary to create a "local copy" of the database in the remote location. For example, a database system may be stored in New York. However, it is desirable to have the database system accessed by people in London, England. Accessing a database on a global basis often becomes slow. Therefore, databases of the prior art relied on a local copy of the database being used in England and other sites that are far from the location of the database. Some globally used databases required the use of multiple local copies because of the number of users in different areas of the world. The local copy is periodically synchronized such that the information in the local database is the same as the information in the master database. However, between synchronizations, the data in the local database may be different than data in the master database. Such a situation may occur when either the master database is changed or when the local database is changed. Because certain databases contain very important information that can be changed by certain users, it is desirable to have a database that is accessible worldwide and does not incorporate the use of local databases.
One other problem with prior art databases is the lack of ability to search certain types of files. Databases typically contain records and fields. Fields contain individual pieces of information, such as a part number, or contact address, while a record is a complete set of fields. The various fields may be configured to store numeric information or text information, or a variety of other specialized types of information, such as date/time. Certain types of fields contain large amounts of text. Each of the fields can be searched to find records, wherein the fields meet certain criteria for the record request.
In certain instances, it is desirable to place existing information in a database for easy searching and access. However, the existing information may be in a proprietary binary format (i.e., a format that is computer-readable but not directly human-readable). Exemplary binary file formats include files created by Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and Adobe Acrobat. In the prior art, it was not possible to perform a search on those types of binary files, as opposed to traditional files containing only text. It is desirable to have greater search capabilities of databases, including searching of binary files.
The present invention solves the problems in the prior art by providing for the searching of binary files. A binary file is placed in the database and the binary file is also processed such that the text information is extracted. The extracted text is then placed in another field of the database. A user is then able to search the extracted text. When the user wishes to access the information in the record, the user is able to open the binary file.
The present invention also provides a method for searching a database. Once a query is entered, a text field of the database is searched. The text field contains a text-only translation of a binary file. The results of the query are presented to the user such that a user is able to download or view the binary file, which is contained in the same database as the text-only translation.
A more complete understanding of the present invention may be derived by referring to the detailed description and claims when considered in connection with the Figures, where like reference numbers refer to similar elements throughout the Figures, and:
The present invention may be described herein in terms of various functional components and various processing steps. It should be appreciated that such functional components may be realized by a variety of different hardware or structural components configured to perform the specified functions. For purposes of illustration only, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described herein. Further, it should be noted that, while various components may be suitably coupled or connected to other components, such connections and couplings may be realized by a direct connection between components, or by a connection through other components and devices.
With reference to
When a user desires to access the database, the user uses a web browser on client computer 106 to access the Internet 108. Using the correct URL, the user is able to authenticate himself and access database server 102 through web server 104.
As described above, full-text searching is a feature that is very desirable. With such a feature, a user is able to search lengthy text, such as user manuals, court opinions, and the like, for desired phrases. However, such a process does not adequately function for files stored in proprietary binary formats, such as those by word processors such as Microsoft Office and WordPerfect, spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel, presentation programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint, and document layout programs such as Adobe Acrobat. Because those types of files are stored in a binary format, it is not easy to search the contents of files created by those programs for text phrases.
With reference to
Certain databases include the ability to contain a Character Large Object (CLOB), which is a large amount of text data. That text data can be queried, such that text phrases can be found within the CLOB. However, the database cannot contain a Binary Large Object (BLOB) file in the CLOB. Therefore, when attempting to load information into an embodiment of the present invention, if the format of the information includes a BLOB, the information is translated such that it only contains text information (step 202), and can thus be stored as a CLOB in the database (step 203). Such a translation step may occur in a variety of ways now known or developed in the future. For example, a translating program can be accessible by an embodiment of the present invention. The translating program may be preconfigured to be able to translate a variety of different files into text files. The BLOB is also stored in the database, such that the BLOB can be opened in its native format (step 204). By storing the BLOB in its native format in the database, the BLOB can be downloaded and opened in its native program by a user.
With reference to
The user then selects the record he wishes to view. The selection may occur in any number of different methods known in the art. For example, a user may be able to click (using a pointer controlled by a mouse) a push button or check box associated with the record noting that the user wishes to few a particular record.
The various fields of the selected record are then examined and parsed by an embodiment of the present invention (step 308). If there is information contained in the CLOB field, the BLOB field is checked to determine if it is empty. This comparison can be performed in a variety of manners. For example, a particular field can be compared to a NULL value. If the field is not equal to the NULL value, it is not empty. In the alternative, a database program may respond to a command that determines if a field is empty.
If the BLOB field contains data, an indication can be made to the user. For example, a text message can be displayed stating that there is a binary file available. Thereafter, the user can download the binary file stored in the BLOB field (step 310). The download may occur in a variety of manners known in the art. For example, the binary file may be placed at a specific location. Then a hyperlink to that location can be created and displayed to the user. Thereafter, a user can access the file by clicking on the hyperlink, triggering a download of the file in question.
The present invention is described herein with reference to block diagrams, flowchart illustrations of methods, systems, and computer program products according to various aspects of the invention. It will be understood that each functional block of the block diagrams and the flowchart illustrations, and combinations of functional blocks in block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, respectively, may be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be loaded on a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart block or blocks.
For the sake of brevity, conventional data networking, application development and other functional aspects of the systems (and components of the individual operating components of the systems) may not be described in detail herein. Furthermore, the connecting lines shown in the various figures contained herein are intended to represent exemplary functional relationships and/or physical couplings between the various elements. It should be noted that many alternative or additional functional relationships or physical connections may be present in a practical electronic transaction system.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart block or blocks. The computer program instructions may also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart block or blocks.
Accordingly, functional blocks of the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations support combinations of means for performing the specified functions, combinations of steps for performing the specified functions, and program instruction means for performing the specified functions. It will also be understood that each functional block of the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, and combinations of functional blocks in the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, can be implemented by either special purpose hardware-based computer systems which perform the specified functions or steps, or suitable combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
The system may include a host server or other computing systems including a processor for processing digital data, a memory coupled to said processor for storing digital data, an input digitizer coupled to the processor for inputting digital data, an application program stored in said memory and accessible by said processor for directing processing of digital data by said processor, a display coupled to the processor and memory for displaying information derived from digital data processed by said processor and a plurality of databases, said databases including client data, merchant data, financial institution data and/or like data that could be used in association with the present invention. As those skilled in the art will appreciate, user computer will typically include an operating system (e.g., Windows NT, 95/98/2000, Linux, Solaris, etc.) as well as various conventional support software and drivers typically associated with computers. User computer can be in a home or business environment with access to a network. In an exemplary embodiment, access is through the Internet through a commercially-available web-browser software package.
As will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art, the present invention may be embodied as a method, a data processing system, a device for data processing, and/or a computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely software embodiment, an entirely hardware embodiment, or an embodiment combining aspects of both software and hardware. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product on a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in the storage medium. Any suitable computer-readable storage medium may be utilized, including hard disks, CD-ROM, optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices, and/or the like.
In the foregoing specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, it will be appreciated that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative manner, rather than a restrictive one, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of present invention.
Benefits, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to specific embodiments. No element described herein is required for the practice of the invention unless expressly described as "essential" or "critical."
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Beyonce Performs In Shanghai
Beyonce is quite global, and she was last spotted in Shanghai for yet another performance. Here are some candids of the Diva during a press conference and photocall. I don't have a lot to say, this is my umpteenth hundred post of Beyonce. She looks nice.
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Adam Kennedy finished his Perl on a Stick grant a few weeks ago. You can download the first beta release in Strawberry Perl website. Also, while TPF expects Adam to publish a final report sometime, he wrote some posts on his use.perl blog about this grant. Here is a brief resume of them:
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congrats, more than 150000 downloads at strawberryperl.com =)
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If you have been to CES, you know the sheer size of the place and the amount of stuff there is to cover. If you haven't, let's just say it is a Smithsonian of tech shows, meaning it's huge and sprawled over several buildings and even hotels in Las Vegas. A few days of covering this show, and you will start to get in better shape. Of course, vendors are somewhat grouped together to make it easier to find specific zones of interest. The iLounge pavilion is one such zone, mainly concentrated in a squarish area in the North Hall. We tend to focus a lot on that area, but close to the same area is the fitness tech zone. If you want to check out the latest mobile gear to help you shape up, this is the zone for you.


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We are pleased to announce that we now offer customized 'regulation size' sand trays for sand tray therapy. My eBook "Sand Tray Therapy 101" also comes with the sand tray order! This book retails for $39.95, but is free with your custom sand tray purchase!
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