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FDMA 2012: International Workshop on Fraud Detection in Mobile Advertising
In conjunction with Asian Conference on Machine Learning (ACML) 2012, 4 November 2012, Singapore
Online advertising flourishes as the ideal choice for both small and large businesses to target their marketing campaigns to the appropriate customers on the fly. An advertiser provides an advertising commissioner with its advertisements, plans a budget, and sets a commission for each customer action. The content publishers, on the other hand, make a contract with the commissioner to display advertisements on their websites. However, since publishers earn revenue based on impressions and clicks they drive to advertisers, there is an incentive for dishonest publishers to inflate the number of impressions/clicks their sites generate—a phenomenon known as click fraud. Click fraud hinders the reliability of online advertising system, and the market for online advertising will eventually contract in a long-term. Moreover, it may lead to expensive litigations from unsatisfied advertisers and bad reputation for the commissioner. It is important for the commissioner to proactively prevent click fraud so as to convince their advertisers the fairness of their accounting practices. Accordingly, a reliable click fraud detection system is needed to help identify dishonest publishers and maintain the commissioner's credibility.
The primary entries from all participants will be ranked in decreasing order of their respective evaluation scores (see Evaluation section), computed on the test set. The top three entries will receive the following cash prizes:
A workshop for the competition results will be held in conjunction with the Asian Conference on Machine Learning (ACML) 2012. Registration waivers will be given to the speakers of five selected/winning teams. For other attendees, the following registration fees apply (for a single workshop):
To register, please click the following link:
More details about the conference registration fee can be found
The best entries of the data mining competition will be assembled for a jointly submitted article to Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR).
This competition involves advertisement data provided by BuzzCity Pte. Ltd. BuzzCity is a global mobile advertising network that has millions of consumers around the world on mobile phones and devices. In Q1 2012, over 45 billion ad banners were delivered across the BuzzCity network consisting of more than 10,000 publisher sites which reach an average of over 300 million unique users per month. The number of smartphones active on the network has also grown significantly. Smartphones now account for more than 32% phones that are served advertisements across the BuzzCity network.
You can download the data sets including publishers_train.zip, clicks_train.zip, publishers_validation.zip and click_validation.zip from our repository. Click here to get an Email for accessing that repository. The Email will be sent to the Email address that you've registered.
To download the dataset, please click:
The "raw" data used in this competition has two types: publisher database and click database, both provided in CSV format. The publisher database records the publisher's (aka partner's) profile and comprises several fields:
On the other hand, the click database records the click traffics and has several fields:
Kindly cite the following paper if you use the dataset
R. J. Oentaryo, E.-P. Lim, M. Finegold, D. Lo, F.-D. Zhu, C. Phua, E.-Y. Cheu, G.-E. Yap, K. Sim, M. N. Nguyen, K. Perera, B. Neupane, M. Faisal, Z.-Y. Aung, W. L. Woon, W. Chen, D. Patel, and D. Berrar, "Detecting click fraud in online advertising: A data mining approach," Journal of Machine Learning Research, vol. 15, pp. 99-140, 2014.
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The goal of this competition is to build a data-driven methodology for effective detection of fraudulent publishers. In particular, the task is to detect "Fraud" publishers (positive cases) and separate them from "OK" and "Observation" publishers (negative cases), based on their click traffic and account profiles. This would help shed light on several key areas:
For training and evaluation, we provide three sets of click and publisher data:
Note: Each dataset comes from a different time window, so there could be publishers (publisherid) who appear across different sets and whose status label may change. You can infer the time windows from the timestamps of the click dataset.
You may participate in the competition as an individual or as part of a team of up to five participants. Only two submissions per day from each team are allowed. You may only be involved in one "team" in the competition (i.e. either as an individual or as a member of a single team, but not both). For team registrations, the team must select a team leader, who will provide the team name, corresponding email address, and team affiliation during registration. Each team is required to register for a user account and log into the competition site. The e-mail addresses of the participants will not be publicly displayed during the competition.
You might download the sample file (baseline_result.zip) from our repository by sftp like the data sets.
The submission format consists of a two-column CSV file. The first column contains the partner id (sorted lexicographically in ascending order). The second column contains the prediction or confidence scores for the fraud (positive) class label, typically normalized within [0, 1] or [-1, 1]. The average precision is then calculated by ranking the scores and measuring precision at different cutoffs (see Evaluation).
To submit your new results, please enter your file below (you need to login first). After uploading your file, it takes a few seconds for scoring, and then you should see your result. Your entry in the public leaderboard (see Evaluation) shall be updated if your current result beats your previous best result. Note: The order of the partner IDs (i.e. the first column) in the submitted file should match that in the sample file.
You can submit your final results on the test dataset below. Note that the submission deadline is on 1 Oct 04:00am UTC, and you are only allowed to submit max two times by then. Any subsequent submission shall be disregarded. Out of the two submissions, the best score will be computed automatically and used for selection of winners. You will receive a separate email showing your and other teams' final scores after the competition ends.
Submissions will be evaluated using the average precision criterion. Full details of the criterion are given in this article. Briefly, suppose there are k publishers in a list ordered by their prediction score, the average precision (AP) is computed as follows:
where Precision(i) denotes the precision at cutoff i in the publisher list, i.e., the fraction of correct fraud prediction up to the position i, and m is the number of actual fraud publishers. Note that, when the ith prediction is incorrect, Precision(i) = 0.
The public leaderboard below displays the best score and corresponding submission time of each team on the validation set. Please note that there will be a separate testing set to be used for final evaluation and determination of the winners. Hence, algorithm which performs best on the validation set does not always perform best on the testing set; this depends on its generalization ability on unseen data.
Seminar Room 2.2
School of Accountancy
Singapore Management University
60 Stamford Road, Singapore 178900
Introduction & Prize Giving to Competition Winners
Presentation by Winner 1
Presentation by Winner 2
Coffee Break
Presentation by Winner 3
Presentation by Runner-up
Poster presentation (by Top 10 Teams)
Each presentation should take 20 min + 10 min questions and answers. Please go to your room 10-15 mins before your session to meet the session chair, and try out the audio-video system. Rooms will be equipped with standard projectors, as well as a Windows-PC for those who don't have their own laptop. Each presentation is accompanied by a poster session on the same day as the talk, from 16:30-17:30pm. Posters should follow the A1-portrait format. Please remove your poster after the session. Any posters that remain after 10:00am on the next day will be discarded.
Clifton Phua, Eng Yeow Cheu, Minh Nhut Nguyen, Ghim Eng Yap, and Kelvin Sim
Institute of Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore
Abstract: For our winning entry based on the test dataset, we applied Generalized Boosted regression Models (GBM) to 118 predictive features, which consisted of 67 click behavior, 40 click duplication, and 11 high-risk click behavior features. Our most important data insight, from both domain knowledge and experimentation, is that invalid or fraudulent clicks have particular temporal and spatial characteristics which make them distinguishable from normal clicks. We were surprised that simple statistical features can retain powerful predictive power over time and reduce the chances of overfitting the training data. We used R for feature engineering and classi_cation (GBM and RandomForest), MySQL for storing thedata, and WEKA for trying out alternative classification schemes.
Full Paper: Poster:
Kasun S. Perera, Bijay Neupane, Mustafa Amir Faisal, Zeyar Aung, and Wei Lee Woon
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates
Abstract: By diverting funds away from legitimate partners, click fraud represents a serious drain on advertising budgets and can seriously harm the viability of the internet advertising market. As such, fraud detection algorithms which can identify fraudulent behavior based on user click patterns are extremely valuable. In this paper we propose a novel approach for click fraud detection which is based on a set of new features derived from existing attributes. The proposed model is evaluated in terms of the resulting precision, recall and the area Under the ROC curve. A final method based on 6 different learning algorithms proved to be stable with respect to all 3 performance indicators. Our final method shows improved results on training, validation and test dataset, thus demonstrating its generalizability to different datasets.
Full Paper: Poster:
Chen Wei, and Dhaval Patel
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Abstract: Advertising plays a vital role in supporting free websites and smart phone apps to target their marketing campaigns to the appropriate customers. Advertisers pay the publisher (typically a website owner) when the ad is clicked (pay per click). However, Malicious publishers generate clicks that do not have genuine interest in the advertisements, which is called "Click Fraud". It results in advertising revenue being misappropriated by click spammers. It is important to take active measures to block click spam today. BuzzCity provides a snapshot of their click and publisher database as dataset for the competition. The goal of this competition is to detect fraudulent publishers. This paper describes the solution of the National University of Singapore team. We exploited a diverse of models (decision tree models, neural network models, models etc). Our final submission is a blend of different learning algorithms. The algorithms are trained consecutively and they are blended together to achieve 62.12% and 46.15% in average precision on the validation and testing dataset separately.
Full Paper: Poster:
Daniel Berrar
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Abstract: Click fraud is a serious threat to the pay-per-click advertising market. Here, we analyzed the click patterns associated with 3081 publishers of online mobile advertisements. The status of these publishers was known to be either fraudulent, under observation, or honest. The goal was to develop a model to predict the status of a publisher based on its individual click profile. In our study, the best model was a committee of random forests with imbalanced bootstrap sampling. The average precision was 49.99% on the blinded validation set and 42.00% on the blinded test set. Our analysis also revealed interesting discrepancies between the predicted and actual status labels.
Full Paper: Poster:
S. Shivashankar and P. Manoj
Ericsson Research, India
Abstract: In recent years, a significant amount of attention is being paid towards fraud clicks in online advertisements. Researchers have started paying an equal amount of attention to it as towards other problems such as placing right ads on a page, personalizing it for an user, etc. In this paper, we elaborate the method we used to predict fraud clicks in mobile ads. The dataset was provided by BuzzCity as part of the machine learning contest held in conjunction with Asian Conference on Machine Learning 2012. As in the case of any fraud detection problem, this particular challenge also involves class imbalance issues. More importantly, as repeatedly said by experts feature engineering is the key for good performance. We built a lot of derived attributes which played a critical role in improving the performance. We used hierarchical committee machines to combine a set of diverse cost sensitive classifiers built using different set of attributes (datasets). More details about feature engineering and methods used can be found in later sections of the paper.
Full Paper: Poster:
August 15 – Registration opens
September 1 – Competition begins
September 30 – Competition ends
October 7 – Winners notified
October 21 – Paper submission
October 28 – Early registration deadline
November 4 – Late registration deadline
November 4 – Competition workshop
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Beer Event Part II
Hey guys!
We just confirmed with Dr. Summers that the beer will be ready this Friday!
Bring in a couple of empty, washed beer bottles to take home some of our beer!
T-shirts will also be sold then!
So join us for a wonderful afternoon this Friday May 2nd @ 3:30pm in Magnolia 4211.
Hope to see you there!!
Beer Making Event
Join us on April 25th for our Beer Brewing Event Part I !! 3:30pm at Magnolia 4211!
We will have our special guest Dr. Summers to do the lecture and he will be preparing a batch of beer for us!
May 2nd is Part II and that's when we can all bring our empty washed bottles, to bottle the beer and to take home to enjoy!!
Beerology 101: Home Brewing!!
MSA is hosting a home brewing event, teaching everyone the methods of home brewing and the biochemistry behind it all.
If you love to drink beer and WAYYY excited to learn to make your own beer in the future, come to the event!!!! The event takes place on two Fridays: Nov. 27 and Dec. 7 at 2:00PM on both days in Magnolia Hall 4211. Come learn the biochemistry and wort making on Nov. 27 and then return to carbonate the beers on Dec. 7 This is one event you wouldn't want to miss!!!!
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Feel free to bring a guest and enjoy a fun bowling night with us!
Contact MSA via email@example.com for questions
See you all there!
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Dr. Kei Amemiya
USU Ventura Room
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11:30 a.m.
September 14th
Power point files from the CLS presentation
Here are the pictures and presentations from the talk on Clinical Lab Scientist by Karen Koch and Jonatan Saenz on Friday, April 20th. Thank you all for coming!
Field Trip to Kaiser Laboratory
Hi MSAers,
We are happy to inform you that KP Clinical Lab field trip has been scheduled! This trip would be great for those of you who are interested in becoming a CLS and for those who want to explore different career options before committing. Here are the details:
Where: Kaiser Permanente Clinical Lab
11668 Sherman Way,
North Hollywood, CA 91605
(818) 503-6878
When: Thursday, May 3, 2012
What time: 12:45pm (it may last up to 2 hours, so please allow appropriate amount of time)
There are a few rules that have to be followed. Attendees must do the following:
Hope to see everyone there!
MSA President
Career as a Clinical Lab Scientist
Hi MSAers,
Hope your semesters are going great! MSA is excited to announce about our upcoming event/seminar. Two of our own CSUN students who already attained their CLS certifications will be sharing their experiences with us. Karen, who works with Quest Diagnostics, and Jonatan, who works with Kaiser Permanente, will talk about what it's like working in a clinical labs. It would be exciting to compare and contrast their experiences in two of the major companies! They'll also give advise and answer any questions that the audience might have. So here are the details:
When: Friday, April 20th, 2012
What time: 2:30-3:30pm
Where: Ventura Room ( the room is located in the USU plaza, on the second floor right above the Freudian Sip Coffee Shop. Just take the stairs or the elevator from the left of the coffee shop (if you are facing the shop) to the second floor and the room will be on your right, past the men's restroom. See the attached map, the room is indicated with a purple arrow. )
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Sue Gibson, HIV Patient in Castlewood Case: Other Patients May Have Been Denied Care
While the wheels of justice were slowly turning, Gibson finally sought treatment at a facility in California. She says that in her condition, the travel "was horrendous," but after a couple of months in treatment she was able to return home.
She says she was interviewed several times by the Department of Justice and says they seemed "very angry" about what had happened to her. Some of that emotion came through in the statement that was released along with the settlement announcement last week:
"Excluding a person from necessary medical treatment solely because of HIV is unconscionable," said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "The Civil Rights Division takes HIV discrimination in any form seriously, and will not allow for the marginalization of those living with HIV."
Asked how she feels about the decision, Gibson says her thoughts return to the woman with hepatitis C who may have been denied treatment.
"It's a very, very serious condition. People shouldn't let it go on," she says. "I feel really bad for that person with hepatitis C that was turned away. I wish I could know if she got help."
(Daily RFT asked Castlewood if a patient was ever denied care because of Hepatitis C, and received this response: "Castlewood denies its staff made the alleged comment to Ms. Gibson, and any allegation that Castlewood discriminates in patient care is false.")
Today, Gibson is still living at home and maintaining her eating disorder, which she characterizes as "walking on a balance beam." She says she's happy with the DOJ settlement, but still shocked by the whole incident.
"It takes me by surprise that people involved in health care would be that ill informed in 2013. In the 80's and 90's I expected that but now?" she says. "People should know that HIV is a blood born illness. HIV and hep C can be prevented by using a condom."
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Men's burlesque show Dixey takes The Fringe Festival by storm…
Burlesque? Check. Acrobats? Check? A healthy dose of nudity? Check, check, check.
What's not to love about the newly formed show Dixey? Made up of a handful of sexy and sassy acts, Dixey have recently premiered their show at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival to rave reviews from audiences. Whether it be comedic stripping or daring rope tricks with chains, there is something for just about everybody.
With some coining the act as 'Disney with dicks', GT couldn't wait to get under the covers with The Stage Door Johnnies to tell us what Dixey's really about…
Hi Dixey, how're you?
All: We're good thank you!
So if I could just get you to introduce yourselves…
Ray Gunn: Okay, my name is Ray Gunn and I'm the pole artist in the show.
Bazuka Joe: My name is Bazuka Joe, the resident unicorn.
Jett Adore: And I'm Jett Adore. I love sparkly things.
How're you enjoying Edinburgh?
RG: We're loving it, we love the weather!
Is it not cold and raining…
All: Yeah!
Your performances at The Fringe Festival mark the premiere of Dixey. Have there been many challenges presenting something so new?
BJ: Er, there have been a few challenges. There's been a bit of difficulty with introducing some of the acts into the mix and learning how they perform. That's been a bit of a challenge.
You say that one of the influences for Dixey is Henry E Dixey. Are there any other influences?
JA: Oh yeah, tonnes actually. Speaking for myself I just consider myself as an artist and artists are influenced by everything around them. We know what we want to say so we use our naked bodies to say it [laughs].
RG: You know a lot of it is just about exploiting stereotypes and twisting ideas about masculinity
Obviously performing burlesque on stage requires a lot of confidence, but do you have any body hangups or days when you don't feel stage ready?
BJ: I'm never stage ready [laughs]! I don't know, for me it's not really about that. It's just about saying I am who I am, I might as well not be ashamed about it.
There's been a lot of amazing feedback for the show. Have you noticed any kind of fan base?
RG: Er, within the performer community for sure. We go and see other shows and other cabarets.
BJ: We support each other. We're all interested in what each other's doing.
Are there any plans to perform at any gay venues in the future?
JA: We do once in a while but it's not just for a gay audience. We love our audiences. We like the gays, we like the straights, we like the old, the young.
Something for everyone.
RG: Yeah.
So what's next for Dixey?
RG: Well hopefully we'll tour the rest of the UK and then after that world domination. Then you know, the universe.
So you're starting off small then!
All: [Laughs]
RG: I know that all of us from Stage, we're all going to go home and just recharge with our puppies and loved ones. So spend some time at home and then see from there.
Dixey are currently showcasing their debut performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 13-24 August, edfringe.com, @Dixeyshow
Words Ben Henry, @NotAgainBen
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will sarah be preforming at all during the first 2 weeks off feb?
Hi Sarah:
My partner Reese and I watched your show last night at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio and you were great. I don't see a lot of concerts but I thought the crowd was kinda rude and unruly and I'm sorry they were. I'm sure if we saw your show in LA, SF or SD the whole mood would have been much better.
Love your comedy central performances, you slay me at any roast I've seen and, yes, you are one of the prettiest celebrities out there :o)
Only a handful of performers inspire me as much, Sandra Bernhard, Jeanne Garafalo, the late Eartha Kitt and you.
Hope to see a lot more of you in the future—you're such a bright light for me.
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intel macs
Ok. I know this is discussed so I hope I wont be killed for posting this. Anyways, I was planning get a Imac G5 17inch coming up here. Now some people say I should wait for intel and buy a mac mini for mean time. Still spending a lot of money so I am thinking that I might as well just pay for an imac right now. Will they all the sudden stop making software for G5's after next year? Also if come next summer I am using my Imac, will it be consider I am using an old retired computer? I know you can always wait for something new so I figured there is no point in waiting. Yes, I dont need a mac but I want one. But do you guys truly think its a smart move to buy a new mac considering Intel coming next year? Will I still have a good computer that will run programs for at least the next several years, or am I buying something at the end of its life? I think I decided I can just wait since something new is coming since there is always something new coming. But give me your clear cut good opinions.
your computer will be just as good then as it is now, which is pretty darn good! Apple has stated that the powerpc will be supported for a long time, considering how long they have used them and how many people own them. Also, one thing to consider, is that the first batch of intel run macs will probably be with their fair share of bugs. As with any major hardware development, there are bound to be glitches. The powerpc is a great processor, and the imac, a great computer. you will not be disapointed, and it will be a good computer for quite some time.
Thanks Guys. You really make sense.
In the meantime, you could use the 'Search' facility and read the many similar threads that already exist for more assurance :p
But in short: Yes
Now what are you saying yes to? Buying now or waiting?
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Parents, administrators and faculty members with a vision for SLMS to have an All-Purpose-Field on the Eagle's home turf are beginning to see that dream become a reality. Plans began in late 2010 to identify a potential location and begin fund raising efforts in order to build a playing field that could be used for both football and soccer. With the assistance of Lincoln County Board of Education, additional acreage was purchased, adjacent to the western border of school property, in May of 2011. After many hours of planning, hard work, and numerous fund raisers, funding was raised to begin the project and ground breaking occurred on June 13th of this year. Phase 1 began with removal of trees, relocation of power lines and phone lines, and a significant amount of excavation. This milestone concluded with the completion of the Site Preparation Phase earlier in July and Phase 2 to implement an irrigation system along with sod, sprigs, and grass is well underway. Come by and get involved in this project.
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I spoke to guitarist Phil Campbell who was masticating a mouthful of egg fried rice and asked about the smoothness of the new album 'Hammered' put in context with the more ragged predecessor "We Are Motorhead".
There are no provocative songs on the new album like 'One More Fucking Time [We are Motorhead], Don't let Daddy Kiss Me [Bastards] or 1916 [1916]?
The track 'Red Raw' could be taken as a condition one might get after spending a few weeks in a brothel?
Lemmy's lyrics have always reflected War in one form or another. With tracks from past albums titled, Marching off to War, Civil War, War for War and Dogs of War. Do the surrounding images of Battle torn lands and terror fueled events effect his lyrics?
After the release of the criminally ignored '1916' album in 1991 and impressive 'March or Die ['92], the band seemed to loose their spark on the following 'Bastards' ['93] and 'Sacrifice' ['95]. From an Englishman's perspective the band was disappearing from view having also relocated to the Los Angeles. Do you think the 'Bastards' and ' Sacrifice' albums were weak releases?
I suppose Motorhead have transcended the bullshit and are above the scathing criticisms dished out by the journalists who are either having a bad hair day whilst writing their articles or are just miserable tossers. The harsh criticism that could destroy an up and coming band can't really touch an established act like Motorhead, would you agree?
When you first joined the band in 1984 and suddenly found your self in the presence of Lemmy did you shit your pants?
What was the first song you played on?
How about the first studio recording you participated with?
The last single was 'God Save the Queen' originally released by the Sex Pistols in 1977. Whose idea was it to cover this track?
You have recorded a few covers, Twisted Sister, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and Metallica,
It was a sad day for music when Joey Ramone died. Did his death effect you?
With all the cover songs you have done it's possible we will see an album in the future featuring them all?
The title of the new album 'Hammered', was this something that just popped out of Lemmy's head?
How did you manage that?
Not wanting to verify the statement and having my doubts about the tongue and cheek nature of Mr Campbells voice I inquired about the albums cover art as my promo was as usual devoid of any cover art,
Yeah, I can imagine [not being any the wiser I might add]
The live environment is what Motorhead were born for,
With the recent release of the 'Boneshaker' DVD featuring the 25th anniversary gig at Brixton, I asked of the whereabouts of Wurzel as I never saw him on stage with the other guests?
Like any Motorhead gig it must be a nightmare to compile a set list that will please every one. A gig could comprise of the following and still run over time without playing any new material: Orgasmatron, Iron Fist, Ace of Spades, Overkill, Motorhead, Stone Dead Forever, Bite the Bullet, Bomber, Eat The Rich, Rock 'n' Roll, No Class, Stay Clean, Metropolis, Killed by Death, Iron Horse, Dead Men Tell no Tales, and so on. With such a huge back catalogue and the obvious need to appease the fans with older material it must cause internal conflict at times.
I have noticed at your past gigs the inclusion of new songs usually amounts to two or three at the most. Will you be airing more from Hammered'?
I also noticed you never play anything from 'Another Perfect Day'?
Do you ever tire of playing 'Ace of Spades'
After trawling the Internet a few months ago, searching for Porn I logged in Twatt and the search engine came up with Batt. Mike Batt to be precise as I had tapped in the wrong letters. I noticed this ex-Womble had released a vast Rock orchestral album titled 'Philharmania Vol 1 in 1998, featuring none other than Lemmy doing a version of 'Eve of Destruction' with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Other contributors doing likewise classical versions of old chart fodder include, Status Quo, Roger Daltry, Joey Tempest [I'm feeling sick already], Justin Hayward and the ever-ghastly Marc Almond.
It's true! I even downloaded it and it's weird shit. Lemmy croons along with a vast array of strings and female operatics. Not dissimilar to the Advert on TV where Lemmy plays the violin,
What has been your most memorable gig?
Your worst gig?
Have you ever been too pissed to play?
Lemmy had a hard time on 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' [A satirical piss taking show about music on BBC2] Do you think he made an error of judgement going on the show?
Lemmy comes across as someone who doesn't take much shit. At a few gigs in the past I've heard him threaten to walk off stage if any more bottles were thrown at the band. You would have thought a show like 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' would have been the last place he would be?
Would you go on the show?
I was fifteen when I first heard Motorhead and although my hero-worshipping days are long gone, my son who is fifteen is also a Motorhead freak. I am always finding my Overkill green vinyl album in his room and that's enough to make any grown man cry.
While the little brat was in his room blasting out Blink 182 [you may sigh, but I would rather that than the dance toss he could have got into] I called him over and mentioned Motorhead were on the phone. Of course he told me to piss off! And stop fucking about, but after I threatened to confiscate his drugs he succumbed to the fact he really was about to talk to Motorhead.
I asked Phil if he would mind my son closing the interview with my last questions concerning the band's involvement with the WWF wrestling scene in the states.
Although a cab was waiting to Wisk him to Radio One he still had the decency to delay it and allow my son to have a few words.
So the little brat finished the interview with the following questions:
How did you get involved with the WWF?
You recorded a track called 'The Game', which is played often at the wrestling events.
That would be the one where Triple H is on the closing track 'Serial Killer'. Will you be doing more stuff with the WWF?
With shouts of 'Cab waiting' emanating from the mic the interview was ended and Pill went on his way to another round of interviews.
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Bolt. Dash. Dart. Run. Leave. Slip out the back, jack....The words all mean the same thing.
When a feeling is too big for me -- too uncomfortable -- I just want the escape plan. The emergency exit. Or at least a loophole, so I can get out of the uncomfortable-ness of whatever is going on.
I have learned that I have a low tolerance for discomfort. Oh, I can walk many a miles, or ride many of roads, or hike huge big-ass hills....what I am talking about is discomfort of emotions, situations, myself, other people's feelings, the unknown.
Not knowing what is going to come next can create the inclination to bolt. To actually have to wait through it all and to be at peace at whatever the outcome might be can create the sudden distress of looking for the escape hatch.
There are a lot of ways to bolt. To leave, to shutdown, to eat when there isn't even a sign of hunger, to shop, to numb out, to watch reality tv to excess.
To not bolt means that I am willing to stay with vulnerability...to have difficult conversations, to trust my gut, to love unconditionally, to let others experience their own experience. To question what I don't understand, to ask for what I need, to listen to my heart, to identify what it is that I am actually feeling, to be authentic.
When the desire to bolt comes to me --- I just have to remind myself to stay. Just stay. To stay and see what is actually going to happen. To trust that I have everything I need to be able to handle whatever outcomes may come my way. Because if I don't stay -- who knows what I might be missing.
When do you have the inclination to bolt?


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Lawrence County attractions
Ohio University Southern Campus: Collins and Riffe Centers and Bill Dingus Technology Center of the University. Located at 1804 Liberty Ave., Ironton. Also a Proctorville campus. Call 800-626-0513 for information on future exhibits.
Lawrence County Historical Museum: An eclectic mix of Lawrence County memorabilia can be found. Located at 506 S. 6th St., Ironton. Hours are 1-5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, April through October and re-opening in November through the holidays. Displays change every six weeks. Group tours available by appointment. Gift shop. Call 740-377-4550.
Lawrence County Historic Iron Furnaces: Relics of Lawrence County's vigorous industrial past scattered throughout the beautiful wooded hills of Hanging Rock Iron Region and the Wayne National Forest. Details about the remains in the area can be found at the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Call 740-377-4550.
Old Route 75 Tunnel: Visit the historic 165 foot tunnel, built in 1866, located at the intersection of US Route 52 and State Route 93.
Ohio River Burlington Picnic Area: This site where the original Lawrence County Courthouse once stood was the route to freedom taken by the Burlington 37 settles from Madison County, Va. For more information, contact the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 740-377-4550.
Burlington 37 Cemetery on Center Street in Burlington: A memorial marker of the 37 slaves freed in 1849 by James Twyman, stands at the gates of this cemetery. All 37 names have been engraved in the marble stone to commemorate their courage. For more information, contact the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 740-377-4550.
Macedonia Church of County Road 120: This church is where the 37 slaves conducted their services. It is still used today for significant community events on Center St. in Burlington. For more information, contact the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 740-377-4550.
The John Campbell Home: John Campbell was the founder of Ironton who also served to help runaway slaves. The slaves traveled through tunnels into the basement, up a back staircase and hid under the eves of the roof until Campbell could finalize plans for their move further north. The history-packed area can be found at North Fifth Street in downtown Ironton. For more information, contact the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 740-377-4550.
Scottown Covered Bridge: In 1991, this historic timber frame covered bridge was preserved and is located on State Route 217 in Scottown, Ohio. A map of the historic location can be found at the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Floodwall Murals: The artwork along side the Ohio River on Second Street in Ironton, Ohio, depicts the history and achievements in Lawrence County. The floodwall can be found in the Center St. area of Ironton.
Lake Vesuvius: The Vesuvius Recreation Area, named for the old Vesuvius iron furnace, is in the Wayne National Forest. This 143-acre complex is north of Ironton, just off State Route 93. There are camping and picnic areas, and hiking trails, horseback riding trails, fishing, boating, swimming and the Ohio University Southern Nature Center. Call 740-532-4600. Other numbers for the Wayne National Forest, Pedro, Ohio; 877-4446777, 877-833-6777 (TDD) and 740-532-4600 (Lake Vesuvius).
Dean State Forest: (located in the Wayne National Forest): The highest point in Lawrence County, Ohio, is located in the forest at Decatur Township with an elevation of 1,055 feet. Ohio River Observation Point: Three states can be seen at this vantage point in South Point, Ohio, at the opening of the Big Sandy River. A sheltered picnic area is available as well as a paved ramp for launching watercraft. For more information, contact Viviane Khounlavong at the Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 740-3774550.
Timbre Ridge Lake: This lake has a paved ramp for watercraft and is best known for bass fishing. For more information, call 740-753-0101.
Ironton C.C.
County Road 43, Ironton
Phone: 740-532-2511.
Holes: 9, private. Par: 70.
Yardage: Men 5,970; Women 5,445.
Description: Fairways lined by pine trees. Well-bunkered, sloped greens.
Spare Time Recreation
2216 S. 3rd St, Ironton
Phone: 740-533-1222
Web: www.sparetimerecreation.com
K-Hill Shooting Range
9905 Ohio 141, Kitts Hill, Ohio
Phone: 740-442-7072.
This indoor shooting range, the only one of its kind in the Tri-State area, features 12 shooting lanes with targets up to 50 feet. Safety is a priority at this shooting range; walls are reinforced with steel and ballistic rubber, so they are impenetrable by bullets. Four certified range safety officers are on site. There is also a classroom at the facility, and the range offers concealed carry and and gun safety classes.
Some department stores have set up shop along U.S. 52 in Lawrence County, Ohio, including Wal-Mart. There also are many locally owned stores.
UNGER'S SHOES: 304 S. 3rd St., Ironton, 740-532-5954, stocks many brands of regular shoes and specialty shoes for different orthopedic needs.
TACKLE BOX: 411 Solida Road, South Point, is one of the largest bait and fishing stores in the region.
IRON CITY HARDWARE: 116 S. 3rd St., Ironton, 740-532-8414, a family-owned hardware store.
BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE: U.S. 52, Burlington, 740-8944242, sells furniture, appliances and other wares.
TRI-STATE CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER: U.S. 52, Burlington, houses Wal-Mart, Lowe's Hardware, Mattress Warehouse and other stores.
Chateau D'Italia-Bed and Breakfast. www.chateauditalia. com 304-208-4525.
Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 401 St. 9th St.; 740-442-7521.
South Point
Comfort Suites, 2940 County Road 144; 740-894-1700.
Grandview Inn, 154 County Road 450; 740-377-4388.
Southern Hills Inn, 803 Solida Road; 740-894-3391.
Casa Grande
Description: Authentic Mexican food
Address:1429 W 49 Township Road, South Point
Phone: 740-894-4394
Chateau D'Italia
Description: Dinner parties, conducted two Saturdays each month, consist of a six- to seven-course meal served family style. Also offers a bed and breakfast. Call for more information.
Address: 1293 Township Road 158 in Chesapeake.
Phone: 740-867-3112
Web: ChateauDitalia.com
The Dairy Bell
Description: Featured items include footlong franks and cheeseburgers. Other specialty items include corn dogs, tuna fish sandwiches, beef barbecue and The Panther Paw - a double cheeseburger with pepperjack cheese. Desserts include milk shakes, frosty freezes, hot fudge brownies and Deep Purples, which are half ice cream and half slush.
Address: 595 3rd Ave., Chesapeake
Phone: 740-867-8171
The Endzone Pizzeria and Sports Bar
Description: Featuring specialty pizzas, burgers, and wings.
Address: 211 Adams St., Ironton.
Phone: 740-533-1111
Frisch's Big Boy
Description: Serving the Frisch's Big Boy double-deck hamburger, plus breakfast (served all day), lunch, snacks, dinner and dessert. Hot breakfast bar and soup, salad and fruit bar every day.
Address: 301 South 9th St., Ironton.
Phone: 740-532-1200
Frog Town
Description: For those feeling green enough, try some frog legs, seafood gumbo or turtle soup.
Address: 2515 S. 3rd St., Ironton
Phone: 740-532-8337
Gino's Pizza and Spaghetti House
Description: Gino's is a Tri-State favorite, featuring pizza any way you like it, pubwiches, baked spaghetti, pepperoni rolls and more.
Address: 240 State St., Proctorville
Phone: 740-886-2300
Melini Cucina Italian Ristorante
Description: Authentic Italian
Address: 124 S. 2nd St., Ironton
Phone: 740-534-5988
Web: www.melinicucina.net
Peddler's Home Cooking
Description: The menu is loaded with down-home country meals including turkey and dressing, baked pork chops and homemade soup.
Address: 2225 S. 3rd St., Ironton
Phone: 740-532-8811
Toro Loco Authentic Mexican
Description: Authentic Mexican food
Address: Three locations — 201 S. 3rd St. in Ironton; 701 Washington St. in Portsmouth, Ohio, and 2311 Gallia St. in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Phone: 740-533-2327; 740354-0407; 740-353-2080
The Transit Cafe
Description: Deli-style sandwiches.
Address: 225 South 2nd St., Ironton
Phone: 740-532-0448


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This is really a very simple project. And all that you need are -
- Duct Tape of two different colors (Choose a mono color duct tape and zebra or spotted leopard or even hot rod print designed duct tape)
- A sharp pointed knife.
- Measuring board.
- Your notebook (A Must I guess!!!)
- Marker For labeling your notebook
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A softer rendition of a traditional ikat pattern. This rug will accent any room beautifully.


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Pastries of Demark's Petit Fours
By Mabel Suen
Miss Leon's Serves Some of St. Louis' Best Comfort Food
By Cheryl Baehr
Fort Taco Is Your Newest Addiction
By Cheryl Baehr
Planter's House Debuts New Spring Cocktail Menu
By Patrick Hurley
Gooseberries Pleases Herbivores and Omnivores Alike
By Cheryl Baehr
By Patrick Hurley
Cabana on the Loop Struggles with Basics
By Cheryl Baehr
Sugar High: Strudel at Feasting Fox
By Mabel Suen
The story goes that the Shaved Duck was named following a night of wine, brainstorming and Google at its sister restaurant, the Scottish Arms, last year. The name "Adelphi," in a nod to the district in London, was tossed around as a possible candidate, but some online digging revealed a similarly named restaurant already existed. The next morning, "The Shaved Duck" was the only name that pierced the haze of hangovers. It stuck.
The Shaved Duck's sky-high wooden doors open to reveal a bar area that looks like a cozy, well-decorated study, so it seems perfectly natural that at one end of the bar, a man is engrossed in a book, pausing every once in a while to sip his beer. There's dark wood and whimsical, jewel-tone stained glass, low-hanging lights and wide-open windows that look onto the tidy brick homes that line this Tower Grove East neighborhood.
2900 Virginia Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Category: Restaurant > American
Region: St. Louis - South City
Almost immediately after the Shaved Duck opened last May, it was lauded for its first-rate beer selection. It's easy to see why: Their beer list is smart and organized in a user-friendly way, wending as it does from cider to stouts. Its midsection is a span of earthy browns, and their differences are easily navigated with the bartender's help.
After debating the merits of this beer over that one, we think about the plummeting temperatures outside: "Maybe wine instead," we say in a meek voice. Even though our bartender, Sara, has expertly answered all of our beer queries, she gives nary a flicker of exasperation when we consider plucking something from the Shaved Duck's comparatively short wine list. (It doesn't surprise us to learn that she was once a teacher.) But we eventually settle on a beer called Goose Island Nut Brown.
It turns out to be a good choice: It rolls onto the palate — almost creamy in its smooth, nutty sweetness. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, one might say. The Chicago-based Goose Island Beer Company recommends pairing the beer with a barbecued pork sandwich, but it goes along swimmingly with everything we've had tonight: beef carpaccio, duck-fat frites and the Quack Madame, which is even more fun to eat (egg, ham and a hollandaise-like sauce on toasted bread) than it is to order. Ditto the chili. It wasn't on the menu, but the bar manager was tinkering with a batch in the back, and suddenly a bowl appeared in front of us. Throughout the night the thoughtfulness extended from every corner of the menu to the spontaneous — and delicious — gestures such as this one.
The Shaved Duck is open all year round; duck season comes to a close in the St. Louis region December 30.
Got a drink suggestion? E-mail [email protected]
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Lockheed Martin Information Systems, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a not-to-exceed ceiling amount of $300,000,000 for the Marine Corps Simulator Master Plan which will allow for the acquisition of U.S. Marine Corps assets to include aircrew procedures trainers for the EA-6B, AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-46E, CH-53E, F/A-18C/D, AV-8B and KC-130 aircraft. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured by an electronic request for proposal and four offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61339-00-D-0007).
Logicon/Syscon Services, Inc., Falls Church, Va., is being awarded an $11,622,307 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-97-C-5214 to provide 50,000 hours of engineering and industrial support for the digital computer based shipboard combat systems. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va. (50%), and Falls Church, Va. (50%), and is expected to be completed by February 2001. Contract funds in the amount of $1,278,453 expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.
L. C. Gaskins Construction Company*, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $6,738,200 task order under a multiple award design build order contract for construction of a 3,603 square meter air traffic control facility at Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, to support the mission requirements of the Space and Warfare Systems Center. Work also includes a traffic control tower cab lab comprised of administrative and laboratory spaces, and demolition and/or relocation of existing facilities. This contract contains options which, if exercised, would bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $7,228,500. Work will be performed in North Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by January 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal. The basic contract was competitively procured using the Two-Phase Design Build process with 75 proposals solicited and 14 offers received in Phase I. Of the 14 responses received in Phase I, only four firms were invited to submit technical and price proposals in Phase II and award was made to multiple contractors on 29 September 1998. The total contract amount for all contractors is not to exceed $200,000,000, which includes the base period and three option years. These contractors compete for each task order under the terms and conditions of the existing multiple award contract. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division, North Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N62467-98-D-1036).
John Deere Construction Equipment Corp., Moline, Ill., is being awarded an $11,210,105 delivery order amount as part of a $30,754,148 firm-fixed-price/requirements type contract, for 49 Hydraulic Excavator Vehicles for the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve. Work will be performed in Trussville, Ala. (50%) and Kernersville, N.C. (50%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were two bids solicited on Dec. 24, 1997, and two bids were received. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-98-D-S009).
Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $1,675,000 increment of a $7,146,792 delivery order amount as part of an $11,994,761 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The contractor will provide support for Federal, Military, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the Technical Cooperation Program customers, for tailored consequence analyses and regional products for planning and reaction to natural and man-made disasters. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (50%); McLean, Va. (47%); Albuquerque, N.M. (3%), and is expected to be completed by Oct. 15, 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on Dec. 13, 1999. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Dulles Airport, Va., is the contracting activity (DSWA01-98-D-0150).


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- If you want a program or service to communicate freely with your computer, you must add that program as an exception in the Windows Firewall. This insures that the Firewall will not block the computer and program or service from sending data back and forth.
Press the "Start" menu at the bottom of your computer screen to display the Start menu. Choose "Control Panel" from the right side of the Start menu. The Control Panel window will open up onto the desktop.
- Double-click on the "Windows Firewall" icon from the Control Panel. The Windows Firewall dialog box will open.
- Choose the "Exceptions" tab at the top of the Windows Firewall dialog box (if necessary). Under "Programs and Services" you will see a list of services and programs that have already been added as exceptions in Windows XP.
- Click the "Add Program" button at the bottom of this list to open the Add a Program dialog box.
- Scroll through the list to locate the program that you would like to add as an exception. When you have found it, click to select it and a gray rectangle will surround the name of the program.
- Click the "OK" button to close the Add a Program dialog box and add the selected program as an exception in your Windows XP Firewall.
- Verify the program you just added is on the "Programs and Services" list in the Windows Firewall dialog box. Close this dialog box and the control panel.
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Agent Based Modelling (an Introduction)
Nice Article….found from the evergreat wikipedia….
An agent-based model (ABM) (also sometimes related to the term multi-agent system or multi-agent simulation) is a class of computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole. It combines elements of game theory, complex systems, emergence, computational sociology, multi-agent systems, and evolutionary programming. Monte Carlo Methods are used to introduce randomness. ABMs are also called individual-based models.
The models simulate the simultaneous operations and interactions of multiple agents, in an attempt to re-create and predict the appearance of complex phenomena. The process is one of emergence from the lower (micro) level of systems to a higher (macro) level. As such, a key notion is that simple behavioral rules generate complex behavior. This principle, known as K.I.S.S. ("Keep it simple and short") is extensively adopted in the modeling community. Another central tenet is that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Individual agents are typically characterized as boundedly rational, presumed to be acting in what they perceive as their own interests, such as reproduction, economic benefit, or social status, using heuristics or simple decision-making rules. ABM agents may experience "learning", adaptation, and reproduction.
Most agent-based models are composed of: (1) numerous agents specified at various scales (typically referred to as agent-granularity); (2) decision-making heuristics; (3) learning rules or adaptive processes; (4) an interaction topology; and (5) a non-agent environment.
Most computational modeling research describes systems in equilibrium or as moving between equilibria. Agent-based modeling, however, using simple rules, can result in different sorts of complex and interesting behavior.
The three ideas central to agent-based models are agents as objects, emergence, and complexity.
Agent-based models consist of dynamically interacting rule-based agents. The systems within which they interact can create real-world-like complexity. These agents are:
- Intelligent and purposeful.
- Situated in space and time. They reside in networks and in lattice-like neighborhoods. The location of the agents and their responsive and purposeful behavior are encoded in algorithmic form in computer programs. The modeling process is best described as inductive. The modeler makes those assumptions thought most relevant to the situation at hand and then watches phenomena emerge from the agents' interactions. Sometimes that result is an equilibrium. Sometimes it is an emergent pattern. Sometimes, however, it is an unintelligible mangle.
In some ways, agent-based models complement traditional analytic methods. Where analytic methods enable humans to characterize the equilibria of a system, agent-based models allow the possibility of generating those equilibria. This generative contribution may be the most mainstream of the potential benefits of agent-based modeling. Agent-based models can explain the emergence of higher-order patterns—network structures of terrorist organizations and the Internet, power-law distributions in the sizes of traffic jams, wars, and stock-market crashes, and social segregation that persists despite populations of tolerant people. Agent-based models also can be used to identify lever points, defined as moments in time in which interventions have extreme consequences, and to distinguish among types of path dependency.
Rather than focusing on stable states, the models consider a system's robustness—the ways that complex systems adapt to internal and external pressures so as to maintain their functionalities. The task of harnessing that complexity requires consideration of the agents themselves—their diversity, connectedness, and level of interactions
Installing Ruby on Rails in Windows
These are the steps to be followed while installing Ruby on Rails on windows
- Install Ruby
- To do this, download the installer for windows from here
- After installing to verify whether ruby is installed properly or not, open your command prompt and type
ruby -v
The output should be showing the version of ruby installed
- After its done it is time to install ruby gems.
- In ruby 1.9.2 it is installed while installing ruby
- For installing gems in older versions download rubygems file from here
- Extract the contents of the folder and traverse to that folder using command prompt.
- When inside the folder, type the following:
ruby setup.rb
you should get a message that rubygems is successfully installed.
- To verify type
gem -v
The output will be the version you have.
- Now time to install rails.
gem install rails
you will see a series og things being installed.
- Done….now type
rails new my_first_rails_app
and spread the magic !!
Database-Related Rake Tasks
The following rake tasks are included by default in boilerplate Rails projects.
db:create and db:create:all
Create the database defined in config/database.yml for the current Rails.env (Or create
all of the local databases defined in config/database.yml in the case of db:create:all.)
db:drop and db:drop:all
Drops the database for the current RAILS_ENV. (Or drops all of the local databases
defined in config/database.yml in the case of db:drop:all.)
db:forward and db:rollback
The db:rollback task moves your database schema back one version. Similarly, the
db:forward task moves your database schema forward one version and is typically used
after rolling back.
Applies all pending migrations. If a VERSION environment variable is provided, then
db:migrate will apply pending migrations through the migration specified, but no
further. The VERSION is specified as the timestamp portion of the migration file name.
If the VERSION provided is older than the current version of the schema, then this task
will actually rollback the newer migrations.
Invoked without a VERSION, this task will migrate all the way down the version list to
an empty database, assuming that all your migrations are working correctly.
With a VERSION, this task will invoke the down method of the specified migration
only. The VERSION is specified as the timestamp portion of the migration file name.
$ rake db:migrate:down VERSION=20100124181315
== AddClientIdToUser: reverting =========================================
— remove_column(:users, :client_id)
-> 0.0367s
== AddClientIdToUser: reverted (0.0370s) ================================
Invoked without a VERSION, this task will migrate up the version list, behaving the same
as db:migrate.
With a VERSION, this task will invoke the up method of the specified migration
only. The VERSION is specified as the timestamp portion of the migration file name.
$ rake db:migrate:up VERSION=20100124181315
== AddClientIdToUser: migrating =========================================
— add_column(:users, :client_id, :integer)
-> 0.0383s
== AddClientIdToUser: migrated (0.0385s) ================================
Executes the down method of the latest migration file, immediately followed by its up
method. This task is typically used right after correcting a mistake in the up method or
to test that a migration is working correctly.
$ rake db:migrate:redo
== AddTimesheetsUpdatedAtToUsers: reverting =============================
— remove_column(:users, :timesheets_updated_at)
-> 0.0853s
== AddTimesheetsUpdatedAtToUsers: reverted (0.0861s) ====================
== AddTimesheetsUpdatedAtToUsers: migrating =============================
— add_column(:users, :timesheets_updated_at, :datetime)
-> 0.3577s
== AddTimesheetsUpdatedAtToUsers: migrated (0.3579s) ====================
Resets your database for the current environment using your migrations (as opposed to
using schema.rb).
db:reset and db:setup
The db:setup creates the database for the current environment, loads the schema from
db/schema.rb, then loads the seed data. It's used when you're setting up an existing
project for the first time on a development workstation. The similar db:reset task does
the same thing except that it drops and recreates the database first.
Create a db/schema.rb file that can be portably used against any DB supported by
Active Record. Note that creation (or updating) of schema.rb happens automatically
any time you migrate.
Loads schema.rb file into the database for the current environment.
Load the seed data from db/seeds.rb as described in this chapter's section Database
Dump the database structure to a SQL file containing raw DDL code in a format
corresponding to the database driver specified in database.yml for your current envi-
$ rake db:structure:dump
$ cat db/development_structure.sql
CREATE TABLE 'avatars' (
'id' int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
'user_id' int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
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I've rarely needed to use this task. It's possible that some Rails teams working in con-
junction with DBAs that exercise strict control over their application's database schemas
will need this task on a regular basis.
Check for pending migrations and load the test schema by doing a db:schema:dump
followed by a db:schema:load.
This task gets used very often during active development whenever you're run-
ning specs or tests without using Rake. (Standard spec-related Rake tasks run
db:test:prepare automatically for you.)
Returns the timestamp of the latest migration file that has been run. Works even if
your database has been created from db/schema.rb, since it contains the latest version
timestamp in it:
ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100122011531)
Database Seeding in Rails
The automatically created file db/seeds.rb is a default location for creating seed data for your database. It was introduced in order to stop the practice of inserting seed data in individual migration files, if you accept the premise that migrations should never be used for seeding example or base data required by your application. It is executed with the rake db:seed task (or created alongside the database when you run rake db:setup).
At its simplest, the contents of seed.rb is simply a series of create! statements that generate baseline data for your application, whether it's default or related to con figuration. For example, let's add an admin user and some billing codes to a sample app:
User.create!(:login => 'admin', :email => 'email@example.com',:password => '123', :password_confirmation => '123',
:authorized_approver => true)
client = Client.create!(:name => 'Workbeast', :code => 'BEAST')
client.billing_codes.create!(:name => 'Meetings', :code => 'MTG')
client.billing_codes.create!(:name => 'Development', :code => 'DEV')
Why use the bang version of the create methods? Because otherwise you won't find out if you had errors in your seed file. An alternative would be to use find_or_create_by methods to make seeding idempotent.
c = Client.find_or_create_by_name_and_code!('Workbeast', 'BEAST')
c.billing_codes.find_or_create_by_name_and_code!('Meetings', 'MTG')
c.billing_codes.find_or_create_by_name_and_code!('Development', 'DEV')
Another common seeding practice worth mentioning is calling delete_all prior to creating new records, so that seeding does not generate duplicate records. This practice avoids the need for idempotent seeding routines and lets you be very secure about exactly
what your database will look like after seeding.
User.create!(:login => 'admin', …
client = Client.create!(:name => 'Workbeast', …
schema.rb file in rails
The file db/schema.rb is generated every time you migrate and reflects the latest status of your database schema. You should never edit db/schema.rb by hand since this file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead of editing this file, please
use the migrations feature of Active Record to incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
Note that this schema.rb definition is the authoritative source for your database schema. If you need to create the application database on another system, you should be using db:schema:load, not running all the migrations from scratch. The latter is a flawed and unsustainable approach (the more migrations you'll amass, the slower it'll run and the greater likelihood for issues).
It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system. First of all, it helps to have one definitive schema definition around for reference. Secondly, you can run rake db:schema:load to create your database schema from scratch without
having to run all migrations. That's especially important considering that as your project evolves, it's likely that it will become impossible to run migrations all the way through from the start, due to code incompatibilities, such as renaming of classes named explicitly.
''Magic'' Timestamp Columns in Rails
Rails does magic with datetime columns, if they're named a certain way. Active Record will automatically timestamp create operations if the table has columns named created_at or created_on. The same applies to updates when there are columns named updated_at or updated_on.
Note that created_at and updated_at should be defined as datetime, but if you use t.timestamps then you don't have to worry about what type of columns they are.
Automatic timestamping can be turned off globally, by setting the following variable in an initializer.
ActiveRecord::Base.record_timestamps = false
The preceding code turns off timestamps for all models, but record_timestamps is class-inheritable, so you can also do it on a case-by-case basis by setting self.record_timestamps to false at the top of specific model classes.


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Gather Up The Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection Offers Unique Opportunity for Visitors
The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is hosting one of the most significant exhibitions ever to be displayed in its galleries. Gather Up The Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection, on exhibit through April 24, is an extraordinary exhibition of more than 200 Shaker objects collected over 40 years by Faith and Edward Deming Andrews. This […] [Read More]
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We're excited to announce the arrival of three new Jacob ewes – Bee, Lucy, and Isla, to our Heckscher Farm family! Bee is one and a half years old with two horns and black and white markings on her body. She has a patch of black over her left eye. Lucy and Isla are two […] [Read More]
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Shippan's first Designer Show House will benefit the Stamford Museum & Nature Center. The house, located at 422 Ocean Drive West, is being transformed by some of the best designers in the area. There are over 25 design spaces to check out, including a greenhouse! Come see how this….. ……….looks now! The Shippan Designer Show […] [Read More]
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By: EMILY HAAVIK
A man was injured in a shooting Wednesday night in Burnett County, Wis.
The Burnett County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a shooting at a home on County Road A in the Town of Scott. They said they got the call at about 10:45 p.m.
A 60-year-old Spooner man was found at another residence. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A suspect is being held in the Burnett County Jail, with criminal charges pending. The investigation is ongoing.


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I am trying to change the row style using a converter however if use the code below i get the wonderful error AG_E_RUNTIME_MANAGED_UNKNOWN_ERROR from microsoft. If i use a literal value like "Green" it then works.
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Hello Clinton van Ry,
I believe problem is in the Silverlight platform. I have not yet found a way to directly use bindings in style setters in Silverlight.
So what you can actually do is to place the converter in the GridViewCell template, or set the binding in code behind. Both approaches are demonstrated here. Please note that using converter in the style setter is only possible in WPF .
In case you have troubles implementing one of the two approaches demonstrated in the blog post , just let me know.
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team
Posted 04 Oct 2009
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Hi Pavel,
Hopefully in the next version of silverlight they will allow style setters for binding.
Thank you for you quick reply and your blog, very interesting reading.
I have tried both samples that you have provided but noticed some strange behaviour. The foreground is only set once and does not update if you change solid color brush. i.e. If you update the data with a timer for example. However the background does change and behaves as expected. I do prefer using the behaviour as way to go forward than 100 lines or more in xaml. In my books less is better.
What i am trying to achieve is to set the foreground to (green, red, black) and fontweight (bold, normal) based on a data value i receive. The data value represents a system status which changes often.
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Posted 07 Oct 2009
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Hi Clinton ,
I have prepared a small sample to demonstrate how the ForeGround may respond to runtime changes in values. In the attached project when you click on a button , the value of the price cell changes and triggers a respective change of the foreground color.
Please note that I have implemented the INotifyPropertyChanged interface to the Product class. This allows RadGridView to listen for changes and update the UI automatically.
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team
Posted 10 Oct 2009
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Hi Pavel Pavlov,
Thank you for your comments. However this is not the problem i am using RIA Service which has the base entity class. The base entity class has the INotifyPropertyChanged. I have prepared a sample that demonstrates the problem.
If you click on the grid scrollbar and scroll so that the row is not visible and scroll it again to make it visible the row cells change to the correct color - very strand as if a repaint is required.
I will post a support ticket for you to have a look at it. The sample application is based on the sample app you have provided in this forum . i.e. product class with two properties productname, price
Kind Regards
Posted 12 Oct 2009
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Hello Clinton van Ry,
Thanks for sending me your project. So here is what I have found :
The service returns a ReadOnlyObservableCollection and it is used as an items source for RadGridView. RadGridView would listen for INotifyPropertyChanged and INotifyCollectionChanged Events. However it seems on each timer tick we get a new instance of the collection, rather than updating the existing one and throwing an event.
So the solution is to call the RadGridView.Rebind() method , after the new collection comes from the service. I have tried it with your project and it seemed to solve the problem. Please see answer to your ticket for more details.
All the best,
Pavel Pavlov
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Ava Louise Marteney, two-day old daughter of Jason and Tara Wagner Marteney of Carrollton, died Saturday evening Sept. 29, 2012, in Akron Children's Hospital.
In addition to her parents, Ava is survived by her twin brother, Ridge Marteney; her older sister, Lily Marteney; maternal grandparents, Don and Christine Wagner of Uniontown; and paternal grandparents, Jeff and Marcella Marteney of Carrollton.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. in Mt. Pleasant Church on Canyon Rd., Carrollton.
Memorial donations in Ava's name may be made to Dystrophic Epidermolysis Research Association of America (DEBRA). Checks should be made to: DEBRA of America, 16 E. 41st St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017 or visit www.debra.org.
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A new track with the preliminary name "GT1" is now available in the online racer Quantum Rush. Like the already existing tracks, GT1 offers a few special features and may shake up the highscores.
The action-packed online game from Berlin-based developer Game Art Studio is currently in the closed beta phase and so there are updates and bug fixes on a weekly basis.
The highlight of today's update is the new track. The pilots can look forward to races with little wall contact as the race track is especially wide.
Skilled players may avoid crashes with the track borders altogether. However, there are so-called slowing lanes on both sides of the track. These do not cause energy loss when driving over them, but will slow the racer down.
Many more surprises await you on the new track, like a gigantic quarter pipe with an energy restoration lane at the outer edge and numerous chicanes that will put your skills to the test.
The new track is available from Tier 1 to Tier 5. The Quantum Rush team is eager to see how you like the new track and they are looking forward to your feedback.
Hint: In order to have more testers online at the same time, please try to log in between 19:00 and 21:00 CET!
Today's patch also includes changes to the existing tracks and balancing optimizations: The Canyon track received more pickups and boosters pads while booster pads and pick-ups in the Coastal and Airport tracks were distributed in a more balanced way.
It is also not possible anymore to use weapons and pick-ups after completing the last lap. Because many engines now have a better energy refill rate, the refill rate of the energy lanes has been reduced to 90%. You can look up all changes on the official Quantum Rush website.
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GameArt Studio was founded in Berlin, 2006, and quickly became one of the most innovative developers and publishers of online games. All GameArt Studio games are multiplayer online games that allow players from all around the world to play together. Furthermore, all GameArt Studio games are free-to-play.
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The USC Young Researchers Program brings motivated local inner-city public school students to USC to do hands-on research under the guidance of faculty and graduate students. Through their experience working in USC labs as well as through workshops designed to introduce students to university-level science, students gain scientific and communication skills, confidence in their ability to succeed at an advanced level, a better understanding of current research in the sciences, and information and connections to help them attend college and pursue careers in science.
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A review of developments in English law during 2007 (Part 1)
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Students take one intermediate Spanish class for 6 credit hours total. Prerequisites: Spanish 101 and 102.
This course is equivalent to SPN 201 and 202 on the home campus.
The Experience:
Toledo has a rich heritage from the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian cultures from the early Middle Ages. Madrid is about an hour away, easily accessible by rail or bus. Students have the opportunity to develop Spanish skills in the classroom with faculty from Spain. Participants reside in the residence at the Fundación Ortega y Gasset. Meals are provided. Excursions may include trips to Madrid, Segovia, and the Route of Don Quixote. Upon their return to Portland, students will be prepared to enroll in 300-level Spanish courses.
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The Summer 2015 program will begin on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 and go until Sunday, June 14th, 2015.
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A newborn baby twice showed no signs of life following a rare complication at birth, an inquest has heard.
Riley Hartin was born at King's Mill Hospital, in Sutton-in-Ashfield, where the medical team initially thought he was dead on birth.
But Nottingham Coroner's Court heard he started breathing and continued to do so for two hours while being held by his parents, Daniel Hartin and Jodie Hemmings, of Mansfield.
Baby Riley had suffered brain damage and was transferred to Leicester Royal Infirmary following the birth on February 18, 2013. He died two days later.
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An inquest into his death today heard he had been starved of oxygen in the womb as a result of a rare condition called vasa praevia – when blood vessels connecting the placenta and umbilical cord lie across the birth canal and are ruptured.
The inquest heard the condition occurs in only one in 6,000 births.
Pathologist Dr Charles Padfield said the rupture would have cut off blood supply to Riley.
He said: "Vasa praevia is an extremely natural complication."
Consultant obstetrician Srini Vindla, of Sherwood Forest Hospitals, said: "Unfortunately it's very difficult to pick up."
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Is Dan Cleary the heir to Tomas Holmstrom's throne in front of the net?
Aug 7, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT
The Detroit Red Wings don't generally have a shortage of talent very often these days. With guys like Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall, and Jimmy Howard it's hard to see how the Red Wings ever have a hard time having success.
Even in spite of all that, some of their key players are a bit older. Lidstrom is in his 40s and going strong, but a guy like Tomas Holmstrom is 38 years-old and worse for the wear given the sort of offensive game he plays. Parking yourself in front of the opposing goalie and taking your lumps from defensemen and goalies alike takes a toll on your body and for Holmstrom, this upcoming season could be his last in the NHL.
Thankfully for the Wings, they've got a guy in Dan Cleary who had a breakout of sorts last year and could be poised to take over Holmstrom's role this year. As Helene St. James of The Detroit Free-Press says, the transition of going from Holmstrom to Cleary could've been helpful in the playoffs last year.
He could have a more secure position this season as a top-six forward, depending on what happens with Tomas Holmstrom.
Holmstrom has been a mainstay as one of Datsyuk's wingers for years, but he is getting up in age (38) and might be more useful as mainly a power-play guy.
Cleary should challenge for time there, too, instead of being left off the power play as he was during the playoffs, even as the Wings sputtered against the Sharks, finishing that series 4-for-28.
If Cleary can pick up where he left off at last year when he scored 26 goals and added 20 assists for a career high 46 points, he'll force the issue for coach Mike Babcock. Cleary was able to do some of the dirty work in front of the net while Holmstrom dealt with injury problems last season and did well on the power play with five goals on the man advantage last year.
That's a far cry from what Holmstrom did scoring 10 of his 18 goals on the power play, but if Cleary is going to be the guy to take his spot there he'll have to improve his numbers. With Cleary being six years younger and a less abused than Holmstrom, he's an ideal candidate to fill those very large shoes in front of the net. What Cleary did last year with his ability at even strength has shown he's capable of being a top six forward with the Wings, it just remains to be seen if it's his time to take that job and make it his own from here on out.
- reospeedwagon916 - Aug 7, 2011 at 1:04 AM
He's going to be 33 in December… Kind of old to be an heir don't you think? This is more like Gerald Ford taking over after Nixon resigned.
- 1943mrmojorisin1971 - Aug 7, 2011 at 2:05 AM
haha well put, Holmstrom seems like a nicer guy than Nixon though….
- polegojim - Aug 7, 2011 at 10:02 AM
What does age have to do with being an heir? An heir inherits something, no matter the age.
Plus – it takes experience and wiliness to effectively play that area. Typically a vetted guy with some years in the league.
- warpstonebc - Aug 7, 2011 at 1:49 AM
Love how the photo makes Cleary appear to be about to take the puck in the nuts.
- polegojim - Aug 7, 2011 at 10:10 AM
It takes a significant amount of grit and edginess to bury yourself in an area where you KNOW you're going to get cross-check, face washed, dumped/tripped, slashed on the ankles and calves from behind, challenged to a fight just about every game, and tagged with some blistering slapshots. Love it.
He'll also need to get used to increased PIM and produce in spite of them. Probably jump from 20 to 40 very quickly. Cleary will become a tougher, bad man.
- icelovinbrotha215 - Aug 7, 2011 at 6:47 PM
Cleary < Holmstrom.
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Pinna, Francesco - Iiriti, Gianluca (2001) La qualità negli interventi di ammodernamento e sistemazione della viabilità ordinaria extraurbana. In: XI Convegno S.I.I.V., 28-30 novembre 2001, Verona.
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This paper turns its attention to the problems concerning the works which, usually, are not considered impacting on the crossing territory. For this reason they escape to a correct control of their environmental compatibility, control that results to depend on designer sensibility and capacity. This is the major part of the ordinary one way viability, that, very often, move itself in places with their own sensibility. Currently the need to improve existing viability give occasion to think about an environmental compatibility of the whole road constructions, not only the wudge ones, allouding that the improvment became also "environmental". In this contest, in the environmental qualifications of the interested area, plays a central rule the project of the green arrangement.
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