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African American men have lower rates of early detection of prostate cancer and higher rates of diagnosis. Furthermore, African American men are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer compared to White men.
Over the past 25 years recommended guidelines have changed about serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing. Annual PSA tests were once recommended for all men over age 50. Recently updated guidelines by the United States Preventive Services Task Force do not recommended routine PSA testing. "Despite these shifting guidelines," the authors write, "the call for informed decision-making for all men, including ethnic minorities, has remained a constant."
To better understand prostate cancer for minorities, these researchers conducted a systematic review of the literature summarizing interventions to improve informed decision-making about prostate cancer detection among minorities, and quality of life among minority prostate cancer survivors.
They found 19 studies that fell into four intervention types:
The studies did increase participants' prostate cancer knowledge or improve their self-efficacy for decision-making about screening or symptom management. However, the studies evaluated changes on the day the intervention ended, with the long-term effects unknown.

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Germany's economy is expected to see growth accelerate in 2014
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Thirty years after R. Buckminster Fuller's death, the visionary inventor and architect's Fly's Eye Dome has been reborn in Miami. Unveiled during Art Basel Miami Beach 2014, the replica dome, designed and fabricated by Goetz Composites in cooperation with the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI), pays tribute to Fuller both aesthetically and technologically. Constructed using contemporary materials and digital design tools, the new 24-foot Fly's Eye Dome (which serves as the pedestrian entrance to a parking garage in the Miami Design District) is yet further evidence that the creator of the geodesic dome was ahead of his time.
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The title of TEX-FAB's fourth annual competition—Plasticity—has a double meaning. It refers first to the concept at the core of the competition brief: the capacity of parametric design and digital fabrication to manifest new formal possibilities. But it also alludes to the material itself, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP). "Plastics have the potential to push contemporary architecture beyond the frame-plus-cladding formula dominant since at least the 19th century," said competition winner Justin Diles. Pointing to traditional stonecutting and vault work, he said, "I'm very interested in this large volumetric mode of construction, but I'm not at all interested in the stone. I think that composites probably offer the best way of addressing this old yet new mode of constructing architecture."
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Each year, a group of Pratt Institute graduate students is challenged with pushing the boundaries of exhibition design as they curate the student work from the previous year. "The basic brief is for it not to be a show where it's work on white walls, but that there's an installation component," said Softlab's Michael Szivos, who co-taught the 2014 exhibition course with Nitzan Bartov. The spring show coincides with the publication of Process, a catalog of student projects. "The book shows it in that more normative condition, year by year," said Szivos. "The installation works in tandem with that. The hope is that the students come up with something different." This year Szivos' students passed the test with flying colors, constructing a floating display out of Mylar, medium-density fiberboard, cardboard, and Tyvek that upends the conventional relationship between architectural models and two-dimensional images.
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A thin shell pavilion with an audio feedback program invites engagement.
Apertures, the amorphous pavilion designed and fabricated by Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U) with students from SCI-Arc, challenges two of architecture's defining dualities: the distinction between wall and window, and the division between exterior and interior. "Conceptually, we were looking at objects that are multi-directional and have apertures as their main theme," said partner Herwig Baumgartner. "That was one aspect of it; the other was the barriers between inside and outside and how we can dissolve these. We're interested in architecture that's responsive through either movement or sound." As visitors pass through or otherwise engage with the 16-foot-tall, 1/8-inch-thick structure's many rounded openings, attached heat sensors trigger sounds based on human bio-rhythms, creating a feedback loop that encourages active exploration of the space. Read More
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Composite materials are on display in the undergraduate-built FIBERwave PAVILION.
Carbon fiber's unique properties would seem to make it an ideal building product. Untreated, carbon fiber cloth is flexible and easy to cut. After an epoxy cure, it is as hard as steel. But while the automobile and aerospace industries have made widespread use of the material, it has gone virtually untouched by the architectural profession. Alphonso Peluso and his undergraduate students at the IIT College of Architecture set out to change that with their FIBERwave PAVILION, a parametric, sea life-inspired installation built entirely of carbon fiber. "We want to make the studio an expert resource for people trying to get into carbon fiber in terms of architecture," said Peluso, whose students designed, funded, and built the pavilion this spring. "There's a studio in Germany that's in their second year of working with carbon fiber, but I don't think anyone in the United States is working with it." Read More
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A room-filling parametric design makes its way from the classroom to Austin's famous music festival.
When Kory Bieg and his students at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture began working on Caret 6, they had no idea that it would wind up at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) music and arts festival. But the rippling, room-filling installation soon took on a life of its own. Within months, Bieg's undergraduates—who had little previous exposure to digital design—had designed and fabricated Caret 6, and assembled and disassembled it twice, first at the TEX-FAB SKIN: Digital Assemblies Symposium in February, and then at Austin's most famous annual gathering in March. Read More
An Impossible Stair by NEXT Architects
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A folly in a Rotterdam suburb draws on residents' complex relationship with the city.
The residents of Carnisselande, a garden suburb in Barendrecht, the Netherlands, have a curious relationship with Rotterdam. Many of them work in the city, or are otherwise mentally and emotionally connected to it, yet they go home at night to a place that is physically and visually separate. When NEXT architects was tapped to build a folly on a hill in the new town, they seized on this apparent contradiction. "This suburb is completely hidden behind sound barriers, highways, totally disconnected from Rotterdam," said NEXT director Marijn Schenk. "We discovered when you're on top of the hill and jump, you can see Rotterdam. We said, 'Can we make the jump into an art piece?'" Read More
Boston Valley Brings a 100-Year-Old Dome into the Digital Age
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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Boston Valley Terra Cotta restored the Alberta Legislature Building's century-old dome using a combination of digital and traditional techniques.
Restoring a century-old terra cotta dome without blueprints would be a painstaking process in any conditions. Add long snowy winters and an aggressive freeze/thaw cycle, and things start to get really interesting. For their reconstruction of the Alberta Legislature Building dome, the craftsmen at Boston Valley Terra Cotta had a lot to think about, from developing a formula for a clay that would stand up to Edmonton's swings in temperatures, to organizing just-in-time delivery of 18,841 components. Their answer? Technology. Thanks to an ongoing partnership with Omar Khan at the University at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning, the Orchard Park, New York, firm's employees are as comfortable with computers as they are with hand tools.
Public's Tree-Like Transit Shelters for UBC
Friday, February 21, 2014
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An abstracted version of a street tree, a canopy of tessellated irregular polygons balances atop slim steel posts.
When Public: Architecture + Communication visited the site of the transit shelters the University of British Columbia had asked them to design, they found that something was missing. The main point of entry to the campus, University Boulevard is lined with trees—except where the bus shelters would go. "There was this language of gaps that we noticed," said Public's Christopher Sklar. The shelters themselves, they decided, should fill in the tree line. The designers were left with a question, articulated by Sklar: "How does it be a quiet piece but also something interesting and unusual that relates to its surroundings?"
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Has the Thompson School District "Reformers" flier, which states it is "Paid for by Americans for Prosperity," appeared on your doorstep ?We should be concerned about how "Reformers" in Thompson are continuing to put "politics first" in our school district. Their flier contains a lot of misinformation.Before the "Reformers" were elected to the board, we already had many choices that met the needs of a diverse student population. They include K-12 programs LISA, IB, STEM and GT, and AP in 10-12. ... Full Story
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To the Editor, Wednesday night our Board of Education argued over whether the word "choice" should be defined before inclusion in a policy for evaluating the superintendent. Board President Kerrigan insisted on moving ahead without a definition, but in the end, the Board voted to first define the word. Why such a fuss over one word? Do the Board majority and minority really perceive the word "choice" so differently? What does it mean to you? You might ask: Does choice mean choosing between ... Full Story
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School boards become next front in partisan battle Education policy draws higher interest as political parties put more resources into races By Alex Burness Reporter-Herald Staff Writer In a public comment at Wednesday night's Thompson School District Board of Education meeting, Windsor's Amie Toerge lit into Bryce Carlson, the board's vice president, accusing him of helping usher partisan politics into the district. "I was appalled to learn that (Carlson) is currently serving as a ... Full Story
Problem solving the TSD way
To the Editor, I have a list of steps for solving problems. Here is how the TSD (Loveland) school board measured up on Wednesday night: Identify the problem. Student achievement is too low. What does that mean? Not discussed. How serious it is? Not discussed. How did the problem originate? Not discussed. What do the ... Full Story
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5 Myths About Our Schools That Fall Apart When You Look Closer Conversations about the U.S. education system often revolve around misconceptions. Here's some clarity. Click on the Schoolhouse to see the video Charter Schools are not necessarily the answer either. Read link below. Record year for Ohio charter school failures is unnerving proponents and Maybe It's Time to Find a New Word for "Reform
Marchman for Board of Education
Dear Editor: Elections for the Thompson School District Board of Education are fast approaching. Janice Marchman is a current Board of Education member who is running for re-election. I am a teacher in Thompson School District and I have had many volunteers in my classroom over the years but never a school board member. Janice has volunteered her time at our school for the past few years. She mentored one of my students so I had the pleasure of witnessing first hand, on a regular ... Full Story
Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Program, Larimer
The Thompson School District is accepting applications for the 2013-2014 Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Program. Eligibility requirements for the program are: Applicants must be 62 years of age or older. Applicants must own and live in the home for which they are applying. Applicants must live within the Thompson School District's boundary area. Only one person from each household may apply. Forty participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis by calling ... Full Story
Thompson School District announcements
Thompson SchoolDistrict to PresentCommunity Forums on School Security The Thompson School District will be presenting three community forums designed around the topic of school security. Featuring a panel of District personnel and local emergency management officials, the forums will be an excellent opportunity for the public to ask questions, learn more about the steps that the District has already taken in this area, as well as glean information regarding plans for future months. The ... Full Story
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The Thompson School District is accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Program. Eligibility requirements for the program are: Applicants must be 62 years of age or older. Applicants must own and live in the home for which they are applying. Applicants must live within the Thompson School District's boundary area. Only one person from each household may apply. Forty participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis by calling ... Full Story
School Board ousts Superintendent
Press Release June 20, 2012 In a move to take the Thompson School District in a different direction, the Board of Education voted Wednesday night to terminate the remaining year's contract of Superintendent Ron Cabrera, who will leave his position on June 30. The board voted during a regular Board of Education meeting after making the decision during an executive session on Monday, June 11. Cabrera was notified on Wednesday, June 13. The board will select an interim superintendent no later ... Full Story


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USDA Has Approved GE Non-Browning Apples. Is the Public Ready for Them? – March 11, 2015
The gene silencing technique used to develop Arctic apples hasn't been thoroughly studied, critics say
I've been eating a lot of apples these days, mostly as part of my daily serving of salad. The fruit slices offer a perfect crisp and juicy counterpoint to the softer greens. Usually, I pre-slice the apples for my lunch salad. The slight browning that occurs as the slices oxidize from being exposed to air has never bothered me, but evidently some consumers find it unappetizing. Every year tens of tons of apples end up in in the trash, much of it due to browning and bruising. So does that mean there's a market for genetically modified apples that don't brown when cut?
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China Imposes One-Year Ban on Ivory Imports Following Mounting Criticism – February 26, 2015
Wildlife advocates hopeful, but say more needs to be done to save African elephants from being poached to extinction
A bit of positive news to end this week with: Yesterday, China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports. From the Associated Press:
"The State Administration of Forestry declared the ban in a public notice posted on its official site, in which it said the administration would not handle any import request.
"In an explanatory news report, an unnamed forestry official told the state-run Legal Evening News that authorities hope the ban would be a concrete step to reduce the demand for African tusks and to protect wild elephants. The official said the temporary ban would allow authorities to evaluate its effect on elephant protection before they can take… more
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GOP to schedule an override vote by March 3
As promised, without much fanfare, President Barak Obama vetoed a bill that would have approved the controversial Keystone XL pipeline shortly after it landed on his desk today.
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Threatened or near threatened species make up 17% of all marine animals impacted by manmade debris, says report
A few days ago, I wrote about a study quantifying the ginormous amount of plastic debris that's making its way into our oceans every year. (In case you haven't heard it yet, 9 million tons of plastic is expected to end at sea this year, and researchers say the trash will likely increase tenfold over the next decade.) Now yet another study, which attempts to quantify how much of sea life is impacted by stuff we throw away, says this flotsam is contributing to the potential extinction of some already endangered marine species.
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Researchers warn that the trash could increase more than tenfold in the next decade
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TIFTON -- Jimmie Ruth Seymour Bush, 79, of Tifton died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Dr. Danny Ray and Rev. Brantley Seymour will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Josh Goodman, Chase Goodman, Jay Rigsby, Matt Rigsby, Brian Bailey, Craig Seymour and Jeff Seymour will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will be meeting at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Brantley Seymour, 2307 U.S. Highway 82 East in Tifton.
Mrs. Bush was born on July 26, 1932 in Bainbridge and was the daughter of J. B. Seymour and Hazel Spinks Seymour, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Auburn Robert Bush; one daughter, Sheila Teresa Bush Cross; two brothers, Stanley Seymour and Randall Seymour; and one sister, Catherine Seymour. She was a homemaker and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. She loved to cook and spend time with her family.
Mrs. Bush is survived by one son, Robert Christopher "Chris" Bush of Tifton; one son-in-law, Charlie Cross of Atlanta; three brothers, Rev. Brantley Seymour of Tifton, Bobby Seymour of Ty Ty and Claris Seymour of Tifton; one sister-in-law, Betty Widner of Sebring, FL; two grandchildren, India Cross and Ashley Bailey; and two great-grandchildren, Eston Bailey and Rowan Bailey.
You may express condolences to the family at the online guest registry at www.bowen-donaldson.com.
Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals
Tifton 229/382-4255


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Muslim screenwriter, Kamran Pasha, discusses Sleeper Cell, The Interview and the portrayal of Muslims in Hollywood
Muslimah filmmaker, Lena Khan, directs her first feature-length film
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The latest hit reality show is calling for young men to audition, but unlike this season's Jersey Shore, the only ''Situation'' you'll find here is a religious one.
Malaysia's popular "Young Imam" show is going global in its search for new contestants to compete for the grand prize- a job as a cleric at a Kuala Lumpur mosque.
''The participants will be able to bring a lot of interesting influences to the program as they will come from different countries,'' said Zainir Aminullah, an official at the Malaysian television station producing the the show.
Aspirants must go head-to-head in challenges ranging from reciting verses from the Quran to ''washing corpses'' and ''counseling promiscuous young couples'' Reuters reports.
Last season's champ Muhammad Asraf not only landed the job, but scored a new car and an iPhone as well as a scholarship to a Saudi Arabian university.
The second season of "Young Imam" begins airing in April.
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Fatima celebrates anniversary of hip and knee program
Fatima celebrates anniversary of hip and knee program
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The certifications mean the hospital's hip and knee replacement program passed a rigorous review by The Joint Commission, which accredits and certifies more than 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.
"The Joint Commission certification confirms our leadership role in the delivery of orthopedic care," said Dr. Robert Buonanno, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Fatima. "We have used the certification as a springboard over the last 12 months as we strive to make continuous improvement an everyday focus."
The Joint Commission's Disease-Specific Care Certification Program, launched in 2002, evaluates compliance with consensus-based national standards, effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care, and an organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities.


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It was okay. Not great, just okay. I finished it, and was glad to be done with it. No glory days, just something I had to accomplish. And I really didn't even have to graduate. I still could have received my college degree without doing so.
I did not like High School at all. Sure I had friends, I never had a dispute in my years their, but I found it a bit uneasy. I didnt like being told when to get up etc. The only reason I stayed long enough to graduate was due to my parents insistance. I do know now that without my grade 12 diploma I would not be where I am today.
I was always very happy at school. It was the feeling of optimism and confidence in the future: getting good grades, achieving all the set goals and having a whole lifetime ahead of me.
i enjoyed high school.... friends, fun, trouble. not a care in the world
i was in high school, couple of bad relationships since then has definitely taken that away.
I always say I hated high school, but there were a few things I did indeed like about it. Mostly getting to be in plays. :) Secondly finally being done with it.
*cricket chirps from this end of the room*

Ahem... The crickets aren't for "finished high school"... They're for "liked it". I didn't like it at all and am glad those petty years are behind me ~_~
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"April is a darling girl who was turned in with her sister Abby and brother Ace, who have found their families and now it is April's turn. She is very loving and playful and will snuggle in your lap when she is ready to take a break. She loves being with other cats, adores the attention of children and does not mind polite dogs. ... April is about 4 months old, current on her vaccines, viral-negative and spayed."
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Comes earlier in the day to get free samples! They stop serving them later in the day though. Also the hotdog combo is always worth the 1.50 it costs!
Never seen a .25 cents Water Bottle Machine ;)
No offense to you suburb living folk, but you guys are chunky monkeys for a reason. The good thing is that I found a tub of hummus besides the tub of fage I get for breakfast.
Tire Service is despicable! Bought tires there and asked them to check the air and their response was to go to a gas station! Real nice.... so much for that bullshit warranty!
not too busy on a Saturday morning. nice food samples and clean aisles!
Always clean. Fruits are always ripe.
Costco is Costco... This one is Very clean and more variety!
Most of the time very crowded... But worth it Bargains galore 😍
Don't ever go here. Find another Costco.
Nice place
the parking lot may be awful but its a great store with everything in bulk to get more for your money
Parking is atrocious to say the least. Melville location is so much better.
Best bang for your buck..chicken bake and large ice cream Sunday for 5 dollars!!!!
Glen is very knowledgeable about tv's go see him
Get the Costco American Express Card. $0 annual fee with your paid Costco Membership. Great rewards with up to 3% cash back. Annual check comes in February! .
Zzzzzzzz!! Is what happens standing in line. Cashiers are going at an alarming slow pace....
Best prices when it comes to cellphone
Always a zoo at this one. Shitty parking and a poorly laid out pattern inside. Go to any other one farther east or to BJ'S. Avoid this location!
On the weekends you can usually end up eating a free meal just by walking around eating samples.
You will get full here lol...
Why ooooh why are these lines so slow. Soooo sloooow!!
Plenty of free parking
Don't come hungry... The sample people are very protective of their samples. Especially after sample #4.
You don't need to be a master negotiator to make out like a bandit at Costco. Their return/refund policy makes us wonder how they even make any money.
Costco is the best! It is the cleanest place ever. Great shopping experience!
It is slow now
The pizza sucks. Go to a real pizzeria
David's cookie cakes are heavenly.
Try the turkey Swiss roll cheese sandwich, yummy!
This costco is the dirtiest place ever. Don't shop here.
Lynne Gigliotti loves this place! -Lynne Gigliotti, Top Chef
The chicken bakes. Your taste buds will go nuts
Mikes hard lemonade samplers! Who knew they have 4 flavors now?
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- I finally got the courage to meet-up face to face with people I know from the blog. I have now met in person over 50 people that I have conversed with online from the blogosphere.
- I attended two Mormon Stories Conferences.
- I climbed up a nine-foot fence in the middle of the night to play in a fountain.
- I have let my students teach me how to dance.
- I have cut more ties with the past and had to let a few people go.
- I adopted several new brothers and a new sister this year.
- I finally cut my hair short this year. Yes… I have Beiber hair. (I had wanted to that for at least 10 years…)
- I lost 40 pounds, became a vegetarian, and am training to run a half marathon.
- I started dating this year, and have an awesome girlfriend Leigh who in just the short time I've known her she inspires me to push myself.
- I got the guts up to do karaoke several times now.
- I have started the process of applying for grad school and will start taking classes in the fall.
- I got out of debt (just to go back in with grad school).
- I officially became a resident of Louisiana.
- I finally let enough walls down to have roommates and I love them. (I'm so sad they are leaving in May.)
- I faced death as an atheist for the first time this year.
- I learned how to make paper.
- I learned how to make New York style cheesecake.
- I'm out to almost everyone in my life now and starting to come out at work a little bit when conversation naturally leads to the topic.
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Congratulations on all of your accomplishments, and here's to living the life that makes you happy and fulfilled. I'm so glad that I found your blog! Your articulation of your journey has helped me along my way. Thanks and kudos!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Congratulations Sulli! Keep blogging.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can feel myself slowing down. Fewer things to say but I will keep it up, or start a new one. :)Delete
Oh dear lord, karaoke!!! I bought a karaoke machine for my kids this year fro Christmas...as long as we stick to Row Row Row Your Boat, all is well, but if I put in my Greatest Hits of the 80's, my OWN children, toddlers, even, say "no singing Mom!!!" I am terrible! And this post begs the question, what song did you sing??? I only once sang "Venus" at a bar, it was memorably horrible. I love the ways you have grown, may we all grow so much, every year! Thank you for sharing with us! By the way, if you are going to Utah this summer, I am going to be in Idaho for a few months..perhaps we would cross paths....ReplyDeleteReplies
LOL. I'm sure you aren't that bad. Kids are just mean sometimes. :)Delete
I've done Bitch by Meredith Brooks. I did The Devil Went Down to Georgia. I did a Garth Brooks song but I can't remember which one. I think it was Standing Outside the Fire. I did Yellow by Coldplay.
You will be in Idaho for a few months?! That is great. We HAVE to meet up.
Awesome. :)ReplyDelete
Happy blog birthday! Your blog and I share a birthday.ReplyDelete
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That is so cool!Delete
Happy Birthday Jen!
How beautiful! May you make more discoveries and have more adventures in your journey.ReplyDelete
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Drew MacDraw, the wildly popular singer who blasted to the top of the country charts with schlocky favorites such as Old Faithful Dog and The Sickness, has hit paydirt again with his latest sticky-sweet sentimental country song, Plowin' the Field with Momma's Old Bones.
But this time, the song is so overwhelmingly sentimental, it is becoming a worldwide phenomenon that has the potential to change the world as we know it. This is because once anyone listens to the song and the waterworks begin, they can't stop crying until they become completely dehydrated and fall over dead. All you need is a rudimentary understanding of the English language and you will be affected by this latest ladle of cavity-inducing crapola being poured out of Nashville.
"The implications are enormous," said U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. We have translated it into Arabic and are playing it in Al Qaeda strongholds. After only one hour of exposure, our troops, who wear protective earplugs, find nothing of the enemy but dried-up remnants. But we need to get control over this thing before it destroys the entire world. We can't have just anyone dying from listening to it or wars won't mean anything anymore, and the military machine money grubbers are going to be really upset about that."
Indeed, Mr. Gates' worst nightmare is becoming a reality as huge swaths of American countryside are ravaged when local country music stations play the song even once. "You ain't lyin, dat's a powerful song," says Doolie Watson, rocking on his porch next to a mason jar displayed prominently on a TV tray. "Right here in this jar is my entire family, Loretta, Billy, Jo Jo, Eugene, Ben, Daisy, Johnny, Butch, Cindy, Slade and Dee Dee. That song come on the radio last week while I was in the outhouse. When I come back, this was all that was left of 'em. I couldn't even fill a dustpan with their remains."
The lyrics of the song dig so deep into the molasses-laced world of country music super-sappiness that entire audiences are reduced to powder by the time the first verse is played during a MacDraw concert. World powers are taking notice that MacDraw now has control of a potential doomsday machine. All he needs to do is play his song to an unsuspecting audience and the world collapses at his feet. Ear plug sales are through the roof.
Here are select pieces of the lyrics taken out of context with sections blacked out to protect the reader from an untimely death:
Plowin' The Field With Momma's Old Bones
(Lyrics and Music by Drew MacDraw)
The widow woman went to the grave of ********
It was the Fourth of July and ****** **** as we walked under the apple tree
Why did momma ******* ***** smell the cobbler
The rain fell on the tin roof and we was ******* dirt road
Little town where ****** Playin' in the dusk ***starlight
I was a plowin' the field with momma's old bones
****** ********* ***** ********* ******
And I looked up and prayed. Lord, *****************
***** ******* ******** ********* baby crying
Flag **** bible ****Jesus **** Bessie Mae
The fresh mowed grass and ********
Wedding dress ***** ***** train whistle momma and baby
Bessie Mae ******** on the front porch
Morning dew **** ******baby cryin' **** spring flowers
Autumn rain and ***** ***** last words *****
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post3893628264255562037..comments2015-11-26T01:48:28.832-08:00Comments on Javarevisited: How Volatile in Java works? Example of volatile keyword in JavaJavin Paulhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-1714439460567402102015-08-04T18:23:55.825-07:002015-08-04T18:23:55.825-07:00Hi, Thanks for your post but point no. 3 & 6...Hi,
Thanks for your post but point no. 3 & 6 are contradictory under "Important points on Volatile keyword in Java" section.
In my opinion, Volatile only guarantees "Visibility" but not atomicity. Since long/double variable does not support atomicity so possible solution for them would be using Atomic* apis.

Bhupender Girihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-16009401369691427642015-01-28T02:59:13.300-08:002015-01-28T02:59:13.300-08:00Regarding the usage of volatile in double checked ...Regarding the usage of volatile in double checked locking:

I don't understand how making the _instance variable volatile, would help. As far as I understand, when a thread leaves a sync block, it will commit all the variables it has changed, to the main memory. Likewise, a thread entering a sync block would always read the values(which it is going to use or change) from the main renjith alexanderhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-51522700218312624442014-08-26T03:24:55.102-07:002014-08-26T03:24:55.102-07:00I have long been searching for practical example o...I have long been searching for practical example of volatile modifier in Java world, which goes beyond the classic explanation that volatile variables are always read from memory, so if you need that behavior, use volatile. Ok, I got that, but how about some practical use case scenarios? Well, after some research and lots of googling, I found that :

You should use volatile for three firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-8620760368180402202014-06-22T09:07:47.217-07:002014-06-22T09:07:47.217-07:00What does volatile do? section in this post also e...What does volatile do? section in this post also explains it well
https://www.cs.umd.edu/users/pugh/java/memoryModel/jsr-133-faq.html#volatile
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-47621618199232445102014-05-30T12:46:03.728-07:002014-05-30T12:46:03.728-07:00Hi, I guess above example will work fine without...Hi,
 I guess above example will work fine without volatile keyword also, because changes made in a synchronized block are also visible to other threads, please correct me If I am wrong. Ajay Kumarhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-17255346447507621772014-05-30T00:20:33.613-07:002014-05-30T00:20:33.613-07:00I am probably still missing some point regarding S...I am probably still missing some point regarding Singleton with volatile. I do understand the purpose of volatile and its effect there but I am not convinced that without volatile it is broken.Please correct me if I am wrong. If volatile is not present and thread A enters synchronized block and looses a cpu just after a creation of a instance. Ok thread B still see a _instance null which means itJakub Stranskyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-3442994531211454522014-05-07T23:49:38.562-07:002014-05-07T23:49:38.562-07:00Hi Javin The article is great. However I got conf...Hi Javin

The article is great. However I got confused with what you mentioned in two places(3 and 9) which seems(to me) opposite of each other.
Could you make it bit more clear

3. In Java reads and writes are atomic for all variables declared using Java volatile keyword (including long and double variables).

9. Java volatile keyword doesn't means atomic, RuGuhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-39195515487313557822014-03-30T22:46:58.151-07:002014-03-30T22:46:58.151-07:00This post is excellent for learning what is volati...This post is excellent for learning what is volatile and their application. Really appreciate Javin.
Sadly, it does not justify the heading given. It never explore how it works. Some newbie may get confused with the statement "reading the master copy". In a sense how volatile is different from static. Static works in same fashion. If possible please explain how it works in java Arfeen Khanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-29728176196857940232013-12-05T13:19:08.841-08:002013-12-05T13:19:08.841-08:00HI javin, for volatile test, is it necessary to ma...HI javin, for volatile test, is it necessary to mark volatile of data type int?
i attend 1 interview they asked me i have int variable, how to make thread safe? i told all the varaible data type are atomic operation except long & double, so no need to mark as volatile. interviewer told its wrong, for thread safe we need to mark as volatile. i m getng confused. Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-62680053411024771502013-10-28T12:46:18.987-07:002013-10-28T12:46:18.987-07:00The volatile modifier tells the compiler that the ...The volatile modifier tells the compiler that the variable modified by volatile can be changed unexpectedly by other parts of your program. One of these situations involves multithreaded programs. In a multithreaded program, sometimes two or more threads share the same variable. For efficiency considerations, each thread can keep its own, private copy of such a shared variable

http://palak palhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-6808861951698620902013-09-26T03:28:01.415-07:002013-09-26T03:28:01.415-07:00In one of the interview, I was asked that can we m...In one of the interview, I was asked that can we make an array volatile in Java? and they further grilled me on this i.e. will reading elements from array is volatile operation or not, what are the volatile read in case of array etc. I managed to answer that, because we can definitely make any array volatile but only assignment to array reference variable is volatile write e.g.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-12167008959675260942013-05-24T20:48:59.804-07:002013-05-24T20:48:59.804-07:00That's a good question Anonymous. If you look ...That's a good question Anonymous. If you look at code for double checked locking, you will see that first check is done outside synchronized block i.e. without any synchronization, which means, while one thread is initializing variable inside synchronized block, other thread can see half initialized Singleton instance, because first check is without any guarantee. By making _instance variableJavin @ Java Classloder Workinghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-81407518475204154192013-05-24T12:33:09.281-07:002013-05-24T12:33:09.281-07:00Thanks Javin. - In the case of double checked lo...Thanks Javin.

- In the case of double checked locking in Singleton patten.
What is the need to declare a variable volatile, if the synchronized keyword takes care of synchronizing the value of all variable between thread memory and "main memory" ?

Read more: http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-47577493566659016602013-05-24T04:02:27.058-07:002013-05-24T04:02:27.058-07:00No, that's right and you don't need to use...No, that's right and you don't need to use volatile keyword along with synchronized, they are for different purpose. volatile variable offers happens before guarantee that any write on volatile variable happens before subsequent read on that variable. It's different than synchronized keyword because it's doesn't provide mutual exclusion, and only gives visibility and ordering Javin @ abstract class interface interview questionshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-61525590644427066662013-05-24T00:20:03.676-07:002013-05-24T00:20:03.676-07:00Amazing explanation! Thanks for that. In the diff...Amazing explanation! Thanks for that.

In the differences section point 5, you say that -
"synchronized synchronizes the value of all variable between thread memory and "main" memory"

Isn't this incorrect ? If it was true, then there would be no need for Volatile keyword. (Since volatile is always used in conjunction with synchronized)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-47051829380860832152013-03-22T15:15:48.840-07:002013-03-22T15:15:48.840-07:00what do you mean by after creation lost the CPUwhat do you mean by after creation lost the firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-1828537065085511902013-03-04T01:10:39.975-08:002013-03-04T01:10:39.975-08:00@Anonymous, yes, you need to use synchronized bloc...@Anonymous, yes, you need to use synchronized block to ensure that multiple instance of same object is not created. By making singleton instance volatile, you are ensuring that you don't see half backed object, this was the problem before Java introduces memory model and happens before rule. As per happens-before rule, Write to volatile variable happens before every subsequent read of that firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-88243589214540575802013-02-18T17:01:25.324-08:002013-02-18T17:01:25.324-08:00Thank you for your post! my question is: in your ...Thank you for your post!

my question is:
in your double locking example, if using volatile, do we still need to use synchronised block? it sounds like when thread A is calling 'getInstance()' for the first time, it will have the right to create the _instance obj. if other threads are trying to call getInstance(), they will find out A is modifying _instance and need to firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-34875021650101599292012-11-27T12:12:19.120-08:002012-11-27T12:12:19.120-08:00Do you know the difference between Hashtable (sync...Do you know the difference between Hashtable (synchronized) and Volatile HashSet (seems also synchronized)?tang07059http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-57069211292613134632012-11-04T05:49:12.466-08:002012-11-04T05:49:12.466-08:00This is not true Jatin -> 3. In Java reads and ...This is not true Jatin ->
3. In Java reads and writes are atomic for all variables declared using Java volatile keyword (including long and double variables).

To make read/ write automatic you need to you CAS operation which are implemented using Atomic*** in Java 1.5 concurrent package or last choice is explicit synchronization.

Chatarhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-27015929697586925372012-10-05T10:47:59.751-07:002012-10-05T10:47:59.751-07:00This is very good stuff. You are a good programmer...This is very good stuff. You are a good programmer, Javin. There are not many like you out there. My sincere thanks to you for this article. It helps many people understand the details.Existentiorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-84679566787809865632012-09-27T02:57:06.956-07:002012-09-27T02:57:06.956-07:00As others have pointed out this blog is misleading...As others have pointed out this blog is misleading. Volatile in your example has nothing to do with ensuring the field is non-null (this guarantee would actually cause a problem in the original Java memory model - see link below).

As I found this blog by googling "java volatile" people are probably reading it and getting incorrect information.

The example you firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-49633695049884521312012-08-21T19:25:24.650-07:002012-08-21T19:25:24.650-07:00Can a volatile variable in Java be static ? If not...Can a volatile variable in Java be static ? If not why ?

What difference it make to mark a volatile variable final ?firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712770457197348465.post-90966742309559269732012-06-10T17:39:14.373-07:002012-06-10T17:39:14.373-07:00I read your blog often, however, I think you made ...I read your blog often, however, I think you made a mistake in the following line

"....all other thread will not be able to see value of _instance as not null and they will believe its still null."

It should be more like " all other threads will see the partially constructed value of _instance and return the value thinking it is not null."
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30th November 2151.
The voice was flat, tinny, making it difficult to identify the speaker. The words, though, were clear enough. "
Trap One, this is Greyhound Two. We have reached point three eight, no anomalous contacts. Proceeding to point three nine. Over
Hoshi Sato was riffle shuffling her lucky deck one handed. With the other she tapped the transmit key. "Greyhound Two, Trap One. Message acknowledged. Please send test messages for signal analysis, over."
A small communications console had been set up in the entrance chamber. Although the marines had their own signallers, everyone had agreed that Sato was by far the best person to operate it. There were three systems in operation, conventional radio, the marines own LOSIR equipment, and the Morse beacon she herself had jerry rigged.
"How's it going, Hoshi?" Archer asked, approaching. Porthos strained at his leash, trying to jump up at her. Reed, in combat armour and toting a rifle, followed.
"They're making steady progress sir. More than half way to their destination."
A group of six marines, led by Sergeant Woo, were proceeding to what had been designated 'Alpha Charlie One', or Anomalous Contact One. It wasn't the only spot where the mysterious movement had been detected, or even the first chronologically, but it was the closest to the entrance. It had been decided that for practical reasons that it would be the first such spot to be investigated.
Reed asked "How are the signals holding up?"
Sato gestured to a display screen, a mass of bar graphs that meant nothing to Reed. "Well, the LOSIR system is performing pretty much as we expected. Signal strength is slightly lower than it should be over this distance, but it's still within standard parameters. It's more likely to be poor placement on one of the relays than the result of whatever it is that's been dampening conventional communications.
"On the subject of which...the radio signal is almost completely degraded, even at this range. I can use it to track them, for now, but at this rate it'll be too weak even for that when they get to their destination. And actually talking to them...no chance."
"What about the beacon?" Archer said, gesturing to the one on the console.
"Good news: It works. Bad news: It's slow. Tapping the message into the keyboard depends on how fast a typist you are, but because of the signal degradation we've had to make the dots and dashes extra long to make sure the receiving system can recognise them. A five word sentence will take over a minute. Yeah, even if they're short words. The odd thing is, if you've got two people who are good, I mean really good, at the ends, then you can do without the keypad and just listen in. Trooper Pashmut knows his Morse almost as well as I do. We've been practising, and we can get to more than double the speed of the automatics, just by being able to anticipate the message from context."
"So, use the LOSIR for most purposes, and the beacon if someone has to go off the beaten track." Archer pondered. "Sounds reasonable. Right, I'm going to see how Locke's doing. Give me a shout if anything crops up."
"Yes sir."
Archer and Reed walked away, Reed turning round as they did so. "Hey, Hoshi. Seven of diamonds."
Without turning from her screen she put her deck down, cut it apparently at random and held the card up for his inspection. He grinned and shook his head, not because she was wrong, but in bafflement at how she did it.
A large tent like structure had been set up within the chamber, near to the guards shack. Power leads snaked from underneath one side, connecting straight to the generator. Inside, along with four camp beds, the paraphernalia of a military field hospital. Doctor Locke was assembling a scanning microscope with grim determination, ciggarette smouldering in an already full ashtray beside him.
"I hope we won't be needing any of this." Archer said.
Locke grunted. "Better safe than sorry." He looked down, where Porthos was industriously sniffing his leg. "Did you have to bring that odius creature in here? It's not welcome."
Archer shrugged. "You heard the man, Malcolm, wait outside."
That got a single barked laugh from Locke, and a resigned sigh from Reed.
"How long till everything's operational?" Archer asked.
"Got the basic stuff set up already. Everything we need for the usual combat injuries. And when I get this put together," he gestured to the microscope, "we can get a preliminary analysis on any toxins, or pathogens. Not as in depth as sending samples back to the Enterprise for full tests, but time may be of the essence. And things will go a lot quicker if I am allowed to proceed uninterrupted." he added acidly.
Archer took that as his cue to exit. Outside the tent Phlane was organising a group of Denobulan Militia. Although the tunnel searching would be left to the marines, Archer felt it best to have a bit of extra security at the command post. He gave her a respectful nod as they passed, Reed offering a salute.
"So, Malcolm, does everything meet with your approval?"
Reed nodded. "Pretty much Captain. Given the choice I'd prefer to get a barricade of some sort up, maybe support weapons in fixed emplacements, overlapping fields of fire..."
Although unhappy with such militaristic ideas, Archer could see the sense of them. "Maybe we can shift some of those containers, use them as a barricade. On the other hand we don't want to use anything that might go boom if hit by a stray shot. When Trip gets here have a word with him, find out what would be safe...ah. Speak of the devil, here he is now."
Tucker was indeed standing at the entrance hatch, next to Professor Partridge, who was looking around the chamber with a huge child like grin all over her face. Whilst Archer and the others had standard issue cold weather jackets for the chill---they weren't needed in this chamber, warmed by the generator, so most were unfastened or removed entirely---Partridge made use of a long leather trench coat that swirled dramatically as she spun, taking in all the sights.
"Trip, Professor!" Archer called. "Over here!"
"I'll just...ah...just go and check up on...stuff." Reed muttered. He sidled away rapidly. Archer watched him go, nonplussed.
"Hiya cap'n." Tucker said, approaching. "You know that weird effect outside? The way the straight lines seemed to curve, an' Hoshi got all freaked out an stuff? Took Polly here all of two minutes to figure it out. Two minutes."
"Oh, stuff and nonsense, Trip." Partridge said, still twirling. "I had the reports from the surface yesterday, that gave me some clues as to what might be happening. Two probabilities presented themselves. Either something was altering your perceptions, or, given Hoshi's statement that 'the angles were wrong', that this is a temple to some Lovecraftian monstrosity. Nyarlathotep, perhaps, or even Great Cthulhu himself."
Archer rubbed the back of his neck. "So, you've ruled out the possibility of it being Yog-Sothoth then."
Partridge stopped turning, and narrowed her eyes. "You got the reference. It's not good when people get my references. It makes them think they're as clever as me. Darkness and despair lie along that path." she said evenly.
"Don't worry Professor, I know my place." Archer chuckled. "Now, what could have made us see things?"
She dug into a coat pocket, extracting a scanner. "There's a very intense electromagnetic field surrounding the ziggurat. Oddly, it seems to hug the outer surface very closely, it should radiate outwards. Very strange, and worthy of further study. At any rate, the frequency is very close to that of the human brain. I'd need to do further tests to be sure, but my working hypothesis is that it can cause an effect rather similar to epilepsy in the temporal lobes. Fascinating stuff."
"Hmm. Is it dangerous?" he asked.
She shrugged. "Hard to say with this data. Still, there's no evidence of any harm being done to those who worked here, that I know of. I'd suggest that, as long as people take care not to stand right next to the exterior, they should be fine. And I'll set this up to give us an audio warning if it detects anything similar in here." She started tapping at the scanner.
Archer looked round for the Denobulan security chief. "Phlane, have you got a minute? Thanks. I just wanted to check with you, I know you said before but I wanted to double check. There's never been any incident of long term effects from that disorientation outside?"
She shook her head emphatically. "No, never as far as I'm aware."
"Good, good. That's certainly reassuring." He looked around, thinking. "While you're here Professor, there's something else I'd like to pick your brains about...it may be nothing, but it...bothers me."
He pointed to the guard's shack. "The morning of the disappearances, there was heavy condensation inside the shack. Normally you get condensation when the temperature drops, but given how this whole chamber is warmed by the generator, that seems strange."
"That does seem strange. Perhaps the generator failed in the night?"
Phlane shook her head. "The buildings around the site are powered by it, and there were people working in them that night, all night. There were no power interruptions."
"Besides, I know that sorta generator." Tucker said. "They don't break down very often, an' when they do, it takes a while to get 'em goin' again. The first people to come in after Halliwell an' Velen vanished, they'd be coming into a darkened room. No power for the lights."
"More than that. The generator powers the elevator. If it had failed they would have had to use the stairs." Phlane added.
Partridge absently twirled a strand of hair round her fingers. "All very perplexing. It'd help if we knew just how cold it was that night. Compare external and internal conditions. Do you keep environmental records Phlane?"
"Not external ones, though we can get them from Central Records. We should have the interior ones here." She led Partridge into the shack.
"Did ya see the way Polly's coat moved when she spun? She was up all night once at university, sowin' lead weights into the hem, get it to move like that." Tucker remarked conversationally. "By the way, was it jus' my 'magination, or did I see Malky shoot off like'n scalded cat when we got here?"
"You did indeed, Trip. Time, I think, for a little investigation of our own." He led the engineer over to the area the marines had claimed for themselves. Those not part of the initial exploration party were waiting patiently, chatting amongst themselves, just passing time until needed. Reed himself was deep in conversation with the sniper, Grant. From the snippets of conversation Archer heard he was discussing the best place to deploy her. In this enclosed, short range environment there was little need for someone capable of choosing which eye to put a bullet through at more than three thousand metres. Eventually though he caught Reed's eye and beckoned him over.
"You wanted to see me sir?"
Archer nodded. "How's everyone holding up? Psychologically speaking."
Reed looked slightly affronted. "My men are the best of the best, sir. It takes more than a dark cave to worry them."
"Of course, of course. No insult intended." said Archer, holding up his hands in a placatory gesture.
"Ah, none taken sir."
"It's just that you know how important morale is."
"Yes sir. 'In warfare, the morale is to the physical as three is to one', sir. Napoleon said that."
"Really? Well, I suppose he knew about these things. So what about yourself?"
Reed asked "Me sir?"
"Yes, you. What I'm asking, I suppose, what I'm really asking...why, exactly, are you so scared of Professor Partridge?"
For a split second Reed's eyes widened, before he caught himself and adopted a poker face Hoshi would have admired. "Forgive for saying so Captain but that's nonsense. Complete nonsense. I fear no man." he blustered.
Archer and Tucker exchanged glances. "I don't know if you spotted this," Tucker drawled, "but if you look close, I mean real close, you might jus' notice that Polly there ain't no man."
For a moment Reed looked as if he'd argue further. Before he could speak, however, Partridge burst out of the shack and strode towards them. "Nothing!" she exclaimed. "Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary was recorded that night! Temperature, humidity, air pressure...all nominal."
Temporarily distracted by the way Reed had positioned himself on the opposite side of himself and Tucker the moment Partridge appeared, it took Archer a moment to register what she was saying. "Nothing? So what could have caused the condensation?"
"We're assumin' it was condensation." Tucker pointed out. "I don't s'pose you kept any samples?" he asked Phlane.
"No, we didn't think it necessary."
Archer thought about this. "And you cleaned everything in the room? There's nothing you didn't touch?"
"We cleaned everything." Phlane said. "Every available surface, the stuff was....no, no, wait a moment. The chairs. We just took them out, left them to dry and used a couple of spares. They should be...yes, there they are. I don't know if they'll be of any use to you but...Professor Partridge, what are you doing?
What Professor Partridge was doing was slashing at the seat with a Swiss army knife. "Just taking some samples! You see here, where the material is slightly discoloured? Looks like residue of some sort. Right...I'll need a lab. Is there anything in the city I can use? Otherwise I'll have to send this up to the Enterprise."
Pointing to the medical tent, Archer said "Doctor Locke has some facilities in there. I don't know if it's what you need, but there's a scanning microscope amongst other things. And we'll reimburse you for the damage to the chair." he added to Phlane as Partridge darted away.
"Forget it." she said wearily.
"An' where d'ya think you're goin'?" Tucker asked. Reed was surreptitiously edging away.
"Why are you scared of her? Spill it!" Archer added. "And don't try to deny it, or we'll get her to interrogate you."
Reed's shoulders slumped. "OK, OK, I'm...uncomfortable in her presence, I admit it." he hissed. "Look, keep it down, if my men find out it'll be a bloody nightmare."
"Why?" Archer insisted.
Reed took a deep breath. "Well, there's a couple of reasons."
"Oh." Tucker said. "Well, I suppose some guys can find
"What? No! No, not those....well, maybe a little...no. They..that's not it. No."
"Well, what then?"
"OK. On our first mission, I managed to embarrass myself in front of her."
"Really? How did you do that?"
"Badly." Reed said with feeling. Before they could ask for more details he went on. "And then there's the fact---I only found this out quite recently---her family, her mum's family...Did you know they've been in the military? Since, like, forever?"
"Oh yeah. One o' her ancestors is pictured on the Bayeux Tapestry, supposedly." Tucker said.
"Right. Anyway, I'm from a military family too. And we go way back as well."
"Sounds like you've got a lot in common." Archer suggested.
"Hardly. Her lot have always been officers. Born to it. My family tend to gravitate towards Sargent. Good rank, sergeant, for those with the skill for it. Apart from myself, there's only been a couple of officers. So that's the problem. For centuries her family have been shouting at my family. Usually from on top of a horse."
"You do know she's a pacifist, right?" Archer grinned. "Unlikely to join the military anytime soon."
Tucker nodded. "Plus, she's afraid o' horses."
"Doesn't matter." Reed said, pressing his hands to his temples. "It's built in, now, ingrained. Part of my DNA. Every time she speaks I'm expecting to be ordered to bayonet charge a tank, or something equally suicidal."
A sudden flurry of movement seized Archer's attention. Partridge had exploded out, pirouetted round as she looked wildly about, then stalked over to them. "The blood stain. Where did you find it?" she demanded.
"I'll show you." he said as Reed made a rapid escape.
There was still a stain in the depression. Partridge used her knife to scrape some up onto a microscope slide. "Trip, you say there were barrels over this spot? Do you remember what was in them?"
"Yeah, trellaline. There were also some coolant barrels nearby."
"And did you notice if any of them were leaking?"
"First thing I checked. No sign o' any breech."
"Even if there had been," she muttered, mostly to herself, "neither of those compounds would match..."
Archer was feeling left in the dark here. "Match what? Professor, what have you found?"
She looked at him, puzzled. "I'm not sure. That is to say, I'm fairly sure, but not quite. Do you understand?"
"Not really." he admitted.
"I have an answer...but it raises more questions."
"Oh great." said Tucker laconically. "More questions. Just what we need."
They followed her into the tent. Locke was bent over the microscope's viewer. He straightened up as they entered, looking slightly stunned. On a screen beside him complex molecules danced and whirled.He took the slide Partridge offered him, using it to replace the one he'd been viewing, then made a few adjustments.
"We were looking at the blood itself, earlier." he said. "Never occurred to us to examine the contaminant....and...it's a match. The same as your sample, Professor."
"The stuff from the chair, was also in the depression where we found the blood?" Archer asked. "I'm guessing it's not condensation then."
"No." Partridge said hesitantly. She looked to Locke for confirmation. "It's...John, based on it's chemical structure...it's make up, it's...it appears to be...saliva."
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NACUBO Letter Asks GASB to Reconsider Financial Projections
March 22, 2012
NACUBO comments advise the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) against requiring financial projections in the audited financial statements. On March 16, 2012 NACUBO submitted a formal comment letter to the Preliminary Views (PV) "Economic Condition Reporting: Financial Projections" released by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). NACUBO comments, developed with input from the Accounting Principles Council (APC), acknowledge the importance of forward-looking information for management but caution against including such information in the audited general purpose external financial statements.
The PV addresses economic condition reporting and would compel as required supplemental information (RSI) financial projections and percentage information for total and major individual cash inflows and cash outflows. NACUBO points out that Concepts Statement 1, "Objectives of Financial Reporting," does not provide a sufficient foundation for financial projections in the audited financial statements. Rather, Concepts Statement 1 acknowledges that users of financial statements may always need to go to other sources of information to fully analyze and understand a government's economic condition.
NACUBO comments also stress that per Concepts Statement 3, "Communication Methods in General Purpose External Financial Reports That Contain Basic Financial Statements," RSI should not contain subjective information or predictions about the effects of future events. The purpose of RSI is to provide information essential for an understanding of the specific historical data presented in the financial statements or notes. Because the proposed forward-looking financial information is subjective, NACUBO also expressed concern that auditors will need additional time to understand and get comfortable with the information.
Finally, NACUBO advised the Board against the (at a minimum) five-year projection timeline in the proposal. The letter states:
Subsequent to the economic collapse, in the fall of 2008, the vast majority of public institutions had their state appropriations immediately or retroactively cut - many by double digit percentages. What value would financial projections have been in the FY08 financial statements after the bottom fell out of the economy during FY09? What value would five-year projections have been in FY08 as the economy continues to slowly recover in 2012? Would universities now be facing litigation from donors who made contributions in 2008 based on financial projections only to see the value of their contributions decline significantly?
Higher education representatives will testify on these issues at a public roundtable on April 17, 2012. The complete comment letter is available on NACUBO's website.
Sue Menditto
Director, Accounting Policy
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