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Mapping the World With Art
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Mapping the World With Art
Mapping the World With Art might serve as a geography course or as a supplement to your history studies with children ages 11 and older. You can pick and choose from the activities to suit your purposes.
While the title sounds somewhat like that of another course titled Mapping the World by Heart, it is really quite different in its approach. Mapping the World by Heart provides grid paper for students to draw very detailed maps, including political boundaries. In contrast, Mapping the World With Art has students work with blank paper, teaching them to draw outline maps of continents for the most part with very few political boundaries. In some sections, Mapping the World With Art bears a little resemblance to Visualize World Geography; it occasionally uses recognizable creatures or shapes to help students visualize geographic areas. For example, the Malay Archipelago is pictured within a ""Dalmation Eagle Ray" (an imaginary variation of the Spotted Eagle Ray). Within the ray a vaguely dinosaur shaped creature is drawn to represent New Guinea, and the Spice Islands directly in front of his snout "make him sneeze." Most drawings teach students where landforms, rivers, and other geographical features lie in relation to one another in a more straightforward manner without the "creatures."
Students first draw regional or continental areas as they work through the lessons. Some drawings are incorporated into larger geographical areas in a subsequent lesson. A complete world map is reserved for a final project. Students really need to complete the world map rather than considering it optional. Otherwise, they are left with mastery of the parts without an understanding of how they fit together in relation to one another. Students learn about latitude and longitude lines as well as the equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, and Antarctic Circle. By the time they are ready to tackle the final project, they will likely need no more than the templates provided in the book to assist them in general placement.
In the book, lessons show step-by-step drawings for students to follow. Drawings are accompanied by written explanations about geographic features, cities, some history, and drawing instructions. With the optional set of three DVDs, students can watch the author, Ellen McHenry, working through the drawings and providing the explanation while she works. If you use the DVDs, students should still have the book for reference as they draw.
The map drawing lessons comprise only one of three sections in Mapping the World With Art. The first section of the book is a series of illustrated lessons on the history of map making and explorations. Exploration lessons include the entire world. These lessons are interesting reading even for adults! Because the "history" lessons cover the world, those lessons are able to serve as the organizing structure for the other two sections of the book. Map drawing lessons correspond with topics in the history section. Likewise, activities in the third section also correspond to the history lessons. While it certainly makes sense to use the corresponding lessons from all three sections of the book, you need not use all of them. Also, you need not always use lessons in order. If you want to correlate lessons with core history studies using another resource, you might rearrange them for that purpose. However, you do have to watch for instances where one drawing is incorporated into another such as the early lesson where students learn to draw the Nile River while a later lesson has them draw the continent of Africa, including the Nile River.
The history lessons discuss and show various types of maps used throughout recorded history, The second and third lessons discuss work of early Greek geographers as they used astronomical observations and the changing angles of the sun's shadow on sundials to develop a better understanding of the earth's shape and to develop the idea of longitude and latitude lines. Some basic geometry is used to explain these concepts. The entire history section is written at a level most appropriate for teens rather than younger students. Younger students might be able to complete the map drawings even if the history is over their heads, but it is probably best to use the entire course together at a later date.
The third part of the book presents a number of activities correlating with each history and map lesson. You can pick and choose from among the activities rather than tackling all of them. Activities are as simple as watching You Tube video clips and as complex as creating and playing board games or constructing a star clock. Some activities like creating a compass rose are more artistic, and making and decorating maps out of cookie dough will likely appeal to everyone. Within the activity section are also some review activities: worksheets, a Pictionary style game, and a guessing game. You should try to use these even if you skip some of the others activities. Games obviously require at least two players. A few games require at least four players, making them more practical for group classes. The final project, creating a world map, is included at the end of the activities section.
The book is available in PDF or print formats. The color illustrations sometimes rely on color reproduction, so keep this in mind if you are considering printing out black and white copies from which to work. If you work with the PDF files on a computer or portable device or if you project them onto a screen for a group class, that should work fine. Some activity pages need to be copied or printed onto card stock rather than plain paper. (Both purchasing options include printable pages on a CD-ROM. Purchasers have permission to make copies of necessary pages for a family or group class.)
Each of the three main sections of the book is numbered separately. The first two sections are numbered only by lessons, while the activities section has page numbers. If you purchase the print edition, I suggest putting markers of some sort at the divisions for each section so that you can locate them more quickly.
McHenry suggests teaching the history lesson and corresponding map drawing lesson together on one day, then tackling one or more activities on another day of the week. Following a schedule like this you should complete the curriculum in one school year.
Since the course is Mapping the World With Art, students need some art supplies such as a black waterproof pen, colored pencils, card stock, calligraphy paper, paint brushes, watercolor paints, acrylic paints, crayons, calligraphy pens, sculpting dough and poster board. In addition, they will need resources such as a ruler, a compass, a protractor, tape, brass paper fasteners, dice, toothpicks, and a plastic straw. Students work with a pencil, black pen, compass, ruler, and protractor for most of the map drawing, using the other art media for activities. Parents and teachers need not be familiar with working with the various art media, but it seems to me that some familiarity is really beneficial for the activities that work with the paints in particular since little instruction is provided as to their use in the book.
I mentioned earlier that few political boundaries are included in the lessons. It is up to the parent or teacher to decide whether or not to add additional information such as political boundaries or topographical features. (You can consult other maps or an atlas for examples or models.)
This course is better suited to a family or group class than independent study. For independent study, a student can read the history sections and complete the drawing lessons independently, and a teacher or parent might need to coordinate the lessons and present the review activities. You'd have to skip many of the activities.
The course is not meant to be the only geography course a student completes. The focus is primarily on the history of maps, explorations, and drawing maps. That leaves other areas of geography such as cultural studies and political geography to be covered in another course.
On the other hand, Mapping the World With Art presents an integrated approach to learning basic geography in conjunction with history. The activities add interactive, multi-sensory learning opportunities that students are likely to enjoy.
You can view the first three lessons from each section for free at the publisher's website, and you can also view sample lessons from the DVDs. While the DVDs are optional, they are included in the two purchasing options on the publisher's website. You can purchase the print book with a CD with printable pages from the book and the set of three DVDs as a complete set or you can purchase the entire book on CD with the set of DVDs.
(Note: If you purchase the book through Amazon, you will receive only the book with no CD or DVDs. DVDs can be ordered separately from the publisher.)
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By Pierre LaBossire
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There are more than 140 plays in a typical college football game, so it's hard to say that a game really turns on one or two of those plays.
But, Saturday, you could point to two plays that killed a tenacious Eastern Oregon effort to knock off Pacific Lutheran for the first time in the Mountaineers' history.
Those two plays cost Eastern 14 points and that was the difference in a 27-17 PLU win on a blustery day at Community Stadium.
Eastern's hopes were dashed by a holding call in the fourth quarter that nullified a 58-yard touchdown pass from Scott Jensen to Matt Hamlin, and by a muffed punt in the final three minutes that PLU recovered in the end zone.
Coach Jim Fenwick said it was a very frustrating loss because Eastern (2-3) played the Lutes so tough. This game was all about lost opportunities, he felt.
"It's been uncharacteristic for us this year" to make mistakes late, Fenwick said. "Penalties are unfortunately part of the game."
Fenwick said Eastern's defense played great again. The Mountaineers held the Lutes to 324 yards of offense and came up with three turnovers.
Afterward, Fenwick said he told his players games like this are part of building a program.
"It's basically part of the whole learning experience we're developing here at Eastern. This is one we chalk up to experience learn from it, grow from it," he said.
Eastern Oregon had never beaten Pacific Lutheran in 11 tries.
Nick Hannah had a huge game. He had nine tackles and two interceptions, including a pick and a 92-yard return for a TD early in the first quarter to give Eastern a 6-0 lead.
Hannah's play set the tone for the day, as Lady Momentum swung back and forth all game long, with each team finding a way to come up with monumental, tide-turning plays.
After that big EOU play in the opening minutes, PLU came right back and scored less than two minutes later on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Dusty Macauley to Dave Weller, to take a 7-6 lead.
PLU sent notice with that drive that the battle was on, with the action on the gridiron more wild and wooly than the weather.
After PLU's TD, Eastern responded by coming back with a drive, highlighted by a 46-yard run by Justin Alsterlund. Nick Martin kicked a 28-yard field goal into the teeth of a 35-mph wind and was barely able to coax the ball over the crossbar for a 9-7 Eastern lead.
PLU responded with two touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 20-9 lead into the half.
The third quarter was essentially a stalemate, with neither team able to mount much offense.
Then, came the wild fourth quarter.
Scott Jensen came in to play quarterback and with 12 minutes left in the game, he hit Andre McIntosh for a 36-yard pass, but the play was nullified by a penalty for an illegal formation.
Just two minutes later, Jensen's TD pass to Hamlin was called back for holding. Eastern lost nearly 100 yards of offense because of the two calls, and it was the second straight game that Eastern lost a touchdown due to a holding call.
Eastern punted, and the ball was muffed by PLU. Cam Christensen recovered the ball and put the Mountaineers right back in business.
However, on a fourth and 10 from the 22-yard line with eight minutes left, Jensen hit an open McIntosh at the goal line. As McIntosh leaped to catch the ball, however, he was leveled by PLU's Kurt Van Selus, and the ball was jarred loose.
At this point, one wouldn't have blamed Eastern for caving, but the Mountaineers kept battling back. Eastern's defense forced a three-and-out and Alsterlund came up with a timely and spectacular 37-yard punt return to set up the Mountaineers inside PLU's 40-yard line.
From the 24-yard line, Jensen hit McIntosh with a pass inside the 10 and McIntosh weaved his way through traffic into the end zone. After an extra point, it was 20-17 with just under minutes left.
Eastern's revved-up defense forced another PLU three-and-out, but a 59-yard PLU punt with a lot of help from the wind was touched by Eastern's Stephen Stokes and PLU recovered in the end zone with 3:30 left.
That might have been the end for Eastern, except the Mountaineers just kept coming. On Eastern's next drive, Jensen hit Hamlin, TaShawn Dickerson and McIntosh with 12-, 17- and 18-yard passes and Alsterlund had a 21-yard run as Eastern ended up on the 6-yard line with just over a minute left.
Eastern had visions at this point of a quick score and making things very interesting with an onsides kick into a wicked, swirling wind that would have made it that much more difficult for PLU to recover the ball.
But, it wasn't meant to happen this day. Jensen hit Hamlin with a pass, but Hamlin got tackled just short of the goal line. More importantly, though Hamlin ended up well out-of-bounds, the ref ruled that he came down inbounds and the clock kept running.
Then, Jensen was crushed on a quarterback sack and the ball came loose. PLU came up with the ball and had earned a hard-fought victory.
Alsterlund ended up having another monster day. He ran for 157 yards on 29 carries and had 38 total return yards. McIntosh caught five balls for 103 yards.
PLU head coach Frosty Westering, who is retiring this year after winning 301 games in 39 years of coaching, complimented Eastern's tenacity and thought Fenwick was building a solid program.
"They're getting better and better each year," said Westering.
Things certainly don't get any easier for Eastern next week, as the Mountaineers travel to McMinnville to take on Linfield, which was ranked as high as No. 3 this season in the national NCAA Div. III rankings. Eastern also still has to play No. 1-ranked (NAIA) Carroll College.
"We've got our hands full each week," said Fenwick.
Pacific Lutheran 27, Eastern Oregon 17
Pacific Lutheran 7 13 0 7 27
Eastern Oregon 9 0 0 8 17
First Quarter
EOU Nick Hannah 92 interception return (Nick Martin kick
failed), 11:21
PLU Dave Weller 35 pass from Dusty Macauley (Weller kick), 9:46
05:06 EOU Martin 28 field goal, 5:06
Second Quarter
PLU Macauley 1 run (Aaron Binger rush failed), 14:28
PLU Mark McCall 16 pass from Macauley (Weller kick), 0:49
Fourth Quarter
EOU Andre McIntosh 24 pass from Scott Jensen (Matt Hamlin
pass from Jensen), 4:56
PLU Andy Hamilton fumble recovery in end zone (Weller kick), 3:31
Team Statistics
First Downs 17 20
Rushing 37-173 42-176
Passing yards 151 197
Comp-att-int 12-23-2 18-35-0
Net yards 324 373
Fumbles-lost 3-1 4-2
Penalties 5-32 5-40
Punts-Yards 5-40.6 4-38.0
Punt Returns 1-0 3-33
Kickoff Returns 1-19 3-15
Possession Time 26:21 33:39
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 14 4 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 6
Sacks-yds lost 3-20 1-7
Individual Statistics
RUSHING PLU, Binger 15-87, Ryan Simpson 10-44, Mark McCall 2-23, Chris Pitzer 1-9, Macauley 7-9, Mike Ramirez 1-2, Team 1-(1-). EOU, Justin Alsterlund 29-157, Aaron Hazel 1-3, Damien Johnson 2-1, Scott Jensen 10-15.
PASSING PLU, Macauley 12-23-2-151. EOU, Jensen 15-28-0-155, Hazel 3-7-0-42.
RECIEVING PLU, Weller 4-60, McCall 4-49, Brian Stevens 3-37, Binger 1-5. EOU, McIntosh 5-103, Matt Hamlin 5-32, Kenny Davis 3-20, TaShawn Dickerson 2-33, Jacoby Fox 1-10.
LEADING TACKLERS PLU, Casey Carlson 12, Chris Linderman 11, Mark Gunderson 10, Nick Wiess 10. EOU, Jason Flowers 9, Nick Hannah 9, Cam Christensen 6, Park Birkby 6, Tom Neill 6.


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Tom Wolfe's "The Put-Together Girl" exposes the fears and gender norms of Americans in recent times. Within the narrative the idea that a woman should worry more about appearances than health because of the competition for men, is subject matter that is taken lightly and passively by the narrator. The rush to win this competition, although normal to the narrator, seems foreign because of the extremes which Wolfe provides including mothers who insist on speeding up their daughter's development even when they are naturally not ready.
But there are plenty of women in California who are willing to take the chances, whatever they are. There are about seventy-five doctors in Los Angeles giving the treatments, and one of them does twenty-five women a week. There are two hundred women taking the course in Las Vegas alone. More than half of all these patients are housewives, and some women bring their teenage daughters in there because they aren't developing fast enough toÉ compete; well, Carmen is social. And actually it's such a simple thing in a man's world where men have such simple ideas. After all, Carol Doda developed, from a bust measurement of about 35, up, up month by month, to 44, through twelve months, eight sets of shots, $800. And why not? After all, one, anyone has fillings in the teeth, plates in the skull, a pin in the hip — what is the purpose of living, anyway? Just to keep on living or to enjoy, be adored, favored, eyed — or — (Tom Wolfe, "The Put-Together Girl," p.81)
Within this passage, Wolfe depicts the thought process of American women that participate in this competition concocted by society and makes a prime example out of Carol Doda; the personification of the grotesque American mindset. There are two elements of the grotesque in play within this excerpt. One example of the grotesque is found within the actual description of the changes women go through. For instance, the description of the mothers encouraging their daughters to grow up physically, faster than naturally possible, is grotesque because of the resistance to what nature offers. It is also grotesque because we see the mothers encouraging the objectification of their female daughters and reducing their existence to merely pleasing the "simple ideas" of men. Along with this description there is the overdevelopment of Carol Doda's bust going from 35 to 44. The idea that women believe it is acceptable to spend $800 to please others "to be adored, favored, eyed" presents the impression that women are only doll-like creatures that as the title suggests are "put-together." The fact that the narrator is making a parallel between necessity ("fillings in the teeth, plates in the skull, a pin in the hip") and cosmetic surgery shows that physical appearances are weighed as heavily or more heavily than one's health.
The passage is also able to portray the grotesque nature not only by depicting what these women put themselves through to fulfill the standards of the nation, but also by allowing the reaction of these women to be passive. The passivity by which these established norms are received is the most grotesque element of the two. This element is what allows these women to continue to attempt in reaching their goals of physical perfection. The way in which the voice in the passage is able to speak of the women as mechanical robots or manufactured dolls, "There are about seventy-five doctors in Los Angeles giving the treatments, and one of them does twenty-five women a week," shows how the women have naturally come to be unnatural.
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One quarter of the counties in New York have some type of IPM policy for county facilities and have made progress in implementing IPM practices at these facilities. What has hampered them in adopting more IPM practices is the lack of knowledge and the lack of time to learn more.
The Community IPM Program, through local county Extension offices, is trying to deliver the knowledge, but is limited by resources. The Program would like to expand its educational outreach to schools, pest control operators, municipalities, golf courses, and other community settings. If more funds were available, the Community IPM Program would be able to put into effect the following:
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Josh does the Double Decathlon (Heroes)
Event: Double Decathlon between 20/08/2011 and 21/08/2011
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So what is the double decathlon?
Well I must admit it is not a marathon or and iron man but rather an event that is not pure endurance nor technique but requires power strength, and agilty.
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Purely out of the love of athletics and to see how well i'd fare, however to spur me on and make sure I complete it I have decided to compete for charity. I have chosen two worthy charities in my eyes that I hope you will chose at least one to sponsor me for. (http://www.justgiving.com/josh-mouland0/). The more you guys can raise the more I will have to pull my finger out and perform.
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Well done...you won the competition that matters! ;-)
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Well done Josh - amazed at the result. You might even be faster than me (age adjusted time of course!).
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Amazing, well done Josh.
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Still think your mental!
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Awe-inspiring stuff, congratulations on your amazing achievement!
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Well done.
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Great stuff , well done Josh!
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Go smash it Josh!
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Go Grandpa :D Lots of luck! xxx
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Go carefully Josh, pace yourself.
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Sorry I can't afford much right now but I hope this helps a little! Good luck!!
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Destroy the opposition! Sooner you than me with that 10k...
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Consumptive Water Use in Georgia, 2005
Consumptive water use is the water withdrawn that is evaporated, transpired, lost to leakage, incorporated into products or crops, consumed by humans or livestock, transferred to another area, or otherwise removed from the immediate water environment. In 2005, about 24 percent (1,310 Mgal/d) of the total water withdrawn (5.471 Mgal/d) in Georgia was consumed.
The distinction between the amount of water withdrawn for use and the amount of water consumed during use is important for water planning and management. For many withdrawals, data on the amount withdrawn that was returned to the immediate water environment (either a ground- or surface-water system) are not available. Water sales and purchases and interbasin transfers make it difficult to relate withdrawals to return flows. For example, an industrial facility might withdraw some water from wells and purchase additional water from a public supplier. Some of the total water used at that facility then might be returned directly to a stream (if it was noncontact cooling water) and some might be treated at a public or private waste treatment plant and the treated wastewater returned to a stream. Because of the difficulties in obtaining and compiling data on the amount of water returned to the environment for each withdrawal, consumptive use was estimated from the withdrawal amounts and consumptive-use coefficients by water-use category. Although estimates derived using coefficients can provide insight into consumptive water use, the results are not as accurate as metered data on withdrawals and return flows.
The consumptive-use coefficients vary for each of the water-use categories. Because public supply delivered water to domestic, commercial, industrial, and thermoelectric-power users, consumptive use is estimated for those use categories and not for public supply. The total water used in the categories is the sum of water withdrawn (self-supplied water) and water delivered from public suppliers. For domestic water use, consumptive use was estimated at 18 percent of the total use (Atlanta Regional Commission, written commun., 2007). The consumptive-use coefficient for commercial use was developed by the GWUP and supported by calculations using withdrawal and discharge data for some commercial users and estimated to be 18 percent.
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You think only some superheroes are real? he asked, shock rushing through him.
Justice, she said, after glancing around to make sure they were alone. There is a difference between real superheroes like you who have the power to save people from villains on a regular basis and people like me. My powers, such as they are, dont make me any different from Maria and other normal people. Yours do.
You think its the powers that separate us? Before he realized what he was doing, he was up from his chair and standing only inches from her. Her face was turned away, and she had to look at him so he could make her understand. He touched her soft skin with his fingertips, tipping her chin up. A scowl cut across her full mouth at his touch, but she didnt move away.
Isnt it? Her voice was soft, caressing.
It took a moment for him to remember what they were talking about.
Its not our powers that separate usmake us heroes. Yes, us, he added as she started to shake her head. Its the willingness to put on the uniform. To face things that might be stronger than ourselves in order to save other people. And the lack of power youre talking about? Her skin brushed against his as he leaned in to whisper. That lack of power is what makes you a real superhero, Brenda, because youre willing to fight in spite of that fact.
She turned her head, mouth parted to argue with him, to deny what he could so clearly see. Bringing his face down inches from hers, he grazed her jawline with his knuckles. She swayed toward him, gaze fixed on his mouth. She licked her lips, and the last bit of control hed clung to broke.
Her lips were softso softand after a moments hesitation she kissed him back with a zeal he hadnt expected. The sweet smell of strawberries filled his nose, and it occurred to him on some level that the intoxicating scent was probably her shampoo. He reached for her, touching her back with his hand, needing to get closer, to feel her body on his. She pressed against him eagerly, and her mouth opened. Soft and wet, her tongue caressed his.
Suddenly he couldnt think about anything but her. The way shed filled out her tight, little uniform. And the sexy confidence she donned with her conservative blouse and slacks. He hardened painfully in his uniform, and she moaned. The small sound made every muscle in his body tighten. He didnt care that they were practically in public. He had to have her. Now.
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Dan (and Nathan, and a few others) writes: "I've heard/read that you can call a COM Object from within a stored proc. Could you explain how this is done?"Yup. This is fairly straightforward; check it out.
The functions mentioned here are all well documented in SQL Server Books Online, so I'm not going to go into a lot of detail. If you have further questions, you know where to send them :)Calling a COM object from T-SQL is pretty easy. First, you call sp_OACreate to create an instance of the object. This stored proc returns an integer value (a handle) that you'll need later.Next, you call sp_OAMethod to invoke a method of the object. sp_OAGetProperty will retrieve the value of a property from the object; conversely, sp_OASetProperty will set the value of one of the object's properties.While you're calling these stored procs to manipulate the object, you use sp_OAGetErrorInfo after each call to see if the object threw an error. Error handling for COM object calls is mostly a manual process, so be prepared to do a lot of typing :)Once you're done using the object, you call sp_OADestroy to free the object. Objects that aren't explicitly freed are automatically freed by SQL Server at the end of the query batch.Since COM and SQL Server data types don't match up exactly, I suggest you check out the topic titled "Data Type Conversions Using OLE Automation Stored Procedures" in Books Online.Books Online also has a topic titled "OLE Automation Sample Script" that has a nice example of calling all of these procedures.-SQLGuru


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A Challenge to Sacramento Artists
I'm not an artist, but very appreciative of various kinds of art. As such, I have read that, in general, art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions. In the arts, "media (plural of medium) are the materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work."
It is up to the creativity and imagination of the artist to select from a wide variety of media the material(s) and technique(s) to use when creating a work of art. There is an extremely wide variety of such materials and techniques that an artist is able to use when producing a work of art.
Kansas teenagers who created the art shown in the photos below tapped highly unusual materials available free in their rural community. The basic material was straw left over from harvesting wheat. They used various arrangements of that straw which included loose straw, straw compacted in round, large rectangular/and or smaller bales, some coloring products and discarded bits or pieces of probably "junk" or litter to bring each creation to life.
With that background, I challenge Sacramento artists to use their imaginations to gather whatever materials that they may find discarded, lying around at home or in the streets to use whatever techniques they may choose to mold such materials into a work of art. Perhaps, the finished works can be preserved and displayed at various locations in Midtown or Downtown on the Mall.
Hints: I have seen photos in other cities of discarded tires carved into animal figures, chicken wire molded into bird or animal forms with vines planted at the base and pruned as they grow to fill out the wire forms, bush or small tree topiary trees, litter arranged into figures, machines, etc.
While there are art galleries whose owners are very serious about promoting art, I believe that the Second Saturday "art walk" hoopla has morphed into just an excuse for partying and getting drunk in MIdtown. I doubt that any one of those self-proclaimed "artists" is able to top the Kansas high school kids' creations shown below. Further, I don't think those that call themselves "artists" here have the creativity and skills to replicate or create new forms of anything unique related to art. Anyone willing to take the challenge to prove me wrong?
Straw Castles on the prairie
Straw Fort in the wheat field
Happy face
Straw Monster
Family Time
Straw Henge
Yikes! A raid! We give up!
You name it.
A bearded happy face
Little Miss Muffet's Spider
Papa Straw, Mama Straw and Baby Straw
To the Moon in a Straw Space Ship
A Straw Maze
Straw bale ferris wheel
Straw Boss
"Bringing in the Sheaves"
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Rams selected Miami (FL) CB Brandon McGee with the No. 149 overall pick.
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Browns selected Wisconsin OLB Joe Schobert with the No. 99 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft.
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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the team envisions third-round RB C.J. Prosise as a passing-down back.
Coach Todd Bowles said Friday that Geno Smith will enter OTAs as the Jets' starting quarterback.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn't "completely rule out" second-round OLB Jaylon Smith (knee surgery) playing in 2016.
Seahawks selected Notre Dame RB C.J. Prosise with the No. 90 overall pick of the 2016 NFL draft.
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An Avalanche season rapidly going sour took another turn for the worse Thursday, when it was learned that forward TJ Galiardi and defenseman Kyle Cumiskey will both be out indefinitely from injuries sustained Wednesday night against Minnesota.
Galiardi suffered a wrist injury, and Cumiskey suffered a head injury. They have both flown back to Denver to be further evaluated, and the Avs said they will call a player up later today from Lake Erie of the American Hockey League.
Both players had missed significant time already with injuries to the same respective areas, though the Avs did not specify if Galiardi's injury is to the same wrist he broke earlier this season and did not say if Cumiskey has another concussion.
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The Post's Adrian Dater and Mike Chambers post analysis, notes and minutiae on this blog devoted to the Colorado Avalanche and NHL.
The Avs practiced today at Nationwide Arena, in preparation for Friday's game with the Columbus Blue Jackets. They did so without Peter Forsberg, who was en route to Columbus from wrapping up immigation/working visa paperwork in Canada.
The Avs said Forsberg may still play against the Blue Jackets, and indicated he will be at the morning skate with the team.
Forsberg, who signed a one-year contract with Colorado on Sunday, has not played in the NHL since 2008 with the Avs.
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text: Supernova's early moments recreated in 3D simulation Space 20 June 12 by Jeremy Kingsley This article was taken from the July 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. "Supernovae are laboratories of nuclear physics," says Thomas Janka. "But unfortunately you couldn't produce these conditions in a laboratory on Earth." Instead, Janka and fellow astrophysicists at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, use computer models to recreate supernovae on the desktop, employing powerful supercomputers to crunch the laws of physics into millisecond-by-millisecond simulations. Supernovae are stars undergoing catastrophic explosions, forming neutron stars or black holes that are created by the biggest stars when they die. Although the later hours of a supernova are well observed, the first moments, beneath the blast surface, remain poorly understood."The big mystery is how exactly the explosion mechanism works," says Janka, explaining how 3D computational modelling helps to recreate the supernova event's first milliseconds. By inputting fundamental physical laws, constants and equations well understood in isolation, Janka and his team examine how these laws work together to produce supernovae. Janka, 52, and other researchers are now adding the detailed microphysics of neutrinos (emitted in their billions in these explosions) to the simulations -- but it's an enormous computational challenge. "That is a very big step," says Janka. "It's really getting to the limits of what computers can currently provide." Let's hope they don't have to wish upon an exploding star to get that equipment upgrade. Edited by Ian Steadman Latest on wired.co.uk


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Publications: TC Today
The alumni magazine of Teachers College, Columbia University
Volume 26, No. 1 ♦ 6/2001
Ignacy Goldberg, Internationally Known Expert on Disabilities, Dies at 85
Ignacy Goldberg, Professor Emeritus of Education, one of the foremost educators in the United States and across the world in the field of special education, died June 2, 2001, in Hollywood, Florida. He was 85 years old.
Published: 9/1/2001
A Man for All Seasons: Dr. John W. Taylor
Though frail now, the life of 95 year-old John Wilkinson Taylor is filled with accomplishments in education, diplomacy, civil-rights, and communications, which shaped the face of this nation and world.
Published: 6/1/2001
Colonel Myers: The Art of Giving
Colonel Eugene E. Myers, who passed away recently and is sorely missed by the Art and Art Education Program and the Milbank Memorial Library, once said, "I have always been steeped in military science, in history and music, art, aesthetics and I have done my Ôdarndest' to stay current." That he did. Myers co-authored or contributed to three books and published more than 80 articles on art, education and world travels. He served his country and lived his passion for art, learning, and teaching while establishing funding to foster programs and understanding of art in higher education.
Published: 6/1/2001
Dave Brubeck: Teacher
Dave Brubeck held a master class and concert at TC with two of his sons, Danny on trombone and bass and Chris on drums. Also performing with the trio were St. Joseph's Choir from Babylon, the Senior Gospel Chorus from Eleanor Roosevelt Intermediate School 143M in Washington Heights, and instrumentalists and chamber singers from Syosset High School. At the performance, Brubeck was awarded the TC Medal for Distinguished Service.
Published: 6/1/2001
Expanding the Role of Reading in Math Class
Does reading count in mathematics? Yes, it does, said TC Associate Professor of Education Marjorie Siegel. Reading isn't only for word problems. Math, like other subjects, has history and new areas yet to be discovered. Through reading, students learn the history of how certain formulas came to be and alternate forms of math. One class learned taxi geometry that takes into account the grid street system of New York City, she said. In other forms of geometry, mathematical constraints can make a sphere look like a square. In Reading Counts (TC Press), Siegel and Raffaella Borasi, Professor of Education at University of Rochester, presented the key findings of the Reading to Learn Mathematics for Critical Thinking (RLM) project and two other follow-up studies to show that reading does count in mathematics.
Published: 6/1/2001
Gifford Delivers Inaugural Sussman Lecture
Dr. Bernard R. Gifford, the first Sussman Visiting Professor of Education at TC, delivered the inaugural lecture at Milbank Chapel on, "Closing the Chasm Between Promise and Reality: Location-Independent Learning and Teaching."
Published: 6/1/2001
Hechinger Institute Examines Leadership and School Improvement
In the days after Mardi Gras, TC's Hechinger Institute settled into a quiet and serene New Orleans to present the opening of its yearly series of seminars. The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media is named for Fred M. Hechinger, an education editor at The New York Times and a TC trustee. The Institute exists to enhance communication and understanding between journalists and educators.
Published: 6/1/2001
Introducing TC Muses
While it doesn't include Sharon Stone ("The Muse") as part of the program, TC Muses, an experiential learning program begun recently by The Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation (CEO&I), does offer an exciting opportunity for lifelong learning.
Published: 6/1/2001
Janna Spark: Adversity and Gratitude
Janna Spark studied interdisciplinary psychology courses in the Special Education doctoral program during the early 1970s, when she was offered a scholarship to work with Professor I. Ignacy Goldberg.
Published: 6/1/2001
Levin on Cost-Effective Analysis in Education
The educational sector of the U.S. is second in size only to the health care sector in terms of its use of national resources, said Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education and Director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE)
Published: 6/1/2001
Maeroff Speaks About The Learning Connection
"For me, The Learning Connection is revisiting the topic of collaborative projects between schools and colleges in a book I wrote called, School in College, published in 1982," said Gene I. Maeroff, Director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College.
Published: 6/1/2001
Magsaysay Memorial
A memorial service was held at TC in January after the untimely death of alumna Teresita "Tess" Magsaysay.
Published: 6/1/2001
Mary Alice White, Leading Psychologist in Computers and Learning, Dies at 80
Mary Alice White, who was Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, Director of the Laboratory for the Psychological Study of Telecommunication, and one of the nation's leading psychologists to investigate the ways in which technology-including computers and television-change the way children learn, died in December 2000.
Published: 6/1/2001
Maxine Greene: Exclusions and Awakenings
When Maxine Greene walks into the room, people get excited. The premiere of the film, "Exclusions and Awakenings: The Life of Maxine Greene," directed by Markie Hancock and produced by Kathryn Gregorio, was no exception.
Published: 6/1/2001
New College: Addressing the Persistent Problems of Living
In 1932, in the midst of the most profound economic depression this country ever faced, Teachers College introduced the New College, an experimental college for teachers.
Published: 6/1/2001
New Report from the IEE Shows School-to-Work Initiatives Impact Student Performance
There is a new consensus of research that indicates School-to-Work (STW) activities, such as job shadowing, which involve business/education partnerships, do make a difference for students-this according to a report just published by the Institute on Education and the Economy (IEE) at TC.
Published: 6/1/2001
Professor Emeritus Willard J. Jacobson, Science Educator, Dies at 78
Willard James Jacobson, Professor Emeritus of Natural Science at Teachers College, who directed public attention to the national problem of "a sadly deficient" science education in the 1950s, died on Friday, December 29, 2000, at his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He was 78.
Published: 6/1/2001
Ralph R. Fields, Professor Emeritus of Higher Education, Dies at 93
Ralph R. Fields, one of the early pioneers in the community college movement and the head of the Teachers for East Africa Program (TEA), died on November 15, 2000, at his home in Sun City Center, Florida.
Published: 6/1/2001
Successes and Failures of Information Technology Use in Higher Education
Professor Lisa Ann Petrides' new book, Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education: Implications for Policy and Practice, focuses on both the successes and failures associated with integrating information technology in colleges and universities.
Published: 6/1/2001
TC Graduates Celebrate at Master's and Doctoral Convocation Ceremonies
People craned their necks and clutched cameras when the "Prelude and Fugue in C Major" began on the great organ of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. They were waiting to see the smiling face of a friend or family member beneath one of the 1,500 blue-gray mortarboard hats as the TC master's degree candidates marched into the Cathedral.
Published: 6/1/2001
The Sachs Lectures Feature Amy Stuart Wells
Amy Stuart Wells spoke to a packed audience in all three of her lectures as the Julius and Rosa Sachs Lecturer and Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology and Education.
Published: 6/1/2001
Winning the Social War Through Education
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to support the groundbreaking research of Professors Cally Waite and Margaret Crocco, who will be studying "The Education of Southern African Americans in Northern Research Institutions from Plessy to Brown (1896-1954)."
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Dell Inc Stock Hold Recommendation Reiterated (DELL)
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May 4, 2016
Hugs and tears mark the state's eighth annual Missing Children's Day ceremony.
The event is held on the second Monday of each September and this year fell on September 11th, the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
This also is the date when three of Florida's missing children disappeared: Jimmy Ryce of Miami-Dade County in 1995, Amanda Brown of Seffner in 1998 and Zachary Bernhardt of Clearwater in 2000.
Jimmy and Amanda were murdered and their killers are on death row, but Zachary remains missing.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials say last year almost 50,000 children were reported missing in Florida, but less than one percent were considered victims of predatory abductions.
Runaways accounted for 91 percent of the juveniles reported missing. Many of the others were taken in custody disputes.
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Biological Control Measures to Reduce the Late-Season Collapse of Melon 1997
Project Leader: T. A. Zitter
1. Select the best treatments alone and in combination, at seeding and again at the transplant stage, for controlling late collapse of melons.
2. Establish whether Verticillium dahliae is one of the biological factors responsible for sudden wilt in melon.
Failure to reproduce wilting and the subsequent re-isolation of the fungus in growth chamber studies prevented the pursuit of objective 1, though success was had at producing microsclerotia for further studies. Three attempts were made to infect melons with V. dahliae, but none was recovered in any of the tissue isolations. By the end of the season, V. dahliae isolates had been recovered from lettuce, strawberry, pepper, eggplant, tomato, and watermelon. These remain to be tested for pathogenicity on melon seedlings.


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In the Community
Concord Light is proud to be a part of the Concord community. Since 1898, we have provided reliable service and quick response to outages. THANK YOU to all our customers!
As a municipal utility, Concord Light is exempt from paying taxes to the town; however, we do make a payment to the town each year called a PILOT (payment in-lieu of taxes) based on the amount equal to what NSTAR would pay in property taxes were they serving Concord.
Concord Light made an in-lieu-of-tax payment to the Town of $458,650 in 2014 and $447,800 in 2013. In 2012, Concord Light made an in-lieu-of-tax payment of $385,000.
Good Neighbor Energy Fund
With electric bill inserts and newsletter stories, Concord Light encourages people to donate directly to the Salvation Army's Good Neighbor Energy Fund. The fund is available to eligible Massachusetts residents who need assistance to pay their electric bill because of temporary financial difficulties and are not eligible for state or federal energy assistance.
Energy and electrical safety education
Each winter, Concord Light staff presents a lesson on the science of electricity and how to safely harness its power to third-grade students at the Willard, Alcott, and Thoreau schools. Topics covered include how electricity is made, how it gets to Concord homes, and how lineworkers do their job. As part of this interactive lesson, students make electricity by riding a bicycle generator, create circuits to operate fans and pinwheels, and touch a solar panel.
Hugh Cargill Trust
Concord Light contributes funds annually to the Hugh Cargill Trust which helps eligible Town residents with emergency assistance to pay their electric bills.
Residential Rate Assistance
Concord Light began our Residential Rate Assistance program in 2006 to help Concord residents in financial need. Eligible customers are able to lower their bills by as much as 50%. As of February 2014, there were 185 Concord households enrolled in this program.
Senior lunch
Each fall, Concord Light buys lunch and our volunteers serve the meal to approximately 110 senior citizens during the Council on Aging "Wednesday Senior Lunch" program held at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center. In 2013, we provided lunch and a festive cake for our senior friends on Wednesday, October 30th. It's hard to say who enjoys this event more – the seniors or Concord Light staff!
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Concord Light line crew decorates trees outdoors for the holidays using thousands of energy efficient LED lights in the West Concord business district and at the Town House.
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Finally got round to reading it, an alright conclusion to Obito's flashback, though it still leaves much in question.
- Yahiko being a boss, protecting Nagato from random strangers.
- Learning how Obito learnt about Kushina's being pregnant.
- The wooden dragon and seeing how Hashirama was capable of dealing with the Kyuubi.
- Gai bloody but still around.
- Obito's dream of being Hokage seems sort of random and pointless now that he's basically Kakashi's opponent.
- Wish Naruto was pushing Madara further, at least to the point of needing the riblet Susanoo.


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In Episode 32 of the Game Under Podcast, Phil Fogg takes some time off (still recovering from the The Last of Us review) and is replaced by Dave Ader. And a good thing too, because Dave not only has a PS4, but games as well! He offers his thoughts on everything PS4 from Killzone Shadow Fall to Contrast. Even the console itself. Tom Towers talks about The Swapper and Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory to keep the podcast's hipster cred at a reasonable level.
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RISMEDIA, March 4, 2011—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the February 2011 edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard. The latest housing figures show increased existing home sales as home affordability remains high, but officials caution that the market remains fragile, as prices are unsettled.
"In the face of the deepest economic recession and housing crisis in decades, the Obama Administration has taken unprecedented action to promote stability in the market—keeping millions of families in their homes and helping millions more to save money by refinancing. But the data clearly show that the market remains extremely fragile," said HUD Assistant Secretary Raphael Bostic. "While we cannot stop every foreclosure, we know that many responsible homeowners are still fighting to make ends meet. Through the broad range of programs this Administration has put in place, we can put help in reach to those homeowners as early as possible."
"Our housing market remains fragile. We know this from the data, but homeowners across the country can feel it too. That's why this Administration remains committed to helping eligible homeowners avoid foreclosure where it makes economic sense to do so," said acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Tim Massad. "Every month, HAMP continues to help tens of thousands of additional families in a cost-effective manner. And by setting affordability standards and developing a framework for how mortgage servicers provide assistance to struggling families, HAMP has established critical protections for homeowners and has catalyzed improvements in modifications industry-wide."
The February Housing Scorecard features key data on the health of the housing market including:
-The housing market remains fragile as data through January 2011 paint a mixed picture of recovery. Existing home sales ticked upward in January, but remained below levels seen in the first half of 2010. Mortgage delinquencies continued a downward trend compared to early 2010 and foreclosure starts and completions remain below peak. However, as lenders review internal procedures related to foreclosure processing, many foreclosure actions have been delayed. The decline is likely to be temporary as lenders eventually revise and resubmit foreclosure paperwork in the coming months.
-Administration efforts have been effective in blunting the effects of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Since April 2009, record low mortgage rates have helped more than 9.5 million homeowners to refinance, resulting in $18.1 billion in total borrower savings. However, home prices remain unsettled at this fragile stage of the recovery. More than 4.2 million modification arrangements were started between April 2009 and the end of January 2011—including nearly 1.5 million HAMP trial modification starts, more than 730,000 FHA loss mitigation and early delinquency interventions and more than two million proprietary modifications under HOPE Now. While some homeowners may have received help from more than one program, the number of agreements offered was more than double the number of foreclosure completions for the same period (1.8 million).
Given the current fragility and recognizing that recovery will take place over time, the Administration remains committed to its efforts to prevent avoidable foreclosures and stabilize the housing market.
For more information, visit www.hud.gov.
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VectorNav Unveils Updates to VN-300 GPS/INS at AUVSI Show
VectorNav Technologies has released a surface mount version of its VN-300 dual-antenna GPS-aided inertial navigation system (GPS/INS). It will be on display at booth 942 at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems show, held May 5-7 in Atlanta. Surface Mount Device The VN-300 surface mount device (SMD) is a miniature MEMS-based inertial navigation module that includes both inertial navigation and GPS-compassing capabilities, which... read more


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How Much Longer Can Virality Master Speak Truth To Internet Culture?
"Over the last few years viral news has been co-opted by advertisers, pranksters, political operatives and others looking to sell something. When he can, Mr. Zimmerman tries to note when a story looks fishy and might harbor some ulterior motive. But telling the truth kills virality, reducing traffic. 'Once Internet culture eats itself, will I be able to do my job?' he wonders. 'When speaking truth to Internet culture doesn't result in traffic … when that happens, I may lose my edge and I'll have to find something else to do.'"


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Gov. Bill Ritter is assuring military veterans that they have a role in his jobs plan.
Ritter told the Veterans of Foreign Wars state convention on Thursday that his administration plans to give veterans free training for highway construction and heavy equipment skills to they can get jobs created by the federal spending plan.
Ritter says veterans deserve the best support the state can give as they make the switch from military to civilian life.
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