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Esophageal varices are abnormal, enlarged veins in the lower part of the esophagus — the tube that connects the throat and stomach. Esophageal varices occur most often in people with serious liver diseases.
Esophageal varices develop when normal blood flow to the liver is obstructed by scar tissue in the liver or a clot. Seeking a way around the blockages, blood flows into smaller blood vessels that are not designed to carry large volumes of blood. The vessels may leak blood or even rupture, causing life-threatening bleeding.
A number of drugs and medical procedures can help prevent and stop bleeding from esophageal varices.
Esophageal varices usually don't cause signs and symptoms unless they bleed. Signs and symptoms of bleeding esophageal varices include:
Your doctor may suspect varices if you have any of the following signs of liver disease:
Make an appointment with your doctor if you have any signs or symptoms that worry you. If you've been diagnosed with liver disease, ask your doctor about your risk of esophageal varices and how you may reduce your risk of these complications. Ask your doctor whether you should undergo an endoscopy procedure to check for esophageal varices.
If you've been diagnosed with esophageal varices, your doctor may instruct you to be vigilant for signs of bleeding. Bleeding esophageal varices are an emergency. Call 911 or your local emergency services right away if you experience bloody vomit or bloody stools.
Esophageal varices sometimes form when blood flow to your liver is obstructed, most often by scar tissue in the liver caused by liver disease. The blood flow to your liver begins to back up, increasing pressure within the large vein (portal vein) that carries blood to your liver. This pressure (portal hypertension) forces the blood to seek alternate pathways through smaller veins, such as those in the lowest part of the esophagus. These thin-walled veins balloon with the added blood. Sometimes the veins can rupture and bleed.
Causes of esophageal varices include:
Although many people with advanced liver disease develop esophageal varices, most won't experience bleeding. Varices are more likely to bleed if you have:
The most serious complication of esophageal varices is bleeding. Once you have had a bleeding episode, your risk of another bleeding episode is greatly increased. In some cases, blood loss is so great that you go into shock. This can lead to death.
Make an appointment with your family doctor or a general practitioner if you think you may have a disease or condition that could lead to esophageal varices. If you're experiencing signs and symptoms of internal bleeding, you may be told to immediately call 911 or your local emergency number to be taken to the hospital for urgent care. There you will be evaluated by a doctor who specializes in digestive disorders (gastroenterologist).
Here's some information to help you get ready for an appointment.
Some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions during your appointment.
Be ready to answer questions your doctor may ask:
If you develop bloody vomit or stools while you're waiting for your appointment, call 911 or your local emergency number or go to an emergency room immediately.
If you have cirrhosis, your doctor should screen you for esophageal varices at the time you are first diagnosed. How often you'll undergo screening tests depends on your condition. Main tests used to diagnose esophageal varices are:
The primary aim in treating esophageal varices is to prevent bleeding. Bleeding esophageal varices are life-threatening. If bleeding occurs, treatments are available to try to stop the bleeding.
Treatments to lower blood pressure in the portal vein may reduce the risk of bleeding esophageal varices. Treatments may include:
Bleeding varices are life-threatening, and immediate treatment is essential. Treatments used to stop bleeding include:
Diverting blood flow away from the portal vein. Your doctor may recommend a procedure called transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). The shunt is a small tube that is placed between the portal vein and the hepatic vein, which carries blood from your liver back to your heart. By providing an additional path for blood, the shunt reduces pressure in the portal vein and often stops bleeding from esophageal varices.
But TIPS can cause a number of serious complications, including liver failure and mental confusion, which may develop when toxins that would normally be filtered by the liver are passed through the shunt directly into the bloodstream. TIPS is mainly used when all other treatments have failed or as a temporary measure in people awaiting a liver transplant.
Bleeding will recur in most people who have bleeding from esophageal varices. Beta blockers and esophageal band ligation are the recommended treatments to help prevent rebleeding.
Currently, no treatment can prevent the development of esophageal varices in people with cirrhosis. While beta blocker drugs are effective in preventing bleeding in many people who have esophageal varices, they do not keep esophageal varices from forming.
If you've been diagnosed with liver disease, ask your doctor about strategies to avoid liver disease complications. Some steps which may help keep your liver as healthy as possible include:
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ATLANTA (AP) - The Braves showed no hangover from their champagne celebration, beating Miami 3-0 on Wednesday night as Martin Prado homered and Paul Maholm combined with three relievers on a six-hitter.
The win came one night after Atlanta clinched at least an NL wild-card berth with Tuesday night's 4-3 win over the Marlins. After the game, Braves players sprayed champagne on each other in the clubhouse and on the field.
The Braves began the night four games behind first-place Washington in the NL East.
Prado hit a first-inning homer off Josh Johnson (8-14) and drove in Jose Constanza with a third-inning single. The Braves had only four hits.
Miami has lost six straight and eight of nine.
Maholm (13-10) earned only his second win in his last seven starts. The left-hander gave up five hits with no walks and six strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings.
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Outside - (Figs Outside - racing name) - 4½ years old. Outside is a very handsome brindle male with cute floppy ears and a gorgeous face. He is a big boy weighing about 82 pounds. He came to us from West Virginia where he was born and where he raced. Greyhounds are often given unusual and silly names and Outside's whole family is a perfect example of this. His one sister is named Amyside, and his brothers are named Inside, Upside, and Topside. His Dad's name is Upside Insideout --- go figure! It is quite alright for adopters to give their Greyhound a new name as they quickly adapt to it. Outside has a sweet personality and is a gentle boy although he too is not fond of cats.
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Kirstie and Phil help people to find their perfect homes.
Episode 2 - Sheffield
Kirstie and Phil are in Sheffield racing to find the perfect house for a fire-fighter in distress, and a mega-bucks property for a pair of home-sick doctors.
Episode 3 - Jakkie and Scott/Nicola and Chris, Hastings
Kirstie and Phil are in Hastings to search for the perfect home for two different couples, but at times the search is in danger of becoming the second Battle of Hastings.
Episode 4 - Guildford
Kirstie and Phil are in Surrey where high fliers Ben and Sophie need a family home on a budget of £480,000, while fussy lovebirds Glen and Rachel are on a tight £250,000.
Episode 5 - Tyne Valley
Kirstie and Phil try to find perfect homes for two couples in the Tyne Valley, near Newcastle
Episode 6 - Chelmsford
Kirstie and Phil help an internet entrepreneur and his wife who have a cool £1,000,000 budget and a huge wish list; and a pair of first-time buyers in Chelmsford with just £175,000.
Episode 7 - Home Counties
Phil and Kirstie help two sets of desperate house hunters in Bedfordshire
Episode 8 - North Yorkshire
Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp are challenged to find two very different properties in beautiful North Yorkshire for an unconventional couple.
Episode 9 - North West London
Even in the midst of the credit crunch, there are still some people who are buying, here Kirstie and Phil search on behalf of two couples in north west London.
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Kirstie and Phil are searching for two new homes for two couples around the pretty villages, leafy lanes and seaside towns near Exeter in Devon.
Episode 11 - South West London
Even in the midst of the credit crunch, there are still some people who are buying, so this week Kirstie and Phil are in desirable south west London to find two very different properties.
Episode 12 - Norwich and Sutton Coldfield
Kirstie and Phil catch up with faint-hearted first timers Helen and Paul in Norwich, and with the multi generational Bhermi family in Sutton Coldfield.
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OSO, Washington (Reuters) – Recovery teams struggling through thick mud up to their armpits and heavy downpours at the site of the devastating landslide in Washington state are facing yet another challenge – an unseen and potentially dangerous stew of toxic contaminants.
Sewage, propane, household solvents and other chemicals lie beneath the surface of the gray mud and rubble that engulfed hundreds of acres of a small, rural community and left dozens dead and missing northeast of Seattle on the morning of March 22.
The official death toll stood at 21 on Monday, with 30 people still listed as unaccounted for nine days after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed above the north fork of the Stillaguamish River.
County officials planned to present their next update on the status of the recovery operations at 11 a.m. local time on Monday.
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Managers of the recovery operation were taking special measures to protect the hundreds of workers on the scene from chemical exposure and to prevent toxic sludge from being carried offsite.
"We're worried about dysentery, we're worried about tetanus, we're worried about contamination," local fire Lieutenant Richard Burke, a spokesman for the operation, told reporters visiting the disaster site on Sunday. "The last thing we want to do is take any of these contaminants out of here and take them into town, back to our families."
The torrent of mud released by the slide roared over both stream banks and across state Highway 530, flattening dozens of homes on the outskirts of the town of Oso in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
Jason Biermann, program manager for the Snohomish County Emergency Management Department, said late on Sunday that the official loss of life so far included 15 victims whose remains have been identified by medical examiners and six more still awaiting positive identification.
He said four additional sets of remains were found on Sunday that for reasons not explained to reporters were being left out of the official tally of dead.
Authorities have offered conflicting casualty figures, and the process of accounting for the number of dead has likely been complicated by the condition of some bodies that rescue workers have said are not always found intact.
They have in recent days reported locating a number of bodies that have not been included in the official death toll, previous to the four reported on Sunday, but have not provided further updates on the status of those remains.
No one has been pulled out alive and no signs of life have been detected since the day the landslide hit, when at least eight people were injured but survived.
Officials have conceded it may be impossible to account for everyone lost in the disaster, and that some victims might end up being permanently entombed under the mound of muck and debris, which county authorities say covers 1 square mile (2.6 sq km).
Scores of recovery workers, including National Guard troops just back from Afghanistan, picked through the swampy, rubble-strewn mud on Sunday as overcast but dry weather provided a welcome respite from heavy rains of recent days.
Weather forecasts for the week ahead showed a continued drying trend, "which will help crews and reduce the risk of flooding and additional slides," the county said in a statement.
Some parts of the slide area, buried beneath 15 to 75 feet of mud, twisted tree trunks and wreckage, were still too dangerous to enter, Burke told reporters.
Like most workers at the site, Burke's boots were sealed to his trousers with duct tape, a precaution to keep toxic sludge out of his clothing. National Guard troops also set up a decontamination station where workers scrubbed themselves with soap and hot water before leaving the site.
"This is going to be a hazardous materials site for many years while we try to get this cleaned up," Burke said.
Governor Jay Inslee, who toured the disaster zone by helicopter on Sunday, said relatives had not given up all hope of finding a "miracle" survivor, and neither had authorities.
"We're looking for that miracle right now," the governor said during a stop at an airfield in the neighboring town of Arlington. "If we don't find that miracle, they're also looking for the knowledge of the fate of their loved ones."
(Additional reporting by Bryan Cohen in Arlington, Wash; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Dan Grebler)


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If it's possible I'd like the mods to be incremental so we do not need to do an all or nothing build. Maybe stages. Example, Stage 1 could be tuned exhaust, K&N or other free flow filter and a reprogram to optimize. Something fairly low budget, and diy, from a kit. Other stages could get into packages that you do in your shop, or the parts shipped to us or a willing local Bullet dealer. I know "local" when it comes to Bullet dealers is a relative term, but I think you will get the idea. I probably have the wrong impression of your fireball program, but it seems, the bike needs to come to your shop for the work. Understandable, but not terribly accessible for some folk.If I'm off base with how your fireball upgrade works I apologize in advance. I am really just thinking, I anyway, would like the build accessible in logical combinations of parts so I can do it some now some later as I get the money together.
Wonderful news! Thank you in advance for all of the devotion and hard work! I would love to see a blog of your thoughts and progress in the r&d for this project as much as the protection of any trade secrets would allow. I am especially curious what you discover in terms of the durability of the bottom end and how you plan to work around the hydraulic lifters.
I would prefer a moderate top end kit that leaves the bottom end alone. Maybe even just an EFI/intake/exhaust upgrade package. That wouldn't require any major mechancal swaps. I don't intend to tear up any racetracks, I'd just like a little more power for extended freeway jaunts and when I add a sidecar.Scott
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it might give the weak hearted souls in the Nation a sense of strength to overcome their over riding fears and negative persuasions.
On each of his bats, he has engraved Ps. 27:1
That passage reads ...
Psalm 27Of David.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
Adrian's outlook is "Whom shall I fear? Of whom shall I be afraid" ...
I know it's an unapologetic trust in God in his life and facing his problems. That in itself will bother some.
But what if you worry warts, you absolute realists who see things for what they really are, start believing, trusting, and overcoming like Adrian plans to and expects to.
How about a step into the world of strength through trust? Pointing out the negative is so easy. How about grasping the positives and the possibilites and seeing the possibilites of great joy ahead?
... you fear being hurt. How about following Adrian's example and trust in strength???


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Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
The Master of Theological Studies degree serves persons who wish to explore disciplines within theology and religion, without the objective of preparing for ordained ministry. Students who wish to prepare for ordained ministry should consider the MDiv degree.
The MTS is especially suited for persons interested in some aspect of teaching and research or engagement in social issues. Students who plan to apply to a PhD program in religion or to teach at the secondary school level might seek this degree. Others may elect the degree out of intellectual curiosity.
The program focuses on historical and constructive issues of religious and theological reflection, rather than ministry. Nevertheless, the seminary community affects both instruction and the process of theological reflection, providing an enriched human and personal context.
The MTS is closer to the Master of Arts (MA) than to the Master of Divinity. The program focuses intensely on issues of academic theology and the study of religion in general. However, in contrast with the MA offered in some graduate schools, which specializes in a single area of religious studies, the MTS covers all areas of theological studies.
The program is also intentional about helping students discern their vocation through plenaries, small groups and professional development electives in areas such as Non-Profit Leadership and Management; Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding; and Youth Ministry.
Credit Hours
The 48-credit hour curriculum is structured to be completed in two years of full-time study; the maximum length of time allowed to complete the program is six years.
2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
All students, regardless of their area of focus, are required to complete nine hours each in courses designated as History, Scripture and Tradition; and Modern Religious Thought and Experience. Also, students must take one course in World Religions.
In addition, students have a required professional development elective, an additional 18 hours related to their declared focus, and up to nine hours of additional electives.
Students are required to enroll in an advising group focused on exploring vocational options.
Thesis and Integrative Paper
Students will complete the degree with course work plus a thesis or an integrative paper. Theses or integrative papers should be written within the declared area of focus.
Candler's MTS program enables students to go as deep as they want in a wide range of study areas within the two broad areas of History, Scripture, and Tradition and Modern Religious Thought and Experience. That means that students can design a program to fit their academic interests. Up to two-thirds of the curriculum is customizable.
- The customized approach, in addition to better fitting students' educational and vocational goals, allows for increased collaboration with faculty at Candler and the wider Emory University; it also encourages interdisciplinary study, the pursuit of joint degrees, and study abroad options.
- Credit hours may be earned through courses, seminars (including PhD seminars, subject to permission of the instructor) or directed study. Courses may be selected from Candler, the Graduate Division of Religion or other University offerings subject to approval of the program director.
- Prerequisites for advanced courses taken at Candler usually do not apply to MTS students.
- There is no general language requirement.
- In keeping with the flexibility of the program, no maximum limit is placed on the number of courses taken in an area of focus. At the same time, a candidate should pursue a cluster of courses that reasonably constitutes interests outside of the area of focus in order to balance depth with breadth in a course of study.
Candler offers the following certificates in conjunction with a Candler degree.
Black Church Studies
A theoretical and practical exploration of the black church tradition and its role in contemporary society.
Faith and Health
An interdisciplinary study of health and health promotion practices as they intersect with various religious or spiritual traditions.
Human Rights (Emory Graduate Certificate)
Combines the resources of Emory University with the applied programs of our professional partners, including CARE USA, The Carter Center, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others, for an interdisciplinary approach to human rights scholarship and training.
Religious Education Ministries
Equips students for ministries related to teaching and learning in faith communities, schools, and wider society.
Women, Theology, and Ministry
In-depth study of the impact of gender on church and society and specific focus on issues relevant to women in theology and ministry.
Master of Theological Studies/Master of Arts in Bioethics (MTS/MA)
Prepares students to work at the intersection of religion and health or health care—in bioethics, patient advocacy or pastoral care at a faith-based health care institution or organization.
Master of Theological Studies/Master of Business Administration (MTS/MBA)
For individuals interested in church administration, including investment management for church development, private wealth management and/or estate planning.
Master of Theological Studies/Juris Doctor (MTS/JD)
For students interested in a career in law, but have deep interests in theology, church life, ethics, or social and political theory, or for students pursuing academic careers.
Master of Theological Studies/Master of Public Health (MTS/MPH)
Prepares students who are interested in using an understanding of religion and theology in public health care practice.


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More than 10 years ago, when I was in 4-H, the face of 4-H was the same, but the projects sure were different.
Designing scrapbooks and sewing, showing market hogs, I really enjoyed. Other projects were gardening, woodworking, cooking, steers and genealogy. I would never have thought of doing a computer or bicycle project, mapping out a geocache or building a robot.
These new and emerging projects are answering the needs of today's youth. Wanting a healthy lifestyle encourages a member to learn about bicycling: the health benefits, safety gear, road rules and more. As more urban youth get involved in 4-H, this project can help them be safer, smarter commuters.
The computer project is good for beginners to the more experienced. It helps members identify and use basic components of a personal computer, learn about technology to pursue their goals and make intelligent and safe use of the Internet. It goes into networking, programming and recognizing the negative impacts that exist as a result of networking, such as viruses and hacking.
The Power of Wind curriculum lets the member learn about wind and its uses. They study how the energy of wind is transferred to machines to do work for us. They use engineering skills to design and assemble a wind project. This fits well with the national 4-H Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiative Colorado 4-H is embracing.
Another STEM-related emerging issue is the use of geospatial skills for mapping. This project offers learning experiences and opportunities to increase the knowledge, skill and understanding of geographic and geospatial-related ideas and problems. Members learn about their "position" in the world as well as how to use map-making tools and symbols when making maps.
These projects all support society's changes in thought and practice. 4-H will continue to add new projects with research-based curriculum to help today's youth be the best they can be now and throughout their lives.
Kim Schriver is a CSU 4-H extension agent for Garfield County. 4-H is a cooperative effort between CSU Extension and Garfield County. Call 625-3969 or visit www.extension.colostate.edu/garfieldcounty.


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Courses and theatrical productions are offered to provide the student with rigorous, demanding professional training and a cultural background with which to attain the highest standards in theatre. As a collaborative art form, theatre constitutes a complex investigation of the human experience in a three dimensional expression. Through extensive personal instruction in both the art and practice of Theatre, utilizing and introducing the best standards of the profession, we offer an introduction to the various disciplines within the theatre and the opportunity to focus in one. The pedagogical objectives of our curricular and production programs are intertwined: the theatre curriculum provides individualized training and the production season provides a means for students to demonstrate learned skills in a public venue. We aim to provide the students with courses that explore the performative, literary, cultural, historical, technical, and visual significance of Theatre, and a season of produced plays allowing students the opportunity to apply these values in a practical context.
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Recognized as one of the top theatre schools in the country by Princeton Review's Guide to Best Colleges, the Theatre Department offers courses in acting, directing, design, literature, theory and history, and playwriting, along with all aspects of technical and production work. Aspiring actors, directors, designers, and theatre technicians choose Whitman for our strong performance-based theatre program. The Theatre Department produces eight season productions each year ranging from the classics to musical comedy to contemporary drama. Many of Whitman's theatre majors have gone on to complete graduate work at top programs including Yale, The Old Globe, University of Washington, the Denver Theatre Centre, Rutgers University, and others.
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A Freeze Warning is in effect for the entire DC Metro area east of the Beltway tonight into Saturday morning. This is because it would be the first time, for many locations, for the temperature to dip below freezing if it happens tonight. As you can see in the picture above, even the District and the counties surrounding the Chesapeake are included in the Warning.
If the temperature drops low enough for frost to form in DC tonight, it will be earlier than usual, but not the earliest by a stretch. The earliest first frost, as our Chief Meteorologist Topper Shutt mentioned in his blog post, was on October 10th. On average, the first frost happens on November 7th. So if it happens tonight, it will be about 2 weeks earlier than "normal".
The weather tonight is creating almost ideal conditions for the temperature to take a big drop.
The first element: a clear sky. Clouds will hold onto the heat we got during the day, and they even radiate some of that heat back down toward the ground during the overnight hours. This is why people will sometimes say that the "clouds act like a blanket" to keep in the day's warmth.
The second element: calm winds. Breezy conditions prevent the day's heat from exiting straight up into the higher atmosphere. The wind stirs the air, preventing any part of it from getting much warmer or much colder than another part. So, a lack of wind allows the day's heat to shoot straight upward and away from the ground.
The third element: low humidity. Water holds onto heat much more efficiently than air. That's why the towns that are closest to the Chesapeake tend to have later frost and freeze dates than inland locations. The humidity in the air has this same insulating effect. So, on a night like tonight, with a low amount of water vapor (low humidity) in the air, the temperature can drop more quickly than if there is more moisture present.
A Twitter follower asked me if we might see flurries tonight. Based on what you've just read, can you figure out why the answer is "no"? It's because we're going to have clear skies and low amounts of moisture all night. Since it's only October, I would venture to guess that if the humidity had been higher today, our temperatures wouldn't get nearly cold enough for snow. The time is not yet right for the elements of snowmaking to come together. We'll probably have to wait at least a couple more months for that!


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its kinda funny that even tho they have tons of money they cant buy what they want..lol
And forget the offer, were good anyway, just thought I would extend an offer in case some one wanted to make a couple extra bucks.
Maybe COhunter should take his finger out of his butt..
Have a good one guys...
We've busted our butts this summer and found two real good ones, so if we son't find anything bigger, we'll be super pumped to kill them two.
As for sending me an e-mail of an 84 inch buck kill, that would be cool. Hope all you guys that antelpe hunt kill 84 inch bucks! So, I have no idea what Casey's point is?? maybe he's jealous or something?Were all in this hunting thing together and love to see other hunters have success.
Good luck guys,
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) -- The manager of a Denny's who asked a group of detectives to leave the restaurant is offering free food to police officers.
The officers were asked to leave after a customer said their weapons make them uncomfortable.
Police say the five on-duty detectives with visible badges were eating at the restaurant on South Illinois Street Tuesday when the manager asked one of the detectives to either put her gun in the car or leave.
The detectives chose to leave.
Belleville Police Chief Bill Clay then told his officers not to go to Denny's unless they are responding to an emergency.
Denny's released a statement saying they do not permit firearms inside the restaurant but then determined the weapon belonged to a plain-clothed officer. They do allow law enforcement officials to carry their weapons inside the restaurant.
The manager of that restaurant has now decided to offer free meals to police officers on Friday.
The free meals will be offered from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. at 1130 South Illinois Street.
Capt. Donald Sax with the Belleville Police Department says on Thursday Van Catchings, Director of Company Operations for Denny's, met with members of the police Department to talk about the situation.
He says Catchings apologized for the actions taken by the restaurant and that the actions were inconsistent with Denny's corporate policy.
Chief Clay then lifted the ban on officers taking meal or coffee breaks at the restaurant and released the following statement:
"I am a fan of 'Social Media'; I use it and rely upon it often. This same technology sometimes puts an issue in the public domain that should be resolved in private face to face meetings. Denny's on South Illinois is a Belleville business. They pay sales tax and provide employment for many Belleville residents. I have patronized Denny's in the past and will continue to do so in the future. I harbor no grudges! This was an unfortunate incident by an individual employee; it has been made right."
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Nice Iso Map, looks good.
Well, I said I would enter this contest and thus I do. Did some 3d modeling of various ruined structures the last few days and here is a first snapshot. Still have to turn it into a proper map now. Hmm, top down orthographic projection probably. Not entirely sure about the details yet though ...
Long ago the castle under the sand was one of many small fortifications guarding a caravan route running along the outskirts of a large desert. And while it withstood raiders and wars it had no chance against the ravages of time. Ever so slowly it was covered by the encroaching wandering dunes of the desert. Despite the best efforts of the garrison the castle's well fell dry, filled with sand and thus the castle had to be abandoned to be slowly covered by sand. Today as the large wandering dunes have passed what little remains of the castle has surfaced again, not much more than a small landmark in the desert.
Nice Iso Map, looks good.
My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407
Very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing how you present it in the final.
Pretty cool! I wish I knew how to do stuff like this...
Coming along nicely.
Are you planning to "dirty up" the stones before you are finished? It seems there would be more sand on top of the stones that are showing. I know it's early days in the process and probably not that big a deal to blow some sand on them but it does kind of look like the maids have been through.
What are you using to create this cuz I really like what you are doing so far.
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Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."-Confucius
Old map and Historic map
Thanks for the replies. Dirtying it up a bit might be a good idea. Sadly my PC can barely handle the file as is. Thus no adding a particle effect at this time. Doing most of my work in Blender ( blender.org - Home ), as I like to model stuff in 3d (it helps that Blender is a free tool). At times I do some post render adjustments in OpenCanvas or Artrage.
the measurements are off, by your grid those doors are like 35 feet tall... drop it down to like 4 or 5 feet per square and i think the space will be more believable!
I like this a lot thought just so you know.


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Great work, Eric! Amazing!
hahahaha this is so cool! Love!
great eric!
You've nailed it, love this Eric!
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Thank you Adam, ali jardine, Sreetama, noblackcolor, HLMM, Speakerine, Cecilia, PhotophoBea@, and Wayne! :)
Nice tip of the hat to the early days of movies in a humourous way.
That's great.
nicely rendered lovely ...
So inspired! Georges Méliès would have loved this.
muy bueno!!!
Super lovely! I love his expression
This is so great!
love love love :)
hilarious! great work Eric
I have a desire to accrue all great bomb pop art for my walls, this will have to be added to the collection. Great job good sir!
must be a melies thing going around at the moment, I've seen a few as well as my own ... I love the texture to this one though .. :D
Thanks so much everyone!
nicely done! great work, Eric!
Thank you Joy!
I was honored to give that the 200th heart !
! Thanks so much Avigur ! :D
Randomly on Pinterest I came across a picture from the film that this piece was inspired from! I recognized it immediately from your work and love your adaptation!
great work!
a trip to the moon on a rocket popsicle? absolutely. i still think this was staged.
Love it!!!
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This is so awesome. Did you do it because of Hugo movie or you knew Méliès before the movie?
Great twist!
Thanks Leah, Shawn, Jackson, p-lops, nino, Tummeow GingerGenius, and Morgan.
@GingerGenius: I've been a fan of Méliès for a long time. I even made a pilgrimage to his grave at Pere Lachaise when I was in Paris long ago.
@GingerGenius: I've been a fan of Méliès for a long time. I even made a pilgrimage to his grave at Pere Lachaise when I was in Paris long ago.
great rendition of a classic
Hehe classic
great work
u r my fraind
Amazing! Love this!!!
an intresting interpretation..
Your stuff is so cool. :D
very, very, very cool piece
Thats pretty cool!
OW! haha, rad piece! =)
Love this!
man you've made so many amazing pieces, such an awesome concept :)
Your work is awesome.
Hehe that is funny! ^^
very nice work!
Aaaaah, I love this so much.
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love it!
I recognized it from the movie Hugo. Despite the good story, the rest of the movie drives me sleepy but. it's an amazinggg work there!
A Trip To The Moon is my favorite Melies film! LOVE this parody!
Really love this...
you use the textures in such professional way. Love your style
This is great
George Melies ! awasome work Eric
Thanks so much karen, Melina, orol, Josrick, Tyler, Camila, Hannah, and k_design!
I love this! You don't just have a cool style but you have awesome ideas!
Laugh riot.
this is so awesome!!!
Totally fab, love your work, so unique!
Awesome idea man, perfectly executed.
Such a lovely work! :)
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University of South Dakota assistant football coach Marquice Williams has been selected to participate in the Bill Walsh NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship. He will spend part of this summer with the Chicago Bears at their training camp in Bourbonnais, Ill. Williams is one of five participants selected by the Bears.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop as a coach and learn as much as I can from some of the best in the game," said Williams. "I look forward to taking what I learn from the Bears' staff and bringing it back to USD to share with our team."
The Fellowship program has mentored more than 1,500 minority coaches since it was established in 1987. Those who have completed the program include current NFL head coaches Marvin Lewis (Cincinnati), Leslie Frazier (Minnesota) and Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh). The list also includes former head coaches Tony Dungy (Indianapolis) and Lovie Smith (Chicago).
The program's objective is to use NFL Clubs' training camps, offseason workout programs and minicamps to give talented minority coaches opportunities to observe, participate and gain experience while striving to obtain a full-time NFL coaching position.
"This is a great opportunity for Marquice to gain experience with a professional football team," said USD head football coach Joe Glenn. "He will learn a lot and will be able to share his knowledge with our players and coaches."
Williams is the outside linebackers coach at USD and also organizes the team's community service projects. He was an assistant coach at Central Oklahoma and Winona State prior to arriving in Vermillion. He played collegiately at University of Mary where he was an all-conference and all-region defensive back.
With the Bears, Williams will work closely alongside assistant head coach and special team's coordinator Joe DeCamillis. He will also be on staff for Family Day at Soldier Field in Chicago, an opportunity for fans to meet the 2013 team.


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Roche is partnering with Technoclone on the co-development of a range of coagulation assays. Technoclone is a reagent specialist in thrombosis and cardiovascular diagnostics. Roche says the collaboration will support its plan to develop a new line of analyzers marketed under the Cobas® brand for central coagulation laboratories. The firm projects introducing new instrumentation in the U.S. and Canada in 2014.
"The expansion of the reagent menu into key areas of hemostasis will greatly enhance the new line of laboratory coagulation analyzers in development and will open up new opportunities for research related to targeted treatment and personalized healthcare," comments Randy Pritchard, vp for marketing at Roche Diagnostics.
The new deal with Technoclone follows on from last month's announcement that Roche was buying platelet-function test specialist Verum Diagnostica for €11 million. At the time Roche said the acquisition will allow it to provide a comprehensive coagulation portfolio, ranging from self-monitoring applications to products for hospital and commercial laboratories.
According to the Swiss drug giant, laboratory coagulation is estimated to be the fifth largest market in professional diagnostics worldwide. It was worth some $1.4 billion in sales during 2010 and has a projected annual growth rate of 5.1% over the next five years.
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Staff Report
Published Jan. 15, 2013
The Anderson County Emergency Services Division has deployed Gilbert-based Avtec's Scout radio dispatch consoles to control emergency communications across 780 square miles in the Upstate.
The county's call center answers more than 500,000 calls a year because of its proximity to the Interstate 85 corridor, the region's terrain and accidents on Lake Hartwell, according to a news release.
"We handle calls about everything from heart attacks to gunshots, and car accidents to hazardous chemical spills. We also support requests for helicopter support and boat deployments on Lake Hartwell," said Deputy Chief Taylor Jones, who oversees the emergency services division.
Anderson County's new call center is the result of a lightning strike in July 2011 that struck two radio towers and damaged 80% of the center's equipment, causing nearly $3 million in damage. The new system has been deployed since last August.
"The cost to the taxpayers was zero," said Rusty Burns, Anderson County's administrator. "We watched our pennies, we watched our dimes, and the fiscal impact is that we saved the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars while providing our community with the best 911 center in the Southeast United States."
The project was funded through the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund, and is expected to save the county $191,000 annually, Burns said.
The Anderson County Emergency Services Division relies on 17 Scout console workstations from Avtec. An additional four Scout workstations were installed in December and will be used for training and in emergencies.
Avtec Inc. provides Internet Protocol dispatch console solutions for the public safety, transportation, utility, business and government markets.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. (WUSA) - There's an effort underway to extend Metrorail's Orange, Blue and Yellow lines. They would bring Metrorail to Centreville, Woodbridge, and through Fort Belvoir into Prince William County.
Congressmen Jim Moran and Gerry Connolly have introduced a bill to study the three Metrorail extensions.
Commuters like Phillip Mitchell like the idea. He works in Lorton as a federal contractor. He spends a total of 3 hours a day commuting back and forth to his home in Upper Marlboro. "It's a lot of wasted time and a lot of gas money. Metrorail would help a lot," said Mitchell.
The blue line would be extended from Springfield, along the CSX rail right-of-way and the orange line down the center median of I-66 to Centreville, both routes along those existing corridors will help alleviate the need to buy up land for the projects, said Sen. George Barker.
"Prince William commuters have the longest commutes of anywhere in the Metropolitan area, and virtually the longest of anywhere in the entire country. And part of that is because we don't have a jobs base down here. Getting Metrorail down here helps with economic development as well as providing benefits to commuters. It's helps the community as a whole," said Barker.
Barker says the reason Prince William commuters are saddled with the longest commutes in the nation is because there aren't enough jobs in the county. He says half of all workers in Prince William commute out of the county to their jobs.
Woodbridge is already served by Virginia Railway Express, but because those CSX rails are shared with Amtrak and freight trains, the commuter service is limited and at it's maximum capacity.
And, given VRE's limitations, Barker says it does not help generate economic growth like Metrorail would.
Critics argue extending metro rail is too expensive and they say there won't be enough riders.
"The ridership will be there. I have no doubt about that," said Barker. The feasibility study will determine the number of potential riders and its economic benefits.
Connolly says it took 47 years to get the Silver Line to Dulles under construction. He said he doesn't think it should take that long to bring Metrorail to the I-66 or I-95 corridor.
Rep. Moran said in a statement, "Every $1 invested in public transit, yields $4 in economic benefits. As the population in this region continues to grow, so must our transportation infrastructure."


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I have just downloaded the latest milestone 3.0M1 and am trying to get the AjaxTK examples to work.
I don't have a jsp server up and running so I converted the pages to PHP. The JSP files seemed to only be used to import other jsp's and setup the initial js environment (?).
I can now run the examples pretty much as expected. However, none of the images show up.
Is there an way to obtain the html that is generated by the toolkit to see where it is trying to get the images from?
Any other suggestions would be welcome.
I would also like to congratulate you on an excellent piece of work and thank you for making is OSS. I would also like to second the request for making your AjaxTK a seperately available download (I can see so much potential!).


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At a Post-Jobs Apple, Culture Shock Is Certain
It's a new day at Apple. The transition from a dynamic leader like Steve Jobs to a new generation at the helm of the iGiant will change the culture. Not in a year, not even in five -- but before you know it, we'll be talking about Apple in the "good old days" back when Jobs ran things.


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Rwanda Duhingekawa Women's Coop - Sulawesi Toraja Gr. 1
We just received the new crop lot of Rwanda Duhingekawa Women's Cooperative coffee from this Fair Trade group, and it has the same balanced, slightly citric profile as last year's great delivery. Read more about their unique group here. We also have the classic Sulawesi Grade One Toraja, a traditional semi-washed Indonesia with great bean preparation (few defects, and oddly, almost no chaff when roasting). And I am off to the SCAA conference in Minneapolis. Actually, Josh and Derek are coming too, so watch out Minnesota! Maria and the crew are holding down the fort and keeping the orders rolling.


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A critical function of Pharm Exec's Editorial Advisory Board [EAB] is to provide us with a perspective on what really counts in the business of big Pharma today—at the front lines of the competitive war for market share, how do you differentiate, align strategy with capabilities, motivate winning teams, and deploy resources efficiently, all toward the ultimate objective of building sustainable sources of growth, for the long-term? To help answer this question, Pharm Exec convened on Jan. 30 a panel of four alumni from our EAB meeting host, St Joseph's University Business School Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing Program, each representing the commercial operations side of the business, from drugs to consumer products to vaccines. The following contains highlights from the discussion, including input from other members of our EAB community. The big lowdown? Marketing today is so competitive, management only gets one shot to get it right—and if you are not listening to the patient first, you fail.
— William Looney, Editor-in-Chief
PE: Each of you has moved up the ranks on the commercial side of biopharmaceuticals, from serving on the field force to a management assignment with direct P&L responsibility. How has your work and the requirements for success changed over the course of your career? What are the key drivers of competitive differentiation today versus when you started in the industry?
PE: Isn't it all still a question of how much scrip you can get physicians to write for the product? Has the situation really changed that significantly?


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NewbiesOur coffees this week come from La Voz, a cooperative in San Juan de la Laguna, Guatemala and Dionicio Quispe of the Cenaproc co-operative in Nueva Llusta, Bolivia. They are the newest additions to our offering list.
Notes on the CoffeesThe newest newcomer, La Voz: Well, coffee from La Voz is not totally new, as it has been featured in Farmhouse for the last four years. However, it is now its moment to shine and have a spotlight of its own with the name of the cooperative out in front. We've said it before, and we'll say it again, the full name of this cooperative "La Voz que Clama en el Desierto"—or "the voice that cries out in the wilderness"—is one of the best of any we've heard.
Situated right off of Lake Atitlán, they are poised for quality coffee. Yet, we know that ideal growing conditions are only a fraction of what it takes to make what we taste delicious. Co-op leadership and producers put in the work this past harvest and paid great attention to detail in central milling and drying. Despite many coffees from Guatemala this year reflecting inconsistencies, and a decrease in quality due to the ripple effect of leaf rust, La Voz was able to overcome adversity. Honestly, this is the dream trajectory for a cooperative and for buyers: clear steps that lead to clear results.
Dionico Quispe!
As promised, today we will be sipping together Dionicio Quispe's coffee from Nueva Llusta. Despite the fact that we tend to feel less pressure to ensure that coffees from the southern hemisphere arrive early, we also know they'll taste better when they're fresher, so we split up our shipment from Nueva Llusta into two half-lots. In most places, the later part of the harvest captures coffee from higher elevations and tends to produce better quality coffee. Dionicio Quispe's coffee is one of four single-farmer lots we selected from the late-harvest half-lot from Nueva Llusta. Continuing to share single-farmer lots from this group is like finding candy you had forgotten you left somewhere! And, each one has a slightly different flavor than the next. Dionicio's is quite bright and perfect for the warmer temperatures.


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Very awesome!!! Congrats!!
Good shooting Hardstalk. After reading the reviews about antelope meat, it makes me want to try some of mine (I killed one a month ago) I de-boned it and had it on ice within an hour and a half, the next day I had it in the fridge, day after that I cleaned it up little better and put it in the freezer. I was planning on making pepper-lope sticks out of it since most folks I talk to say it's not so good. It's still in the deep freeze...
Congratulations...Sweet success! We usually have most of our pronghorn ground up into burger with ten percent beef tallow. We use it a lot in chili, spaghetti sauce, and lasagna, meat balls etc... We are hoping to fill our freezer soon too, as we are heading for Wyoming the 2 nd of October for another pronghorn hunt.
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Logistics Management 27th Annual Salary Survey: Ready to Move Up
Methodology: An online survey was first directed to the attention of Logistics Management subscribers on January 31, 2011. Data collection was completed on February 8th, 2011. The survey was administered by Peerless Media's Research Group. The summary results presented here are based on a total of 669 usable replies. At a 95% confidence level, results are accurate with a margin of +/- 6 percent.
April 07, 2011
According to the findings of our 27th Annual Salary Survey, those workers who were able to keep their logistics and supply chain positions saw a slight salary gain over the past 12 months. Our research team also revealed that more than half of the logistics and supply chain professionals responding to our 2011 survey say that they're ready to put their experiences from the great recession to work and are actively looking or are wide open to entertaining better offers.
And the timing could be right for them. Industry recruiters are telling us that employers want experienced and dedicated managers to take their logistics operations to the next level of achievement—and what better experience can you ask for than managing a logistics and transportation department through the past two years?
When the median salary index moved from $85,000 to $88,000 in our 2010 results, analysts suggested that companies were finally in a position to reward professionals with a modest, but sustainable raise. This trend continues in 2011 as the median salary now rings in at $90,000, with 10 percent of our 669 respondents reporting that they received a raise of 10 percent or more over the past 12 months.
Tellingly, nearly half of the respondents from 2010 responded again this year, although researchers report that there were few "astonishing" revelations this year. One conclusion may be that it's simply encouraging to see the watermark rise. As to whether it's a tide that lifts all boats, however, remains a question. Better than last year is the fact that 43 percent of the salaries reported fall in the $100,000-plus range—with 2 percent rising above $250,000. The average salary reported in our 2011 survey totaled $107,802.
Anecdotal information gleaned from this year's survey, coupled with subsequent interviews with shippers, academics, and recruiters, point towards a new trend where workers are seeking more than just enhanced financial compensation. They tell us they want transcendent and often intangible payback by way of recognition and personal fulfillment as they make their way up the career path.
Not about the money
While the climb up the corporate path can often be taken two steps at a time, for many of the respondents we spoke with, that move isn't always about the money. Michael Kusuplos, logistics manager for Areva Solar in Mountain View, Calif., says job satisfaction remains key to long-term satisfaction—and it was imperative in his latest move.
"It really doesn't matter where the opportunity is, but rather the challenge that the position holds," he says. "That was a major contributing factor as to why I recently left Texas for California. "It was for the challenge that this new assignment afforded to me professionally." Kusuplos adds that companies truly committed to having the logistics process become part of their core competencies will be a natural magnet for those professionals who have a real passion for logistics.
Pete Kalemon, division traffic manager for Matthews International, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based manufacturer of identification products, agrees with Kusuplos, saying that he enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with other colleagues who share his dedication to the logistics profession.
"Compensation is certainly part of the satisfaction," he says. "But I'm at the top pay level for a traffic manager, and I enjoy living in a city that is relatively inexpensive."
Bruce DeBruyn, transportation planning manager for Akasha, a decorative glass manufacturer in Ann Arbor, Mich., says that he, too, wouldn't move from one job to the next just for the money. "Although there has been a significant shift in manufacturing, many of the jobs will remain in the nation's heartland, where the quality of life remains high," he says.
The remarks from these shippers certainly support our 2011 findings. In fact, more than half of this year's respondents say that they're very satisfied with their choice of a career in logistics and supply chain—only 2 percent indicated that they are dissatisfied with the path they have chosen. Having the biggest effect on their satisfaction at 59 percent is the feeling of accomplishment they receive from their job. Ranking second is the relationships with their colleagues. Again, this mirrors last year's findings.
Among the factors contributing to job dissatisfaction is company politics, with 47 percent of respondents reporting this as the top negative factor.
In second place is lack of room for advancement, followed by salary and workload. And consider this: Twenty-seven percent say they're currently happy where they are, while more than 50 percent indicate that they are "open to new opportunities."
What employers want
And the time might be just right for those seasoned pros looking for a better job, say analysts. Lynn Failing, vice president of Kimmel & Associates, Inc., a national executive search firm specializing in the logistics and supply chain industries (and participant in our Salary Survey Webcast), says that manufacturers and retailers cannot afford to get any leaner if they wish to build their top lines.
"Companies have whacked the workforce so hard that they've gone beyond the bone," says Failing. "Most recognize that they got carried away with this emphasis on improving the bottom line, and are set to hire so that they can generate some revenue again."
But that doesn't mean they will be hiring the same narrow job descriptions, says Failing, who emphasizes that candidates with a broader background in supply chain management will be the ones in demand. "Our clients are looking for people with project skills and transportation redesign experience," says Failing. "They want leaders who can complete specific tasks while concentrating on continuous process improvement."
As to what kind of salaries these leaders can command, says Failing, it's really a matter of the scale and scope of responsibility.
• Average age is 48.
• 83% of the respondents are male.
• The most frequently reported job title was that of Logistics Manager.
• 93% have attended college; 78% have a college degree of some sort (Associate's, Bachelor's or graduate);16% have an MBA.
• 38% have completed formal education in logistics and/or supply chain management. Among this group, 30% have an undergraduate degree in logistics and/or supply chain management, and 14% have a graduate degree in logistics and/or supply chain management.
• Respondents have an average of 18 years of logistics/supply chain management.
• Respondents have been with their current company for an average of 9 years, and in their present job for 7 years.
• They work for companies who have on average 3,244 employees. Almost one-quarter (24%) of these companies are reported to spend more than $100 million annually on transportation.
For example, the vice president of a regional manufacturing operation cannot expect to earn as much as the director of a Fortune 500 company.
"The GAPs and Honeywells are looking for copies of the Mona Lisa," he says. "While we can certainly deliver that, we're also looking for someone who can be the director of a small food service company, managing 150 people in the transportation department."
According to Patricia O'Rourke, career center coordinator for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), activity in hiring has been "very strong" so far this year, and gaining momentum. "This is terrific for our candidates, to employers, and to the profession as a whole, to see confidence and strength in moving business forward from the depressed statistics we experienced for the last two years," she says.
O'Rourke says that she continues to see job descriptions for logistics and supply chain professionals with broad skill sets.
"I cannot stress strongly enough to candidates and employers how important it is to give considerable thought to how you will highlight these skills clearly and prominently," she says. "Employers should develop their job descriptions with clear requirements, and candidates must present their cross skills accurately, quantified, and displayed prominently in their resumes."
Preparing for the future
And then the real question, say educators, is just how qualified these professionals have to be to meet the new challenges ahead. Indeed, will many of them need to be ready to move to a better opportunity if and when they are called?
Dr. Theodore P. Stank, Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business, University of Tennessee (and participant in our Salary Survey Webcast), says that supply chain professionals still need to be proficient at managing the core functions, such as transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and reverse logistics—but within the context of this broader supply chain process.
"For transportation to make that needed impact in an integrated supply chain, managers need to become proficient at making smart decisions on four different levels—long-term strategies, lane operations, mode and carrier selection, and dock operations," he says.
The University of Tennessee, one of the nation's leaders in logistics and supply chain education, has been concentrating on placing graduates "where the jobs are," says Stank. "And that sometimes means making some lifestyle sacrifices." According to Stank, a lot of new jobs are moving to the South and Southeast as a prolonged shift in manufacturing takes hold. "At the same time, the quality of life is improving in these parts of the country, and many of our top cities are more affordable for raising a family while building a career."
The willingness to relocate transcends domestic boundaries, says Jarrod Goentzel, Ph.D., and executive director of the MIT Supply Chain Management Program (and participant in our Salary Survey Webcast). "We find that our most gifted students don't even want to work for a company that doesn't have a significant international dimension," he says. "So, if that means moving overseas for a job, so be it."
Goentzel recommends that his graduates get out into the workforce as soon as possible before returning to school for advanced degrees. "That way, they cannot only command much higher salaries, but also expand their options beyond manufacturing," he says. "For example, there's always a demand for analysts and consultants with a supply chain background in the financial sector, too. Wall Street needs these people."
27th Annual salary survey: Rewarding the "stars"
Salary and compensation experts have always assumed that the most successful companies get their competitive edge by paying their star employees more than the competition to fuel innovation.
New research titled Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries, co-authored by Stanford professor Kathryn Shaw and using the academic field of insider econometrics, has been able to prove that this assumption is indeed true.
"It is noteworthy for more than its insight into the human resources industry," says Shaw, the Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor of Economics in the Stanford Graduate School of Business. "It's an example of how insider econometrics, the careful analysis of rich, new sources of data, combined with interviews of industry insiders, is leading to a much clearer understanding of the efficacy of management strategies in general, and human resources practices in particular," she says.
The researchers concluded: "In short, our results are consistent with the view that innovative firms offer skilled individuals (stars) substantial sums of money up front because they bet in a high-stakes game of producing winning high-payoff products. The results are also consistent with the view that such firms reward loyalty with performance pay, which further increases the likelihood that they will win the high stakes product competition."
Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR, an economic forecasting firm, says this is good advice for firms looking to invest in their supply chain operations.
"It's time to hire now if there are any skill gaps in your operation," says Beaulieu. "And while you should be ruthless when it comes to efficiency, you should concentrate on retaining the best workers. Indeed, if you care about the people who work for you—give them raises. Productivity is at stake."
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Hey dudes and chicas.
We all know that the spamaliciousness here is getting rough. There are 3 mods and Clay, and we all try to keep an eye out within our different time zones. But, there are a lot of posts and threads that we miss as the spammers get more sophisiticated.
Some of you GPers are awesome and report stuff frequently, but it seems like there are also a LOT of threads and posts that can be up and active for anywhere from 3 hours to 8 months.
I've been trying to go through each forum every morning and not only check for lame threads, but also for weird / spammy named "members" who have bumped old threads with spam.
However, there is no way for the mods to catch it all and it totally bums me out when I see a thread or a post by a spammer that went 100% unreported.
Use that report icon like bastards you bastards!
We'd rather get 45 reports than none at all. Be aggros on those hosers.


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June 1, 2016
Authorities say more than 25 people were injured in Mississippi during the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day.
Mississippi Emergency Management spokesman Brett Carr says no fatalities have been reported in Mississippi, but dozens of structures were damaged. He says damage has been reported in 10 counties and officials continue to assess the situation.
Carr says more than 70 homes were affected, but that number could rise. He didn't know yet how many of those homes were completely destroyed and how many had lesser damage.
Carr says damage has been reported in Amite, Forrest, George, Greene, Hinds, Jones, Lawrence, Pearl River, Stone and Wilkinson counties.
The winter storm system headed for the Northeast Wednesday, spreading blizzard conditions that slowed holiday travel.
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During my epic search for a great pair of rain boots this spring, Tara suggested I might like to try some Blundstones: not a rain boot, more of an all-out work boot. The lovely people at Tin Shack offered to send a pair out, so why not, right? A pair of Blundstone CSA Greenpatch boots arrived a few weeks ago and I've been putting them through the paces ever since. I must say, they have passed every test I've invented.
The first pull-on was rather stiff–high arches strike again–and I was skeptical they would ever be comfortable. I thought I might have to take them to a cobbler for stretching (an option mentioned in the product insert). However, they have shaped to my foot very nicely in just a few weeks and go on and off easily. They do come with inserts so you can adjust the fit within your size, but I'm not using them. I'm generally a size 7, but I asked for a size 7 1/2 because I thought there could be nothing worse than a tight work boot. I'm finding when I put them on I think I could have gone with a 7, and by the time I take them off I'm glad I got the 7 1/2. They don't rub or anything and my toes like the wiggle room.
I'll be honest. I expected to get blisters and lead feet wearing these. I'm more into bare feet than army boots. So, after wearing them for a half hour to an hour a day for the first few days, I decided to consider them "broken in" and wore them all day. I'd be lying if I told you "I didn't notice them at all," but I really was impressed with how lightweight they are. Even this klutz didn't get tripped up. And no blisters.
I found myself on an extension ladder trimming tree branches in a downpour (long story). I'm not a heights person but I felt pretty solid climbing with these boots, and not solid in a clunky, bulky way, but in a safe, reliable way.
I stepped into my mudhole — I mean veggie garden — to check it. I maintained traction and dryness and escaped with my life. And my boots.
I edged all the flower beds and most of the veggie garden in one day and didn't even feel it. Let me rephrase that– my feet didn't feel it. My back didn't like bending like that for that long, but my feet were oblivious, as were my legs. You know that achy shin and hip you can get when you do a lot of slamming your foot into a shovel's tread? Nothing. Thank you, Kevlar shank. I don't know the technical name for the phenomenon of impact vibrations resonating through the body. Go ask your chiropractor, then go get some Blundstones.
I was digging some overgrown clover out of a bed I'm prepping for plants and swung my fork a little wild as I straightened up. The prong landed square on my foot. Left an insignificant dent in my boot; would have left a significant dent in my toes if I'd been wearing my Crocs.
Knowing how some shoes split right down the middle of the sole, and thinking of all the digging/edging I've been doing, I also just checked the soles of my boots for signs of cracking or dents or… anything. So far, so good. Other than some gravel caught in the treads, they could be brand new.
Oh, sure, I thought. It's all good now, with all the rain, and the air temperature barely flirting with the teens, but just wait till summer really arrives. So I waited. And waited.
And Tuesday it came! On the calendar and in reality! And I gotta say, these boots are very breathable. My feet did get warm (how could they not) but not sweaty, and not uncomfortable. Of course, I also ditched them for flip flops by four o'clock to have Dutch Oven at the neighbors… but I think they pass.
Here's a weird little personal thing I have with footwear: I hate not being able to bend my ankle and my foot. I have kids, I crouch down, sit in the grass, crawl through play houses… and I garden the same way: kneeling, reaching. I need mobility. I thought a work boot would cramp my style, like a puddle boot can with its stiff upper. Or I feel like I'm going to crack the sole by crouching to much. Well, count another check mark for the Greenpatch. I've already mentioned the amazing durability of the soles, but get this: they bend too. And the elasticized sides allow more ankle movement than I would have expected while still maintaining support.
So in case you're hazy on my opinion, I love these boots. I've planted trees and climbed them, forked soil and double dug it, checked the flooded crawl space and driven the kids to piano. My Blundstones have seen a lot in the last three weeks, and I am not a gear girl at all, but they are my new best friends.
Though you can still count on seeing me in my red crocs when the work is lighter.


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France confirms death of Al-Qaida chief Abou Zeid
PARIS The death of a top al-Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a stranglehold on northern Mali. But it is far from the defining blow against a wily enemy that can go underground and regroup to renew itself. Even the fearsome Abou Zeid is replaceable.
A top commander of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Abou Zeid had been in the crosshairs of the French military and their African partners since they moved in to Mali on Jan. 11 to rout radicals seen as a threat to northwest Africa and to Europe. An announcement Saturday by the French president's office that Abou Zeid's death in late February has been "definitively confirmed" ends weeks of speculation about his fate.
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, an Algerian thought to be 47, was a pillar of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb's southern realm, responsible for the death of at least two European hostages and a leader of the extremist takeover of northern Mali, which followed a coup d'etat a year ago. He joined a succession of radical insurgency movements in Algeria starting in the early 1990s and became known for his brutality and involvement in high-profile hostage-taking.
President Francois Hollande's office said the death of Abou Zeid "marks an important step in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel," the borderlands where the Sahara meets the sub-Saharan jungle, encompassing several nations where radicals are on the rise.
French officials have maintained for weeks that the Abou Zeid was "probably" dead but waited to conduct DNA tests to verify.
But jihadists have shown again and again that they can overcome the death of individual warlords. Even French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said that eliminating leaders "doesn't solve everything."
"It's the entire structure that has to be put down and not this or that leader," he said in an interview with Le Monde earlier this month.
Al-Qaida rebounded after commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed. Leaders of jihadist movements in Algeria that gave birth to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, known as AQIM, were killed and seamlessly replaced. The top AQIM leader in Mali, with the title Emir of the Grand Sahara, Nabil Makloufi, was quickly replaced after being killed last fall in a road accident, according to Matthieu Guidere, an expert on radical Islam who monitors AQIM and other jihadist movements. The new top emir, Yahya El-Hammam, could now step into Abou Zeid's warlord role, according to one scenario.
Abou Zeid was killed in operations in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains in Mali's far north, the French statement said. The area where mountains meet the desert was Abou Zeid's stronghold - and thought to be where he was keeping four French hostages captured two years ago at a uranium mine in Niger. Their fate is unclear.
The French military says the French-led forces have killed hundreds of extremist fighters in the two-month campaign in Mali, and French officials say they have cornered the al-Qaida-linked groups in a patch of northern mountains.
However, even a clear military success by the French and their African partners in Mali would not guarantee that AQIM will die.
While based in northern Algeria, it has proven extremely mobile, latching on to political instability in the region and arming itself with weapons from Libya. AQIM has seeded ties with other radical Islamic movements like the violent Boko Haram in Nigeria. Last week, AQIM put out a call to jihadists throughout northern Africa to join the fronts in Mali and Algeria - or to stay home, and wage a war of preaching in countries like Tunisia or Morocco to turn the tide against "secularists," according to the SITE Intel Group which monitors jihadist statements.


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Sorry if the questiona has alredy been answered, but I couldn't find it and I'll be gratefull also for a big RTFM! if you tell me what is manual.
I have a mailserver (1 cpu 1,2 Ghz, 512 MB RAM and 40 GB disk) on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS with postfix 2.2.10 and dovecot 1.0 beta 3 and about 150 users. They access their maildir on the server with IMAP and clients like Outlook and Thunderbird.
Now I have a new server (a CentOS virtual machine with 2 vcpu 2,8 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and more than 100 GB of disk) and I'd like to take all users and e-mail and bring them to a new ZCS 6 server.
The mailserver should be the same (postfix), but I don't know users credential, they are managed like system users, so their password are encrypted in /etc/shadow and their emails are in /home/user_account/Maildir.
How do you advice to do to bring credentials and e-mails from the old server to the new, possibly without disturbing the users (it is they go home friday evening and on monday morning can use the e-mail without realizing that something changed?)
Thanks to replying people and best regards to everyone,


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WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- The interview seat comes after a long journey for 13-year-old Lindsay Simmons. She made her first appearance on 11Alive five years ago in a story about runners raising money for cancer. That shy girl in remission was a long time ago.
For more than half her life, she's been fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She barely remembers not being sick. "If I'm not going to have cancer, I feel like I'm not myself," she said. On pre-cancer memories: "I kind of remember being a baby and with my dog and my family and being happy. I just want everything to be normal again."
Over the last six years, the hope that everything would turn out OK has hardened into a single, desperate plea. "The only chance for a long-term cure for Lindsay is another transplant," her mother, Sara, said.
Her older sister, Hannah, already donated bone marrow to Lindsay. She was a perfect match, and for a while, it seemed like the answer.
"I wasn't scared," Hannah said. "I was proud that I could be the one to do it. I wasn't scared. I was more ready." For a while, they thought Hannah was the cure. Then, they found a lump.
"They kept telling me it wasn't my fault," Hannah said. "But it's scary. Every time it comes back, it's scarier."
"I guess the cancer was kind of hiding," Lindsay said. "So, then it came back, and I had cancer again."
So now, Lindsay turns to Be the Match, the national bone marrow registry. Lindsay has been accepted into an experimental trial at St. Jude in Memphis. She can't go through another round of radiation. Instead, new drugs will rid her body of cancer before the bone marrow transplant. But so far, no match. Lindsay knows what it means: "When you don't have a match, you're just going to be getting sicker and sicker until your body can't take it anymore."
For years, their Woodstock community has rallied around Lindsay, lifted her up, and bathed in her inspiration. This Sunday, they will search for a match. The "Ignite the Light for Lindsay" event in Woodstock from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday is a donor search and a celebration. They'll have bounce houses, DJs, and face painting on site. Be The Match will also be there helping people get into the national bone marrow registry.
"You just swab the inside of your mouth, and that's it. You're in the registry," Sara Simmons said.
The event will be at the Envision Health Studio at 101 Victoria N. Court in Woodstock. The owner of the facility, Laura Mikszan, has known the Simmons family for years and offered to host the event.
"I don't know," she said. "The chances may be one in a million, but that one chance could happen this Sunday."
In the five years since Lindsay's smiling face first appeared on 11Alive, she has lost weight, lost her hair, lost those years of carefree childhood. But she hasn't lost that smile. And she hasn't lost hope. "I hope people come so they can help other kids and other families so they can have their kids. So, they won't have to lose them."


text: Are you too scared of ice skating to play hockey? Too old to play soccer? Too lazy to keep the floors of your home free of dust and debris? Regularly thirsty for adult beverages during dark, cold January evenings? If so, the Fountain Square Broomball League could solve all your problems (unless one is alcoholism — 3CDC doesn't promise to cure that).


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(Washington, D.C.) Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) will hold a photo exhibit highlighting the Iraqi refugee crisis on Wednesday, April 30 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in room 2220 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Chairman Hastings is co-hosting the event with Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) as well as Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International.
Ms. Gabriela Bulisova, a documentary film photographer and professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design recently returned from Iraq and Syria, where she captured images of Iraqi refugees. Her photo exhibit places a human face on this humanitarian crisis in an effort to bring greater attention to the plight of Iraqi refugees on Capitol Hill.
Additionally, Ms. Aseel Albanna, an Iraqi-American who was born and raised in Baghdad will participate in the event. She is the Co-Founder and Coordinator of Iraqi Voices for Peace, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping meet the basic human needs of Iraqi refugees and displaced persons in an effort to help them safely and securely return to Iraq at the earliest possible date.
WHO: Reps. Hastings, Waters, Woolsey, Lee, Gabriela Bulisovak, Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International and Aseel Albanna
WHAT: Photo Exhibit Highlighting Iraqi Refugee Crisis
WHEN: Wednesday, April 30 from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
(NOTE: Speaking program will be from 5:30-6:00 p.m.)
WHERE: 2220 Rayburn House Office Building
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, is a U.S. Government agency that monitors progress in the implementation of the provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. The Commission consists of nine members from the United States Senate, nine from the House of Representatives, and one member each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
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Emilia Fox's New Cub
Added: 1 December 2010
iCandy would like to congratulate Emilia Fox and Jeremy Gilley on the birth of their daughter. Emilia was pictured in the Daily Mail last week outside her West London home with her daughter, carrying the iCandy peach changing bag.
The baby, who was born just over two weeks ago is granddaughter of the Day of the Jackal actor Edward Fox, and is cousin to two-year-old Winston, son of handsome TV star Laurence - Emilia's cousin, and his actress wife Billy Piper.
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Sioux Co. Land Sells For $20,000/acre
(Orange City) -- A farmland sale yesterday set a new record for Iowa. The 74-acre tract in Sioux County sold for $20,000 an acre. Iowa State University Extension Farm Management Specialist Melissa O'Rourke says she is always asked the question of whether land can go higher and how high will it go? She says land values can go higher, but as to how high, she says that depends on the circumstances.
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Land values have increased nearly 30 percent over the past year. O'Rourke says most of the land is being purchased by farmers, although other investors are showing interest in obtaining land. She says strong commodity prices, including grain and livestock, have helped boost the land prices. Because of recent years of good farm income, the ISU farm management specialist says many farmers are able to offer cash for the acquired land without additional financing. O'Rourke says simple economics are at play with the higher land values with a high demand and a low supply.
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O'Rourke says agriculture, like other businesses, needs to reduce risk. She says when you own land, you are reducing the risk factor. Many people are wondering if we are seeing a repeat of the 1970's and '80s decades when land prices had skyrocketed in the 1970's, only to see the bottom drop out in the 1980's. O'Rourke says the major difference between today and that era is that we have much lower interest rates. She says debt levels have been lowered as well.
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Next week Iowa State University will release its annual land values survey.
(LeMars) -- A construction accident occured this morning at the new St. Joseph Catholic Church in LeMars. At about 8:45 a.m. a man fell nearly 15 feet from a scaffling platform. The construction worker sufffered a head injury and was transported to the Floyd Valley Hospital. The man's identity and condition are unknown at this time.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Des Moines Area Religious Council says donations haven't kept up with the increasing demand, so its food pantry will have to cut back its aid to needy families.
The council will cut 40 percent from the family food boxes.
A family of four had received 55 items in a box each month. Starting Monday, that will be cut to 33 items per box.
In 2010, a dozen Des Moines-area pantries gave food boxes to more than 9,200 families. The number this year is nearing 12,700.
Urbandale Food Pantry director Eileen Boggess says people probably are going to be upset. She says hunger "is an immediate issue. When people are hungry they're not very pleasant."
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - U.S. senators from seven Missouri River states are asking the Government Accountability Office to examine this summer's heavy flooding throughout the river basin.
The request was supported by 13 senators who are part of the Missouri River Working Group. The group includes senators from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South
The senators want the GAO to review several issues, including whether the Army Corps of Engineers followed its master manual for managing the Missouri River and what role meteorological forecasts played.
They also want to know if environmental concerns, such as protecting endangered species, influenced flood-control efforts.
ARCADIA, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa family's joy over the heart transplant given their 3-year-old son has turned to grief over the death of their infant son in a car crash.
Chris and Emmalee Julin, of Arcadia, had been at Magic Kingdom park in Orlando, Fla., celebrating with their son, Connor. But then they learned that their 2-month-old baby, Chance, was killed in
Saturday's crash near Breda.
The baby's godmother, Mary Ann Vanderheiden, had been caring for the boy. She was driving him to his grandparents' home in Arcadia, about 10 miles from Breda, when her car ran off a county road and into a ditch.
Connor's transplant occurred March 12. The Make-A-Wish Foundation paid for the Orlando trip so the family could celebrate his new life.


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