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Rebuilding a program, especially one with the storied history of WSU Volleyball, does not happen overnight. Yet, Cougar volleyball has more momentum heading into the fourth season under head coach Jen Greeny than at any point during the past decade.
And there are no signs of it slowing down as Greeny recently signed a contract extension that will take the Cougar alumnae through the spring of 2018.
It wasn't that long ago that Washington State University volleyball was on the national stage, reaching the NCAA tournament eight times in a 10-year span (1993-2002), including two Elite Eight appearances (1996, 2002). Since that time the Cougars have reached the postseason once, a first-round appearance in 2009.
While 2009 had many highlights, the momentum could not be sustained and following the 2010 season, a change in the direction of the program occurred. Enter Greeny, a three-time All-Pacific-10 Conference selection who concluded her Cougar career in 1999 ranked among the school's all-time leaders in block assists (3rd/360), total blocks (4th/419) and solo blocks (7th/59).
Greeny was named the Cougars' 12th head coach near the end of the 2011 spring semester, charged with reviving a program that less than a decade earlier had reached the 2002 Elite Eight, with Greeny on the staff as an assistant coach.
"I was a part of some very good teams when I played and coached here previously," she said. "I understand what it takes to be successful at this level and it's not just having good players. It's building a complete program, one that is based on accountability, hard work and commitment. That is what we are building here and I feel we are very much on the right track."
The improvements have not been limited solely to on-court successes, though there have been many. Rather, they have been program wide, including academics, graduation rate and recruiting.
In terms of Academic Progress Rate (APR), the program has shown great improvement since taking over the program. In Greeny's first three full years the team's APR scores have been 939 in 2011-12, a perfect 1,000 in 2012-13 and is projected to be 1,000 for the 2013-14 academic year. Compare that with the previous three years when the APR score went down each year, from 957 in 2008-09 to 935 in 2009-10 to a program-low 837 in 2010-11. The latter number cemented by the time Greeny took control of the program in late spring of 2011.
The APR is an annual assessment of each team's academic and retention history. The overall APR score is based on the most recent four years of data (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13). Every year thereafter, the most current year's data will be added and the oldest year of data will be removed, creating a four-year rolling rate. WSU's most recent four-year APR score of 929 will rise dramatically over the next two years as scores of 935 and 837, both occurring under the prior staff, are replaced with scores projected to be well above those.
"I applaud the volleyball staff for the attention they have given academics," said Faculty Athletic Representative Ken Casavant, a position appointed by the WSU President. "They have placed a high importance on academic success in the recruiting process and it is shown with the marked improvements in both grade point average and APR."
Cougar volleyball has seen a tremendous surge in the team grade point average since Greeny and her staff began. In their first full semester (fall 2011), the team GPA rose from a program-low 1.96 in spring 2011, to a 3.00 that fall. It marked the first of five straight semesters the team GPA has grown under Greeny, including a 3.28 in fall 2013, the highest in program history.
Last semester also marked the first time since fall 2008 that volleyball's team GPA was higher than all female student-athletes at WSU and was also the third-straight semester it was above all female students at WSU. Additionally, nine student-athletes have been recognized on Pac-12 All-Academic teams in the last three years, including two first-team selections, after a combined three in the previous two years before the current staff arrived.
In the five semesters since taking control of the program (spring 2014 will not be finalized until the conclusion of summer session), the program has twice been recognized with the Seehafer Academic Award, bestowed upon one team in the athletic department that has demonstrated the most significant improvement or achievement.
On the court the gains have been equally impressive. Taking over a program that went 6-22 overall, 0-18 in Pac-12 play the year before the current staff came on board, the rebuilding process has been focused, strategic and swift. It began in the spring of 2011 when the staff's focus immediately turned to the 2013 recruiting class. Though more than two years away, it was the foundation of what was to come, and it did not disappoint. With six signees, the class was ranked as the nation's 14th-best recruiting class, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and the impact was immediate.
While the 2013 season could be deemed a success, the rebuilding process is still in full swing. The core of the program is underclassmen, led by a trio of players named to the 2013 All-Pac-12 Freshmen teams. Sophomore Kyra Holt was named the AVCA Region I Freshman of the Year in 2013, a first for the program, while also being named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman First Team, a first for the program since 2003, and the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week four times.
The Cougars will add a pair of incoming freshmen for 2014, with Casey Schoenlein, a 6-5 outside hitter from Issaquah, Wash., who was a top 60 national recruit according to PrepVolleyball.com; Haylee Mathis, a 5-11 setter from Strasburg, Ill.; Ashley Vander Tuig, a 6-2 middle blocker from Tulare, Calif.; and Arlicia Ortiz, a 5-4 defensive specialist from Spanaway, Wash., all set to join the program this summer. The team will again be young with the majority of players being underclassmen, but the experience gained last season combined with the talent, work ethic and commitment in the program reminds Greeny of her previous years at WSU.
"I see many similarities with where our program is headed and what we had when I was here before," she said. "It's a commitment to team goals on and off the court, in the classroom, in the community. It's having a shared vision and working in that direction as one unit, all striving for the common goal of getting better each and every practice. The foundation has been set and in a very short time this program will return to a level all Cougar fans and alumni can be proud of."


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Rated 4 out of 5 by Supermom73 Overall - happy with this set We've had this set for almost a year and it is holding up nicely. We do make sure to use placemats and a runner to ensure that damage to the surface does not occur as it will scratch easily - and we keep the leaves in all the time. We have a casual dining area and it can seat 6-8 comfortably (we've managed to have a holiday dinner with 10). We've had 4 kids on the bench for dinner at once! We did have issues with the first set similar to those mentioned in the other reviews, but WM replaced it and had the new one assembled for us. It is a lovely set in person and we are overall happy with the purchase! February 17, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by AnnJ Assembly Takes Forever This has been mentioned in other reviews, but assembly for table alone was about 4-5 hours. It takes forever. You will need a stronger glue than what comes with the set. You may need some longer screws too. Once we had it together and then looked at it, I was disappointed. The black distress marks are too patterned. They don't look natural at all. When the extensions were out, the table did not seem sturdy and we have lots of kids and we need sturdy! I really wanted to like this table, but we sent it back. Which meant some more hours of disassembly and repacking. Customer service was very nice. And the actual color of the table was quite nice. Just not what we were looking for overall. April 16, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by jargon Not all it's cracked up to be For starters, assembly was a nightmare, along the lines of 4-5 hours. Longer if you're not handy. Be prepared for hundreds *and hundreds* of little screws, dowels coming out of your ears, and one miniature bottle of "wood" glue (elmer's) to hold this sucker together. If you do purchase this, my only advice is make sure you realize that some screws are SLIGHTLY longer than the others, and if you use one in the incorrect place, you're prone to screw right through the veneer. Then there's the look. Subjectively, the table *looks* like wood veneer. Edges of the table have a hint of fray to them, and it just doesn't have a substantial feel (like the Saurav, which we also own). Chairs seem sturdy enough, and we really liked the shape. More objectively, the rustic scratches you see in the photo are a PATTERN. That means each chair has nearly the exact same scratches (top, front, and back), as does the top of the table. Let me repeat, there's a CLEAR PATTERN of wolverine-style scratches and scoop-indentations; two distinct styles of scratches repeated over and again. Same with the table legs (every corner has matching "distressed" markings). All these "natural" distressed marks were also stained darker *after* production, so the staining on the marks clearly bleeds into the orange(r) table stain. Not too convincing. Also, don't plan on using the table without the extensions. The finishing is poor to fair on the exposed edge of the table when the extensions are out. All that being said, we planned to live with it. But this past weekend, some guests actually commented on the pattern. Deal breaker. We're going to do everything we can to return it. March 23, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Rick Impossible to assemble We bought this table and we were very excited until it arrived. The table takes hours to assemble - which we were ready for - but the legs are a big design flaw. The screws and pegs are not sufficient to hold the table together. Also, we thought the quality of the table was lacking, we ended up spending the extra $500 to buy a table that was sturdier/easier to assemble. We ended up returning the table. The one good point was the customer service at World Market, they are very nice and attentive. February 25, 2013
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Arlene E. Banning, 83, of Middletown, DE passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 18, 2013 with her loving children by her side at Christiana Hospital in Newark.
Born on November 14, 1929 in Odessa, DE, she was the daughter of the late Dorsey and Gladys (Muehlberger) Ennis.
On July 15, 1949, she married Oakley M. Banning, Jr., a respected lawmaker and Democratic State Representative.
Arlene worked as a clerk for the Justice of the Peace Court 9 where she dedicated 25 years of service.
During her retirement years, she enjoyed shopping, vacationing and especially loved spending time with her family and friends. She cherished her family and was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 48 years, Oak Banning in 1997 and a loving granddaughter, Heather "Lovey" Massey in 2012.
Arlene leaves many wonderful and fond memories to her seven children, affectionately known to her as the seven B's, Kenneth Banning (Joyce), Terry Banning (Dawn), Debra Immediato (Ronnie), Ronnie Banning (Diane), Nanette Massey (John), Robin Banning and Steve Banning; sister, Nancy Walsh (Jim); nephew, Jeff Guseman;15 wonderful grandchildren ; 20 special great-grandchildren, as well as many dear friends and neighbors.
Funeral services will be held 1:30 pm on Saturday, March 23 at Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home LLC, 212 N. Broad Street in Middletown, where friends may visit with her family from 12:00-1:30 pm. Interment will follow in Townsend Cemetery where she will be laid to rest by her loving husband.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware, PO Box 747, Middletown, DE 19709-0747 or to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of DE, 100 W. 10th St, Suite 209, Wilmington, DE.
Arrangements by Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home LLC, Middletown, DE.
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Examining Conference and Travel Spending Across the Federal Government
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
"Examining Conference and Travel Spending Across the Federal Government"
January 14, 2014
Good morning Chairman Carper, Doctor Coburn, and Members of the Committee. My name is Dan Tangherlini, and I am the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
GSA's mission is to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to Government and the American people. GSA's travel policies reflect this mission. GSA instituted internal travel and conference policies that reduce costs, provide strong oversight, and ensure that travel only occurs when necessary. Additionally, as part of GSA's mission to serve our Federal partners and reduce costs, we are providing tools that assist agencies to better manage their travel and conference spending.
GSA's Policies –
GSA has rigorous controls and oversight mechanisms to ensure that all proposed travel and conference expenses are cost-effective, serve legitimate mission needs, and have appropriate levels of review.
Travel can only be approved when all other alternatives, including video-conferencing, teleconferencing, and webinars have been considered. Additionally, travel must be for work related to GSA's essential mission, such as building inspections. To ensure all travel requests received appropriate review, GSA has instituted policies that limit the use of blanket authorizations and require that travel is authorized in advance on a trip-by-trip basis.
Conferences require submission of a detailed justification, a proposed budget, and review and approval from multiple divisions. At a minimum, this means any conference, no matter the proposed cost, is reviewed both by the head of the relevant division and GSA's Chief Administrative Services Officer (CASO). In line with Administration policies, when the proposed cost of a conference is more than $100,000, the Deputy Administrator must approve it. Conferences over $500,000 are prohibited unless I approve them and document the justification for why they must be held. Even attendance at a conference requires multiple layers of approval. Employees must submit for approval a justification for their attendance and an estimate of their expenses.
GSA requires online training regarding conference attendance for GSA employees. This training highlights GSA's important policy of considering cost-effective alternatives like teleconferencing, and ensures every employee understands the difference between appropriate and inappropriate expenses. Employees receive training regarding the Federal Travel Regulation, ensuring better compliance. GSA has also presented the conference training to other agencies to either incorporate into their own training courses or to use our web capability for their own agency use.
In line with the Administration's policies, GSA also has improved transparency into conference expenses. We post all approved, agency-sponsored conferences with a cost of over $100,000 on a publicly available website that includes the budget and a justification for why the conference was held. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, GSA held no conference above that amount.
All told, these policies have dramatically reduced costs, improved oversight, and made certain that travel and conference expenses are fully justified and mission-related. In Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013, GSA saved in total more than $68 million in nonessential travel and transportation costs.1
Government-Wide Efforts –
This Administration has been clear about the need to cut wasteful spending and increase efficiency. Executive Order 13589, "Promoting Efficient Spending," directs agencies to cut waste in Federal Government spending and identify opportunities to promote efficient and effective spending, including a reduction in conference and travel costs. OMB Memorandum M-12-12, "Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations," implements the executive order, and provides policies and practices to achieve these efficiencies. Among other items, this Memorandum directs agencies to require the approval of senior officials for conferences with expenses over $100,000, prohibit conferences with expenses of more than $500,000 (unless the agency's head provides a waiver finding that exceptional circumstances exist whereby spending in excess of $500,000 on a single conference is the most cost-effective option to achieve a mission goal), and increase transparency by reporting these costs publicly.
To further these efforts Government-wide, GSA has identified ways we can assist agencies by providing tools to help them better manage their travel and conference costs. For example, to help agencies prioritize use of Federally-owned space, GSA has created an online tool known as "Federal Meeting Facilities,"2 which identifies Federal agencies that have conference and meeting space for agencies' use. Conducting 1 Compared to an FY 2010 baseline.
2 "Federal Meeting Facilities." U.S. General Services Administration. February 2013. U.S. General Services Administration. February 2013. http://fedmeetingspace.cfo.gov. business and hosting conferences in space controlled by the Federal Government is one way to reduce travel and related costs. The tool allows agencies to search and sort through a variety of different offerings, with contact information for the agency point of contact to work with to secure the space.
Additionally, GSA's E-Gov Travel Service 2 (ETS2) will further consolidate online travel booking services, driving additional cost-savings and efficiencies, while delivering improved accountability and reducing waste. ETS2 will adhere to regulations and support policy for conference travel spending reporting and other travel related activities, in order to both meet the requirements of OMB and provide greater transparency for customer agencies.
GSA is also utilizing data to allow agencies to make more informed decisions about where to host conferences, when they are determined to be necessary to their mission. GSA's Conference Planning Tool compares potential destinations by major cost drivers, such as contract airfare and per diem rates, enabling agencies to make data-backed decisions on where conferences should be held. GSA is training administrative officers in over 20 Federal agencies on how to identify low cost destinations and venues for conferences and meetings.
Additionally, GSA eliminated what was known as the conference lodging allowance. Previously, this permitted travelers attending a conference to exceed the maximum lodging per diem rate by up to 25 percent, if staying at the site of the conference, when authorized.
Finally, GSA is interested in finding ways to further reduce the Government's travel costs long-term. In FY 2012, GSA formed the Government-Wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC). The GTAC's purpose is to review existing travel policies, processes, and procedures to determine ways agencies can achieve their mission-related travel needs in an effective and efficient manner at the lowest possible cost. To ensure we received input from all relevant stakeholders, the Committee's members were chosen from the travel industry, Federal, State and local governments, travel and convention bureaus, and representatives from corporations. The GTAC has been providing advice and recommendations for improvements to increase travel efficiency and effectiveness, reduce costs, and incorporate industry best practices. To ensure transparency on how recommendations have been formulated, Committee business is posted publicly, in line with the rules for Federal Advisory Committees. The GTAC worked in partnership with industry to formally review and endorse GSA's methodology for determining Federal per diem rates, which we used to adjust FY 2014 rates.
In sum, GSA believes that these Government-wide efforts will result in significant savings for the Federal government and the American people.
Conclusion –
The Administration is focused on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Government, including reducing travel and conference costs. GSA is committed to helping with those efforts. GSA has rigorous internal policies, provides tools to other agencies to help them make more informed travel and conference spending decisions, and is working on broader reforms and programs that would result in greater savings long-term.
GSA is fully dedicated to its mission of delivering best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to the Government and the American people. I appreciate the opportunity to be here today and I welcome any questions you have.


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The USA Rice Federation has announced that Mark Denman, chief operating officer of the consumer division for RiceTec Inc., was elected chairman by the board of directors. Denman's tenure began on Aug. 1, and he will serve a two-year term as chairman of the rice organization, which represents all segments of the U.S. rice industry.
"Mark Denman is well prepared to lead our industry as we tackle the tough challenges ahead," said outgoing Chairman Jackie Loewer.
Denman, a native of Stuttgart, has been in the rice business for more than 33 years, 27 of them with RiceTec Inc., which is based in Alvin, Texas.
He currently chairs the USA Rice Millers' Association and previously served on the boards of the USA Rice Council and The Rice Foundation. He serves on the USA Rice Federation Domestic Promotion Committee and is a past chairman of the Retail Subcommittee.
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As part of the Rock Hall's annual Black History Month celebration, we will explore the complicated and changing roles of women in hip-hop. From early pioneers (Sha-Rock and Roxanne Shanté) to the game-changing artists of hip-hop's second wave (Salt-N-Pepa and Queen Latifah) to today's leading innovators (Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliott), women have continually (and effectively) worked to have their voices heard in a genre too often dominated by men. From marginalized artists to multi-platinum performers, this Rock and Roll Night School will examine the undeniable, yet often overlooked, impact and influence of women in hip-hop – then and now.
This event is free and reservations are not required. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Rock and Roll Night School will also be streamed LIVE on rockhall.com
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's education department presents Rock and Roll Night School, a monthly series of educational, discussion-based evening classes offered free of charge from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The award-winning education department leads the classes, which are geared towards adults interested in gaining more knowledge about rock and roll history. The program explores the history of rock and roll from its roots to its current incarnations.
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A friend of mine died a few days ago. I got the news at sunset, just as I was turning on lamps around my house. He and I grew up together. We went to the same grade school and saw each other at holidays, even while life took us down different paths.
We had re-connected on a regular basis through Facebook about a year ago, just after he underwent open-heart surgery for a valve problem. A second surgical procedure followed, but he seemed to have recovered. A couple of months ago, we met for coffee and nothing about him seemed frail.
Then the news came that he was found in bed, having died in his sleep.
No matter how often we go through the experience of losing someone, it always feels unfamiliar and strange. We wander through rooms, not sure what to do. The tears come, but not always right away. We struggle to wrap ourselves around the absence of someone who was just here, so alive and present. Where are they, we wonder, even though we don't really expect an answer.
That night, I went on his Facebook page to see if others knew about his passing and had posted anything. I saw two rather oblique messages addressed to him, saying, "I'll miss you,". I posted a similarly vague message and within minutes got a Facebook query from someone wanting to know what I meant by that. I didn't want to be the one to break the news on Facebook, so I deleted that post.
But by the next morning, his page was full of messages -- heartfelt and heartbreaking, from longtime friends and newly-acquired Facebook friends, plus expressions of gratitude from family members. Days later, it's still going on.
What's striking is that every message is addressed to him. It's one of the ways we get through grief – by talking to the person who's gone, by keeping him alive in our hearts and thoughts and believing that, somehow, he can hear us.
What's become clear to me is that, along with all the other roles Facebook plays in our lives, it is also our Wailing Wall when someone we care about dies. It's something we've needed in our culture for a long time. In Israel, people go to the Wailing Wall and place notes to God in the cracks between stones. The Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. – the smooth river of black stone etched with so many names – is the closest thing we have to that. People take pieces of paper and do tracings of their loved one's name. For those who lived through that war, and lost people to it, the memorial has provided a physical place to go…to remember those who left too soon and to honor the grief that never goes away.
Obviously Facebook is not a physical place, although it feels like it, and other issues come up, like when or how to remove someone's page after death if the family members so desire. Facebook's policy is to "memorialize" profiles after someone dies, removing them from public search results and sealing them from any log-in attempts, yet leaving the wall open for friends and family to post messages. They will also completely remove the page if requested, but to ward off any inappropriate actions, they require proof that the person has died.
One person posted on my friend's wall a verse which is inscribed on the poet Rumi's tombstone. It includes the line, "Ours is not a caravan of despair." It seems, in looking at our modern day Wailing Wall, that by having a place to write to someone whose leaving still seems unreal, we are given a way out of our despair. Maybe just for a while, because the pain will always find us, but those moments of respite matter. Grief is many things, including sweet memories that need to be shared, and messages we hope drift past this world into whatever lies beyond.
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Straight outta Cleveland, the Dead Boys probably were never meant to climb the long and treacherous path to rock stardom. They were too aggressive, too uncontrollable and too willing to do almost anything – no matter how foolhardy or repellent – to engage an audience. Guitarist Gene O'Connor aka Cheetah Chrome had been part of the influential but unrecorded band Rocket from the Tombs. When he and singer Stiv Bators formed the Dead Boys in 1976, they incorporated several of RFTT's best songs into their repertoire, including "Sonic Reducer," with O'Connor's rapid-fire eighth-note guitar riff bolted to the ingenious lyrics of RFTT frontman David Thomas (later of experimental rockers Pere Ubu). In 1977, the song was released as a single with b side "Down in Flames" and also included on the Dead Boys' debut album, Young, Loud and Snotty. After two albums and a couple of chaotic tours, the Dead Boys broke up in 1979. But "Sonic Reducer" became an American punk-rock standard that continues to resonate with new audiences: It was covered by 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees Guns n' Roses and sampled by 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees the Beastie Boys on"Open Letter to NYC," a track from their 2004 album To the 5 Boroughs. The Dead Boys are among the artists featured in the Cleveland Rocks exhibit, located in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Ahmet M. Ertegun Exhibition Hall. The Cleveland Rocks exhibit includes artifacts from the careers of Alan Freed, Bobby Womack, Joe Walsh, the Outsiders, the Raspberries, Pere Ubu, Wild Cherry and many more.
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Published: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, August 26, 2013 at 2:06 p.m.
Editor: This letter is in response to the Associated Press article on young (Gov. Pat) McCrory staff members receiving big government salaries. As if it is a news flash that people who work for the campaign of a candidate get government jobs, you thought it necessary to report it. You also received the information from a blog that you call "left-leaning." Let's state some facts, North Carolina Justice Center is not left-leaning, it is a socialist, bigoted, Democrat organization.
The fact that we have a president who gets up every morning, goes to his office in the White House and spits on the Constitution, and we get nothing of substance in this newspaper is appalling. Obama uses the IRS to target conservative groups, EPA to destroy coal and fund the solar mistake, Justice Department gun running in Mexico and let us not leave out the Mack Daddy, ObamaCare.
I have read about poor teacher pay for 30 years. Is the pay of teachers the only thing you have to push in the face of North Carolina taxpayers that McCrory is doing something wrong?
If you want to make a comparison on the pay of state employees, look at the last 50 years when Democrats ran the state with an iron fist. If a local Democrat in Davidson County lost an election, he got a state job. This was a safety net afforded to only Democrat politicians.
I have an even better idea: Let the Republicans run the state for the next 100 years. It will take that long to rid the state of the cancer called political patronage that the Democrats have left the state in.
Thomas Frank
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ZF-5297: READ FIRST: Incorrect year returned by Zend_Date.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Recently a lot of ZF users are filing a bug that Zend_Date returns the wrong year, 2009 instead of 2008. This is however expected behaviour, and NOT A BUG!
From the FAQ:
When using own formats in your code you could come to a situation where you get for example 29.12.2009, but you expected to get 29.12.2008.
There is one year difference: 2009 instead of 2008. You should use the lower cased year constant. See this example: $date->toString('dd.MM.yyyy'); instead of
From the manual
Note that the default ISO format differs from PHP's format which can be irritating if you have not used in previous. Especially the format specifiers for Year and Minute are often not used in the intended way.
For year there are two specifiers available which are often mistaken. The Y specifier for the ISO year and the y specifier for the real year. The difference is small but significant. Y calculates the ISO year, which is often used for calendar formats. See for example the 31. December 2007. The real year is 2007, but it is the first day of the first week in the week 1 of the year 2008. So, if you are using 'dd.MM.yyyy' you will get '31.December.2007' but if you use 'dd.MM.YYYY' you will get '31.December.2008'. As you see this is no bug but a expected behaviour depending on the used specifiers.
For minute the difference is not so big. ISO uses the specifier m for the minute, unlike PHP which uses i. So if you are getting no minute in your format check if you have used the right specifier.
Please leave this issue open at least until January 2009.
I think one of the reasons this confuses so many people is a misinterpretation of the ISO spec. The manual claims 'ISO uses weeknumberbasedyear, so 1-1-2010 is actually 2009 according to ISO, so it's intended behaviour'.
ISO would cease to exist if it could rightfully claim that 1-1-2010 is actually in 2009.
ISO has 2 ways of representing the year number:
1-1-2009 according to ISO 8601 Calendrial year: 2009 1-1-2009 according to ISO 8601 Weeknumberbased year: 2008
The first one is the most commonly used and the one to be used in full date representations. Zend_Date wrongfully ignores the first one and claims the second one is the only 'iso correct date'. This is wrong and causes confusion to people who use the common YYYY representation in their formatting. In my opinion, it IS a bug, and YYYY should use the ISO 8601 calendrial year representation. This means it will correctly represent 1-1-9 as '2009', and still be ISO compliant. The less common weeknumber based representation could then use a less obvious formatting string.
Clearly, there is (a) confusion by many, many users of the component, and (b) confusion as to implementation of the specification. Zend_Date usage should be predictable, and if it is not, should be fixed.
PHP's DateTime is how people expect Zend_Date to act. If it does not, it should be corrected.
It should. But, if we were to change this (no matter in a major, minor or mini release) it would break a lot of sites, without people knowing. With other BC breaks you get an exception, notice, etc. However, that would be not really possible with any change we're discussing here.
Dolf: I think that's ok, I doubt many people are actually using the weeknumber based year; there are hardly any use case scenario's that need this particular weird year.
Most of the people currently using it will not notice a change, in fact it might fix a problem they didn't yet know they had.
Issue postponed for 2.0


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http://illiweb.com/fa/empty.gifOne gun I have that I have long considered to be a suitable Survival gun is a Marlin (or Winchester, Mossberg or Rossi) 30-30. I bought mine about 35 years ago to be my main go-to hunting gun. It is light and handy. It comes in an extremely popular caliber. There is almost always some ammo to be found in this caliber. It has a side loading gate that makes it easy to reload after firing a couple of shots. It has such a mild recoil that most people-male or female-should be able to handle it. I always have liked lever action rifles because of the many western movies I watched as a youngster. I enjoy shooting them.
So, whats not to like? Well, for one thing it is lower powered compared to the .308 and 30-06 etc. It doesnt have extreme target accuracy. Another thing, at one time you could only use flat tip or round nose bullets because of the tubular magazine of this rifle.
But, Hornady has done a lot to improve this caliber with their Flex-Tip ammo. With these cartridges it is possible to use pointed bullets in 30-30s. This ammo adds another 100 yards or more to the range of this fine rifle.
Although it doesnt have the firepower of a semi-auto, I believe that for most survival needs a 30-30 is all you should need.
There is one 30-30 rifle that is OK for fun shooting or hunting, but, I do not recommend it for tactical use. And, that is the Henry. While the other 30-30s load through a side loading gate, which makes it easy to top up the magazine when necessary, the Henry has a plunger in the ammo tube which must be removed to reload it. This puts the Henry out of action while being reloaded. The other 30-30s can be kept ready for action while ammo is added. This is better for tactical activities. I think that every survivalist should have at least one 30-30.


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The next wrestling match for SMS is Thursday, Dec. 13 at Millsboro.
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|During the General Support phase VMware offers new hardware support and guest OS updates. VMware will update the Hardware Compatibility Guide with new hardware platforms that have been tested and certified. General Support for selected new hardware technology (such as servers, processors, chipsets, and add-in cards) is based on VMware's discretion, OEM partner input, and customer input. An 18-month hardware support window is started when a major or minor vSphere release is generally available. New hardware technology launched within the 18-month window will be supported in a compatible mode by an update to a vSphere major/minor release; hardware technology launched after the 18-month window will normally not be supported by that release. Each release of VMware vSphere will support the existing and 4 previous virtual hardware versions. VMware will only introduce new hardware versions in major or minor releases of vSphere although each release does not guarantee a new hardware version. Non-critical bug fixes are provided at VMware's discretion and based on customer input within the first two years of General Support.
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Does VMware's Enterprise Infrastructure Life Cycle Policy apply to the whole VMware vSphere Software Suite as a bundle or apply to its individual products?
The VMware Enterprise Infrastructure Lifecycle Policy applies to the individual products. While Major releases of the vSphere products will normally occur together, the support lifecycle policy applies to the individual products, such as VMware ESX, VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter. The lifecycle of a new release will begin from its release date for the respective product.
Does VMware provide different levels of support throughout the support life cycle?
Yes, the support lifecycle is divided into two phases, General Support and Technical Guidance, each offering different levels of support:. When a specific release has reached the end of the Technical Guidance phase, it is said to be at "end of support".
How do I get critical fixes for my VMware ESX or VMware vCenter products?
Fixes are provided during the support lifecycle in one of the following methods. For VMware ESX, fixes are provided in either patches for the most critical issues, or in Update releases. Fixes for VMware vCenter products are provided in Update releases. These update releases are designed to deliver bug fixes and other critical or serious corrections or fixes without requiring a new maintenance release.
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- Maintenance releases typically include significant numbers of bug fixes, as well as new enablements.
- Updates include few, if any, bug fixes and focus mainly on enablements.
- The same future patches will apply to both ESX Server 3.0.2 GA and ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1, meaning that customers will not have to worry about applying different patches. This is not the case for a sequence of maintenance releases (e.g. ESX Server 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 require different patches.)
- Updates do not extend the support life cycle.
What are the benefits of product updates?
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The General Support Phase includes new hardware support, what does that mean?
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Does VMware's Support Life Cycle Policy specify which OEM systems will be supported?
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What does Guest OS Update Support mean?
Based on VMware's discretion and input from customers, VMware will work with OS vendors to enable support of new OS releases, OS Service Packs and OS patches. This applies to selective new Major OS releases within the first 2 years of General Support and selective new Minor OS releases or Service Packs within the first 3 years of General Support. VMware will update the VMware Compatibility Guide regarding support of Guest OS releases and Service Packs.
What is the difference between physical hardware and virtual hardware?
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How long will VMware provide patches for security vulnerabilities and bug fixes?
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What are the criteria for determining if a bug is critical or non-critical (as specified by VMware's Support Life Cycle Policy)?
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Does VMware's Support Life Cycle Policy retroactively apply to older software releases?
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Stevia, which is about 100 times sweeter than sugar, is obtained from a shrub (yerba dulce) that is grown in Brazil, Paraguay, southeast Asia, and elsewhere. The actual sweet chemicals are the closely related stevioside and rebaudioside A. Stevia and its derivatives are said to be the holy grail of high-potency sweeteners, because they are naturally derived alternatives to the often-controversial synthetic sweeteners (saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame-K, sucralose, cyclamate). Stevia has been used in Japan and several other countries. Still, many people perceive stevia and its sweet derivatives to have a foul taste in certain foods.
Just because a substance is natural, does not mean that it is safe. In the 1990s, the U.S. FDA rejected stevia for use as a food ingredient. Likewise, Canada did not approve stevia, and a European Community scientific panel declared that stevia was unacceptable for use in food. High dosages fed to rats reduced sperm production and increased cell proliferation in their testicles, which could cause infertility or other problems. Pregnant hamsters that had been fed large amounts of a derivative of stevioside called steviol had fewer and smaller offspring. In the laboratory, steviol can be converted into a mutagenic compound, which may promote cancer by causing mutations in the cells' DNA.
In the 21st century, Cargill and Merisant (which marks aspartame-based Equal) developed extracts of stevia that are 95 percent pure rebaudioside A and 200 times as sweet as sugar. The companies call their products Truvia and PureVia, respectively, with the nickname of rebiana. In 2008, Cargill and Merisant told the FDA that rebiana should be considered "generally recognized as safe," or GRAS. (GRAS substances are given less scrutiny by the FDA than standard food additives.) A third company, Wisdom Natural Brands, declared that its stevia-related product to be GRAS without even notifying the FDA.
UCLA toxicologists and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, however, urged the FDA to reject the GRAS claims for rebiana. They reported that FDA's guidelines call for major new food additives to be tested for two years on both rats and mice, but rebiana had only been tested on rats. The toxicologists and CSPI said that testing of rebiana in both rats and mice is particularly important, because several tests found that rebiana-related substances caused mutations and damaged chromosomes or DNA.
Despite the disagreement about rebiana's safety, just before Christmas 2008 the FDA agreed that the chemical could be considered GRAS. Shortly thereafter, beverage companies started marketing rebiana-sweetened products. If consumers find the taste acceptable and future tests do not find major risks, rebiana may well be the elusive natural non-caloric sweetener that industry has sought for decades.
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- Stevia: What's the Rush?—Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson: December 15, 2008
- Lab Tests Point to Problems with Trendy New Sweetener—Press Release: August 28, 2008
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After winning three of five fall tournaments, the Vandals earned two votes in the Golf World/NGCA Golf Coaches' Poll, which was released Monday, as well as a No. 39 ranking by GolfStat.com.
Individually, sophomore Kayla Mortellaro is ranked 33rd by GolfStat.com with a 72.80 scoring average, which translates to an adjusted average of +3.491.
"We are an extremely talented team which has set its goals high and has focused daily on improving our games in preparation for the WAC Championship and NCAA Regional," coach Lisa Johnson said. "Our climb in the rankings is a reflection of each individual's commitment to building our program through hard work, mental toughness, teamwork, and determination."
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There's been remarkably little opinion polling on shale considering the overwhelmingly negative press it gets. But a recent poll from Pennsylvania shows that even in a state that allegedly is being poisoned and thousands losing their homes if you read some of the anti-shale site, people are firmly for shale and firmly for taxing it:
Pennsylvanians want natural gas producers to keep drilling in the Marcellus Shale by a 2-to-1 ratio, but want that output subject to a severance tax, also by 2-to-1, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
"'Drill, baby, drill,' is the call from Pennsylvania voters, and 'tax, baby, tax' is the follow-up as voters see natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale as an economic plus more than an environmental negative," Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Assistant Director Tim Malloy said in a statement Tuesday. "They also see added taxes on gas drillers as one of the few acceptable ways to help balance the budget."
Conducted last week, pollsters surveyed 1,277 registered Pennsylvania voters, and found support for drilling and a tax on that production was strong across party lines and regions.
This doesn't sound like a state where the catastrophists are winning the argument.
Statewide, Pennsylvanians say that the environmental impacts of gas drilling are outweighed by the economic benefits 63% to 30% with the strongest support coming from Republican men, but even Democrats and women favored shale gas extraction over a ban on drilling.
Support for gas drilling was the weakest, 55% in favor, in the northeast corner of the state, a hotbed of extraction over the last two years, and strongest in the northwestern corner, 69% in favor, which is still waiting to see drilling take off.
In short, this is one more reality check that has to be considered. Why is shale preceded by the adjective "controversial" so often? Why does the press act if there is some popular crusade of citizens against polluters, when the reality is the opposite. Let's not forget that last week the shale gas protesters in Pennsylvania's State Capitol Harrisburg could only muster a few hundred people, and the group split into a small faction led by Josh Fox who could only muster 75 or so people.
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Arizona State Outfielder Rod Allen : "This (home run) was clutch, it felt good...Coach has been trying to get me to work on some new stuff. I've been coming out early and staying late, it felt pretty good. I was trying to be aggressive and swing a little harder. Not swing nonchalant at the ball, swing aggressive."
"We hit a lot of balls hard today. Unfortunately a lot of them were caught. As long as you keep staying on it. Our game plan is line drives and ground balls, and if you hit it in the air, you better hit it over. That's what coach says. We felt good, we felt we were the better team and we just had to stay on it."
Arizona State Catcher Cesar Castillo: "The scouting report said (Barrett) comes in late in the count and I got a fastball up in and in. I got a pretty good swing on it and helped out the team."
Arizona State Pitcher Ryan Schroyer: "Carlos Arguello came out and was his typical self and shut them down. Mark Sopko came out and was awesome also. They were making good pitches and letting the hitters get themselves out."
"I just come out and try and throw the ball over the plate and see what happens."
Arizona State Head Coach Pat Murphy: "I have great respect for San Diego's ballclub. Those kids play hard, they're well coached, they know what they want to do. Their pitcher was fantastic I thought. A great competitor, there's a reason he's been an All-American for two years. I think they're a scrappy club."
"I thought we had some good at bats early and came up empty. We had first and third with no outs, got one. Bases load no outs, got one. I think that's how it went. You'd like to do more but (Barrett's) a strike thrower and the credit is to him. He pitched himself out of jams. That kid can pitch in the Pac-10, that's for sure."
On the Bullpen
"That's kind of how it's been all year. I don't like to talk about Schroyer, because it's kind of goofy what he's done this year. Arguello, Sopko, both unsung heroes."
"I thought we kept composed. We didn't play great. To get 13 hits off of Barrett is impressive. I'm sure he didn't give up that all year. We had a decent approach. He kept our lefties at bay. You won't see Andre (Ethier) going 0-5 much. We stayed after it, so I'm proud of our bullpen."
San Diego Pitcher Ricky Barrett: "I think it was pretty evident early that I didn't have my fastball. The velocity was there, but it was really hard to place on the corners. I made mistakes and they hit the, so I have to tip my cap."
"I had to bear down. I had nothing going. I didn't feel very comfortable out there. That was just inside, it wasn't the surroundings, it wasn't the game, it wasn't anything. I kind of take it on myself."
San Diego Head Coach Rich Hill: "From our angle, it looked like (Barrett) had some good velocity. I thought he pitched to both sides of the plate pretty well. You have to give ASU a lot of credit. They hit mistakes as well as any team in the country. When they got an opportunity to hit a ball out over the plate, they hit it."


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The summer of 1967 will forever be known as the Summer of Love. It was a landmark year, not just in the history of rock and roll, but in the history of our culture. Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the Summer of Love, the Museum presented its first major temporary exhibition, I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era, 1965-1969.
I Want to Take You Higher examined the massive cultural, social and political change of this era, a time when creativity flourished and optimism reigned. The exhibit focused on San Francisco and London, the twin capitals of psychedelia, and looked at not only the music of the era, but also the art, literature, lifestyles, fashion and politics. The Beatles, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Byrds and the Jefferson Airplane were just a few of the artists whose work was explored in the exhibition, which included more than 500 artifacts.
I Want to Take You Higher opened with a day-long outdoor festival that drew thousands to the Museum's plaza on May 10, 1997 in a scene that was more than vaguely reminiscent of the Sixties. Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and Donovan performed their now-legendary songs, while political and social groups with roots in the Sixties—Earth Day Coalition and the Free Clinic among them—offered handouts at pamphlet-strewn tables. Emcee Chet Helms, the beloved San Francisco concert promoter, kept the crowd abreast of an imminent visit by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, who were on their way aboard their fabled Further bus.
Coinciding with the exhibit opening, Chronicle Books published I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era, 1965-1969, a companion to the exhibit edited by the Museum's Chief Curator James Henke and featuring essays by Charles Perry and Barry Miles. The book contains interviews with a number of Sixties figures, as well as an annotated list of 100 of the most important psychedelic songs, compiled by noted music historian and critic Jon Savage.
Inhabiting nearly the entire Ahmet Ertegun Exhibition space, I Want to Take You Higher was an ambitious, comprehensive exhibit designed by Pentagram Design that showcased some of the more flamboyant aspects of the era while at the same time attempting to place it in historical context. The five years represented in the exhibit were appropriately arranged as individual petals in a massive flower pattern created from boldly painted exhibit cases. Equally colorful typography featuring song titles and timelines were plastered on nearly every surface, save for a giant wall festooned with dozens of psychedelic posters. The exhibit resonated with the lurid look of the era it explored, right down to the trippy slide show in the Grateful Dead room.
The exhibit examined the roots of psychedelia in 1965 and 1966 (the Beatles' Rubber Soul, the Acid Tests), the genre's explosion in the summer of 1967 (the Human Be-In, Monterey Pop, Sgt. Pepper), the politics of 1968 (the Vietnam War, the Democratic National Convention, the assassinations) and the mainstream incorporation of psychedelia in 1969 (Woodstock and numerous other festivals). The 1969 section of the exhibit included several artifacts from Woodstock, including Arlo Guthrie's stage outfit and guitar, Country Joe McDonald's guitar, Jimi Hendrix's set list, Grace Slick's stage costume and Ravi Shankar's sitar. Other notable artifacts in the exhibit included hand-painted guitars from Cream's Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce; Tom Wolfe's manuscripts and notes from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; John Lennon's Sgt. Pepper uniform and John Sebastian's tie-dyed cape and jacket. The exhibition also included a special 20-minute film called Feed Your Head, which featured both new and archival interviews with many of the key figures of the era, as well as historical footage of important events.
"We've been visiting the Rock Hall for three years, about two times per year. Your displays are fabulous and we learn something new each time we're here...It's even allowing us to teach our 9-year-old son about all music...So do we think it's worth a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Dayton, Ohio in the pouring rain? You bet! Rock on." "Wow - This is the music of our lives. This place is awesome - extremely impressive. We grew up on Alan Freed, Bandstand and Cousin Brucie. Keep up the good work - we'll be back."


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TA wanted to flame a Christian Debate site for Home Schoolers, because he, as a Homeschooler, posted there fairly regularly it seemed and it was gay.
So me, him, Devil and Rai went there and eventually some of us posted porn. Since they are massive Christians they reacted huge to this, sent an e-mail to everyone on the forum about how they were really sorry, and would be persuing legal action against the offenders and would contact their congressmen about this issue to help further anti-internet porn efforts. One of us might still have the e-mail, I don't think I do though.
So anyway lots of people were really mad about this, parents and stuff, the site was connected with a lot of official organizations so a lot of people appearantly got pissed and they had to change the site doing things like installing admin approval for new accounts and stuff. Never followed through with any legal action of course.
Oh yeah, they called it an "Anti-Christian hate crime."
All in all, a pretty successful flame.


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ZF-1685: Zend_Db Manual Bug at example 9.11
A bug was brought up by aaroncampbell on the manual for Zend_Db at 184.108.40.206. Fetching Key-Value Pairs from a Result Set
$result = $db->fetchAAssocssoc('SELECT bug_id, bug_status FROM bugs');
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I think it meant fetchAssoc, but this section is about using fetchPairs()
Is this an issue with Zend_Debug or Zend_Db? Is this an issue in section 9.1 or 9.11 of the manual (btw, there is no section 9.11)?
I appreciate the issue report, but please try to be more accurate with the details when you make such reports.
Recategorize as Zend_Db issue. Reword summary.
I see you did say it was example 9.11. I understand now.
Sorry for the confusion, I forgot to place a link there http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/… ;)
Fixed in revision 5579.
Change fixed version to 1.1.0.


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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is clearly a reason to celebrate; and, bringing the Indian Land community together because of it is all the more reason.
On Jan. 20, Steele Hill AME Zion Church joined Sun City Carolina Lakes in celebrating with prayers, songs and reflections, followed by a gathering with refreshments in the Lake House ballroom at Sun City.
SCCL Lifestyle Director Trevor Sunderlage said he and a committee of homeowners "put the program together with the idea that we would celebrate MLK's legacy."
FORT MILL – As the weekends slowly begin to warm into spring, families find themselves searching for close-to-home recreational activities they can enjoy outside together.
If you are looking for a place where you can relax and enjoy the serene beauty of nature and leave the hustle and bustle of the real world behind you, you don't have to go far.
Just a short distance away, the Anne Springs Close Greenway is waiting.
The Native American Studies Center expanded its art gallery just before Christmas with a gift made possible through an anonymous donor. Catawba Indian Chief and subject of many Catawba creations, King Haigler, rules once again in clay in a still-life painting by Greenville artist, Nancy Biggs Thomas.
Center Curator Brittany Taylor said the work was excellent, with vibrant complementary colors highlighting two traditional King Haigler pots.
She was delighted to welcome Thomas's work to the Center's collection.
When Marty Stuart comes to Lancaster on Saturday, Feb. 9, he will be joined by some familiar faces.
The Hinson Girls, a bluegrass and gospel band from Van Wyck, were asked by the Lancaster Performing Arts Series to be the opening act for Stuart's concert at the University of South Carolina Lancaster's Bundy Auditorium.
Have you ever thought of buttermilk as being mysterious? Does its mere mention make you shake in your oven mitts, the James Bond theme song playing in your head?
Oh wait, maybe it's just me.
For years, this humble ingredient has had me stumped.
What do you do with it? Is it for baking or am I supposed to put it in savory dishes?
The answer, it turns out, is a simple "yes."
A Charlotte radio station is joining with a local care center to provide relief for mothers in need.
New Life 91.9, a Christian radio station based in Charlotte, will host their annual Carolina's Biggest Baby Shower at the Pregnancy Care Center in Lancaster, 718 S. Main St., from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23.
The shower is a drop-in event, and people are welcome to bring a gift, tour the center and meet staff from both the care center and New Life 91.9.
Well, the crisis on the verge of bringing America to its knees has been averted for now.
No, I'm not talkin' about the fiscal cliff. I am referring to $8 a gallon milk.
I heard a recent TV news report that milk is gonna be more expensive than bottled water, so given the television source, it must be so.
First taxes, now milk.
The 16th Annual Christmas canned goods drive for HOPE in Lancaster at Carolina Christian Academy started the last week of November and ended Dec. 19, with the school's efforts netting 3,545 cans delivered to HOPE that morning.
With the addition of other items donated besides canned goods, such as boxes of ramen noodles, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, Jell-O and pasta, the total number of items delivered was close to 7,000.
Model trains and the holiday season have been closely linked since 1900 when Joshua Lionel Cowan built a small motorized gondola car to lure window shoppers into a New York City store. Passersby flocked in, but were more interested in the miniature train that traveled around a circle of track than the merchant's wares.
Are your days off spent exhausted and lifeless?
Are you receiving nasty e-mails and snide remarks from your boss or colleagues?
If you answer "yes" to any of the above, you may be the victim of workplace bullying and harassment.
Apparently, you are not alone. More than 53 million Americans have reported workplace bullying, and the situation is getting worse in this economic downturn.
The problem is what to do about it? This became my quest to find out in my bid to help a friend and others navigate through the maze.
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Fever 105 is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, hosted by Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit (voiced by Julius Dyson). The station plays a mix of disco, soul and R&B. Fever 105 is one of two preferred radio stations tuned in by the Haitian gang, which can be heard after the player carjacks their gang vehicle, the Voodoo. The station is also the default radio station set when the player enters Lance Vance's white Infernus sports car. An album of songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set. By coincidence, Will Smith sampled The Whispers' song "And The Beat Goes On" in his hit song "Miami" and Vice City is modeled after Miami, Florida.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, it is heavily implied that Fever used to be the Hip hop/Electro station Fresh FM. This is further evidenced by the fact that Fresh was broadcasted at the same frequency, and it's DJ, Luke, was having an angry outburst at Biscuit because he had offered to buy the station.
- The Whispers - "And the Beat Goes On" (1980)
- Fat Larry's Band - "Act Like You Know" (1982)
- Oliver Cheatham - "Get Down Saturday Night" (1983)
- Pointer Sisters - "Automatic" (1983)
- René & Angela - "I'll Be Good" (1985)
- Mary Jane Girls - "All Night Long" (1983)
- Rick James - "Ghetto Life" (1981)
- Michael Jackson - "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" (1982)
- Evelyn King - "Shame" (1978)
- Teena Marie - "Behind the Groove" (1980)
- Mtume - "Juicy Fruit" (1982)
- Kool & the Gang - "Summer Madness" (1975)
- Indeep - "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" (1982)
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- Paradise FM, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories which plays disco music.
- K109 The Studio, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV which plays disco music.
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The University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have initiated studies investigating the use of cell transplant therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The research has been made possible by $11.5 million in funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Through Invitrogen's primary and stem cell systems business, Life Technologies is providing support through its expertise in stem cell biology, cell separation, next-generation sequencing, and bioproduction.
The investigators aim to conduct stem cell research based on astrocyte progenitors. Astrocytes support the proper functioning and insulation of neurons. In ALS the insulation critical to neuron function decays over time. It is thus believed that administration of an astrocyte-based cell therapy might help regenerate neuron insulation, reversing the debilitating effects of the disease or halting its progression.
UCSD and Salk scientists will study two methods of administering astrocyte progenitors in animal models, including cervical and lumbar spinal cord injections. They hope to provide proof-of-principle to enable clinical trials within five years.
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Good-To-Know Tips On Safe Laptop Battery Disposal
The affordability and user-friendly mobile computing features of laptops have led to the rapid increase in the number of users across the world. On the other hand, the steeping rise in the production of laptops is also indicative of the exponential cases of inappropriate disposals of old and used laptop batteries. Thus, turning a blind eye to the grave danger looming at large will cause irreversible damage to our natural environment. So, laptop owners irrespective of brands like IBM laptop battery, Acer laptop battery or HP laptop battery etc. can all make their contribution in environmental protection by simply adopting measures aimed at promoting safe storage and disposal of their used laptop batteries. Safe-guarding the environment against harmful chemical wastes, toxins and non-biodegradable compounds is of cardinal importance for the welfare of the future generations.
Most industrial batteries containing lead, cadmium, dilute sulphuric acid and alkaline electrolytes are known to cause greater degree of damage compared to other forms of battery chemical components in electronic gadgets. As a result, naked exposure of these toxic chemicals in the environment has lead to multiple health hazards, environmental pollution and ecological disturbance. Unfortunately, Li-ion laptop batteries do not contain metallic lithium which is otherwise more harmful to the environment. Therefore, laptop owners are recommended the following measures in order to ensure that laptop batteries are disposed safely:
1. First of all, do not dispose battery wastes in ordinary garbage dump sites. Indiscriminate disposal of chemicals contained in laptop and other household batteries are detrimental to the environment; plus, dumping chemical wastes is an illegal practice.
2. Many laptop owners are unaware of laptop recycling programs or organizations offering these services. If you happen to be one of them, the easiest step is to contact a local dealer that sells batteries or the manufacturer from whom the battery has been purchased.
3. In addition, there are various companies online that offer recycling services for laptop batteries like— Best Buy, Office Depot, Think Green, Earth 911, RBRC.org and Batteryrecycling.com etc.
4. Most of these places have kiosks set-up for the safe-disposal of laptop batteries that are further taken for recycling. If an easy access to one of these kiosks is not available near your locality, laptop owners can approach the respective organizations for the next available location or arrange for getting it recycled.
5. Do not disassemble the battery pack because the chemicals in it could be dangerous, inflammable and may also cause skin irritation. Needless to say, but, please ensure that the battery is kept out of the reach of children.
6. Renowned laptop manufacturers like Dell offer eco-friendly disposal and recycling for used Dell laptop battery for their customers. Likewise, most branded laptop manufacturers also help their customers with safe disposal kiosks.
Today, there are various regionally approved organizations and bodies that collect used batteries and dispose them at recycling plants. In a desperate attempt to fight environmental pollution, each and every country across the globe have joined hands in eliminating indiscriminate draining of industrial wastes, household battery wastes and other electronic wastes. The agenda is to ensure that development of latest technologies does not come at the cost of the existing ecological framework.
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Features of our select bacterial species:
The ProblemManure pits and lagoons vary in design and construction, but they all have one basic principle in common. they're designed to hold manure until it's removed. With time, the manure will begin to emit foul, and often toxic gases and will form an ugly crust. As time proceeds, the solid material settles to the bottom to form a hard mass that requires costly special handling when waste is removed.
How our FARM DIGESTANT works.The bacterial species of our Digestant "eat" large amounts of waste, replicate very quickly and do not produce offensive odors. By introducing large numbers of these select bacteria into the pit on a systematic basis, these bacteria will multiply and slowly convert the entire pit into a gigantic culture of "good" bacteria as the additional view pictures demonstrate.
These spores must be activated before being introduced to the pit. Mixed in a bucket of warm water and allowed to sit for 20 minutes, they turn into a highly active, very hungry culture that's ready to go to work.
How much FARM DIGESTANT do I use and when do I start?First determine pit size: length of pit x width of pit x depth of pit = volume in cubic feet. Then multiply this volume by the factor of 7.5 gallons/cubic feet to determine gallonage. Treatment programs are based on gallonage as illustrated below.
NOTE: Neglected pits with large quantities of accumulated solids and/or pits that have chlorine bleach or other disinfectants regularly flushed into them will require heavier treatment programs. Most detergents and cleaners, though, will not affect the bacterial digestants.
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A little while ago we installed one of those invisible electric dog fences for our dogs so they'll have more space to roam around and play in the yard instead of staying stuck on the couch. Little did we know that it would be a nerve-wracking training for the dogs (and their bosses) to figure out the system. Here's what happened and here's the question it prompted: Which dog do you identify with the most?
In the first days of training, our little dog jumped sky-high when she wandered accidentally into the electric fence. She screamed like a baby, and we both cringed. It was awful, and I apologized profusely to her. However, the next day we had to do it again.
The second day she got her second shock, and that was it. She must have vowed not to move at all anymore. From that moment on, she sat paralyzed from fear in the middle of the yard. She wouldn't move an inch.
The training with our big dog went the opposite way. She turned around as soon as she got her shock when walking into the invisible electric fence, and everything seemed to go according to plan. We thought she did excellently.
Unfortunately, a day later she walked straight through the fence without blinking her eyes. She saw me on the other side of the fence and her dream of walking "outside the lines" was bigger then the risk it took to stay stuck in the invisibly fenced yard. I called up the company and told them the story about our small dog, who was now completely stuck. She didn't even want to go into the yard anymore, traumatized by the failed attempts to move outside the invisible electric fence.
Was her behavior caused by her traumatized past because she lived on the streets in Puerto Rico when she was little? Whatever the cause, she must have drawn a conclusion after experiencing two shocks that it wasn't safe to leave the house anymore.
Our big dog was completely unconcerned and unstoppable, no matter the level of pain, and was going after her dream to get to the other side. Having had a beautiful and loving upbringing, fear is not part of her makeup. The contrast between the behaviors of the two dogs was a great example of how we respond to painful experiences. What strategy do you follow when going after your dreams? What is your electric fence? Is the risk to stay stuck behind the fence bigger than your dream?
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MTV Video Music Awards: Who leads the nominees?
(CNN) -- The MTV Video Music Awards nominations are out, and 2014's show is set to be all about Beyonce.
The 32-year-old singer leads this year's group of nominees with a total of eight, including nods for video of the year, best female video, best choreography and best video with a social message.
Two of Bey's nominations are shared with her husband, Jay Z, who appears on the single "Drunk in Love." The sultry black-and-white music video that accompanied the track is nominated for video of the year and best collaboration.
Right behind Beyonce are a pair of MCs: Australian newcomer Iggy Azalea and returned rap giant Eminem received seven nominations each.
The twerking star of last year's MTV VMAs, Miley Cyrus, is up for two awards: video of the year and best direction for her "Wrecking Ball" clip.
Some of the other 2014 nominees include:
Video of the year
Beyonce ft. Jay Z, "Drunk in Love" Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, "Fancy" Miley Cyrus, "Wrecking Ball" Pharrell Williams, "Happy" Sia, "Chandelier"
Best male video
Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell Williams, "Sing" Eminem ft. Rihanna, "The Monster" John Legend, "All of Me" Pharrell Williams, "Happy" Sam Smith, "Stay With Me"
Best female video
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, "Problem" Beyonce, "Partition" Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, "Fancy" Katy Perry ft. Juicy J, "Dark Horse" Lorde, "Royals"
Best hip-hop video
Childish Gambino, "3005″ Drake ft. Majid Jordan, "Hold On (We're Going Home)" Eminem, "Berzerk" Kanye West, "Black Skinhead" Wiz Khalifa, "We Dem Boyz"
Best pop video
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, "Problem" Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc, "Wake Me Up" Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, "Fancy" Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz, "Talk Dirty" Pharrell Williams, "Happy"
Best rock video
Arctic Monkeys, "Do I Wanna Know?" Black Keys, "Fever" Imagine Dragons, "Demons" Linkin Park, "Until It's Gone" Lorde, "Royals"
The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards will be held on the West Coast this year at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The show will air live at 9 p.m. ET/PT on August 24. To see the full list of nominees, visit MTV.com.
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