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Built-in sorting optimizations to support analytical SQL
By Klaker-Oracle on Mar 24, 2014
One of the proof points that I often make for using analytical SQL over more sophisticated SQL-based methods is that we have included specific optimizations within the database engine to support our analytical functions. In this blog post I am going to briefly talk about how the database optimizes the number of sorts that occur when using analytical SQL.
Sort Optimization 1: Ordering Groups
Many of analytical functions include PARTITION BY and/or an ORDER BY clause both of which by definition implies that an ordering process is going to be required. As each function can have its own PARTITION BY-ORDER BY clause this can create situations where lot of different sorts are needed. For example, if we have a SQL statement that included the following:
Rank() Over (Partition by (x) Order by (w)) Sum(a) Over (Partition by (w,x) Order by (z))Ntile() Over (Partition by (x) Order by (y)) Sum(b) Over (Partition by (x,y) Order by (z))
this could involve four different sort processes to take into account the use of both PARTITION BY and ORDER BY clauses across the four functions. Performing four separate sort processes on a data set could add a tremendous overhead (depending on the size of the data set). Therefore, we have taken two specific steps to optimize the sorting process.
The first step is create the notion of "Ordering Groups". This optimizations looks for ways to group together sets of analytic functions which can be evaluated with a single sort. The objective is to construct a minimal set of ordering groups which in turn minimizes the number of sorts. In the example above we would create two ordering groups as follows:
This allows us to reduce the original list of sorts down from 4 to just 2.
Sort Optimization 2: Eliminating Sorts
We can further reduce the number sorts that need to be performed by carefully scheduling the execution so that:
- Ordering groups with sorts corresponding to that in the GROUP BY execute first (immediately after the GROUP BY)
- Ordering groups with sorts corresponding to that in the ORDER BY execute last (immediately before the ORDER BY)
In addition, we can also eliminate sorts when an index or join method (sort-merge) makes sorting unnecessary.
Optimization 3 : RANK Predicates
Where a SQL statement includes RANK() functions there are additional optimizations that kick-in. Instead of sorting all the data, adding the RANK and then applying the predicate, the RANK predicate is evaluated as part of the sort process. The net result is that fewer records are actually sorted, resulting in more efficient execution.
Overall, these three optimizations ensure that as few sorts as possible are performed when you include SQL analytical functions as part of your SQL statements.


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Police seek a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman early Wednesday at an Anaheim hotel. Officers about 5 a.m. responded to calls from employees about a nearly naked woman in the lobby of the Clarion Hotel on Convention Way saying she was being chased, police said. The woman told officers that she had been sexually assaulted in a room and escaped by jumping from a second-story balcony. Authorities described him as a black man in his late 20s, 5-foot-7 to 6 feet tall, 170 to 180 pounds, with dark hair in dreadlocks that he wore pulled back. Anyone with information can contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS.
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In today's Boston Globe, there is an excellent article about Blazers Captain Dan Dawson, and his weekday job as a Brampton, Ontario firefighter.
To see the story by the Boston Globe's top sports photojournalist/feature writer Stan Grossfield, click here.
Grossfield also included a fun little photo gallery with his story.
There are some very interesting revelations in Grossfield's article. Dawson cleans toilets at his fire station in his role as rookie firefighter. He finished in the top of his class at the fire academy. He became a firefighter because when he was younger, he woke up with his house on fire, and the firefighters saved his home.
Dawson makes the NLL league maximum as a lacrosse player, $24,650, and he did not receive any bonus for winning the league's MVP last year, because there was no such language in his contract.
Dawson still lives at home with his parents in Brampton. And, it turns out, he'd rather save a baby from a burning building then win a championship.
It's a good thing he doesn't play for the Bruins - their fans wouldn't stand for that kind of talk.


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Diaspora engagement has become a key and accepted component in the arsenal of development strategies. The question of how to effectively and efficiently harness the force of a country's diaspora through government intervention and policy remains one that many governments and international organizations must grapple with. Diaspora interventions tend to be organic and outside the confines of government and institutional structures.
This edited volume develops a pragmatic approach to the engagement of highly skilled members of the diaspora for the benefit of their countries of origin. The book, edited by a World Bank senior economist, is based on empirical work in middle-income and high-income economies.
This brief explores how governments in Asia are facilitating diaspora contributions, including creation of conducive legal frameworks and diaspora-centered institutions to initiation of programs that specifically target diasporas as development actors.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2011 Article IV Consultation with UruguayPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 11/154
December 9, 2011
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
On December 5, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2011 Article IV consultation with Uruguay.1
Uruguay's strong economic growth in recent years has produced significant welfare gains. Per capita income in purchasing power terms has doubled from its pre-2002 crisis levels, unemployment has fallen to record lows, and social indicators have improved further. The key factors behind this performance include important policy reforms, prudent macroeconomic policies, social policies and a favorable external environment.
The growth momentum has continued into 2011 but a slowdown is underway led by weaker exports and slower public investment. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is projected at 6 percent in 2011 and 4.25 percent in 2012. Inflation at 7.9 percent in October remains above the target range (4-6 percent). The central bank tightened monetary policy in the first half of 2011 but it has left the tightening cycle in pause since late September to allow the global outlook to become clearer. The fiscal deficit has narrowed, and the gross public debt has continued to fall (to 55 percent of GDP in June).
The baseline outlook is positive but with downside risks stemming from the highly uncertain global outlook. Uruguay's economic and financial vulnerabilities are modest, and the government has reduced debt vulnerabilities significantly and built important financial buffers; still the spillovers of a deteriorating global outlook could be significant. A long-term policy challenge is to sustain strong and balanced growth with less volatility than in the past.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors commended the authorities' skillful macroeconomic management that has underpinned Uruguay's excellent economic performance, lowered public indebtedness, and strengthened buffers against shocks. Uruguay's economic outlook is positive, although with downside risks stemming from the uncertain outlook for advanced economies.
Directors agreed that the main near term challenge will be to frame domestic policies to address both the cyclical requirements and the risk of negative spillovers from abroad. A flexible approach to policymaking will be crucial in the period ahead. For the longer term, Directors stressed that further fiscal and structural reforms are needed to secure a stable high growth path.
Directors welcomed the monetary tightening in the first half of 2011 to bring inflation toward the target range. They agreed that a "wait and see" approach is appropriate at present, given lack of clarity about the general direction of the global economy. A resumption of the tightening cycle will be warranted if global risks recede. Directors agreed that the central bank could explore ways to better anchor inflation expectations by communicating more clearly its inflation forecast and its responses to shocks. Directors considered that the flexible exchange rate regime has served Uruguay well, and encouraged the authorities to limit market intervention to smoothing operations.
Directors generally agreed that maintaining a broadly neutral fiscal stance is appropriate, although automatic stabilizers should be allowed to operate as developments warrant, so long as debt dynamics remain favorable. Directors commended the authorities' public debt management, and supported their goal to further reduce the public debt ratio over the medium term. They also welcomed progress on the public private partnership framework to tackle infrastructure gaps.
Directors saw merit in ongoing initiatives to upgrade workers' skills, but noted that other recent reforms may have reduced the flexibility of the labor market. They stressed the importance of reforms that support a dynamic economy while fostering equity. A few Directors cautioned that widespread indexation in wage agreements would complicate inflation targeting and could undermine competitiveness.
Directors welcomed the announced reforms to strengthen banks' capital and improve dynamic provisioning. They supported closer monitoring of credit card companies, and encouraged more extensive information requirements for non banks. Directors encouraged the authorities to continue their efforts to promote de dollarization.


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John B. Fenn, a Berea College graduate, is one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in chemistry
John B. Fenn, a Berea College graduate, is one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in developing methods that allow scientists to more accurately identify substances that contain large biological molecules.
Fenn, 85, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, developed an Electrospray Ionization (ESI) technique in the late 1980's. Fenn's ESI technique is used by many scientists to determine the mass of larger biological molecules, such as proteins, in order to identify the contents of a given sample. This technique is essential to proteomics, which has developed as a result of work on the Human Genome Project. It has proven to be invaluable in clinical research, environmental and forensic science.
" Can you imagine? This happens to so few people," Fenn told the Associated Press. "So many other scientists dream about it. The odds are one in 100,000 or one in a million."
Fenn grew up in Berea, where he attended the Berea Academy and later graduated with a B.A. in chemistry from Berea College in 1937. After earning his Ph.D. from Yale in 1940, Fenn helped found Experiment, Inc., a contract research and development company in Richmond, Va., that played a large role in the U.S. Navy's development of the ramjet propulsion system.
After his tenure in the private sector, Fenn was named director of Project SQUID, a U.S. Navy program of basic and applied research in jet propulsion administered by Princeton University, where he became professor of aerospace and mechanical sciences in 1959.
Fenn joined the Yale faculty in 1967 as professor of applied science and chemistry, a position he held for 13 years. Later he served as professor of Chemical Engineering before taking his current position at Virginia Commonwealth University.
In 2000, Fenn was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1992, Fenn received the American Society for Mass Spectrometry's Award for his contributions to the field.
In 1987, Fenn received the Berea College Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus Award. While attending Berea College, Fenn was a member of the Glee Club, Band, the swimming team, and the boy scouts. Fenn also worked on campus as an Assistant in Freshman and Analytical Chemistry Lab, Clerk in the Registrar's Office, and bugler and counselor at summer camp.
The Nobel Prize for chemistry will be formally presented in Stockholm on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of Alfred Nobel, who established the awards. According to Nobel, the award is given to those who "shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind".
Receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Fenn joins such notables as Marie Curie (1911), for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium, and Otto Hahn (1944), for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei.
The prize carries a cash award of about $1 million. Sharing this year's award with Fenn are Koichi Tanaka, 43, of Shimadzu Corp. in Kyoto, Japan, and Kurt Wuethrich, 64, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA.
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A Jupiter couple has dropped a lawsuit against the owners of the Purple Lotus Kava bar in West Palm Beach.
Kava is an herbal tea that the bar says will relax muscles, ease pain and give a sense of euphoria.
Last fall, Michael and Erica Siegal filed suit against the Purple Lotus, saying they became addicted to the beverage.
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The Doctor's World; Troubling Side Effects Are Linked To Effective AIDS Drug Therapy
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.
Published: July 7, 1998
GENEVA, July 5— Imagine lying on your death bed exhausted and wasted, just a shell of your former self. Suddenly a new therapy lets you gain weight and strength. You resume your daily activities, if not return to work.
Then about a year later, you learn that your miracle new therapy unexpectedly produces bizarre side effects. Your body changes shape in peculiar ways and blood tests indicate you cannot properly metabolize fat, perhaps increasing your risk of a fatal heart attack.
Do you stop the very therapy that has brought you back to life? Or do you continue it, trading your new found well-being for unknown long-term risks?
What if you are in the early stages of the disease and feel fine? What if national guidelines suggest you should start the therapy? Do you accept the unknown risks? Or demand another therapy?
Troubling questions like these have filled medical history when promising new therapies have gone sour. The questions come up now in a dramatic way in AIDS because of a recently recognized constellation of findings known as the lipodystrophy syndrome. It produces a different pattern from the wasting syndrome long known as a part of AIDS.
In the lipodystrophy syndrome, the face, arms and legs become thin. The skin becomes dry, the lips cracked. Weight drops. Veins stick out as cords, and although normal, may be mistaken for varicose veins.
While fat disappears from some areas, for unknown reasons it redistributes to build up in others. The back of the neck resembles a buffalo hump. Breasts enlarge. A woman may have to buy a bra that is two sizes larger than the last one. The abdomen swells producing a sometimes painful pot belly that is dubbed ''a protease paunch.'' A woman may look pregnant when she is not. Exercise may not work it off.
Several published reports have linked the syndrome to the drug cocktails that contain one of the powerful protease inhibitor drugs that were introduced in the last two and a half years. Many discussions at the 12th World AIDS Conference that ended here last week focused on the syndrome as experts from several countries reported new cases.
Dr. David A. Cooper of Sydney, Australia, an international leader in AIDS research, and Dr. Andrew Carr expanded on their earlier published findings that 74 out of 116 or about 64 percent of patients taking protease inhibitors developed the syndrome, compared to 1 out of 132 who did not.
Two other published reports from France and Hong Kong put the incidence at about 25 percent and others have reported lower figures.
The wide variation in incidence figures was attributed to different factors. One factor is the tendency of many doctors to deny existence of the side effects, Dr. Cooper said. A second factor is variations in research methods. Researchers who have asked the patients directly about the problem in a questionnaire have reported higher rates than researchers who reported only their observations.
Doctors are as likely as anyone to deny a troubling new problem. Like patients, doctors can become as frustrated when they have no effective therapy to offer and as enthusiastic as patients when a new therapy suddenly offers dramatic improvement. That development contributed to the euphoric mood at the AIDS meeting in Vancouver two years ago.
As devastating as the disfigurement may be to some people, the cosmetic changes may be the least worrisome part of the syndrome.
Doctors are worried about more serious, even potentially fatal, changes in fat metabolism. A small but growing number of studies find that many individuals who are taking the drug cocktail have high levels of cholesterol and lipids in the blood and other metabolic changes that may increase the risk of diabetes.
The Food and Drug Administration has warned about a possible link between the protease inhibitors and diabetes, though a causal link has not been established.
The warning about diabetes was particularly arresting because at the AIDS meeting two years ago, an exuberant speaker said that the then-new protease inhibitors had made AIDS ''a chronic manageable disease just like diabetes.'' At the meeting here, speakers played on the twist in meaning due to development of diabetes as a possible complication of the drug and repeated the statement to caution against further hubris.
Although changes in body shape may not be life threatening, they greatly concern patients. Doctors from Spain and other countries reported that patients have stopped taking protease inhibitors because of psychological problems resulting from the syndrome.
No one knows how many people have stopped the drugs or switched to different combinations because drug therapies are not routinely monitored in practice. Some AIDS doctors estimated that at least one-third of people who started drug cocktails have stopped them after two years because of side-effects or inability to adhere to the rigid regimen of taking up to 20 pills a day.
The lipodystrophy syndrome has caught AIDS experts by surprise. There were disturbing warning signs in early scientific reports of increased blood levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose. But they were disregarded amid the excitement over the dramatic developments.
Now the side effects have become ''a very large problem,'' said Dr. Cooper, who was one of the first to raise a yellow flag about the lipodystrophy syndrome.


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Place a medium sized
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teaspoon of garlic powder to the chicken. Next place the lid back on top
of the pot and set your stove burner to medium low. You should allow the
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Placenta accreta
Jordan H. Perlow, MD, is a maternal fetal medicine specialist and director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix. His office can be reached at (602) 839-2647.
Question: My wife has had a second cesarean section and I'm worried about all possible conditions that might develop in a future pregnancy. One I've heard about is placenta accreta -- what is it and what can be done to improve the outcome for someone diagnosed with the condition?
Answer: Placenta accreta is a serious, life-threatening condition that develops when the placenta grows too deeply into the uterine wall. During every pregnancy, the placenta grows inside the uterus, attached to the uterine wall, and supplies the baby with nutrition and oxygen through the umbilical cord.
Following delivery, the placenta normally separates easily from the uterus. But in patients with placenta accreta, it's extremely hard to remove and can result in massive bleeding; fatalaties have been reported.
This condition is increasing in frequency due to the increased cesarean section rate and likely now occurs in more than 1/1000 pregnancies. The chance of a placenta accreta is greatest when placenta previa (placenta covering the cervix; noted on ultrasound) is detected in a woman who has had a prior cesarean section, and the risk increases if a woman has had more than one cesarean section.
Ideally, the condition will be diagnosed during pregnancy by an ultrasound. In that case, the baby can be delivered by a planned cesarean section at a perinatal center, with a designated multidisciplinary team of surgeons and others who have experience in dealing with this life-threatening problem. This would be followed immediately with a hysterectomy, or the surgical removal of the uterus, which allows for a safer removal of the placenta. Removing the uterus would mean the mother would not be able to have any more babies.
The pregnancy is managed entirely differently than a normal pregnancy. Ideally, the patient is admitted to the hospital in the third trimester for hospitalized bed rest in anticipation of delivery by cesarean hysterectomy several weeks prior to term; this is done to minimize the chances of labor which can cause placental separation or uterine rupture, a potentially catastrophic situation.
During this hospitalization, the patient will meet countless members of the team that will attend to her during delivery. Again, ideally, delivery occurs in a designated surgical suite with a surgical team which may consist of a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, trauma surgeon, gynecological oncologist, urologist, interventional radiologist, anesthesiologist, and nursing specialists from several disciplines. A cell saver unit technologist, and laboratory and blood bank personnel are designated to respond to the needs of the patient at the direction of the team. A neonatologist is also present to attend to the baby who will generally be several weeks premature.
The goal is to get as far in the pregnancy as reasonable, to allow for the infant to have the best chance of healthy survival, but not to let the pregnancy go so far as to compromise the potential for maternal survival. Not uncommonly the patient may require intensive care postoperatively, and the postpartum stay is typically several days longer than for a regular delivery.


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Restorative Practices are based on principles of restorative justice which seek to repair the harm caused by conflict, violence or violations of law. Resolution Services Center currently has two restorative justice programs;the school based program was founded in 2004 with a pilot project at Pattengill Middle School in Lansing. It has since expanded to serve multiple school districts. This program uses transformative conferencing and peace circles in schools in order to resolve peer conflicts and reduce the number of days youth are suspended from the learning environment.
What is Restorative Justice?
- Addresses the conflict at its root;
- Imposes accountability on and empowers those who have done harm to correct the harm caused by his/her behavior;
- Empowers those who have been harmed to define what he or she needs to heal from the harm done; and
- Teaches and engages youths (and sometimes their families) in peaceful conflict resolution practices.
How Does It Work?
Sitting in a circle, the participants are asked three questions:
What happened?
Everyone shares their story to gain a common understanding.
Who was affected and how?
Those who were harmed, those who did harm, families, school, community.
How do we heal the harm, or, what can be done to make things right?
Accountability, apology, compensation and community service.
Quotes from those who have used Restorative Justice:
"The restorative justice program really helps you express your feelings to others and feel better about yourself, knowing that you don't have to fight to prove your point." – Middle school female
"Restorative Justice has helped make our school a safer, more humane place for students to be educated." – High School principal
The Central Michigan Restorative Justice Initiative has developed from a partnership between the Resolution Services Center of Central Michigan and local school districts, to bring the use of Restorative Justice into school discipline systems. The following is a list of the schools we serve:
Attwood Elementary School, Lansing School District
Beekman Elementary School, Lansing School District
Eastern High School, Lansing School District
Everett High School, Lansing School District
Gardner Middle School, Lansing School District
Glencairn Elementary School, East Lansing Public Schools
Hope Middle School, Holt Public Schools
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MacDonald Middle School, East Lansing Public Schools
Mt. Hope Elementary School, Lansing School District
Pattengill Academy, Lansing School District Pleasant View Elementary School, Lansing School District
Sexton High School, Lansing Public Schools
Sheridan Rd. Elementary School, Lansing Public Schools
STEM, Lansing School District
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Acorn Squash w/ Apples and Pecans
1 1/4 pounds fresh organic spinach or 4 bags organic baby spinachSteam spinach and garlic until spinach is just wilted. Place in bowl and toss in remaining ingredients. Serves 4.
6 cloves garlic, minced
5 tablespoons pine nuts
3 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
D'Anjou Veggies
4 cups fresh green beans, cut into 1-inch piecesSaute' vegetables, seasonings and parsely in 1/8 cup water until vegetables are just fork-tender. Add vinegar and saute' 2 more minutes. If desired, place sesame seeds or coconut in a small pan and toast on low heat, stirring constantly until light brown. Sprinkle over veggie mixture. Serves 4.
6 carrots, chopped
4 fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 medium onion, cut in large pieces
1 cup sun dried tomatoes, soaked for at least an hour & cut up
1 tablespoon Dr. Fuhrman's VegiZest
1/2 teaspoon Italian herb seasoning
1/4 cup fresh parsely, chopped
4 teaspoons Dr. Fuhrman's D'Anjou Pear Vinegar
1/2 cup sesame seeds or coconut, toasted (optional)
Acorn Squash w/ Apples and Pecans
1 acorn squashCut squash in half and remove seeds. Place face down in a baking pan. Add 1/8 inch of water. Cover pan loosely with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mix apples, pecans and raisins together in a small bowl. Take squash out of oven and place apple mixture in hollowed out bowl of squash. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover loosely with foil and bake another 30 minutes, or until squash and apples are soft. Serves 4.
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1/2 cup raw pecans, chopped
1/4 cup raisins or currants
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Fewer Public Tickets for Hong Kong Sevens
The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union on Monday launched a public ballot for tickets to the Hong Kong Sevens, cutting the number of seats by 25% from last year.
The HKRFU said 3,000 tickets would be available for sale via the public ballot. Last year, it offered 4,000. The best way to secure tickets to the popular annual rugby tournament is through a local rugby club or corporate connections.
"With the increasing growth in numbers in Hong Kong Rugby and demand far outstripping the capacity of our present stadium, an increased allocation of tickets has again been provided to members of local rugby clubs and HKRFU stakeholders, with an accompanying reduction in the number of tickets for the public sale," HKRFU Chairman Trevor Gregory said in a statement.
Hong Kong Stadium has a capacity for 40,000 spectators.
After pre-sales to clubs and stakeholders are completed, the HKRFU said it expects that 92% of tickets will have been sold in Hong Kong, while 6% will have been reserved for overseas travel agents and 2% for participating teams.
"Last year's process was felt to offer the most convenient and equitable manner for the public and the ballot was well received by the local community," Mr. Gregory said.
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A one-month registration period for the public ballot began Monday and will close at 5 p.m. on Jan. 15. The Hong Kong Sevens will take place from March 28 to March 30. In the past, tickets stood for the full three days of the tournament, but for the 2014 event the public has an option to apply for single day tickets.
After registration, another ballot will be held on Jan. 21 to allocate tickets for each day of the tournament. Successful applicants will have to pay HK$1,650 ($212) if they want to go for all three days, as tickets on Saturday and Sunday are HK$650 each, while Friday costs HK$200 and each successful ticket application carries an administration fee of HK$50 — alcohol and costumes not included.


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Dec. 7, 2010
The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for tonight at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. UCLA's Randy Cross is one of the Hall of Fame honorees.
The ceremony will be streamed live to the Web from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EST. The event will be available at http://www.xosdigital.com/NFFAnnualBanquet.aspx.
The night will feature several well-known football luminaries. CBS's Harry Smith, who played defensive tackle for College Football Hall of Fame coach Ron Schipper at Central College (Iowa), will emcee the event. NFF Board Member and TV personality Jack Ford will present celebrated entertainer and humanitarian Bill Cosby with the Gold Medal while Tom Brokaw, the renowned journalist and author, will accept the NFF Distinguished American Award, presented by Generational Equity.
NFF Honors Court Chairman Eugene Corrigan will introduce the 2010 Hall of Fame players while NFF Board Member, AFCA Executive Director, and Hall of Fame Coach GrantTeaff will introduce the 2010 Hall of Fame coaches. Hall of Fame Coach Vince Dooley, who coached at Georgia from 1964-1988, will present the Hall of Fame plaques while Wisconsin inductee Barry Alvarez will deliver the response for the 2010 Hall of Fame class. NFF Board member, two-time Heisman winner and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Archie Griffin will conduct the Hall of Fame Ring Ceremony. NFF Board Member and noted philanthropist T. Boone Pickens will present the 2010 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards with assistance from NFF Board Member and NFL Executive Vice President Ray Anderson. Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder will respond for the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class.
The late Joe Kearney, a longtime athletics administrator, will posthumously be presented the NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award for his contributions to the game while former Rutgers Athletics Director Robert Mulcahy will take home the John L. Toner Award for his superior administrative abilities as an athletics administrator. Rogers Redding, the recipient of the Outstanding Football Official Award, and Joe Starkey, the recipient of the Chris Schenkel Award for excellence in broadcasting, round out the 2010 NFF Major Awards honorees. Former NCAA Executive Vice President Tom Jernstedt will be recognized with an NFF Legacy Award for his support of the NFF and its mission.
The true highlight of the evening, the induction of the 2010 College Football Hall of Fame Class, provides the ultimate stage for the legends of yesteryear to take their rightful place among the immortals of the game. And this year's class stands among the greatest of all-time, encompassing four unanimous First Team All-Americans; three consensus First Team All-Americans; three members of National Championship teams; one Heisman Trophy winner; one Maxwell Award winner; one Walter Camp Player of the Year; one Butkus Award winner; six Conference Players of the Year; nine members of conference championship teams; and six first-round NFL draft picks.
The 2010 class include the late Dennis Byrd (North Carolina State); Ronnie Caveness (Arkansas); Ray Childress (Texas A&M); Randy Cross (UCLA); Sam Cunningham (Southern California); Mark Herrmann (Purdue); Clarkston Hines (Duke); Desmond Howard (Michigan); Chet Moeller (Navy); Jerry Stovall (LSU); the late Pat Tillman (Arizona State); Alfred Williams (Colorado); and coaches Barry Alvarez (Wisconsin) and Gene Stallings (Texas A&M, Alabama).
Earlier today at a press conference for the inductees, Cross made the following comments: "I want to echo everybody else's thoughts about thanking the Foundation and everyone responsible for me being awarded this honor. As a former offensive lineman, you never really lose that title. I recognized early in my sporting life that this is all about a whole bunch of people. I recognize this honor is really about everybody I played with and around for those years at UCLA."
The 16 members of the 2010 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, who will each vie as a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, will collect $300,000 in post graduate scholarships. They boast a composite 3.65 grade point average, and 14 of the 16 finalists serve as their team captain. Other class accolades (based on 2009 accomplishments) include five All-Americans, 13 All-Conference picks, 15 Academic All-Conference honorees; and five members participating in overseas relief and mission trips. In 2010, 14 of the 16 made an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American District team with seven named to the first or second team, including Greg McElroy (Alabama) and Isaac Odim (Minnesota Duluth) who were both named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans of the Year for the university and college divisions respectively.
Members of the 2010 class of NFF National Scholar-Athletes include Sam Acho (Texas); Anthony Castonzo (Boston College); Ben Chappell (Indiana); Alex Gross (Columbia); Owen Marecic (Stanford); Greg McElroy (Alabama); Mike Mohamed (California); Travis Nissley (Bucknell); Isaac Odim (Minnesota Duluth); Christian Ponder (Florida State); Derek Sherrod (Mississippi State); Nate Solder (Colorado); Chris Stewart (Notre Dame); Scott Tolzien (Wisconsin); Ben Wartman (Saint Thomas, Minn.); and Stefen Wisniewski (Penn State). Each receives an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship with the Campbell Trophy honoree claiming a grand total of $25,000. HealthSouth Chairman Jon F. Hanson will have the honor of presenting the Campbell Trophy to the 21st recipient of the award at the event.
Director Tony Buemi, of Brandbridge Ltd, will produce the event for the fifth consecutive year, and ESPN anchor Rece Davis lent his talents for the voice overs for the Hall of Fame tributes while national TV personality Jack Ford, Dallas-Fort Worth sportscaster Scott Murray and Fox Sports personality Paul Kennedy joined forces to narrate the tributes for the major award and NFF National Scholar-Athlete videos. Daniel Rodriguez returns to sing the National Anthem and God Bless America.
During the past five decades, The NFF Annual Awards Dinner has produced its share of memorable moments, and the 2010 event promises to add to a rich lineage that continues to celebrate the greatest legends in college football. Watch it live at http://www.xosdigital.com/NFFAnnualBanquet.aspx.


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A LeBron James Miami Heat deal is happening, says sources. A LeBron James' Miami Heat deal is being reported by two sources Thursday – Chris Broussard (ESPN) and Alan Hahn (Newsday). If true, LeBron joins Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh for what Pat Riley has called a next "dynasty".
This would of course be a shocker to Knicks fans who ended Wednesday with multiple reports saying a James Knicks will not only be revealed Thursday but was already revealed to teammates on Wednesday.
The Newsday article says that the Amar'e Stoudemire did not convince LeBron to sign with the Knicks but only was "reaching out to LeBron".
Broussard says he has not one but several sources revealing that James has agreed to a Heat Deal. The Broussard sources said the James didn't want to sign for six years with the Cavs and end up "31 years old, with bad knees and no title".
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I hope these reports are true that King James is coming to the Heat. That big 3 of Bosh, D Wayde, and Lebron would be amazing and would put my Heat as an instant favorite to win an NBA championship..
Looks like LeBron took the easy way out to me. Taking on the challenge of winning a title for his hometown in Cleveland would have been worth several championships with the new, stacked "Big Three" in Miami. He should have stayed the course in Cleveland, and his popularity would continue to soar, which automatically increases his income with more endorsements!
another nba super stars will help miami heat regain the title. Miami should do their best to win this 2010 nba match.
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Book of Genesis
Book of Genesis Chapters 46 – 49 Summary
Jacob & Co.
- With God's blessing Jacob moves his entire family, property, and goods to Egypt.
- Jacob and Joseph meet up in Goshen, and it gets emotional.
- A big meeting with Pharaoh comes around, and Joseph introduces five of his brothers as representatives for the entire family.
- Pharaoh tells Joseph to take them to Goshen and, if they're capable, make them handlers of livestock instead of shepherds. Pharaoh leases his own royal livestock for them to tend. Fancy.
- Then Joseph introduces his father Jacob. Parent-teacher conference, anyone?
- Joseph sets everyone up with some land and food and makes sure everyone has enough.
- The famine is getting really bad in Egypt, and each year, the Egyptians have to pay more and more in order to eat.
- Don't be afraid to say it: Joseph's profiting off of other people's misery. Or is he just a good ol' fashioned capitalist?
- Pharaoh takes possession of the land and the people, and the people thank Joseph for their survival.
- At this point, Jacob is 147 years old. He knows death is drawing near, so he summons Joseph and requests that he bury him with their ancestors and not in Egypt.
- Joseph takes his two sons to see Jacob. Jacob explains that Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, will now be counted as if they were Jacob's sons.
- Sounds trivial, but the twelve tribes of Israel later will be Reuben, Gad, Simeon, Judah, Dan, Benjamin, Asher, Naphtali, Zebulun, Issachar, Manasseh, and Ephraim.
- Joseph's tribe is actually two tribes named after his sons, and Levi doesn't get a tribe at all. Why not? Because he's going to be the father of all priests.
- Jacob, who's mostly called Israel now, gives a formulaic blessing to Manasseh and Ephraim. Now Jacob's having trouble seeing, just like his father, Isaac, did (recall 27:1).
- Jacob blesses the younger son, Ephraim, with the right hand, typically reserved for the eldest son.
- Jacob gathers all of his sons and tells them about their future lives. He reminds them where he wants to be buried, and then he dies.
- It was a good run.
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Why don't all of your employees wear gloves?
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Half a century after Britain's infamous Great Train Robbery, the most notorious member of the gang, Ronnie Biggs, is unrepentant and says he is proud of his role in the heist.
The gang stole the equivalent of 45 million ($87 million) in today's money from a mail train travelling from Glasgow to London 50 years ago on Thursday.
The crime itself was audacious enough, but it was Biggs' 36 years on the run and his life in Brazil that propelled him to fame. He escaped from prison in 1965 and was finally arrested and thrown back in jail in 2001 on his voluntary return to Britain.
Biggs, who will celebrate his 84th birthday on the anniversary of the robbery, was released from prison in 2009 after his lawyer claimed he was close to death following a series of strokes.
But he is still alive and although confined to a wheelchair, he showed he has lost none of his old defiance by making an obscene gesture to journalists at the funeral of the gang's mastermind, Bruce Reynolds, in March this year.
Biggs, who cannot speak and communicates through a spelling board, said ahead of the 50th anniversary: "If you want to ask me if I have any regrets about being one of the train robbers, my answer is 'no!'
"I will go further: I am proud to have been one of them. I am equally happy to be described as the 'tea-boy' or 'The Brain'.
"I was there that August night and that is what counts. I am one of the few witnesses - living or dead - to what was the crime of the century."
Biggs admitted, however, that he did have some regrets. "It is regrettable, as I have said many times, that the train driver was injured." And he was not the only victim.
"The people who paid the heaviest price for the Great Train Robbery are the families, the families of everyone involved in the Great Train Robbery, and from both sides of the track."
Nine of the 16 involved went on trial in 1964 and each was given 30 years in jail, although most did not serve out the whole sentence.


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Russia, Italy to Give Up 10% South Stream Stakes to EDF
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Russia and Italy will each give a 10 percent stake in the South Stream pipeline to France's EDF, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
"We will do it concurrently — the Italians and us, 10 percent each," Putin said on a visit to Ukraine following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Italy.
EDF is set to get a 20 percent stake in the South Stream gas pipeline designed to bring gas to Europe, with work on the project due to start in the first half of 2012, Putin and Berlusconi said Monday.
Separately, Putin said Russia's budget will lose $3 billion this year and $4 billion in 2011 as a result of agreeing last week to a 30 percent cut in the price of its gas supplies to Ukraine.
"In essence it will mean an increase in the budget deficit for us," he said. "These are serious parameters, but we will manage."
Russia had expected a deficit of 3 trillion rubles ($103 billion), or 6.8 percent of gross domestic product this year.


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Government money as close to home as possible. (Please re-read PRESSURE POINT 4 of 8 on the CST website). Congressmen and Senators who want to be re-elected are going to be loath to start a fight with this Army
State and local officials and the People are not going want to surrender money to the Federal Government that goes beyond what a true reading of the Constitution will allow. Congress will only have power to raise money through tariffs, limited user fees, and royalties on natural resources development on Federal land. See the website for details.
Now to the "No"side of the issue. The CST does not specifically dissolve the EPA, Department of Education or any other bureau or department of the Federal Government. However, since it will be so much harder for the Federal Government to get money under the CST, the onus will be on the Government itself to reinvent itself into a much leaner operation.
William, I want to address a few more matters. Let me do so in a future e-mail.
Thanks, Cy.
Hi William – 010412
Thanks for your return comment on my "Our Constitution's Achilles Heel?" TPN posting and Blog.
In summary, the CST has four parts: ((The CONSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TAX (the CST,
www.constitutionalsupporttax.net. website)). More details are also on the Blog.
In summary, the CST has four parts:
You open your comments with the statement "This appears to me to be a round about way to go about this."
When you use the word "this" at the end of the sentence, I think you mean that the CST is a "round about way" to cut back on the size of the Federal Government. If that is what you are suggesting, the answer is yes and no. Let me address both the yes and the no.
But before addressing the yes and no, to effectively cut back on the size of the Federal Government, it is first necessary to understand the opposition we face to achieving this government-size cutback.
Dealing with the opposition to cutting back the Federal Government can be illustrated with a dry sponge. An uncontrolled drip, drip, drip of water on the sponge (the Federal Government) will eventually result in the sponge being completely soaked. If you want to set and maintain the amount of water the sponge is getting, you first need to get control of the water's "drip rate".
For the past nearly 120 years, the so-called "Progressive" Movement has used the unlimited nature of Article I, Section 8, Paragraphs 1(taxation) & 2 (borrowing) of the Constitution, and the 16th Amendment, to create a far higher "drip rate" (of MONEY) into the government sponge than the taxpayers want.
If the water (an uncontrolled MONEY flow from taxation and borrowing) continues to drip onto the sponge, you will never be able to keep the sponge at the "moisture level" (the amount of money the Federal Government has to spend) at a level more acceptable to the People.
Now the problem is that the "Progressives," and the multiple spending interests tangled up with them, for all practical purposes, have total control of the Federal Government. Money, and the extremely easy access to money through Article I, Section 8, Paragraphs 1, 2, 5 and the 16th Amendment have been used by the Progressives to keep the sponge in a large pail of water. At this point, again for all practical purposes, the taxpayers have no way to pull the sponge out of the pail and wring it out. The CST will empower the People to have much more control over the flow of water (i.e., money) into the government sponge.
But back to explaining the yes and no.
Yes, the CST is a round about way to cut the size of the Federal Government. It does this by forcing Congress to be sober and serious about designing a Budget that is "salable" to the States. Under the CST Congress will have the power to say to the States "Look States, here is the Budget we have set. Here is the formula by which you divide it among yourselves (the five-part formula on the CST website). Now pay it!" HOWEVER, there will be an "Army" of state and local officials and the People across the USA who will want to keep as much former Federal Government money as close to home as possible. (Please re-read PRESS
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Emerging Managers Institute
September 28-30, 2016
Emerging Managers Institute from FMI Corporation on Vimeo.
Building Management Talent to Drive the Future Growth of Your Firm
What are you doing to prepare your emerging managers to become your successors to manage and lead your company into the future?
Just being a technically skilled builder is not good enough in today's competitive construction market. Industry research shows that the construction industry has done a good job of developing the knowledge base and technical skills of employees, but a poor job of developing management skills. Although people need to have a solid foundation of technical knowledge, the most successful leaders of the future will have also developed strong management, leadership and business skills in order to grow their company's profitability.
For more information, please contact...
FMI director: Ken Wilson | 919.785.9238
Registration and Program Information: Michelle Anysz | 919.785.9298
Pre-Work and Logistics (hotel, program transportation, etc.): Jenny Albright | 919.785.9303
Download the Emerging Managers Institute 2015-2016 brochure.
Here are some of the many benefits to attending the EMI:
- Identify your own communications style and learn practical skills for dealing with different types of individuals.
- Learn the difference between leadership and management and gain insight into what it takes to be an effective leader every day.
- Understand how to create a culture of accountability, gain respect and develop people to achieve superior performance.
- Build productive long-term client relationships with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction that will help turn your clients into "raving fans."
- Learn new behaviors to improve your time mastery skills and improve your personal productivity.
- Develop your individual action plan that can be tracked and monitored over time to ensure lasting benefits from attending this program.
How Your Company Will Benefit
Industry demographic trends show an inevitable shortage of competent managers to take over the next generation of construction company manager positions. The FMI Emerging Managers Institute has been one of our most successful, interactive programs for more than 25 years. This workshop is designed to provide practical business management skills to build effective leaders for the future.
Meet Other Emerging Managers
Participants will have many opportunities to exchange ideas and interact with their peers, who are experiencing the same challenges as they take on new responsibilities. The course design encourages collaboration and includes a networking reception for participants at the end of the first day.
Who Should AttendAnyone in a supervisory position or those who will be assuming supervisory responsibilities is encouraged to attend.
- General Contractors
- Specialty Contractors
- Highway Contractors
- Engineers
- Project Executives
- Project Managers
Program Times
|Day 1
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. — Reception
|Day 2
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
|Day 3
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Developing the Leader Within
- Clarify the difference between management and leadership
- Define your leadership style, motivations, and what energizes you
- Lead the process of change within your organization
- Define the qualities and attributes of influential leaders
- Introduce the Peak Leader Model
Building Organizational Excellence
- Enhance interaction and motivate your team by understanding generational and personality differences
- Discuss a culture of accountability, gaining respect, and developing people into superstars
- Employ internal and external networking strategies that yield results
- Develop effective networking techniques
Creating a Highly Motivated, High-Performance Team
- Define effective communication and necessary actions to enhancing feedback
- Identify the unique characteristics of your people and ways to treat each of them in the way they want to be treated
- Use mentoring to motivate effective change
Managing your Time, Priorities and Projects
- Take a critical look at how you manage your time during the day/week
- Discuss obstacles to improved productivity
- Identify specific ways you can improve your time management, productivity and personal effectiveness with the support of the Time Mastery Profile
Defining Critical Customer Relationships
- Build long-term client relations by developing self-awareness of effective communication techniques and instituting customer-focused networking
- Leverage your management role into a key client relationship anchor
- View every service interaction as an opportunity to build customer loyalty
- Develop an attitude for unsurpassed customer service
- Learn how market research leverages your competitive advantage
Action Planning
- Write specific action items that will be tracked and monitored over a specified period of time
- Differentiate between personal action items and items that will be addressed organizationally as suggestions to your firm
Before Attending
Although the program will be intense, we are confident you will enjoy meeting and networking with other managers, learning more about your management capabilities; as well as discovering how to become a more effective leader. Below are pre-work requirements to get you started.
Preparation Begins Before Attending
There are two prerequisites you must complete prior to attending. They are the Time Mastery Profile (TMP) and the ProScan®. You will receive two separate emails with links for the surveys/assessments.
Time Mastery ProfileThe Time Mastery Profile must be completed by you. A link will be emailed to you from Inscape-Epic (check your spam filter). This survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
The Time Mastery Profile provides insight about how you manage time, projects and people. We will review the surveys during the course of the Emerging Managers Institute.
ProScan®The ProScan® behavioral assessment test is administered over the internet. Your logon ID and Password will be provided to you via email. The ProScan® should take about 10 minutes to complete.
All pre-work is due one week prior to your Emerging Managers Institute session start date.
Travel & Accommodations
When making flight arrangements, please plan to arrive the day before the start date as EMI begins at 8:00 a.m. the first day. Departure flights should be booked no earlier than 4:30 p.m. on the final day. If a departure flight is not available after 4:30 p.m. to your return destination, you have the option to stay at the hotel an additional night at your expense.
You will need to take a taxi to the hotel upon arrival. FMI will arrange for transportation to the airport on the last day. If you want to explore other venues in the evening, you may want to rent a car or you can take a taxi. If you have any trouble obtaining a room, please contact our event coordinator who can provide you with a list of additional hotels in the vicinity.
Hotel Information
FMI has reserved a block of rooms at the Hotel Solamar. We urge you to reserve a room as soon as you plan to attend this event. You may call the reservations number at 1-800-KIMPTON, be sure to ask for the "FMI Emerging Managers Institute" room block to ensure you receive the reduced room rate; OR on line at Hotel Solamar RESERVATIONS. Reservations requested after the cut-off date, or after the room block is filled, will be made solely based on the hotel's availability and at the prevailing rate.
Reservation Cut-off date is September 7, 2016
Hotel Solomar
435 6th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
For more detailed hotel information visit the registration website.
Fees, Cancellation and Policies
Tuition includes all workbook materials, program instruction, lunches, refreshment breaks and the networking reception. Dinners, lodging and hotel expenses are not included.
The registration fee for the Emerging Managers Institute is:
- $3,000 for the first attendee
- $2,700 each for each additional attendee from the same company
Payment will be collected at time of registration.
If you need to cancel your registration, please note that you will be subject to a $395 administrative cancellation fee per registrant. We need to receive your written cancellation at least five business days before the program in order to refund your remaining tuition. Otherwise, your tuition will be converted to a nonrefundable credit you may apply toward any FMI program for a full year. Please email us at email@example.com to submit your cancellation request.
Please note: If FMI cancels the event, your registration fee will be refunded. However, FMI cannot be held accountable for nonrefundable airline tickets or other expenses related to your travel to the event.
For questions regarding FMI's cancellation policy, please call 800.877.1364.
FMI reserves the right to change, add or cancel programs according to the needs of the industry.
If you would like to make any name changes or substitute participants please email us at email@example.com. Substitutions can be made up to five business days prior to the start of the program.
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After 60 years of helping the engineering and construction industry enhance performance, productivity, and profitability, we believe you will return home with the tools and information to make a difference in your work. If for any reason you are not satisfied, please inform us by calling 800.877.1364. We will refund your tuition or give you a credit to use at another FMI program.
Continuing Education Credits
Attendees can earn up to 18 hours of continuing education credits by completing the program. At the conclusion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion that can be submitted to the licensing board of their choice for continuing education credits.
FMI Corporation is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org.
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November 30, 2013
Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan is eager to play current leaders and defending world sevens series champion New Zealand in the semifinal of Dubai 7s.
After beating Scotland 26-14 in the Cup quarterfinal, the Englishman told IRB television coverage crew that Fiji will be playing New Zealand for the first time under his guidance and he is really looking forward to the big clash.
"I am really looking forward to that match as it will be my first as coach of Fiji 7s and definitely it will be a titanic clash as two of the best teams of the tournament will face off against each other," he said.
"We will try to keep it simple against New Zealand and will try to keep more ball possession. Possession will be the key and we will try our best to put up a good show."
"New Zealand like always will be very tough and they have a couple of new players who have been very consistent in this tournament so surely this match will offer a lot to the spectators."
"We will take a little rest and then address our weaknesses before coming back on the field and playing New Zealand," he added.
Fiji plays New Zealand at 2.30am (Fiji Time) while England will take on South Africa in the second semifinal at 2.52am.
By Reginald Chandar


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Miami Marlins: Emilio Bonifacio changes mind on pink bat, and it pays off
Emilio Bonifacio had no intention of using his Mother's Day hot pink bat Sunday. Nothing against the color. It was more a weigh issue.
When Bonifacio put in the order he requested 30.5 ounces instead of his usual 31-ounce stick. He figured that would compensate for the paint. When Bonifacio removed the bat from the box it felt heavy to him. Sure enough, he weighed it and came in at 31.5 ounces. Nonetheless, he used it during batting practice. The ball wasn't jumping.
In the second inning, Bonifacio grabbed the pink bat for his first turn because he planned to bunt. He ended up stroking a base hit and continued using it. Bonifacio opened the seventh and ninth innings with triples, igniting the game-tying and game-winning rallies.
Bonifacio, who entered Monday's game 7 for his last 17 since manager Ozzie Guillen slid him into the seven-hole, tied the franchise record for triples in a game. The last to hit two was Bryan Petersen last Aug. 16 at Colorado. The others to do it: Logan Morrison on Sept. 3, 2010 against the Braves and Jesus Tavarez on Aug. 28, 1995 versus the Astros.
All but one of Bonifacio's first 32 hits this season before the two triples were singles. He hit 28 straight singles before doubling last Wednesday at Houston.
"Wow," said Bonifacio, who mentioned the singles streak to teammate Jose Reyes at one point. "He said, 'I don't believe you.'"
Bonifacio's slugging percentage over the last four games rose 60 points — to .293, which ranks 86th out of 89 qualifying National League hitters.


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Will once again compete with Doug White for the top spot at placekicker ? Consistent kicker who has enjoyed a solid career ? UMass? all-time leader in career field goal percentage (.681), while ranking second in career extra points made (79) and fifth in career field goals made (15) ? Has played in 32 career games.
2000: Split time with Doug White at placekicker ? Saw action in 10 games ? Hit 15 of 19 extra point attempts and one field goal on the season ? Made a pair of extra points at Rhode Island ? Was good on all three of his extra point attempts against Villanova ? Hit both of his extra point attempts against AIC ? Had a 21-yard field goal and one extra point at Richmond ? Made two of three extra point attempts against William & Mary ? Named to the Athletic Director?s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
1999: Shared the placekicking duties with Doug White ? Saw action in every game ? Connected on eight of 11 field goal attempts and 28 of 30 extra points ? Ranked third on the team in scoring with 52 points ? Finished the year fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference in field goal percentage, sixth in extra point percentage, eighth in scoring by kickers and ninth in field goals made ? Placed eighth on the UMass single-season lists for extra points made and ninth for field goals made ? Hit a career-long 34-yard field goal at Furman in the NCAA first round, while also making both of his extra point attempts ? His field goal at Furman is the longest field goal in UMass postseason history ? Made a 28-yard field goal and all four of his extra point attempts against Connecticut ? Connected on a 30-yard field goal at William & Mary, while also making his only extra point attempt ? Hit on a 25-yard field goal at Richmond, in addition to making both of his extra point attempts ? Made a 23-yard field goal against Rhode Island, while also hitting on a pair of extra points ? Hit a 21-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to give UMass the lead at Delaware, while also making two of three extra point attempts ? Made a 27-yard field goal at Maine, while also hitting on all three of his extra point attempts ? Connected on all six of his extra point attempts against Northeastern ? Named to the Athletic Director?s Honor Roll in the spring semester.
1998: The starting placekicker for the final nine games of the season ? Converted 36 of 43 extra point attempts, while also connecting on six of nine field goal attempts ? His 36 extra points were the second-highest single-season total in school history ? Totaled 54 points on the year, ranking third on the team ? Made all seven of his extra point attempts against Georgia Southern in the NCAA championship game, while also connecting on field goals of 22 and 25 yards ? His seven extra points against Georgia Southern set an NCAA championship game record and a UMass postseason single-game record ? Connected on five of six extra point attempts at Northwestern State (La.) ? Made field goals of 33 and 25 yards against Lehigh in the NCAA quarterfinals, while also converting all three of his extra point attempts ? His 33-yard field goal against Lehigh ranked as the longest by a Minuteman in a postseason game at the time ? Converted all three of his extra point attempts at McNeese State ? Made seven of eight extra points against Maine, tying school single-game records for most extra points made and attempted ? Hit a key 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter of the Rhode Island game to break a 13-13 tie, while also hitting on two of three extra point attempts ? Was successful on three of four extra point attempts at New Hampshire ? Nailed a 28-yard field goal against Villanova on his first career attempt, while also hitting four of five extra point attempts ? Named to the Athletic Director?s Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Before UMass: Played for Mark Farabee at Butler High School ? Three-year letterwinner who set 10 school kicking records during his high school career ? Led all Western Pennsylvania kickers in scoring (55 points) and field goals made (10 of 12) during his senior campaign ? The 10 field goals made were the second-highest single-season total in Western Pennsylvania high school history ? Also converted 25 of 27 extra point attempts as a senior ? Three-time Quad A All-Conference selection, earning first team honors during his senior season ? Only kicker honored on the Butler Eagle Sweet 16 All-Star team ? Three-time Player of the Week by the Butler Eagle ? Team Co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, sharing the honor with Troy Nunes who is now at Syracuse ? Made the switch to football from soccer prior to his freshman year in high school.
Personal: Full name is Jason Anthony Cherry ? Son of Ken and LuAnn Cherry ? Born July 26, 1980, in Butler, Pa. ? Majoring in Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation.
Cherry?s Placekicking Statistics
Cherry's Career Highs
Points 13 vs. Georgia Southern, 12/19/98 Field Goals Made 2 vs. Lehigh , 12/5/98 2 vs. Georgia Southern, 12/19/98 Field Goal Attempts 3 vs. Lehigh, 12/5/98 Long Field Goal Made 34 vs. Furman, 11/27/99 Extra Points Made 7 vs. Maine, 11/14/98 7 vs. Georgia Southern, 12/19/98 Extra Point Attempts 8 vs. Maine, 11/14/98
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Toadette's artwork from Mario Party 10
|First Game
|Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
|Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario Party 6
Mario Party 7
Mario Superstar Baseball
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Mario Party 8
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Super Sluggers
Mario Kart 8
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
|Mushroom Kingdom
|Voiced by
|Samantha Kelly (present)
Toadette is a member of the Toad species that appears as a playable character in various spin-off games. Toadette is first introduced in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as the partner of Toad. She was then shown in Mario Party 6 as an unlockable character. In other games, she simply acts as an instructor or a background character, for example in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (in which she apparently has feelings for Mario, even becoming tearful at the end of her last session with him). She has a cameo alongside Toad in the intro of Super Mario Galaxy. Jen Taylor is her voice actor in the main series and Jennifer Hale takes up the role in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. In Mario Party 8, she was voiced by Nicole Mills. She also appears in Mario Super Sluggers as a playable character for the Peach Monarchs. Yoshi and Toadette are tied as the fastest runners.
Super Smash Bros. She appears as a trophy and stickers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Physical Appearance
Toadette very much resembles a toad, but with certain minor differences. The coloring of her head is different being pink and white rather than red and white. Mushroom-like pigtails also hang down from it. She wears a pink dress that goes up to her neck and down just above her bottom, presumably to cover her breasts as most male toads wear slack shirts that don't completely cover their chest and stomach. She wears diaper-like panties that cover her bottom and privates, and has seemingly non-existant legs with her feet being covered by maroon shoes.
| GCN Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (First appearance)
GCN Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
|"A girl who's adored as a star among the Toads. She looks much like other Toads, but her pink head and mushroom-themed accessories lend her an undeniable charm. She first appeared as a hidden character in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! With the Golden Mushroom, she could perform consecutive boosts to pull ahead of the field."
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door she taught Mario how to use abilities that he finds in certain treasure chests. She was sad that she wouldn't see Mario again after the last chest.
Mario Power Tennis
Toadette appears in the intro of Mario Power Tennis on a scoreboard that shows both Toad and Toadette. They are not playable in the game, however.
Mario Kart series
Toadette was first introduced in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and is Toad's partner. She looks similar to Toad, but is pink, has white spots on her head, is feminine, and has long pink pigtails. She also has a higher-pitched voice. She is also in Mario Kart Wii. Like Toad, her special item in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is the Golden Mushroom. She is very light and can be punched aside easily, but her karts and bikes are exceptionally fast and have good handling. She also appeared in Mario Kart 8. Toadette is featured as a lightweight character and can be unlocked by the following conditions:
- In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: Win the 100cc Special Cup.
- In Mario Kart Wii: Play Time Trial on all 32 courses at least once.
- In Mario Kart 8: Win any cup in the Grand Prix.
Toadette has a Staff Ghost in Mushroom Gorge in Mario Kart Wii as well.
Mario Party Series
Toadette made her first Mario Party appearance in Mario Party 6. She later appeared in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party 8 as a playable character, but was a host in Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS. In Mario Party 6, she is an unlockable character bought from the star bank, but in the rest of the series, she has been a starter character.
Toadette has become a recurring character in the Mario Party series. In Mario Party 6, Toadette can be unlocked by paying the Star Bank thirty Stars. In the sequels, Mario Party 7 and Mario Party 8, she does
not need to be unlocked.In Mario Party 7, Toad and Toadette share the same special orb, the Triple 'Shroom Orb, which allows the player to roll two dice blocks for three turns.
Toadette also appears as a co-host in Mario Party Advance. Mario Party 9 is the first game since her introduction into the series in which she does not appear in any capacity.Though not a playable participant, Toadette appears as one of the Board Hosts in Mario Party DS with her own board, Toadette's Music Room. Toadsworth was going to conduct her music recital, but Hammer Bro. ruined their plans by trashing Toadette's Music Room and breaking many of her instruments. Toadette had to enlist the help of Mario and the gang to counter the threat and get rid of the Hammer Bro. She also keeps the music stand from her would-be recital in her room afterwards, along with two Mysterious Metronomes that only Toadsworth knows the secrets of trumpets. Mario Party DS also states that after Peach heard Toadette play an inspiring music piece, she was touched of the notes.
Mario Party DS
In Mario Party DS, Toadette is one of the five board owners who begs for Mini Mario and the gang's help. In the game, a rogue Hammer Bro. is destroying all of her instruments in search for the rare Star Piece. When Mario and the gang destroy the Hammer Bro., Toadette thanked them and then gave them the second Star Piece.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Toadette appears in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, starting off as the damsel-in-distress and being kidnapped by Wingo. Upon rescuing her at the end of Episode 1, she becomes playable in Episode 2 and later parts of the game.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Toadette appears as a major character in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. In this game, she assits Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario by constructing papercrafts to fight against enemy papercrafts. This is her first appearance in a Mario & Luigi game.
Physical appearance
Toadette is a cute and very pretty female toad, she has the same size of Toad, but there are some differences: first of all her skin is fair, her feet are dark brown with light brown soles, her arms and her hands are small, her mushroom hat is pink with white spots and long round tails, her eyes are oval and black, her mouth is always smiling, and she wears a pink dress that arrives at her feet.
In addition to her cuteness and beauty, Toadette is usually portrayed as being a happy and sensitive person.
She is shown to be very emotional as shown in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, when she was saddened when Punio stopped visiting the Rogueport Sewers. If players change the Gamecube clock time, Lucky who runs the lottery, says the lottery numbers are screwed up because of the clock change. When he tells Toadette, she cried her little eyes out. The final time this was shown was when the final tutorial session is finished, Toadette runs off crying knowing that she would not see Mario for the rest of the game.
In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Toadette is shown to be very pushy, because she forced Mario and Toad to fix her hotel. In Mario Super Sluggers, Toadette was shown to be very determined and stubborn when she claimed that the team needed her and she would not take no for an answer.
Toadette and Mario are shown to be good friends. Toadette provides help, assistance and activities to him. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, she speaks to him with hearts often in her speech bubbles, and whenever she leaves she expresses concern for his safety.
Toadette's introduction as Toad's partner is still continued in various spin-off titles after Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. In Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, an image of Toad and Toadette both holding flowers can be seen in Yoshi Park 2. The ending photo in Mario Kart Wii shows the two toads holding hands with each other. The opening of Super Mario Galaxy shows the two of them sitting in the grassy plain watching the shooting stars.
- Unlike most Toads who have colored spots, Toadette has white spots.


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Yesterday's deadly earthquake, which rocked the Italian city of L'Aquila, some 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Rome, is still not impacting cruise travel to the region. Costa Concordia docked at Civitavecchia, the port for Rome, as scheduled today; the line has reported no changes to its shore excursions lineup.
Though the quake and the 4.9-magnitude aftershock were felt in Rome, according to various media outlets, damage there was minimal. As we reported yesterday, the quake caused minor cracks at 3rd-century baths in the capital city. L'Aquila, however, is uninhabitable at this time, according to the BBC; between 3,000 and 10,000 buildings are thought to have been devastated. The 6.30-magnitude earthquake is reportedly responsible for the death of more than 200 people; 100 are critically injured.
Our thoughts are with those affected by the earthquake. We'll report on updates as the situation warrants.
--by Melissa Baldwin Paloti, Managing Editor, with reporting by Kelly Ranson, U.K. Editor
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Update: Italy Earthquake, Still No Cruise Impact
April 7, 2009


text: Pieter JordaanJohannesburg - Booze or rugby glory. Make your pick.That was the choice put to the Leopards players by their coach, Leon Boshoff, who does not believe there is place for alcohol in a professional player's career.And, according to Boshoff, who took over the coaching reins from Chaka Willemse towards the end of last season, the players support his approach.The former Western Transvaal and Lions hooker spoke about the approach on Thursday as he prepared his playing squad for the Currie Cup."I said that booze is out if you want to play professional rugby. End of story," said Boshoff."The guys rolled their eyes and said they would still like to braai a bit this week and drink some beer. I told them: "Guys, booze is out. You can drink again when you retire. You won't be here if you drink."If you want to play Super Rugby you have to make your mark inside three years or you are gone. You are in or out. We have brought that into our culture and the players have bought into it."Residents of Potchefstroom have apparently told Boshoff that they only see the players consume cooldrink when they are in town."I couldn't believe it. In Potchefstroom? It shows you something is starting to happen here. You have your entire life left to party if you really want to. Drink when you are finished playing, but give yourself the opportunity of making the best of your rugby career," said the coach.Now the Leopards have to cope without beer. However, Boshoff believes there is enough talent in his squad to prevent a repeat of last season when the team finished at the bottom of the Currie Cup log.A few players have come to the Leopards from bigger unions in the hope that they will get more game time."Flanker MB Lusaseni is very promising. I saw one game of his (for Griquas) against the Lions last year and immediately contracted him," said Boshoff."New No 8 Morné Hanekom will be an excellent link between forwards and backs, and then we have got Lions flank Renaldo Bothma. He was their find of the year and I can't believe that they let him go."Centre Joubert Engelbrecht is also back in Potch after being part of the Lions' Super Rugby training squad."We have also got Charl Weideman as an inside centre. The two centres complement one another well and I think they could become a Jean de Villiers-Jaque Fourie combination," said Boshoff."Our new fullback, George Tossel, will also get people talking. He weighs 107kg and is good under the high ball."And don't forget about Brandon Snyman. He had 22 professional boxing bouts in the ring and I think he's the strongest lock in the country, even if he's a late developer," he said of the former Griquas player.Boshoff's list does not end there. "We have the loosehead prop who will play in the next World Cup, BG Uys. You could certainly write about him."Boshoff will be assisted by new backline coach Burger van der Westhuizen, who replaces DP Swart.According to Boshoff, his team is aiming to finish at least sixth in the Currie Cup.


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Just minor injuries for those involved in a car crash Sunday afternoon in Bangor.
Two SUVs collided at the intersection of Griffin Road and Kenduskeag Avenue around 1pm.
Bangor Police and Fire Department responded to the scene.
A police officer on scene said both drivers of Ford Escapes had green lights going in opposite directions, but one vehicle didn't yield and turned in front of the other while trying to make a left turn.
No one was transported to the hospital.


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Residents of the Twin Cities of Bristol, Tenn., and Bristol, Va., awoke to a very weird story on the front page of the March 12 Bristol Herald Courier entitled, "Stop the Unwarranted Aggression." However, it was not about the Russians encroaching on the Ukraine. The city of Bristol, Va., had issued a resolution demanding that Bristol, Tenn., stop the "unwarranted aggression" against their shopping center development, The Falls. A similar shopping center is being constructed a few miles down the road in Tennessee called The Pinnacle, and the City Council of Bristol, Va., has also demanded that their Tennessee counterparts "rein in" the developer of The Pinnacle, Steve Johnson.
The Bristol, Va., leaders have cited over a century of good relations between the two entities which is in jeopardy due to lobbying efforts done by Johnson and his partner to defeat tax-related legislation that would benefit The Falls. You can read about some of the legal battles Bristol, Va., has won recently here. Johnson has purchased some additional acreage near The Pinnacle which lies in Washington County, Va., outside of the city of Bristol, and he claims that this is the reason that the Virginia legislation affects The Pinnacle.
In a March 12 article on Tri-Cities News.com, Mayor Michelle Dolan of Bristol, Tenn., seemed perplexed about why their neighboring city was "threatening" them. She described the development of The Pinnacle, located near the Bristol Regional Medical Center, as a private venture in which it was not appropriate for the government to become involved. The Falls, located off of Lee Highway on the Virginia side of town, has been planned and orchestrated by the city government which has approved $10 million in general obligation bonds to help finance it.
Many residents have questioned the economic viability of these two shopping centers, the one in Virginia hosting Cabela's and the one in Tennessee hosting Bass Pro Shops. Read "The Tale of Two Shopping Centers" here. The area has been hard-hit with business closings and unemployment. There have also been questions about the amount of public involvement and funding in The Falls; one resident actually filed a lawsuit regarding the $10 million in bonds, but it was thrown out.
So after many years of a peaceful, profitable relationship between the two cities that have a state line running down their main street, aptly named State Street, it appears things have gone awry. The uniqueness of Bristol has always been tied up in this joint partnership that makes up the town.
Residents have long stood on each side of the street for parades and swelled with pride as the police cars and fire trucks from the respective cities slowly progressed down State Street with lights flashing and sirens blowing. Now, it appears there are "threats" and "unwarranted aggression."
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