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Employees from Manchester Township — from engineers to secretaries — worked together to create Memorial Park, a 30-acre recreational area dedicated to armed services veterans. Their efforts saved the township close to $600,000. Photo: Randy Johnson, MTDPW
Workers Ken Rempo (left) and Rich Erving install a bronze panel on a granite monument honoring Marines from World War II. Photo: Randy Johnson, MTDPW
Rich Erving (left) and Saturnino Vargas install a non-slip pad on a handicapped curb ramp. Photo: Randy Johnson, MTDPW
Public Works Director Stephen Stanziano flanked by engineers Joe Veni (left) and Bill Chandler (right), who restored a salvaged World War II ambulance. Photo: Penny Chandler
By Stephen Stanziano
Editor's note:The program described in the following article was honored for "Innovative Economic Development" as part of the 2010 Innovation in Governance Awards Program established by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and New Jersey League of Municipalities. A version of this article appeared in the February 2011 issue of New Jersey Municipalities magazine, a publication of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities.
Government agencies have many ways — contracted services, privatization, inter-local service agreements — to reduce the financial burden on taxpayers. At the other end of the spectrum, though, there's another way to save money: doing things in-house.
Most public works operations here in New Jersey self-perform traditional services such as trash collection, grass cutting, vehicle maintenance, and snow plowing, often in concert with an outside contractor. In Manchester Township , we do much more: pave roads, build parks, install water and sewer mains, pour concrete sidewalks, erect steel buildings, renovate offices, and remove all snow and ice within our 80-square-mile service area.
With each challenge, we don't decide if we can do it but how we are going to do it. That comes from experience, which breeds confidence. Every successful endeavor empowers our workforce to try something new — to try the impossible and discover that nothing really is.
How do you empower your employees? By asking them to do something they don't think they can. Better yet, ask them to do something you think they can't. Ask them to do the unthinkable, the impossible, something outside of their normal routine, something that's normally contracted out.
Keep in mind that, beneath the surface, each employee is unique. They all have certain skills, hidden talents, and life experiences. These assets need to be harvested, utilized, and maximized. If managed correctly, the end result is higher overall productivity for the entire organization. That's the bottom line, now more than ever.
If you ask your team to undertake a project for the first time and they fail, there's still an upside. Everyone learns from it — management, supervisors, and workers. Failure prepares you for the next time. And there must be a next time. That's when you ask them to do it again…and again…and yet again if you have to. As long as something is learned each step of the way, you've all benefited.
Once it's finally finished — which could happen on the first try — you've empowered your workforce. They've proven themselves, quieted the skeptics (and there will be skeptics), and are motivated and ready to embrace the next challenge that comes their way.
A contractor has to cover the costs of labor, equipment, and materials, as well as overhead and profit.
Conversely, employees' salaries and benefits are already part of the township's operating budget. Equipment costs are also lower, depending on the community's inventory (ours is broad). Cooperative purchasing offers municipalities the opportunity to buy materials at a discount. We save money on asphalt, salt, gas and diesel, to name a few.
That's why, by doing things ourselves, my team has saved township taxpayers anywhere from 30% to 50%.
We don't, for example, contract out snow removal services. Costs for neighboring towns similar in size exceed ours by 35% to 400%. We even make the brine solution we apply to roadways before snow begins falling. Occasionally we realize indirect savings by enabling our schools to open a day or two earlier than surrounding communities after a snow storm. It's yet another challenge we decided we could solve on our own.
Our tax exempt status offers another savings a contractor can never realize.
For projects funded through our capital improvement fund or a bond ordinance, all costs including labor and equipment can be charged against these monies. This can create a surplus in the public works operating budget, which ultimately impacts taxpayers (and ratepayers for water and sewer projects).
If you sharpen your pencil and do the math, the savings we achieve are real and significant.
One of our most noteworthy undertakings was building Memorial Park, a 30-acre wooded area with extensive recreational facilities and numerous walking trails. Estimates for the park's design and construction were close to $1 million, but a bond ordinance raised only $465,000. If ever there was an "in-house" project for Manchester Township, this was it.
At the center of the site is a monument to World War II veterans consisting of seven granite walls, an 8-foot bronze statue on a 50-foot circular stamped concrete pad, and an array of American and military flags. Each wall is 6 feet high, 4 feet wide, and weighs more than 1,000 pounds. When we contacted a local monument company about performing the work, they said the walls and bases would have to be shipped and drilled in Vermont. We went with Plan B — doing it ourselves — and saved a lot of time and money. My team set the walls on a granite base after core drilling through almost 3 feet of granite to install steel pins.
Department of Public Works employees executed the park's design by constructing fields; installing playground equipment; paving roads, parking lots, and trails; erecting more than 50 flagpoles (the tallest being 70 feet); installing precast concrete signs; and planting nearly 100 trees and shrubs.
Division of Utilities (water and sewer) employees installed more than 700 feet of vinyl post and rail fence. Secretarial staff planted flowers throughout the site. Engineering employees led the effort, with help from the public works department's Division of Data Processing, to restore several pieces of salvaged World War II equipment and vehicles for display along the park's trails.
Despite a very bad winter and the wettest March on record, the park was ready for the dedication ceremony in April 2010. The total cost including labor, equipment, and materials was less than $400,000. No change orders, no deadline extensions — just a community improvement project completed on time and under budget. And the confidence our team attained from the undertaking was priceless.
Not everything can be done in-house, but when it can, it almost always results in savings. When tasks can be done more cost-effectively by an outside contractor, employees are freed to find more things they can do less expensively — and further empowered in the process.
Tasks and projects, as well as methodology, vary in each community. Much depends on staffing resources, equipment, and commitments, as well as the ability of management and supervisors to lead by example.
Recently, a public works director from a nearby municipality asked how we manage to do so many things in-house. He has more employees and a much smaller municipality — both in population and footprint — but isn't able to do much beyond the basic public works functions.
Our secret: Empower your workforce. Empowerment builds pride — and pride is the strength of public works.
— Stephen Stanziano (email@example.com) is public works director for Manchester Township, N.J.
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Johnathan Szeles--better known professionally as magician The Amazing Johnathan--has announced his plans to retire by the end of 2014.
Six years ago the nationally known comic magician had been diagnosed with heart problems significant enough to be encouraged to "get on the list for a heart transplant." Mr. Szeles stated that he refused as he was not interested in taking the heart transplant route. He asked, instead, for two months in which he would change his diet as well as exercise instead of accepting the heart transplant option. For six years those efforts paid off. The Amazing Johnathan, amazingly, had successfully battled the heart condition which had befallen him.
However, on February 15, The Amazing Johnathan announced that the problem had returned "with a vengeance" and on February 24 he said:
"As my friends who are close to me know, I'm having serious heart issues that will most likely prevent me from touring in the near future. So I'm going to retire with my beautiful new wife and terrific kid at the end of this year."
With a heart beating at only 12% functionality, The Amazing Johnathan decided that the time had come for him to "retire the act and do other things."
One of the items on that to do list is marrying his partner, fiancée Anastasia Synn, on June 7.
Comedian Gallagher is scheduled to marry The Amazing Johnathan and Anastasia Synn. The ceremony will take place at 2:00 p.m. at "A Special Memory Chapel" in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A future bright with promise is wished to the happy couple. May you be blessed with joy, laughter and health for all of the days of your union...and during the adventures you share, together.
To Mr. Szeles, your fans and friends thank you for sharing your talents--which have been simply amazing--for over 35 years.
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Oriental Holiday Hotel(in the city)
- Location: Huangshan Railway Station,Huangshan Airport
- Address: No.39 Yanan Road, Tunxi Distric, Huangshan
- Tel: 0559-2118000 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: (市区)黄山东方假日酒店
- Lowest Price: $47
Opened in 2005, the Oriental Holiday Hotel is located on No.39, Yanan Road, Tunxi District, Huangshan, with the famous "old street" opposite. It is 0.1km away from the Tunxi Old Street, 2km away from the Huangshan Railway Station and 3km away from the Huangshan Tunxi Airport.
The Oriental Holiday Hotel offers a total of 124 guest rooms in various standards. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning, TV, telephone, 24 hours hot water and so on. There is a Chinese restaurant in the hotel. Apart from these, the hotel also provides facilities and services such as business center, meeting room, commercial department, chess and card room, massage, ticket booking, laundry service and so on.
- Prices not include 18% service fee and tax.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
Hotel Amenities
|Hotel Services
|Laundry service, Wake Up Call, Business Centre, Copy Service, E-mail, Fax Service
|Room Amenities
|Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Color Television, Telephone, Bath and Shower, Free for Internet
Hotel Amenities: Business Center, Gift Shop, Meeting Room, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Fire Detector, Chess & Playing Cards Room
Dining Facilities: Chinese Restaurant
Print the Taxi Directions
- Please drive me to Oriental Holiday Hotel(in the city), thank you!
- 请送我到(市区)黄山东方假日酒店,谢谢
- Address: No.39 Yanan Road, Tunxi Distric, Huangshan
- 地址: 黄山市屯溪区延安路39号(山田园)
- Tel: 0559-2118000
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You've got to hand it to [artist id="3274550″]Katy Perry[/artist]: She's really hitting on all cylinders these days. "California Gurls," the first single from her album Teenage Dream, was the official anthem of the first half of summer, a fun and flirty song that probably served as the soundtrack to your various beachfront flings. And now, she's back with the album's title track — and second single — which will undoubtedly serve as the soundtrack to one of those flings blossoming.
She's got you covered every step of the way … it's sorta brilliant, really.
Both "Teenage Dream" and its accompanying video are about falling madly in love, about losing your inhibitions and getting jelly-kneed by the mere thought of being near that certain someone. Sure, you may have snogged your fair share of guys or gals down the shore this summer (that's what "California Gurls" was for), but now you've found the one that makes you feel all giddy inside, and you're ready to let your guard down and go head-over-heels. "Dream" is all those gooey feelings turned into a pop song.
The video was directed by Yoann Lemoine, who fills it with gauzy, sunset-tinged scenery: a beach in the waning light, the rapidly darkening hills of California, the incandescent glow of a pool in the early evening. Much like the song itself, the entire clip feels like a whooshing, love-drunk dream. Perry frolics with a frequently shirtless hunk (actor Josh Kloss) and is giddy throughout. She brings her friends (including L.A. socialites Ana Calderon and DJ Skeet Skeet) along to share in the merriment, and they throw impromptu dance parties all over Southern California.
It all possesses an unwound, unabashed glee — the kind of bliss that only comes when you first fall in love, when everything seems to be taken from a movie (or, in this case, an Abercrombie & Fitch
billboard) and nothing seems impossible. In that regard, it fits the feel of the song perfectly. Perry always stays on message. There is no deviation. It's ingenious, not to mention a little frightening.
Welcome to your favorite song of the second half of 2010, the one you'll fall in love with (and to). You are powerless to resist.
What do you think of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream"? Tell us in the comments!


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Festival in the Park 2016
Deadline is January 2, 2016 (postmarked).
Festival in the Park ushers in the fall season with its 52nd year opening Friday afternoon, September 23, 2016 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. This family oriented outdoor festival will welcome over 100,000 festivalgoers. Held in picturesque Freedom Park, the Granddaddy festival of Charlotte is partnering with strategic area businesses, media outlets and local entertainment to guarantee an outstanding venue. 180 artists local, regional and national will exhibit.
We hope you will consider becoming one of our cornerstone concessionaires for this 2016 event. Our aim is to offer a vast menu of food at a fair value. During the selection process, we will look for concessionaires who provide one or more of the following: the traditional festival fare, a more health conscious menu, and unique specialty items. Concessionaire fees range from $1,000 to $5,000 per location.
Once you've completed the application portion and signed the contract, return it to the Concessionaire Director's attention at the Festival's address. Once you've been accepted, 50% of your reservation fee will be due within 14 days of notification. The final 50% will be due by July 15, 2016.
Festival in the Park *
1409 East Boulevard * Charlotte, NC 28203


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Updated with new sign-up promo and debt-forgiveness program. Comcast recently announced that they are continuing their Internet Essentials program that provides high-speed internet service for $9.95 a month + taxes, a subsidized $150 computer, and free digital literacy training to eligible low-income families. Specifically, you get their XFINITY Economy Internet Service for $9.95 per month with no activation or equipment rental charges.
Comcast will also include up to six months of complimentary service for any new family that has not yet applied for Internet Essentials. Families who are approved for Internet Essentials between August 4th and September 20th, 2014 will receive up to six months of Internet service.
Qualification details:
- Be located where Comcast offers Internet service.
- Have at least one child receiving free school lunches through the National School Lunch Program. If I read the income guidelines for the NSLP correctly, a family of 4 within the contiguous 48 states can't make more than $31,005 a year to get free lunches.
- Have not subscribed to Comcast Internet service within the last 90 days.
- If you have a unpaid balance with Comcast that is less than a year old, you'll need to work out a payment plan. Debts over a year old will be forgiven for a limited time.
This program is not supported with government taxes. Instead, it was a condition of the FCC's approval of Comcast's merger with NBC Universal, and now they are extending it because they want to merge with Time Warner Cable. Comcast states that if the merger goes through, they will expand access to all Time Warner coverage areas. They also state that over 300,000 families have signed up since this started in 2011.
(And yes, I know, Comcast has had customer service issues. Is that really shocking?)


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Blek, Papon, Skyharbor, get nods at the JD Rock Awards 2013. Indus Creed win Band Of The Year.
The Jack Daniel's Rock Awards 2013 came to a close at Bandra's Mehboob Studios last night. As expected, some kvlt stuff did go down (more on that in our upcoming gallery), and altogether, the select group of invitees and the musicians involved had a great night out, thanks in part to the free flowing Jack.
We recently published our picks of winners at the awards, and we're glad to say we predicted at least a few of them correctly. Here are the winners from last night.
Band Of The Year: Indus Creed
Album Of The Year: Advaita – The Silent Sea
Song Of The Year: Papon – 'Boitha Maro Re'
Metal Band Of The Year: Skyharbor
Best Female Vocalist: Vivienne Pocha
Best Male Vocalist: Angaraag 'Papon' Mahanta
Best Guitarist: Bruce Lee Mani – Thermal And A Quarter
Best Drummer: Jai Row Kavi – Indus Creed
Best Bassist: Tony Guinard – The Ska Vengers
Best Keyboardist: (Tie) Zubin Balaporia of Indus Creed and Jason Zachariah of Jason Zachariah Band
Best Emerging Artist: Blek
Best Live Music Venue: Blue Frog, Mumbai
Best Producer: Shantanu Hudlikar
Best Album Art: (Tie) The Silent Sea by Advaita and Topiwalleh by Swarathma
Best Supporting Artist: Jack Daniel's
Check out all the NH7 coverage of the 2013 Jack Daniels Rock Awards below.
Top Of The Rock: The JD Rock Awards Podium
Rolling Stone Talks JD Rock Awards
Our Picks For The Jack Daniel's Rock Awards 2013
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A spate of cycling accidents in the capital has lead to calls for London's most dangerous junctions to be reviewed.
18:13, UK, Sunday 24 November 2013
There are calls for a national audit of the UK's most dangerous junctions after the deaths of 10 cyclists this month.
All the fatalities, including six in London in just two weeks, involved large vehicles.
Three cyclists died on one of the capital's four so-called Cycle Superhighways - designated cycle routes into central London.
Ian Austin, the Labour MP for Dudley North, told Sky News: "We need to see an urgent review of the most dangerous junctions across the country and we need to see a proper audit of how the Cycle Superhighway scheme here in London is operating."
Cycle Superhighway 2, which runs from Stratford to Aldgate, has recently been modified to include six bus stop bypasses, a two-stage right turn and a "cycle early start" system at Bow roundabout, which allows cyclists to wait ahead of queuing traffic and enter the roundabout first.
Another eight Cycle Superhighways are due to open in London by 2015.
However, the risks faced by cyclists on the roads can put some people off getting on the saddle altogether.
Simon Meadwell, who was knocked down by a coach on a road in Dorset three years ago, waited more than a year to start cycling again.
"Cycling offers great freedom," he said. "You can hop on your bicycle, there's no fuel to worry about, you've got the fresh air and it's great for you.
"I've lost two stone (and) I feel great but I have to say at the end of each journey I'm relieved that I'm still alive."
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has rejected suggestions that banning heavy goods vehicles from certain London roads during peak times could reduce the number of cyclist deaths.
Neighbouring countries which face similar issues have adopted innovative methods.
French politicians voted to allow cyclists to jump red lights, while in Norway, a suspended concrete roundabout 72 metres in diameter is reserved exclusively for cyclists.
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PO Approvals Analyzer Improved
By LuciaC-Oracle on Sep 17, 2013
It's hard to keep up with the improvements being made to the PO Approvals Analyzer. Check out the new version 11 which includes these new features/fixes:
Don't delay another day, download it now! See Doc ID 1525670.1.
- Document types section now displays all the settings
- Resolved issues for blanket releases including incorrect information in distribution section, execution errors when document quantity is zero and exceptions in authority checks
- Improvement in performance when the analyzer is run for multiple documents
- Concurrent program was not displaying blanket releases in list of values (requires a reload of file podiagaa.ldt)
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My husband and I made this together. We used chicken instead of tofu, we also added some Italian seasoning and garlic powder. It tasted so good! I thought something was a little too "punchy" for my liking. IDK if it was basil or the sun dried tomatoes- haven't had those before. But it was really good. We had trouble rolling out the dough, haha. So we couldn't use all the fixings. We used some leftover seasoning in eggs, put on sandwich, with marinara sauce.
Spinach & Sun-Dried Tomato Stuffed Pizza
From EatingWell: May/June 2010
This stuffed pizza is filled with crumbled tofu, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, cheese and fresh basil. It's easy to make stuffed pizza at home. Just roll the crust thin, spread filling over half and fold closed. To use fresh spinach, cook 10 ounces until just wilted; finely chop and squeeze dry. Serve with: Marinara sauce for dipping and mixed green salad.
11 Reviews for Spinach & Sun-Dried Tomato Stuffed Pizza
Very good! We had leftover cooked corn and broccoli from the night before and added that. also we used fresh chopped tomatoes b/c we didn't have any sundried, and substituted fresh parsley for the basil. I ate half of it by myself...delicious!!
This was really easy to make, first recipe I have ever made with Tofu actually. I could really only taste the spinach, however, none of the cheese taste came through or anything. I don't think I would make this again.
I loved theses. They were pretty simple to make. The longest part was making the dough (will not use store made, sorry), and they came out great. Boyfriend loved them even though he is not a big tofu fan. He did suggest a little oregano, and used some marinara sauce to dip in, but loved it.
This recipe is very versatile. It is easy to choose different ingredients to use inside the pizza. I chose fresh mozzarella chopped finely and also added some Italian seasoning and extra fresh basil. Also, I used olive oil instead of the spray and it worked perfectly. Mine turned out more like a calzone instead of a pizza, but still was delicious. I bakes at 425F for 30 minutes, so the inside had a chance to cook. I think next time I will add in some sliced black olives, artichokes, and grilled onions. It's a great recipe!


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Private messages written in advance to bring in the New Year have turned out to be not so private after all.
16:13, UK, Monday 31 December 2012
Facebook has disabled a New Year messaging feature after a student uncovered a flaw which let him read strangers' private messages.
The New Year's Midnight Delivery feature was set up on Facebook Stories so users could write messages to friends which would automatically be sent after midnight.
But Aberystwyth University student Jack Jenkins discovered that by tweaking the Url after sending a message, he could read and even delete other users' messages.
He blogged about the error, writing: "I just wanted to share this. I don't know how a site like Facebook can continue to take these kinds of risks.
"PLEASE Don't go deleting random messages, but try and delete one of mine that I set up especially if you want."
Facebook promptly disabled the feature upon discovering the issue.
A spokesman confirmed the site was back up and running again, having been taken offline while staff dealt with the issue.
Facebook Stories is a separate site from the main Facebook site, and does not affect messaging on Facebook itself.
The error comes after a picture posted by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi led to her claiming her privacy had been breached.
A marketing director tweeted the private family photograph that Ms Zuckerberg had shared on her personal Facebook page.
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Work in groups of four. You have one two hour supervised laboratory session to start work on the practical, the remainder of the laboratory must be completed in your own time before next week. The document 'Introduction to Unix' indicated in the tasks should be uploaded into the weekly upload system in pdf format. The reflection section of the laboratory is a group reflection. You should print out the Marking Scheme and bring the document 'Introduction to Unix' indicated in the tasks to the laboratory next week for marking.
Unix was developed in the early 1970s and has become one of the main operating systems used in industry. It is available on almost any machine.
The vogue in the 1970's was for complex multi-user systems on medium to large mainframe computers. At the same time, cheap minicomputers such as the Digital PDP series were being installed in increasing numbers in research laboratories. These machines could only be programmed in native assembly code, and the operating systems were primitive.
A group at Bell Laboratory's in the United States started work on a minimal operating system which would fit into the store of the 64k PDP-11. This was written initially in PDP-11 assembly code and so could run only on machines of that family, however, Thompson and Ritchie soon spotted the advantages to be had from writing this operating system in a high-level language. Thus, the development of the UNIX operating system, and the C programming language, went hand-in-hand.
The use of a high-level language for almost all of the operating system code (a small amount, perhaps 5%, had to remain in the native machine code) meant that UNIX could be put up on any machine with a translator for the C language. Unlike DOS and Windows which run only on Intel processors, UNIX can run on any machine.
The severe limitations on storage of the early UNIX machines forced the developers to think long and hard about UNIX. As a consequence, UNIX is extremely well-designed and well-engineered: its components fit together well, and its powerful shell programming environment permits complex manipulations to be built up from a tool-box of simple components.
The UNIX operating system consists of a small kernel of essential utilities for maintaining a file system and for running programs in multi-tasking mode. This kernel interfaces directly to the hardware. Surrounding the kernel, between it and the user, is the shell. The shell is the command language that provides the user interface to UNIX. The shell provides a fixed set of commands and will execute commands typed in from the keyboard or from a file. This is similar to a batch file in DOS. Files containing commands (called Shell Scripts) may be created allowing users to define their own, more sophisticated commands. UNIX is a stable operating system which retains a fierce loyalty amongst users, and is extremely flexible and powerful.
|UNIX Kernel
UNIX File System
UNIX uses a hierarchical file structure, files, directories and even I/O devices are treated uniformly. There is no common conception of a 'drive' as in windows; all UNIX files 'hang' from one root, called /.
UNIX can be accessed in the following ways
More information and help is available on the School's Unix systems at http://unix.cms.gre.ac.uk
|TASK 2 - On Campus Students Only
TASK 2 - For Students Studying Off Campus
The GNU C compiler gcc can be used to compile C source code on any CMS Unix/Linux system.
To use gcc to compile a file called filename.c you would enter gcc filename.c -o filename.out
Further details on using gcc and other supported C compilers; including full documentation is available at http://unix.cms.gre.ac.uk/software/compilers.html
The shell is a command language that provides a user interface to the UNIX operating system. The shell executes commands either typed in at the terminal or from a file. Up to now you have only typed in commands at the keyboard. By providing the facility to read and execute a sequence of commands, you can effectively create your own commands with the same status as system commands. For example suppose you create a text file called setupusers, containing the UNIX commands to set up accounts for 100 users. If you typed at the command prompt: setupusers this would be executed in the same way as if you typed any other Unix command i.e. ls
The shell is both a command language and a programming language that provides you with the ability to set up an environment tailored to you or a group's needs. It can link applications together that would normally have to be initiated by separate commands from the command line (like a batch file in DOS). For example, it could link a compiler with an editor, such that if there were errors from your compilation it could automatically throw you back into an editor.
As a programming language the shell provides you with facilities above those provided by the raw UNIX system such as programming constructs, variables, wildcards etc. A file that contains shell commands is called a shell script.
There are three popular shells:
All three shells have a common core. Beyond this they have slightly different facilities and a different syntax for programming. There are 'pro et contra' to each one e.g. the C shell is slightly better than the Bourne shell for interactive work but slightly worse at script programming. At this level is does not really matter which one you choose, we shall concentrate on the Korn shell as the syntax is slightly easier.
To generate a shell script a set of commands is written to a file, and the file given execute permission using chmod. When a file has execute permission it means it can be run from the command line by typing its name.
File Execute Permissions
Before looking at shell script programming it is necessary to understand how to give a file execute permission using the chmod command.
At the UNIX prompt, you will see the permission flags for each file when you type ls -l e.g. -rwxr--r-- The first letter specifies a directory or not, the remaining are three groups of three letters stating the read, write and execute permissions for the owner, the group and everybody else.
To change the permission of a file requires three numbers, the first is the permissions for the owner, second for the group and third for everyone.
Suppose you wanted to give yourself read, write and execute access and the group and everyone read access only
You add 4 + 2 + 1 = 7 and assign yourself a value of 7 the group is assigned a 4 and everyone a 4. e.g.
chmod 744 sh1.ksh
For example, to give yourself and the group read and write access, but none to anyone else:
chmod 660 sh1.ksh
Korn Shells
Use the text editor gedit to create and run the following example Korn Shell Scripts, don't forget to change the file permissions using the chmod 700 command. It is important that you use the UNIX editor gedit, and do not import files into UNIX from a windows editor, as these files will often have control characters attached and the file will not function correctly.Example 1:- sh1.ksh
#! /bin/ksh
echo "Please enter your name: "
read name
echo "Your name is" $name
It is fairly obvious what this script does, here is a sample run (having given sh1.ksh execute permission i.e. chmod 744 sh1.ksh):
The file name is sh1.ksh however it can be anything. The .ksh is used for clarity to indicate it is a Korn shell script. The file must begin with a #! pathname (which in this case is /bin/ksh), telling the system to invoke a Korn shell.
It is this line, not the file name extension that determines which shell is used to execute the script. If none is given then the default is a Bourne shell. A # used anywhere else in the script, other than line 1 is interpreted as a comment e.g.
# This is a comment line
The echo command is a print statement e.g.
echo hello
Any words after the echo statement are printed on a new line. To print a blank line or achieve a carriage return just execute an echo statement with no text following it e.g.
Example 2: - sh2.ksh
This shell script expects command line parameters to be passed to it. The parameters are stored as $1, $2, $3 etc. where the number represents the order in which they were typed in i.e. in the example below $1 = Hello, $2 = Peter, $3 = Smith $* stands for: a list containing all the input parameters. An example run of sh2.ksh is:
Example 3:- sh3.ksh This shell script prints each input parameter in turn.
Example run:
The syntax of the for loop is for ... in ... do.......done where do.....done indicate the boundaries of the loop. To initialise and create a variable it is just assigned a value e.g. count=1 The let command forces evaluation of an assignment statement e.g. let count=count+1 Note: There must be no spaces in the arithmetic expression i.e. either side of the equals or plus sign in the example below.
Example 4:- sh4.ksh
Example run:
Example 5:- users.ksh The file is simply used to execute a one line UNIX command (who | wc -l) that is awkward to type on a regular basis. who - provides a list of the users currently on the system wc -l is a word count program that counts the number of lines (requested by -l) and hence the number of users (as who provides one per line). $( expression ) - tells the Korn shell interpreter to evaluate the expression within the brackets.
Example run:
Example 6:- menu.ksh
The read statement accepts input from the keyboard and stores the value in a variable e.g. read name where read is the command understood by the shell script and name is the variable containing the input. To refer to a variable in a program it is referenced with the $ sign e.g. echo $name
The while statement:- the syntax is While ...... do ..... done. While evaluates the condition and if it is true, it executes the statements between the do and done. It does this repeatedly until the while condition becomes false.
The condition test $stop -eq 0 tests the value of the variable stop and if it is equal to 0, then the condition is true. If it is true then the while statement will enter the loop. Given that set stop = 0 is before the while loop, the condition will always succeed the first time and hence the loop will always be entered.
The case statement is like an if statement only shorter. What it says is: test the value of the variable called reply against the following values and carry out the appropriate actions on the right side of the ) character:
case $reply in
"1" ) if reply is = 1 do these statements ;;
"2" | "3" ) if reply = 2 or 3 do these statements ;;
"4" ) if reply = 4 do these statements ;;
"5" ) if reply = 5 do these statements ;;
"6" ) if reply = 6 do these statements ;;
* ) if reply does not equal one of the above values then do this i.e.
I am the default ;;
esac - this ends the case statement.
The if statement
if test -f *.bak
rm *.bak
echo Files deleted
else echo No *.bak files found
fi ;;
This says (in pseudocode):
if there are any files called something.bak
delete them
tell the user that the files are deleted
tell the user that there are no .bak files to be found
Note: The if, then, else, fi must be on separate lines.
The test command:
There are many parameters available for use with the test command. Here are some of the useful ones:
-f True if filename exists as a non-directory
-d True is filename exists as a directory
-r True is filename exists as a readable file
-n True if string contains at least one character
-s True if filename contains at least one character
-w True if filename exists as a writeable file
-x True if filename exists as an executable file
-z True if string contains no characters
str1 = str2 True if string 1 = string 2
string True if string is not null
int1 -eq int2 True if int1 equals int2
int1 -ne int2 True is int1 does not equal int2
int1 -gt int2 True if int1 is greater than int2
int1 -ge int2 True if int1 is greater than or equal to int2
int1 -lt int2 True if int1 is less than int2
int1 -le int2 True if int1 is less than or equal to int2
Alternative syntax for conditional expressions used in e.g. whiles and ifs:
while [ $stop = 0 ]
if [ $stop = 0 ]
while test $stop -eq 0
if test $stop -eq 0
Testing for strings (this is very counterintuitive, you quote the variable in the test, not the string to be tested):
If test $reply=m
Use the text editor gedit to create the following Korn Shell Scripts, don't forget to change the file permissions using the chmod 700 command. It is important that you use the UNIX editor gedit, and do not import files into UNIX from a windows editor, as these files will often have control characters attached and the file will not function correctly.
Append the programs and the script files demonstrating the operation of the programs to the document 'Introduction to Unix'.
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Install Linux on your home computer
Linux is a UNIX type Open Source computer operating system designed primarily for the PC but also available for a wide range of other systems.
To install Linux on you home machine, follow the instructions at http://staffweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~wd18/linux_install/
- Reflection
Identify the sections of the laboratory you have understood and demonstrate your understanding - beyond the simple level of completing the laboratory - through cognitive processes such as analysing, explaining, interpreting, and evaluating. Illustrate, by the use of examples how the laboratory contributed towards your understanding and your Degree programme.
For the sections of the laboratory in which you struggled with, or were uncertain of, identify why this was the case. Evaluate the effectiveness of your learning strategy, including factors such as, motivation, preparation, commitment, time management, communication, constraints and support. With reflection to past experience, identify how you could improve your learning and performance to overcome the barriers encountered in this laboratory such that they do not infringe upon the next laboratory you undertake.
With relation to the sections of the laboratory you encountered difficulty with, state how, and by when you intend to gain competence in these areas.
Critically appraise the laboratory; identify sections you thought were positive, facilitated your understanding and contributed to your Degree programme; identify sections that require improvement and state how and why would you change the laboratory to improve the laboratory for the next year's students.


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>Brookings Oregon News, Sports, & Weather | The Curry Coastal Pilot
GOLD BEACH – The Curry County Budget Committee on Thursday approved a budget taking $350,000 from the vehicle replacement fund, $700,000 from the County Road fund and $450,000 from the county's working capital to keep the county operational until July 1, 2013.
If they don't transfer those funds, the county would go broke by March.
County commissioners are scheduled to formally adopt the budget on their last meeting of the fiscal year, scheduled for June 20.
County Accountant Gary Short had told the Budget Committee that the county needed to raise another $1.8 million for the general fund to stay solvent.
"There are a couple of things this year," Short said. "First, we are not getting any more SRS (federal) payments. We expect to get some timber money, but a lot less – about 10 percent."
He said that to make it on the money available, general fund departments would have to cut 35 percent. Most said they couldn't do it with that and stay viable.
Short said the county's current general fund budget is $5.1 million. It would have had approximately $3.4 million for the coming year.
The Legislature in February approved a bill that would allow Curry County to take $700,000 from the road fund to run sheriff's patrols.
Commissioners were considering placing a 3 percent sales tax on a special election ballot, hoping that could be approved in time to complete the year. But with using those other funds, they have delayed that election.
After Commissioner Bill Waddle and Commissioner George Rhodes failed to make the runoffs following Tuesday's Primary Election, they blamed it on their proposal for a new tax.
All other candidates had opposed more taxes.
The talk moved to not approving the additional funds so that voters will realize that the county would be broke.
"What's left would keep us to 11 March, 2013. After that, we're in cannibalization," said Sam Scaffo, a lay member of the committee from Port Orford.
"Showing a year's budget looking normal, it sends a signal of normal operations. But it's anything but that case," he said.
"I'm extremely frustrated that a large section of the people in Curry County have either consciously or unconsciously made a decision. They don't want to receive or don't believe what they're hearing," Waddle said.
"One of the reasons Mr. Waddle and I got defeated is we started talking about taxes," Rhodes said.
"I'm going to ask the board to put a tax on the November ballot," Commissioner David Itzen said.
"We can put something on the ballot, but it's not going to pass. We have to come up with something else," Rhodes said.
"You've got to give it a try. We'll get out and push for it," John Spicer of Gold Beach said.
He said taxpayers need to realize the county government will collapse without more income.
Tom Brand of Brookings said he felt that the vote in Tuesday's election was a referendum on taxes.
"People who say we don't need it, vote them in," Brand said.
"Dead isn't when you get to zero. Dead is when you cannibalize. That will be in March," Scaffo said.
Waddle said that, by reducing the budget, it would make it easier to get people to vote for taxes when the county became dysfunctional.
Sheriff John Bishop joined the conversation.
"First of all, it's not our job to make it easier to have people vote for tax increases. It's not our decision. If they vote not to do it, they vote not to do it. It is not our job to make it easier or blackmail them to make this vote. It's wrong. I can't buy into this. But, businesswise, I do buy into this," Bishop said.
"There's no way we can continue to run county government on our present tax structure. There are numerous counties going under," Bishop said. "We have to change. How, I don't know. The federal government owns 68 percent of our land and was giving us most of our money. What are we going to do now in the present? Our taxes are not enough to run any kind of county government and make it functional."
Bishop said Josephine County is going faster than Curry County.
In Tuesday's election, that county rejected a tax increase. The sheriff immediately said he would be firing most of his patrol officers, the jail would be reduced from more than 100 beds to 30.
"I just talked to the sheriff. Their District Attorney says all misdemeanors will not be prosecuted. Domestic violence is not going to be prosecuted. We may want to watch this and see what happens over there for a year," Bishop said.
"Safety is the number one reason government is formed. The first official elected in Oregon was a sheriff," Bishop said.
"Make this county functional as long as possible. That is our job right now. We need to use the funds that we have to run county government as long as we can. If six months, six months. If eight months, eight months," the sheriff said.
He said that Josephine County had nothing in the road fund.
"We had $38 million. We cannot pretend we don't have that money. The government of the state has given us access to that. I'm not saying use it 10 years. I'm saying one year we run it. It allows us to keep county government for one year," Bishop said. "When I left, we had it to run through June 30, 2013. If we don't do that, having that money left on the board, what liability does that leave the county for not using all we have to run the county?" Bishop said.
Waddle said he is sure the voters right now will not vote for a tax.
"Let the state come down and take over. I'm comfortable with that position," he said.
"It's a new board come January," Waddle said. "If they want to make changes, obviously they'll have authority to do that."


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Building on breakthroughs recently made at kraft mills, a survey of mechanical pulp and paper mill effluents was undertaken to gain insights concerning potential effects on fish reproduction. Effluents from seven Canadian mills were characterized chemically for conventional parameters such as bioche...
Temperature data loggers were deployed in several northern Alberta lakes, and the data collected were used to compute the cumulative number of days for which water temperature exceeded the 13.5 degrees C minimum temperature required for yellow perch (Perca flavescens) growth. Tow-net and seine sampl...
Agricultural land use impacts on cool-spring flora and fauna, with an emphasis on freshwater invertebrate diversity and phenology in spring pools of eastern Prince Edward Island (Canada)
Freshwater springs are focused discharge points from groundwater to surface water environments. Cool springs have consistent temperatures close to the mean annual temperature for the region and chemical composition that can vary with land use and local geology. Animal taxa inhabiting these springs m...
Altered physiology of rainbow trout in response to modified energy intake combined with pulp and paper effluent exposure
Two experiments using rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were conducted to examine the combined effects of energy intake as manipulated by ration and pulp and paper mill effluent exposure over either one, or two consecutive reproductive cycles. This study demonstrated that the level of energy intak...
For the last 20 years, studies conducted in North America, Scandinavia, and New Zealand have shown that pulp and paper mill effluents affect fish reproduction. Despite the level of effort applied, few leads are available regarding the factors responsible. Effluents affect reproduction in multiple fi...
A system for the removal and control of dissolved oxygen (DO) from freshwater was designed and constructed with aquarium-type fish studies in mind. Degassed water was obtained using a partial vacuum of -14 psi, and DO regulated at an aquarium scale using electronically controlled aeration with timed...
An inter-laboratory study on the variability in measured concentrations of 17ß-estradiol, testosterone, and 11-ketotestosterone in white sucker
Androgenic effects of a Canadian bleached kraft pulp and paper effluent as assessed using threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
The presence of unidentified estrogens and androgens in effluents from pulp and paper mills is well documented. However, their role in effluent effects on fish reproduction remains unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that reproductive impacts of a modern pulp mill ...
Assessing accumulation and biliary excretion of naphthenic acids in yellow perch exposed to oil sands-affected waters
Naphthenic acids are known to be the most prevalent group of organic compounds in oil sands tailings-associated waters. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were exposed for four months to oil sands-influenced waters in two experimental systems located on an oil sands lease 30km north of Fort McMurray Al...
Assessing the impact of agriculture on mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) population health in the estuaries of Prince Edward Island (Abstract) in Proceedings of the 34th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop
Assessment of northern mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus) as an estuarine pollution monitoring species
The use of multiple spawning fishes in environmental effects monitoring programs has proven difficult for a number of reasons including the inability to predict reproductive investment and ensure synchronous sampling of reference and impacted populations. The estuarine resident northern mummichog (F...
Assessment of the reproductive-endocrine disrupting potential of chlorine dioxide oxidation products of plant sterols
This study examined the hypothesis that chlorine dioxide bleaching used in pulp and paper production causes the formation of reproductive-endocrine disrupting compounds from plant sterols. This was tested by conducting a laboratory simulation of the chlorine dioxide oxidation of two plant sterols, b...
Bioassay-derived androgenic and estrogenic activity in municipal sewage in Australia and New Zealand
Raw sewage and sewage at various stages of treatment were sampled from 15 municipal sewage treatment plants in south Queensland (Australia) and Canterbury (New Zealand). Estrogenic and androgenic activities were determined with sheep estrogen receptor and rainbow trout androgen receptor binding assa...
Carotenoid depletion and ovarian dysfunction in common bully exposed to a New Zealand pulp mill effluent
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Combined effects of pulp and paper effluent, dehydroabietic acid, and hypoxia on swimming performance, metabolism, and hematology of rainbow trout
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Determination of masculinization of three-spine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) exposed to a pulp mill effluent
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Development of methods for extraction and in vitro quantification of estrogenic and androgenic activity of wastewater samples
Chemicals released into the environment by anthropogenic activities have been linked to estrogenic or androgenic effects in exposed wildlife, and there is a need to develop and validate rapid and cost-effective methods to quantify the total estrogenic and androgenic activity of environmental water s...
Disease and gill lesions in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) exposed to oil sands mining-associated waters
Adult yellow perch were stocked into experimental ponds designed to test the biological effects of aquatic reclamation alternatives currently being pursued by the oil sands mining industry. Water-quality characteristics of oil sands-influenced water in the experimental ponds included increased salin...
Distinct migratory and non-migratory ecotypes of an endemic New Zealand eleotrid (Gobiomorphus cotidianus) implications for incipient speciation in island freshwater fish species
Effect of total body lipid on the toxicity and toxicokinetics of pentachlorophenol in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Effects of maternal versus direct exposure to pulp and paper mill effluent on rainbow trout early life stages
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Mercedes-Benz C-Class W202 1993
C250 turbodiesel elegance automatic
Superb car that drives better than some far newer cars.
Ive owned the car for 8 years covering many miles with the bonus of never breaking down.
The car has needed the usual service items and age/mileage related suspension parts but other than that has been a superb car.
It is big enough for us as a family of 4 & our small dog with more than enough space for the weekly/monthly shop.
Overall the economy isn't upto modern diesel standards but is fairly good for a heavy automatic car.
The best part of the car for me is its power, the 250td engine does suffer from turbo lag but when its on song its plenty powerful enough.
With my average weekly use it averages 26mpg which is 100% around town in start stop traffic.
On a longer run it is easy to see over 35mpg (even higher if the speed is kept to 60mph).
Overall a superb car let down by one thing. The dreaded Mercedes rust. Overall my car is far better than average but there are some very poor examples out there.
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I am trying to connect to a mysql database on a windows server from linux. I don't have much experience working with Windows at all, especially windows server. How do I go about making a connection to the mySQL database from Linux? I was also wondering (and this should maybe be a different thread) if there is a Windows equivalent to the apache .htaccess file that would handle rewrites?
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Where the settings are placed depend on the client you're using, but you must specify the remote (Linux) host machine's address and port number (at least if not default) when connecting your client.
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In a medium saucepot over medium-high heat, bring 3 cups water, the milk, 1 teaspoon salt and some pepper to a boil. Gradually whisk in the polenta, whisking constantly until the mixture is smooth and begins to thicken.
Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring often, until tender and thickened but still creamy, about 30 minutes, adding more water if needed. Stir in the Parmesan and butter. Remove from heat and keep warm.
Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a large high-sided saute pan over high heat. Add the onions and cook for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the mustard greens, tossing to coat. Add a few drops of honey and then season with salt and pepper.
Reduce the heat to medium, stir in 1 cup water, then cover and cook until wilted and soft, about 10 minutes. Remove the lid and cook and additional 5 minutes to cook off any extra liquid. Stir in the vinegar just before serving. Taste, and season with more honey, salt and pepper if necessary.
To serve, spoon the polenta into 4 bowls, top with some of the greens, a poached egg and drizzle with the reserved chile oil. Garnish with parsley.
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Finally Russian Rocket Pavel Bure lands in Hall of Fame
NHL release
The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that the 18-member selection committee voted for Sakic and fellow first-time eligible candidate Mats Sundin along with holdovers Pavel Bure and Adam Oates to make up the Class of 2012, which will be inducted on Nov. 12 in Toronto.
Brendan Shanahan, who was considered by many to be a favorite to induction in his first year of eligibility due to his 656 career goals, will instead have to wait at least another year. As will Jeremy Roenick, Curtis Joseph, Eric Lindros, Dave Andreychuk, Phil Housley and a number of other Hall hopefuls.
Bure, who retired after the 2002-03 season due to chronic knee injuries, registered 437 goals and 779 points over 702 games in 12 NHL seasons played with Vancouver, Florida and the Rangers. He never won the Stanley Cup, but he did reach Game 7 of the Cup Final with the Canucks in 1994. Bure averaged 36.7 goals per season. He scored 60 twice and also had seasons with 58 and 59 goals.
Bure won the Rocket Richard Trophy for most goals in a season twice with the Panthers.\
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According to The New York Times on Wednesday, the Ebay online auction site became a victim of an identity theft situation and concerns of the cyber security of its 145 million users would be to take action. Encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, birth dates, and names have been compromised.
The upside to this situation, since credit/debit card information had been stored separately, there's no real concern when it comes to this kind of sensitive information. However, the only real course of action a user should take is to change the password to their eBay accounts. Also, if customers are concerned about a breach in their PayPal account, there's no reason to fear there either. It was also not included in the beach.
Though, this attack on eBay is not a major concern, this can be a first step to an attempt to obtain information from non-computer savvy types. Phishing attacks are what come to mind since this kind of data mining of user information can lead to emails sent to users who could be tricked into following its directions. Instructions that could lead users to clicking on links that would lead them to malicious sites where they are prompted to enter their personal information such as their social security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive materials.
Social engineering, which is mainly performed over the phone, is another form a "phishing". With phone numbers acquired by cyber criminals on eBay, they can feel free to make random calls to users posing as an eBay employee and then attempt to acquire pertinent secure information from a user. That being said, please be mindful of your inbox and unidentifiable phone calls.
It has been discovered through reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that hackers had gained access to the internal network of eBay. From there, the cyber criminals acquired sensitive data from the online auction site's own employees. That was the point where access was made to it's 145 million users.


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Golden Nugget Releases Their Early CFB Betting Lines
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(by Jordan Esco) I have to confess, this is one of my favorites days of the offseason. If we're going to be deprived of our Sooners for the entire summer, then I'll take any excuse I can find to talk and/or write about college football. And one of said excuses annually is the day the...Read more


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Men Fall, Women Up One Spot In Pre-Conference Poll
Feb. 12, 2013
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass men's and women's swimming and diving teams remain ranked in the top-25 Collegeswimming.com Mid-Major poll. The Minutemen drop one spot to No.18 while the Minutewomen move up one to No. 21 in the final poll until after conference championships. Harvard and Princeton remain atop the women's and men's polls, respectively.
The Mid-Major Rankings serve to provide an objective point system to compare teams' relative strength in a traditional dual meet lineup. The ranking is available to those institutions that a) are not members of a BCS conference or Mountain West Conference, or b) provide fewer than one-half of the allowable scholarships under the NCAA rules.
Of the men's opponents this season, five sit in the top-25. Army leads the pack ranked at No. 9, they are followed by No. 12 Dartmouth, No. 13 Brown, No. 20 Boston University and No. 24 Boston College. The only other Atlantic 10 team in the top-25 is St. Bonaventure, who remains at No. 21.
The only opponent of the women in the top-25 is No. 17, Brown University. The Minutewomen are the lone representatives of the A-10 in the top-25. Fordham, St. Bonaventure, Rhode Island, La Salle and Xavier are all ranked outside the top-25.
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz today presided over the regular weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers and commented on the 66th National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which takes place on Wednesday, September 23, 1998, saying that on this day King Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdulrahman Al-Saud unified the country, once a theater of dispute, hostility and instability, and turned it into a haven of fraternity, prosperity, rapport and security, enabling complete application of Islamic Shari'ah [Law]. King Fahd went on to pay tribute to the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and expressed the pride of the Saudi government and people in celebrating this great occasion. Recalling that King Abdul Aziz spent long years before being able to lay down the first bricks for the unification of his country, and that the first step in this process was the capture of Riyadh on Shawwal 5, 1319 H. [in 1902], King Fahd commented that this year's National Day celebration comes within these centenary celebrations, thus giving the occasion greater significance.
Information Minister Dr. Fouad Al-Farsi reported that King Fahd reaffirmed the Kingdom's adherence to the approach of King Abdul Aziz to both domestic and foreign policies, including strengthening ties and cooperation with sisterly and friendly countries, doing whatever is necessary for the service of Islam and the support of Muslims everywhere, and continuing efforts to lay the bases for security, peace and stability all over the world.
Reviewing the latest developments, the cabinet noted with regret the situation in the Middle East and the stalemate in the peace process due to the intransigence of the Israeli government and its failure to live up to its commitments and promises. The cabinet expressed appreciation of the efforts being exerted by the United States administration to break the current impasse and called on the international community to exert greater efforts in this regard towards the implementation of the relevant United Nations resolutions.
The cabinet then approved a number of domestic measures, including authorization for the General President of Youth Welfare or his representative to sign an agreement on cooperation with the Republic of Argentina.


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With Time Warner Cable's retransmission-consent agreement with LIN TV set to expire at 5 p.m. ET today, the companies are still attempting to negotiate a deal, TWC spokesman Jon Gary Herrera said Friday morning.
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Comments on Poll: Gingrich leads Romney 48-25 in Florida TypePad 2011-12-07T21:24:45Z Miami Herald http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/ tag:typepad.com,2003:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/12/poll-gingrich-leads-romney-48-25-in-florida/comments/atom.xml/ Diabloggical commented on 'Poll: Gingrich leads Romney 48-25 in Florida' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e201675f317b15970b 2011-12-23T05:13:06Z 2011-12-23T05:13:06Z Diabloggical Polling bias aside, a vote for Gingrich is a vote for Obama. Newt cannot win!
Polling bias aside, a vote for Gingrich is a vote for Obama. Newt cannot win!
 fyi2day commented on 'Poll: Gingrich leads Romney 48-25 in Florida' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e2015437fe3889970c 2011-12-07T22:33:30Z 2011-12-07T22:33:30Z fyi2day "Polls as Propaganda" The people are catching on that these polling agencies bias their polls by demographic selection (Here the...
"Polls as Propaganda"

The people are catching on that these polling agencies bias their polls by demographic selection (Here the demographic is not defined at all). No longer do we even see the statistics or the questions provided to support theses stories. The MSM has all but stopped online polling altogether. The only thing these polls serve (especially polls tied to major media) to prove is a near unilateral media bias against freedom and liberty in favor of the corporatocracy...

"Polls without complete statistics and data available are fish stories...."

When this information is provided by the shill pollsters they think we will not
 read it. The common thread to keep Paul's numbers down seems to be 3 things:

1.) Polling only land line holders. (information not provided in this poll)

2.) Polling less than 10% under 35 years old and in total under 25% under the
 age of 45 years. (Here they only give a percentage of the vote above and below 50 years of age but do not provide the actual age range by number of respondents.)

3.) Polling only known entities, i.e. certain well researched republican
 groups known to the party. (This is impossible to determine from the data as well. Although they describe the voters they do not show how they know that they are say, "likely voters" That demographic selection information is not provided and maybe the most telling deletion.)

If you can't look at the data and demographics yourself. Throw these polls where they belong, back in the sea…

Save our freedom. Ban computer voting and tabulation in your locality before your next election. Paper ballots only. "See any irony here???" If they
 don't like the online polls that are beyond their skew what do you think they
 will try to do with the real vote if we the people give them the slightest
 chance?

Wake up America they are not just going to let Paul win unless we continue to shine a bright light over their shoulders at all times.
 Liberty needs advocates we must all be vigilant now.

My unscientific opinion on this,,,, in an unbiased poll Paul
 is far in the lead and poised to take over the GOP already and they know it.


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Morrisons has revealed rotisserie chickens fly off the shelves at its Cortonwood store.
It sells more there than in any other part of the UK - averaging about 1,500 birds a week.
A Morrisons spokesman said about two dozen of its 470 stores sell on average about 1,000 chickens a week but none come close to Brampton's sizzling statistic.
The store is the nearest large supermarket for many people in Wombwell, Darfield, Brampton, Hemingfield, Hoyland and Elsecar.
Some shoppers told the Chronicle why Barnsley stuffs the opposition when it comes to eating roast chicken.
Lesley Whitehead, 46, of Hunningley Close, Stairfoot, buys two every week.
She said: "There's nothing I like better than chicken salad for my dinner and it's so easy to strip it in one go and make salad. Being a mother, it's so so easy to get it ready."


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The NFL is always full of surprises, and this season is no different. When we started the 2012 power rankings Sept. 4, there weren't many people who expected the Washington Redskins to win a divisional title (we ranked them No. 24). The Colts, coming off their worst season in years and starting a rookie quarterback, weren't expected to do much either. They were ranked No. 32 in our initial rankings. Some, we got right. The Packers (2), Patriots (3), Ravens (4), 49ers (5), and Texans (6) all made the playoffs. The Saints (8), did not. Neither did the Giants, who we ranked No. 1 following their Super Bowl win. The NFL is never completely predictable.
Here's how the teams stack up in our final power rankings of the season. What are your rankings?
1. (1) Denver Broncos
13-3 The Broncos gambled on Peyton Manning and won the lottery. They ended the season on an 11-game win streak and will enjoy a first-round bye as the No. 1 seed in the AFC.
2. (3) New England Patriots
12-4 The Patriots are playoff pros, and peaking at the right time. They won nine of their final 10 games and jumped the Texans for the No. 2 seed in the AFC by beating the Dolphins.
3. (6) San Francisco 49ers 11-4-1 Injuries could hurt them in the playoffs.
4. (2) Atlanta Falcons 13-3 Mike Smith gambled and lost in an attempt to gain some playoff momentum. The Falcons earned a bye as the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but they'll go into the playoffs with some burning questions, and some injured starters, following Sunday's loss.
5. (5) Seattle Seahawks 11-5 The Seahawks surprised everyone this season by picking rookie Russell Wilson over Matt Flynn. Wilson proved his worth by tying Peyton Manning's rookie TD mark and leading Seattle to five straight wins.
6. (4) Green Bay Packers 11-5 The Packers will have to pick it up defensively if they want to beat the Vikings next week. They gave up 444 yards to Minnesota on Sunday.
7. (8) Washington Redskins 10-6 Whatever happens in the playoffs, the future looks bright for a young team led by rookies Alfred Morris and RGIII.
8. (9) Indianapolis Colts 11-5 This season has been storybook for the Colts.
9. (10) Cincinnati Bengals 10-6 The Bengals turned everything around this season with a second-half surge
10. (7) Houston Texans 12-4 The Texans played themselves out of a bye and are stumbling at the worst possible time. They don't look playoff-worthy at the moment.
11. (12) Minnesota Vikings 10-6 It'll be a tall task to beat the Packers two weeks in a row, but the Vikings have a determined Adrian Peterson on their side.12. (11) Baltimore Ravens 10-6 Sunday's loss didn't mean much to the Ravens, who rested their starters and will be in the playoffs.
13. (13) Chicago Bears 10-6 The Bears are one of two teams in NFL history to start 7-1 and miss the playoffs.
14. (14) New York Giants 9-7 The record that won them the Super Bowl last season just wasn't good enough this time.
15. (15) Dallas Cowboys 8-8 The Cowboys never get it done when it matters the most.
16. (19) Pittsburgh Steelers 8-8 The Steelers aren't used to sitting out of the playoffs. They haven't missed the postseason since 2009.
17. (21) Carolina Panthers 7-9 The Panthers probably saved some jobs with their inspired play against the Saints, closing out the season with four straight wins.
18. (16) New Orleans Saints 7-9 "We got what we deserved," said several members of the team. The Saints just couldn't overcome the porous defense, suspensions and distractions that threw a cloud over the season.
19. (18) St. Louis Rams 7-8-1 It's been a transition season for the Rams, who look to be trending upward.
20. (22) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-9 The Buccaneers ended the season with a win over the Falcons, the team that started their five-game losing skid.
21. (20) San Diego Chargers 7-9 The Chargers will face major staff changes in the offseason with Norv Turner and A.J. Smith out.
22. (17) Miami Dolphins 7-9 The Dolphins have a losing record for the fourth straight season.
23. (25) Buffalo Bills 6-10 Chan Gailey was shown the door after three losing seasons in Buffalo.
24. (26) Tennessee Titans 6-10 The Titans set a franchise record for most points allowed in a season. Seems like they've got nowhere to go but up.
25. (24) New York Jets 6-10 The final chapter of this circus season has finally ended.
26. (23) Cleveland Browns 5-11 Once again the Browns will have to start all over next season.
27. (27) Arizona Cardinals 5-11 The Cardinals' offense needs a major makeover.
28. (28) Detroit Lions
4-12 Matthew Stafford almost threw for 5,000 yards, Calvin Johnson almost had 2,000 receiving yards, and yet the Lions were completely inept this season.
29. (30) Philadelphia Eagles 4-12 Andy Reid's tenure reached an extremely disappointing conclusion.
30. (29) Oakland Raiders 4-12 The Raiders beat zero teams with winning records. That says everything that needs to be said about this season.
31. (31) Jacksonville Jaguars 2-14 The Jaguars need a quarterback next year.
32. (32) Kansas City Chiefs 2-14 A miserable season for the Chiefs has mercifully ended.


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The Sweet and Salty Blues Band have an appropriate name, because they really cook!
Bad joke out of the way, we can concentrate on how good they actually are. The band has been around for a while, but the current lineup is fairly new. The present band consists of Rocky Buldo on bass, David Pippin on guitar, Andre on drums, Doctor Don Rice on keyboards, Dr Poppa (Hans Skott-Myrhe) on sax and vocals and Hurricane Red (Kathy Skott-Myrhe) on vocals. While it took them a moment to get organized and on the same track, from the very first song they were great!
As usual I got caught up in the music and the moment and did not write down the playlist but I can tell you that a few of the highlights were Dr Poppa and Hurricane Red's sassy performance of "Something You Got," Hurricane Red's poignant take on "Angel From Montgomery," and, especially, the rousing "spiritual" "Moving On Up," about "overcoming personal adversity," featuring David Pippin and rip-roaring through everyone's favorite TV theme song. That one alone was worth the trip, and it was only one of a whole bunch of enjoyable performances.
Deb Pruitt was there not only to support her man (Rocky Buldo) but to host a Wang-Dang Doodle Leo/Virgo Birthday party and we were participating (my husband Ken is a Virgo.) So the occasion was enhanced by Mardi Gras beads and glow wands and those of who were invited ahead of time and those people who had no idea that they were coming to a party until they got there and just showed up to see the band all had a riotously good time.
The Sweet and Salty Blues Band are so much fun and gave a delightful performance at Darwin's. Thanks is due to Darwin's for once again presenting prime entertainment and to the Sweet and Salty Blues Band for delivering a marvelously flavorful musical feast for us all!


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These days, meeting the parents doesn't quite transpire the way it did in say the 1950s. Families are no longer defined as a mother, father, and two kids. There are single parent families, same sex parent families, grandparents acting as parents, adoptive parents, and step families, just to name a few.
It is important that you prepare yourself with some Dos and Don'ts before crossing the threshold into family territory with your current girlfriend.
Be Informed
Hopefully you've been dating long enough for her to give you the rundown on the family dynamic.
Who were the important figures in her childhood? Who does she have a close relationship with? It's important to know whom your girlfriend is closest to, so you can win them over. This is whose opinion she most respects, and will immediately look to for approval. If this individual gets a bad vibe from you, it could be time to pack your bags and hit the fish pond all over again.
Are there any moments in the family history you need to know about? Perhaps a relative is in rehab, a family member died, or someone once ran for Governor of Colorado. These are important to know about so you can speak to them, or avoid speaking about them, depending on the situation.
Does anyone in the 'circle of trust' have physical limitations or idiosyncrasies that you should be aware of? This will help you to avoid making jokes about turret's or mental retardation that could be poorly received.
Be Prepared
Depending on the family, it might feel like you are being investigated by the CIA. This isn't normal per se, but be cognizant of the fact that they're trying to get a handle on what kind of person you are. Their primary concern is ensuring you make your girlfriend happy and that you pose no eminent threat to her. These days, this goes far beyond merely the threat of physical violence.
Are you financially stable or does it seem as if you will use her for money and possibly run away with all of hers?
Be sure to mention your job, career aspirations, and things you might've saved for.
Do you appear to be mentally competent or do you exhibit signs of a sociopath?
Perhaps it's best to forgo that maniacal laugh you release when you are nervous.
Do you come across as possessive and/or jealous?
If conversations of ex-boyfriends come up, brush them off. Don't get defensive. If there are semi-recent photos up of your girlfriend and her ex, address it with her later, not in front of everyone.
Do you sound as if you are serious about a commitment to your girlfriend or are you just in this relationship to pass the time?
Bring up events you have planned together and be sure to say you look forward to seeing the family again soon.
Be a Gentleman
This goes without saying, and doesn't mean that you necessarily need to be pulling out chairs and opening doors (although that is a nice gesture) for your girlfriend. It does mean that you will use please and thank you when dining with the family, willat least offer to help with setup, cleanup, or perhaps even taking out the trash after a meal/party. As another example, you should ask if anyone would like anything such as a beverage, if you are getting up. Be sure to say thank you to your host(s) and that it was a pleasure to meet everyone.
Be Yourself
Although it is expected that you will be nervous meeting the family for the first time, it's important that you remain true to yourself and your character. People, especially those observing you carefully, will be able to detect if you are faking it or being insincere, without ever having met you previously. They'll also be able to tell that you're trying too hard.
After reading the aforementioned suggestions, it might seem comical to suggest being yourself, but it really is the most important advice of all.
Lastly, do her a solid and run through the same topics with her before she meets your family. It'll make the experience slightly less stressful, and help to potentially avoid awkward moments.
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There's nothing like a good old fashion action movie to get the heart racing and there are usually none better than the ones that come out of the Hong Kong film scene. "Special ID" is a solid, full throttle action thriller that unquestionably makes for a fun experience but it doesn't quite reach the levels that others before it have hit.
"Dragon" Chen (Donnie Yen) is a ruthless enforcer deep inside China's most ruthless crime syndicate, who just happens to be working two jobs since he is also an undercover cop. When rivalries on the street explode with the reappearance of an old enemy and a brutal murder. The mob begins to close ranks and the boss swears to find every traitor and make them pay with their lives. Agents are turning up dead. His days are numbered. Desperate to protect his family and his life, Chen must risk everything to protect the special identity he never wanted, before it's too late. Left with no alternative, he has no choice but to rely on a new partner (Jing Tian) and his knowledge of the streets in order to get out alive, because it's the only chance he has left.
I'll be the first to admit that there have been better yarns to come out of the Hong Kong action scene, but "Special ID" does manage to rise above the median level thanks to some solid action sequences and a fast moving narrative that doesn't get bogged down in anything too unnecessary.
Director Clarence Fok Yiu-Leung is a veteran hand who has helmed such films as "The Iceman Cometh", "Naked Killer" and "Thunder Cop", we wade into the world of "Special ID" pretty quickly as the narrative and the action unfold at a crisp pace. Star Donnie Yen who also served as a producer and the action director on this picture does a solid job at putting together some action sequences that aren't necessarily overly original but there are solid from top to bottom, getting the job done with practical effects and fight sequences that at least look somewhat realistic, bringing in a variety of fighting styles and making them all mesh.
The story about the undercover cop who gets discovered and is trying to protect his loved ones has sadly been done about a million times before but Donnie Yen is a veteran actor and can sell this story well enough in the quiet moments between car chases and fight sequences. Not too many familiar faces for North American audiences but Jing Tian, Collin Chou, Andy On and Terrence Yin all do fine work in supporting roles.
Picture and sound quality on the Blu-Ray are quite good and the special features include a brief behind the scenes look and the theatrical trailer.
At the end of the day, "Special ID" isn't quite good enough to survive as one of the more memorable entries in the genre, but it is more than good enough to worth a watch one lazy afternoon or evening.
3 out of 5 stars.
"Special ID" is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray from all major retailers.


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The fans have spoken and Round 3 is the overwhelming favorite from Saturday's classic slugfest between Omar Figueroa and Nihito Arakawa. During re-airings of this past Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, fans were encouraged to Tweet their favorite round of the tripleheader. The results were clear and, in the eye of the fans, Round 3 of the Fight of the Year candidate is their No. 1 choice.
We encourage you to check out the link below to view the 3rd Round in its entirety. And SHOWTIME would like to congratulate both Figueroa and Arakawa for the tremendous heart they displayed in Saturday's brutal war.
Here is the brutal/beautiful three minutes.
This was only the second or third time My grandson has watched a full fight with me... yes he's what you would call a very casual fan... unless there's otherworldly action or traumatizing KO's,.. he'd rather be listening to M & M or watching Anime' videos. The only thing missing from the fight was Figueroa putting a Goku-like Kame-Hame-Ha finisher on Arakawa. These are the types of fights that draw in the casual fans... not Rigo vs Donaire masterpieces... too bad the guys who engage in these types of battles can't last as long as the Bhop's or Wlad Klitschkos of the world
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Daniel Ruth: D Day Anniversary & Bowe Bergdahl
Missed part of the show? Heres a recap of the program on June 7, 2014.
Topics on this week's show include the anniversary of D Day, Bowe Bergdahl and the NRA.
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Gov. Peter Shumlin issued the following statement in response to the news that Camp Ethan Allen is a candidate site for a missile defense system
September 12, 2013 - MONTPELIER - Gov. Shumlin issued the following statement:
"Vermonters are well-served by our federal delegation's thoughtful involvement and deep experience in these issues, and I agree with Senator Leahy, Senator Sanders, and Congressman Welch."


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ORONO, Maine – Xavier Pollard (Bronx, N.Y.) had career-highs of 15 points and 12 assists to lead the University of Maine men's basketball team to a 72-66 win over Siena on Sunday afternoon in Alfond Arena. Maine improves to 1-4 on the season while Siena drops to 2-4.
Pollard had four assists in a key 10-to-nothing run in the beginning of the second half that turned a 40-39 deficit into a nine-point lead for the Black Bears. The Saints got within 49-45 with 10:53 left, but Pollard responded with a three and assisted on consecutive Justin Edwards (Whitby, Ontario) buckets to stretch the lead to 56-45 with nine minutes remaining.
Siena got within five at 62-57 with 4:39 left, but a Pollard to Edwards alley-oop dunk stretched the lead to seven and two Edwards free throws pushed the game out of reach of the Saints.
Siena took a 36-33 into halftime after a back-and-forth first half had seven lead changes and five ties.
Alasdair Fraser (Falkirk, Scotland) led Maine in the first half with 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocks as Maine held Siena to 2-of-12 shooting from three-point range.
The Black Bears scored the first six points to start the second half before the Saints took the 40-39 lead and Pollard responded for the Black Bears.
Edwards finished with 19 points, six rebounds and three steals while Fraser had 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Maine shot 43.1 percent from the field while holding Siena to 33.9 percent.
O.D. Anosike led Siena with 12 points and 20 rebounds.
Maine plays Northeastern on Wednesday at 7 p.m.