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By meem on May 12, 2009
It's no secret that I am borderline-O.C.D. in many aspects of my life -- and especially so when it comes to developing software. However, large-scale software development is inherently a messy process, and even with the most disciplined engineering practices, remnants from aborted or bygone designs often remain, lying in wait to confuse future developers.
Thankfully, many of the more obvious remnants can be identified with automated programs. For instance, the venerable lint utility can identify unused functions within an application. Many moons ago, I applied a similar concept to the OS/Net nightly build process with a utility called findunref that allows us to automatically identify files in the source tree that are not used during a build. (Frighteningly, it also identified 1100 unreferenced files in the sourcebase. That is, roughly 4% of the files we were dutifully maintaining had no bearing whatsoever on our final product. Of course, some of these should have been used, such as disconnected localization files and packaging scripts.)
Cruft-wise, Clearview IPMP posed a particular challenge: the old IPMP implementation was peanut-buttered through 135,000 lines of code in the TCP/IP stack, and I was determined to leave no trace of it behind. As such, over time I amassed collection of programs which were run as cron jobs that mined the sourcebase for possible vestiges (note that this was an ongoing task because the sourcebase Clearview IPMP replaced was still undergoing change to address critical customer needs). Some of these programs were simple (e.g., text-based searches for old IPMP-related abbreviations such as "ill group" and "ifgrp"), but others were a bit more evolved.
For instance, one key problem is the identification of unused functions. As I mentioned earlier, lint can identify unused functions in a program, but for a kernel module like ip things are more complex because other kernel modules may be the lone consumers of symbols provided by it. While it is possible to identify all the dependent modules, build lint libraries for each of them and perform a lint crosscheck across them (and in fact, we do these during the nightly build, though not for unused functions), it is also quite time-consuming and as such a bit heavyweight for my needs.
Thinking about the problem further, another solution emerged: during development, it is customary to maintain a source code cross-reference database, typically built with the classic cscope utility. A little-known aspect of cscope is that it can be scripted. For instance, to find the definition for symbol foo, one can do cscope -dq -L1 foo. Indeed, a common way to check that a symbol is unused is to (interactively) look for all uses of the symbol in cscope. Thus, for a given kernel module, it is straightforward to write a script to find unused functions: use nm(1) to obtain the module's symbol table and then check whether each of those symbols is used via cscope's scripting interface. In fact, that is exactly what my tiny dead-funcs utility does. Clearly, this requires the kernel module to be build from the same source base as the cscope database, and identifies already-extant cruft (in addition to interfaces that may have consumers outside of the OS/Net source tree), but it nonetheless proved quite useful during development (and has been valuable to others as well).
A similar approach can be followed to ensnare dead declarations, though some creativity may be needed to build the list of function/variable names to feed to cscope, as the compiler will have already pruned them out prior to constructing the kernel module and header files require care to properly parse. I resorted to convincing lint to build a lint library out of the header file in question (via PROTOLIB1), then using lintdump (another utility I contributed to the OS/NET tool chain) to dump out the symbol list -- admittedly a clunky approach, but effective nonetheless.
Unfortunately, scripts such as dead-funcs are too restrictive to become general-purpose tools in our chain, though perhaps you will find them (or their approaches) useful for your own O.C.D. development.


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Meet Raymond Spykerman
Raymond Spykerman is a Navy Veteran, born in 1910 and participates in the Longevity Study. Raymond believes his longevity is the result of good genes and an impeccable immune system. "I don't take any medications and rarely get sick," Raymond happily exclaimed when asked about his health.
Raymond is a very charismatic man and is a member of the "Easy Rollers" bowling league. He proudly informed us that his team was the 1st place team in 2003-2004 and he has a bowling average of 180.
As a child Raymond enjoyed ice-skating and sledding in the winter and baseball in the fall. As an adult, Raymond spent 27 years in the Navy as a code breaker and has received some of the Navy's highest honors.
Now retired, Raymond currently finds pleasure in 21st century technology and often plays on the computer in his leisure time.
Raymond advises today's younger generation not to drink, smoke, and to stay away from drugs.

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"The Catholic Church is going to own the month of April." That's what I told Fox News anchor Shepard Smith on April 2, the day Pope John Paul II passed away. Events soon validated my point. I was speaking at the University of Notre Dame on March 31 when news reports about the impending death of the pontiff blanketed every radio and... [Read more...]Activist Organizations
January 3 Madison, WI—In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against a 2002 suit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The panel found that the city of La Crosse's sale of its Ten Commandments monument to the Fraternal Order of Eagles (the monument's original donor) was constitutional.... [Read more...]The Arts
January New York, NY—The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, headquarters for the Episcopal Diocese of New York, featured a South African art exhibit by Diane Victor titled, "The Eight Mary's." A writer named C.J. DeStefano reported that the exhibit portrayed the Blessed Mother with "Blood cascading from between her legs, as... [Read more...]Business / Workplace
January 18 Dawn Eden Goldstein, a copy editor with the New York Post, was fired when it was discovered that she ran a pro-life website in her spare time. In an interview with Gilbertmagazine, Goldstein claimed that chief copy editor Barry Gross told her, "Some people already think the Post is conservative, and we don't need New York... [Read more...]Cartoons
This cartoon obscenely assaults Our Blessed Mother, Jesus and the pope. That a mainstream newspaper would dare to print this shows how debased the journalism industry has become. (San Francisco Chronicle, March 9, 2005) The assessment of U.S. seminaries by the Vatican focused on seminarians, not priests or bishops. The point was to assess whether... [Read more...]Education
January Washington, DC—Richard Sternberg, a prominent researcher at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (and a practicing Catholic), was punished by the Smithsonian for publishing a scholarly article by a prominent biologist, Stephen Meyer. Meyer, who holds a doctorate in the philosophy of biology from Cambridge,... [Read more...]Government
January Valhalla, NY—Westchester County Executive Andrew J. Spano and other officials attacked New York Medical College (which has been affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York for more than 25 years) for refusing to sanction homosexual activist groups. The Westchester Human Rights Commission launched an investigation in spite of the fact that... [Read more...]Media
Internet | Magazines | Movies | Radio | Newspapers |Television INTERNET January 13 Syndicated radio host Rabbi Shmuley Boteach accused Pope Pius XII of "mass kidnapping" of baptized Jewish children who were saved from the Nazis by the Catholic Church. He based his charge on an unsigned 1946 memo by an unknown writer that was found... [Read more...]Papal
Pope John Paul II May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005 Christopher Hitchens made an accusation on Slate.com that is totally without evidence: "And it has been conclusively established that the Vatican itself—including his holiness—was part of the cover-up and obstruction of justice that allowed the child-rape scandal to continue" Jack... [Read more...]The Golden Compass
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Someone should make an app for i-phone that records your aha's and yes dear's and plays it back in a loop. There's plenty looser who'd buy that.
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Definition of WIFE: Worries Invited Forever......
in cases like this there is no need to listen at all: just put your phone aside, pick it up every 20-30 secs, say MHM, sometimes YEA at put it right back on the table. she wont notice. and at home, when she asks: do you remember what I told you? - just say MHM
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Two men were killed when their vehicles collided on Hwy 1 with a Super B commercial train truck which overturned and slid into the oncoming lane north of Spences Bridge.
The collision occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on Monday at the Kingsway corner area of Hwy 1, between Spences Bridge and Ashcroft. Traffic investigators and the local fire department closed the highway which was reopened at 7:30 p.m.
The driver of a 2005 CMC Jimmy SUV, 31-year-old Clifton Noiles of Delta, BC. was killed instantly.
The second victim was 53- year-old Glen Joynt of Terrace, BC , the driver of 2003 Chevrolet Impala. His 14 and 18 year-old sons sustained minor injuries. They managed to free themselves minutes before the car burst into flames, but were unable to remove their unconscious father, trapped in the wrecked vehicle.
The 30-year-old driver of the super B, a 1997 Blue Peterbilt truck, from Quesnel, sustained minor injuries to his knee.
BC Air Ambulance air-lifted the injured men to hospital.
Preliminary findings indicate that the driver of the Super B commercial truck loaded with hay lost control in a moderate curve, tipped onto its side and slid across the centerline. The two tandem trailers with their cargo crashed into two passenger vehicles from the opposite direction, and shoved them into the roadside concrete no post barrier.
Police suspect that the collision may have been caused by the driver of the Super B truck through fast and careless driving. The RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services and BC Coroners Services are now waiting for a mechanical inspection report for the tractor unit to be completed before continuing their investigations.
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The Seward softball team sleighed the dragon. Seward split at #1 ranked Butler Wednesday afternoon in El Dorado. Butler won 10-2 but Seward won 7-1 in game two. Butler still holds a commanding advantage in the Jayhawk West at 5-1 and Seward is 7-3. But the significance of Seward winning at Butler can't be minimized.
Butler flexed their muscles in game one. Seward jumped out to a 2-1 lead after three but the Grizzlies countered with two in the fourth, one in the fifth, and six in the sixth to put the game away. Seward committed four errors in the loss. Pokey Ewell hit a homer in the loss.
Seward took game two for the program's biggest win since their Region 6 championship team of 2010. Seward scored two in the first, third, and fourth innings. They added a run in the seventh. Seward out-hit Butler 9-4. Becky Allen led the way going 3-3 with a triple, double, and three RBI's. Felisha Vogelaar added a pair of hits. Katelyn Craker struck out six in the win.
Seward is 33-8 overall and 7-3 in the Jayhawk West and lost three of four to Butler this regular season. Butler is 19-4 and 5-1 in the Jayhawk West.
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Although Jimmy Weller, 28, has raced at Richmond International Raceway competing in two NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, the ToyotaCare 250 on April 25th will mark his debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
I look forward to the race. It means a lot to me to be able to take the next step in my career and finally compete in the Nationwide Series," he commented. "I'm also really excited that I'll get to race at Richmond. It's a fun track and one that I have had success at in the past.
Weller will drive SS Green Light Racing's #55 Chevy Camaro in a joint effort between the team and Viva Motorsports according to SS Green Light owner Bobby Dotter. Jimmy has always done a great job for us in the Camping World Truck Series and I am excited to be part of this new debut."
In addition, Viva Motorsport owner Jamie Dick expressed his own delight in his company's new partnership. "We have always had a good relationship with SS Green Light Racing, which is located just down the road from us, and we, too, are excited about our new collaboration, and the possibilities it brings to each of our teams, as well as having the opportunity to work with great drivers like Jimmy Weller," he exclaimed.


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The Oscars were anything but boring as celebrities gathered inside the Dolby Theater at the Hollywood and Highland Center on March 2, and it seems that Hollywood has taken a cue from the runway and was swept away with glam side parts at the 86th Annual Academy Awards. Actresses Sarah Paulson and Kristin Chenoweth captivated Oscar's red carpet with sleek and perfectly un-perfect locks, styled by artists that used L'Oréal Professionnel hair care products.
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If you've never fished from a drift boat, you might want to add it to your bucket list. No one should exit life without having experienced this treat.
I first fished from a drift boat in 1987, when Kenai resident Greg Daniels invited me to go fishing for king salmon on the Kenai River in his custom-built RB, an aluminum 16-footer. We launched at Centennial Campground in Soldotna, and fished down to Eagle Rock, about 9 river miles.
I get an anxious feeling whenever state legislators talk about fishing, so I've been anxious lately.
Most recently, it happened during "Fish Week,"when user-groups and state agencies were invited to educate the Senate Resources Committee about Cook Inlet fisheries. On the surface, it seemed like a good idea. Then again, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
I hadn't thought much about zombies until just recently, but now that they're lurching around pretty much everywhere, and a zombie apocalypse is imminent, I guess I should devote a column to them.
"Here he goes again," I can hear you saying. "What do zombies have to do with the outdoors?"
Plenty, but the most important thing I can think up right now is that running for your life from a zombie horde is a good way to get in good physical shape for a summer of fishing, hunting and other skills that will help you survive the coming zombie apocalypse.
Author's note: The Clarion first published this column on Mar. 17, 2009, the 20th anniversary of Alaska's worst environmental disaster to date. Lest we forget, its message bears repeating, and often. — LP
One thing that hasn't been said about the Exxon Valdez oil spill is how fortunate it is that the true extent of the damage is hidden from the casual visitor — the boaters, kayakers and passengers aboard day boats and cruise ships.
Fishing and writing have taken me on trips to the wild places I imagined as a kid while reading stories about British Columbia and Alaska.
A fly-in trip to the Kamishak River comes to mind. To reach this remote stream in Katmai National Park, you have to fly in a float plane to the river's estuary. Once there, you transfer to an outboard-powered skiff anchored mid-stream, and then run several miles up the winding river.
If you live on the Kenai Peninsula, you live either in or near black spruce, Picea mariana.
This is a tree that actually prefers acidic soil and cold, harsh conditions. In North America, it's found in Alaska, some of the other northern states and Canada. When you're fishing any river in Southcentral Alaska, that "sweeper" leaning over the water probably is a black spruce. A scraggly evergreen that looks like it was designed by Dr. Seuss, it's also called swamp spruce.
Author's note: In recent years, I've given serious thought to some of my urges and actions as they pertain to fishing. I've realized a few things, one of which is how I feel about catch-and-release fishing. I've done a lot of this in past years, particularly in remote parts of Alaska, where there was no way to preserve fish, but also in my own backyard. Although I'm at heart a "meat" fisherman, over the past four decades of fishing in Alaska, I've hooked hundreds of trout, halibut and salmon with no intention of taking them home and eating them.
Author's note: The Clarion first published this column April 9, 2004. It's been almost 10 years, and boys still outnumber girls, I notice. — LP
This column is for women. Specifically, it's for women who have been thinking about taking up fishing, but haven't done so for one reason or another. If you're a man, well, you've been warned.
Ladies, you buy only about one in three of the sport fishing licenses sold in Alaska. Why don't more of you fish?
Like your first kiss, you never forget your first king salmon.
I was born in 1937, and raised in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, within walking distance of the Skagit River.
In the 1930s, the Skagit became world famous for its large king salmon. Even as recent as the 1950s, after dams had blocked fish passage, and after many of the spawning streams in the Skagit's drainage had been impacted by years of clear-cutting and road-building, a few kings were being caught, or so I'm told.
The unexpected can make a fishing trip memorable.
By "unexpected," I don't mean the times when the outboard quits and can't be resuscitated. I mean the pleasant kind. The kind you want to remember.
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Surprised Vokoun benched for Clemmensen
Sticking by his words to me last week Panthers coach Pete DeBoer is starting backup goalie Scott Clemmensen tonight against the Nashville Predators, despite starter Tomas Vokoun coming off a 4-3 overtime victory the Capitals followed by a day off.
DeBoer told me recently that he was planning to give Clemmensen more starts after Christmas because of the schedule. However, the surprise here is that there's been a day off between games.
In the earlier season 3-0 loss to Nashville, Vokoun was in the nets.
Here's the story on the website. Are you guys surprised or do you agree with DeBoer's move?
In a surprise move, Florida Panthers coach Pete DeBoer said that backup goalie Scott Clemmensen will start Thursday night against the Nashville Predators.
Starting goalie Tomas Vokoun was stunned by the news because he is coming off a 4-3 overtime victory against the Washington Capitals and had a day off.
When asked if he was surprised by the move, Vokoun said, "Absolutely."
"I'm very surprised," he added. "I got an explanation but didn't agree with it. My job is to play. The coach is there to make the decisions. I'm here to obey them whether I like it or not. It's not very usual for a goalie after you win a game. I personally didn't think I played a bad game. It seemed like he had a different assessment."
DeBoer said it had nothing to do with matchups, but rather that Clemmense had been playing well of late.
Clemmensen is 3-5-1 with a 2.48 goals-against-average and a career-best .921 save percentage (more than four decisions). He's 2-1-1 in his last four starts while allowing nine goals.
Vokoun has given up three or more goals in six of his last seven starts.


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HeroesDanny sat and looked at the scenic view of Amity Park one night during sunset on top of his boyhood home, Fenton Works. He was very solemn, reminiscing about the teenage days, particularly the day that had changed his life forever. He looked down the street to see where his best friend, Tucker Foley, had lived. The house still looked the same: blue, white wooden shutters on the windows, and the same shrubs the Foley family had grown the day they first moved to Amity Park. Tucker had moved away from his hometown in Michigan, resigning from his job as mayor, and now taught technical engineering at MIT. Every now and then, he would come home and pay Danny a visit; those visits were always the best for the youngest Fenton.Heroes by Mat-Mat
Amity Park itself had not particularly changed its setting and demeanor in the last ten years. The Nasty Burger was still on its corner on the block, and it still remained the hangout for all high schoolers at Casper High.
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Picture perfect memories, scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore
I started looking at the pictures I had from when we were kids. The old candid shots your mom took of us at the playground, the one where you were showing off your new bike to everyone in the neighborhood, the one I took when we first entered high school…and then all the pictures of our adventures together. It made me remember how much we've shared together. We've been through so much together; it's hard to imagine that we're only sixteen.
It's getting late…where are you? I wondered to myself as I stared at the sky. It was clear and full of stars, your favorite kind of night. I've known you to stay out later if the nights were like this, but this isn't like you…you would have always called me if you were staying out late. After a while I pulled ou
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The last few weeks have not been nice to Apopka in the news. After all, we've had two dead body found, a $1 million pot operation busted and a woman falsely arrested as a prostitute in our corner of Northwest Orange County.
I've lived in this great city for over a decade and have never been a victim of crime, but I know there are shady people who live here – there are everywhere.
But unlike other cities which try to push the unsavory parts of life under the rug or make token attempts to control a problem as long as it stays in certain areas, Apopka is bringing at least one issue to light and trying to stop it before it becomes a major problem for all residents: Gangs.
The first time I heard Commissioner Kathy Till speak on Apopka United Against Gangs, I was a little worried about how this would play out. After all, Apopka has great opportunities for economic development and the last thing I thought we needed was to tie the words Apopka and gangs. But after thinking about it for a while, I realized that every city has gangs. It's a great decision of the city leaders to say enough is enough and showcase that Apopka is willing to fight hard to make our community a better place.
How bad is the gang presence in Apopka? There are multiple gangs working in the area. Some are local grown gangs and some are the national gangs that are run like organized crime. I've seen the markings on walls, signs and fences in Apopka. Some members are as young as 10 years old.
The hope of Apopka United Against Gangs is to develop a long-term strategy of prevention, intervention and suppression of gangs in our corner of the world. While Commissioner Till is at the forefront of the group, it is a true community partnership being embraced by nearly every community organization.
The Web site, www.apopkauag.com, has great resources. It has pictures of the gangs' graffiti and tips for parents who think their children may be influenced by gangs.
It also has a great line: "Gangs are a wound on our society and should not be treated with a band aid approach which merely masks the bleeding and growth. Instead, it should be cared for properly and healed completely which prevents recurrence and ultimately leads to eradication."
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An Abilene man was arrested Tuesday after police said they found drugs in his apartment, near a daycare.
Officers said 21-year-old Christopher Hardesty let them into his apartment on Clack Street Tuesday night. They said they found hydrocodone, but no prescription, and 85 grams of marijuana.
Hardesty's apartment is within 500 feet of World of Learning Daycare. He is charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance.


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Miami Marlins: John Buck, Heath Bell clear the air
During his chat with reporters Thursday, closer Heath Bell said some things that could be interpreted as critical of his catchers' pitch calling. The comments prompted John Buck to have an air-clearing conversation with Bell.
Told Cardinals hitters after Sunday's game said they sat on his fastball because they didn't think he could throw anything else for a strike, Bell responded thusly: "It's just, for whatever reason, yeah. I'm not going to say anything bad about our catchers and I'm not going to say anything about our situations calling games. I'm not going to call anybody else out. The thing is I feel like I just need to execute my pitches a little bit more, but I think there's more to it."
Earlier in the interview, Bell said: "I got off of pitching my game. I would say I go right after everybody, but I would just say I wasn't doing that. Then I started getting the tendency of every time I went out there, 'Don't walk anybody. Don't walk anybody.' You never want to think that. I was in my own head a little bit. I think the media and everything go into me."
Bell explained to Buck that he rambled on with reporters about everything, including the beginning of the season. In no way did he intend for his comments to come across as critical of his battery mates.
"Early on, the curveball I didn't locate it, definitely, but then it got to a point where I wasn't throwing it, plain and simple," Bell said. "Then I started finding the feel back and have been throwing it, and it's been working for me. It's actually been working for me better than it was last year.
"I came into a new organization with a new catcher. Buck and [Brett] Hayes have been great, but we really have to learn each other. Early on I think I wasn't pitching my game. The month of April, I was just going with the flow. I throw hard, but I'm not a pitcher that can rear back and just throw 96 and get everybody out. I have to throw my curveball. I have to throw my two-seam fastball. I have to throw my changeup."
Buck isn't one to let anything linger with a teammate, so he addressed the matter with Bell immediately.
"It ended up being absolutely nothing, just a misunderstanding," Buck said. "He said, 'I went over spring and my weight and all the things that have gone wrong.' He seemed pretty sincere."


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Imagine being the fashion designer charged with dressing a cowboy who has a 100-inch neck and 181-inch sleeve length. That's exactly what Corinna Bejarano Wright ('88) has spent the last 12 years doing — designing the unique styles of the State Fair of Texas' official greeter, Big Tex. This year, the 52-foot cowboy sports a new canary yellow and sailor blue Dickies work shirt that features red piping for the 2008 Ignite Your Senses theme. Eight seamstresses spent two weeks sewing 80 yards of awning material for the shirt. Wright, a senior designer at Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing who received her degree in fashion design, is shown with Big Tex on his 50th birthday in 2002. (Photo courtesy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
So, allow me to explain my absence, for those who follow my blog like a trail of low-fat breadcumbs...
I was busy.
Like, srsly. So srsly I can't even write the whole word.
And in fact, I am still busy, but if I do not step away from my ever-ringing phone I am going to impale someone with it. Beginning with unusually-loud coworker next door. (Who today is unusually quiet).
I am--shock and awe--actually working at work since about mid-December. This is, for once, kind of nice. It's nice to feel needed. And appreciated. And just, well, known.
It sounds kind of odd, but did you every just appreciate the fact that someone just knew you really well? I think I neglect it. Far more than I should, in fact. It shows a deep lack of respect for humankind, and I am def not all about that.
Sidebar: Humans of the world, I salute you and your awesome.
It became apparent to me how well people know me over Christmas and the New Year Holiday. Christmas, for instance. My grandmother got me a giant green mug that has a flying witch, the word "WICKED" emblazoned on it, a quote which states, "Don't make me call the flying monkeys!", and out of which I can drink copious amounts of coffee.
I was in love.
Mom and Dad got us all new bedding, which has turned my mediocre sleeping location into a glorious gold-and-lavender princess bed (which I allow Husband and Cat to sleep in).
And the coup de gras of gifts, especially from Momsie and Popsicle to me: A Cape Cod bracelet.
And that's all I have to say about that. Because those who know me know why that's a big deal.
All gifting aside, there were so many instances of people just knowing who I am over this break (for which I am SO grateful)...
Dad holding cousin Lukas instead of me, so I can eat my Beef Wellington Christmas dinner after cooking all day in the kitchen.
Amanda-girl telling me she's proud of me from my 5-mile race time yesterday. (48:40. Love ya' babe).
Husband going to see Les Miserables with me, even though he is not a musical theater fan.
Brother getting me a Fitton necklace for Christmas in bright pink.
Mom telling me I was a great host for the holidays.
I think we look for appreciation in the wrong ways. We're looking more for compliments to prove to to ourselves how appreciated we are. Especially from those who will give it to us the least (like our jobs. Gag). Appreciation should rarely be looked for by means of a compliment, but by the actions of those who love you. They mean SO much more, and are worth their weight in saffron.
(I like food better than precious metals. Hence saffron as opposed to gold. Deal).
"Good job on that report, Smith," should never bear the same weight as a best friend giving you Beatles-themed Trivial Pursuit and a bottle of wine for Christmas. It would be a crime of huge proportions. Who wants to be even remotely compared with someone's boss anyway?
(Assuming most of us dislike our bosses. If your boss is wicked cool, please disregard the above statements.)
Appreciation comes in the way someone shows you that they "get" you. There is no better feeling than that in the world.
So for my new year campaign, I am advocating we recognize the ways in which people "know" us. We work so hard to "be" somebody. But if we look around at those that love us, we can see easily that to them, we already are.
Peace in 2013, y'all.
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An Account of Egyptby Herodotus G. C. MacCaulay
The subject of the history of Herodotus is the struggle between the Greeks and the barbarians, which he brings down to the battle of Mycale in 479 B. C. The work, as we have it, is divided into nine books, named after the nine Muses, but this division is probably due to the Alexandrine grammarians. His information he gathered mainly from oral sources, as he traveled through Asia Minor, down into Egypt, round the Black Sea, and into various parts of Greece and the neighboring countries. The chronological narrative halts from time to time to give opportunity for descriptions of the country, the people, and their customs and previous history; and the political account is constantly varied by rare tales and wonders. Among these descriptions of countries the most fascinating to the modern, as it was to the ancient, reader is his account of the marvels of the land of Egypt. From the priests at Memphis, Heliopolis, and the Egyptian Thebes he learned what he reports of the size of the country, the wonders of the Nile, the ceremonies of their religion, the sacredness of their animals. He tells also of the strange ways of the crocodile and of that marvelous bird, the Phoenix; of dress and funerals and embalming; of the eating of lotos and papyrus; of the pyramids and the great labyrinth; of their kings and queens and courtesans. Yet Herodotus is not a mere teller of strange tales. However credulous he may appear to a modern judgment, he takes care to keep separate what he knows by his own observation from what he has merely inferred and from what he has been told. He is candid about acknowledging ignorance, and when versions differ he gives both. Thus the modern scientific historian, with other means of corroboration, can sometimes learn from Herodotus more than Herodotus himself knew. There is abundant evidence, too, that Herodotus had a philosophy of history. The unity which marks his work is due not only to the strong Greek national feeling running through it, the feeling that rises to a height in such passages as the descriptions of the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis, but also to his profound belief in Fate and in Nemesis. To his belief in Fate is due the frequent quoting of oracles and their fulfilment, the frequent references to things foreordained by Providence. The working of Nemesis he finds in the disasters that befall men and nations whose towering prosperity awakens the jealousy of the gods. The final overthrow of the Persians, which forms his main theme, is only one specially conspicuous example of the operation of this force from which human life can never free itself.
Herodotus: The Historiesby Herodotus Aubery De Sélincourt
The book itself contains the chief information that we have about its author. His culminating story of the great invasion of 480-479 B.C. comes from men with whom he had talked; he never claims to remember any incident in it personally; and in agreement with this, later Greeks dated his birth in 484. He often has occasion to refer to later events; and the four latest, all in the last four books, refer to the first years of the Peloponnesian War, 431-430 (VI, 91; VII, 133 and 233; IX, 73). Perhaps soon after that, then, Herodotus died.
The Historiesby Herodotus Tom Holland Paul Cartledge
Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers.<P><P> In tales such as that of Gyges--who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians--he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful. (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)ble reading once more.
The Historiesby Herodotus Donald Lateiner G. C. Macaulay
"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the Persian Wars. He gives us much more than military history, though, providing the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries. This readable new translation is supplemented with expansive notes to help the reader appreciate the book in depth.
The Historiesby Herodotus George Rawlinson
Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges--who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and unsurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians--he laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. In his love for the stranger, more marvelous facts of the world, he infused his magnificent history with a continuous awareness of the mythic and the wonderful. (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
The Historyby Herodotus David Grene
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the quality of Herodotus, the father of history. Here is the historian, investigating and judging what he has seen, heard, and read, and seeking out the true causes and consequences of the great deeds of the past. In his History, the war between the Greeks and Persians, the origins of their enmity, and all the more general features of the civilizations of the world of his day are seen as a unity and expressed as the vision of one man who as a child lived through the last of the great acts in this universal drama. In Grene's remarkable translation and commentary, we see the historian as a storyteller, combining through his own narration the skeletal "historical" facts and the imaginative reality toward which his story reaches. Herodotus emerges in all his charm and complexity as a writer and the first historian in the Western tradition, perhaps unique in the way he has seen the interrelation of fact and fantasy. "Reading Herodotus in English has never been so much fun. Herodotus crowds his fresco-like pages with all shades of humanity. Whether Herodotus's view is 'tragic,' mythical, or merely common sense, it provided him with a moral salt with which the diversity of mankind could be savored. And savor it we do in David Grene's translation. "--Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor. "Grene's work is a monument to what translation intends, and to what it is hungry to accomplish... Herodotus gives more sheer pleasure than almost any other writer."--Peter Levi, New York Times Book Review.
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It seems as a population we have a soft spot in our hearts for puppies. At least that is true of Gus Kenworthy Olympic Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Slopestyle Silver Medalist. The Olympic Skier found the puppies living on the streets of Sochi and apparently felt he must do something to help. According to the news today, he has lined up immunizations for them in an effort to bring these adorable puppies home with him. Also, having the foresight to acknowledge the need for help when they arrive States side, Gus has arranged for 4 kennels to help with the care of the dogs in the states. www.Today.com
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Five times before this season, Potomac got a run in the ninth to walk off with a win. The sixth would require them to match that output in one inning.
Down 7-3 after eight and a half innings, the P-Nats sent nine men to the plate and scored five times on five hits for the improbable 8-7 win.
Billy Burns plated the gamewinner on a two-out bloop single that sent in pinch-runner Randolph Oduber. It was the fourth single of the frame, as the P-Nats had just one extra-base hit, a Cutter Dykstra double, and one walk.
The heroics made a winner out of Marcos Frias, who got the last out of the 9th and took starter Sammy Solis off the hook.
Solis was making his first start at home since coming off the DL last week in Salem. After striking out the side in the 1st, Solis stumbled in the 2nd, giving up a single then a long home run to put himself in a 2-0 hole. Two innings later, he would give up another two-run blast that ended his night early.
Final line: Four innings pitched, four runs allowed on five hits, one walk, and four strikeouts. Salem simply made him pay for two pitches left up in the zone on fastball counts.
Brian Dupra followed Solis out of the 'pen in the 5th, starting off about as bad as any pitcher could (solo HR) but then finishing as strong as anyone could expect (nine straight retired).
Rob Wort was next with two runs charged over an inning and 2/3rds, as Frias was greeted with a single then retired the second batter he faced.
The win improves Potomac to 16-11 in the second half, three games better than Wilmington, which lost its seventh straight yesterday. The series continues tonight with a matchup of Blake Schwartz (7-3, 2.81) vs. Henry Owens (7-4, 2.93).
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A woman who calls herself "Josie the Outlaw" has asked a key question for a time such as this in America -- who owns you?
The obvious answer for citizens in a free society is that only you can be the owner of you. Only when you are a slave or a subject does the government own you. No president, no Congress, no Supreme Court in a nation with a Constitution that protects certain unalienable rights such as ours can claim ownership over you. In this country, as long as there is at least some semblance of adherence to the Constitution, you are not a slave or subject but a free man or a free woman, a sovereign citizen.
Josie maintains, however, that the growing tyranny both at the federal level and at the state and local levels of government require decisive action due to the growing belief that we the citizens are subjects of the state.
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If the government continues to encroach on our unalienable rights and liberties, the only recourse left to conscientious patriots is to resist, disobey. This makes us all outlaws according to the government leviathan. But even our Founders stated that any law that violates the Constitution is automatically null and void and therefore should be ignored by citizens.
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You own you.
You own your property.
You and your spouse own your kids until majority.
Be ready to eliminate anyone who believes otherwise and stands ready to inflict that belief on you.
This means, of course, that conscientious citizens must be willing to put themselves on the line to protect liberty. We must resist any and all efforts to limit our freedoms by oppressive government. We must defy their unconstitutional laws. We must evade their attempts to lay traps for us. We must help like-minded citizens who live in other areas to resist the leviathan by smuggling to them anything they need to help them in their efforts. And we must engage in peaceful sabotage of the tyrant's plans to show them we are not going to obey their illegal edicts.
These are sad and dangerous times for America. Choose this day whom you will serve. You cannot serve God or what is good and right if you choose to serve the forces of evil that wish to deprive human beings of their liberties.
My latest entry is now available at my blog at The Liberty Sphere under the section, "Musings After Midnight." It is titled, "The latest news from the underground patriot movement, including warnings of more gov't harassment of conservatives, libertarians, and gun owners."
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"Not much that's interesting," Ryon replied, clicking the remote steadily.
"How can there be so many channels but nothin' on, anyway?"
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A cool relaxing wind wafted through the shaded grassy area that made up Harmony Forest as Amy Maxwell inched softly to the edge of the muddy pathway. Her blue polished toes gently curled in their thin stockings as she looked excited to begin her walk. Lifting her right foot, she gently stepped, heel to toe, into the mud as her jelly sank a tad in the muck. It appeared to be more than half an inch deep as the mud stopped just at the edge of her jelly sandal's toes. "Hehe, kinda deep." said the cheerful girl , wiggling her toes in her stockings. Amy then stepped her second jellied foot into the cool mud, a squelch slipping out from under it which tickled her ears.
"Oh, this is going to be very fun!" beamed Amy.
She softly pumped her jellies up and down in place where she stood, listening to the mud squish and squelch under their ch
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With UTSA being bowl eligible for the first time, the Conference USA announcement on Thursday of C-USA bowl games comes as an important announcement for UTSA.
After only missing out on a bowl game in 2013-14 due to being bowl ineligible the Roadrunners will be very much hopeful of making a bowl in 2014.
The league office announced that they had partnered with a minimum of five bowl games for C-USA teams through to 2019, including three new bowls throughout North America.
In the Bahamas Bowl, C-USA have an agreement with the first ever college bowl game to be played outside of the United States with a primary berth in to the Bahamas Bowl.
The two other new bowls that C-USA have signed an agreement with are the Boca Raton Bowl and the Miami Beach Bowl, which will surely see name changes as sponsors come on board.
C-USA has also retained their partnership with the Beef O'Brady's Bowl (St. Petersburg, FL), the Heart of Dallas Bowl and the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl while also joining the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
In addition to those primary bowl berths, C-USA will also have teams able to have secondary berths in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, TX) and Duck Commander Independence Bowl (Shereveport, LA) pending results in other leagues.
In the various bowl games C-USA schools will be able to face some significant opponents as they will face opponents from the American Athletic, Big 12, Big Ten, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt Conferences.
For 2014 five bowls are primary with the Bahamas, Boza Raton, Gildan New Mexico, Heart of Dallas and Sheraton Hawaii Bowls while having the Duck Commander Independence Bowl as a secondary agreement.
The C-USA champion will get to select which bowl they would like to attend, followed down the line of the C-USA standings, in no particular order.
C-USA are a part of the College Football Playoff and will be part of one of those bowls should their champion be the highest ranked out of C-USA, American, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sunbelt Conferences which would leave the first choice of bowl game to the second team in C-USA.
C-USA's bowl season will run fron December 20th at the Gildan New Mexico bowl and end on December 26th with the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
2014 C-USA Bowl Games and Opponents:
(All times CT)
1:20pm Dec. 20 – Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Alburqurque, NM vs Mountain West
5:00pm Dec. 23 – Boca Raton Bowl, FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL vs Mid-American (ESPN)
11:00am Dec. 24 – Bahamas Bowl, Tomas A. Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas vs Mid-American (ESPN)
7:00pm Dec 24 – Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI vs Mountain West (ESPN)
11L00am Dec. 26 – Heart of Dallas Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX vs Big Ten (ESPN)
Secondary Berth:
Duck Commander Independence Bowl, Shereveport, LA if ACC or SEC unable to provide a team


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Before UMass: Transferred from Wheaton College (Ill.)...Rowed for Wheaton in 2004 as a member of the novice first team as the coxswain and rower...placed third in the Indianapolis Invitational.
Personal: Born December 11, 1983
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Lab talk
Jan 16, 2012
Anti-serially connected resistance switching structure shows improved reliability
Resistance switching (RS) is derived by various mechanisms. In most RS systems, RS is induced by a type of ionic motion that may suffer from high energy consumption and a relatively uncontrolled switching behaviour. Recently, scientists from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea, have reported an electronic RS mechanism following the analysis of TiO2 film, which is usually regarded to have an ionic type RS. In their latest work, the researchers have examined the origin of the degradation of the electronic bipolar RS, and suggest a method that could improve device endurance.
According to their study, the electronic RS is induced by the non-uniform distribution of traps in the oxide and the asymmetric potential barrier at each end of the metal/TiO2 interfaces. When the traps were distributed non-uniformly, particularly when a much higher trap density was formed near one metal-insulator interface in a metal-insulator-metal structure, the barrier for trapping and detrapping becomes asymmetric with respect to bias polarity. Such asymmetric trap distributions invoke bias-polarity dependent hysteretic current-voltage (I-V) curves, which can be regarded as the advent of resistive switching phenomena.
Because such asymmetric I-V curves most likely have an electronic origin, the team expected that the reliability and endurance characteristics of the sample might be superior to other ion-migration related switching cases. However, this assumption proved to be wrong. This was ascribed to the highly asymmetric shape of the I-V curve for the single electronic RS cell; a sudden increase of current for the set switching, but a more gradual decrease of current for the reset switching.
Astonishing improvement
Therefore, the scientists attempted to make the I-V curve of the RS cell more symmetric while maintaining its hysteretic switching characteristics. Their idea was to anti-serially connect two RS cells, where the two RS cells may have similar or different trap densities, as can be seen in the schematic band structure shown above.
Depending on the detailed process conditions, such as the trap distribution and switching voltages, the anti-serially connected RS cell showed an astonishing improvement in endurance from several hundred cycles up to several tens of thousands of cycles. Subsequent work will focus on realizing the same improvement in a single device.
Additional information can be found in the journal Nanotechnology.
About the author
The study was conducted by researcher from the Dielectric Thin Film Laboratory (DTFL) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. Dr Kyung Min Kim, who performed the experiments, was a postdoctoral researcher in DTFL and is now a senior researcher at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. Prof. Cheol Seong Hwang is leader of the DTFL and guided these experiments. Dr Seungwu Han, who is a professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, gave many helpful ideas and discussions for these results.


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Digital Rolling Simulation-II technology has managed to minimize the noise factor during the motion. Such effect is possible due to variable pitch of larger tread blocks, effective groove arrangement and shift of tread pattern zones.
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Effective full-width ruggedness arrangement of larger tread blocks enables excellent stable cornering especially at high-speed, due to reduction of their deformation under action of lateral forces.
An increased contact pattern surface enables a more regular pressure spread, thus making high-speed car handling better.
For more comfort and higher safety on the wet road the tread pattern has been improved: now it has a wider central groove and longer lateral grooves which provide a quick water removal from the contact area and thus enhance hydroplaning resistance and safe and reliable traction.
DUNLOP SP SPORT LM703 tire tread has a greater width as compared to the previous model. This feature complements your car image making it even more respectable.


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A video titled Bane Cat is the latest video going viral with nearly 2 million views in less than one week. ComicBook.com posted the video March 28 of this Internet sensation. It can be seen above.
Depicted in the video, is a large gray cat wearing a Bane mask from "The Dark Knight Rises." It starts out with the cat's owner trying to get his dog, Spike, in a carrier. The cat isn't impressed and lets his feelings known. The Bane Cat is generally seen throughout the footage as terrorizing his owner and hounding his every move.
By the end of the video, the owner wants to give his cat away. He posts fliers around the neighborhood. One day the owner is on the computer and he hears the door slowly open behind him. He knows it won't be good. The Bane Cat lets the dorky owner know that he's done the unthinkable and he'll pay. That's when the video ends.
So far this has been the best spoof of the"The Dark Knight Rises."
Check out the Bane Cat video and see what you think.
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Welcome to the Bruin Family! Come experience Youth Football in our local community!
Following in the footsteps of Pop Warner, the Bruin Family encourages strong academics, good character and to play like champions!
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Saturday August 1, 2016 Bruin Football will begin the 2016 season!
Practice will begin at Culver City High School at 10am sharp!
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Bruins update: If you have questions, please attend the parent meeting at 6pm Friday VERY IMPORTANT information to be shared including: practice schedules, volunteer information and needs, and spirit wear available.
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If you are interested in playing flag or tackle football in Culver City, Registration will continue until July 1st.
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Stan has devised an invention that effectively treats the estimated two out of three children in developing countries who suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Stan's invention, "Sprinkles," are a blend of minerals and vitamins in powder form that are packaged in a small sachet that can be sprinkled on any home-prepared food. Approximately 300 to 400 million sachets have been manufactured in 10 countries, and approximately 4 million children have received Sprinkles through a combination of emergency relief distribution and development projects. Stan continues to work with a number of United Nations agencies to scale up distribution, with the goal of reaching 50 million children within the next 5 years. Stanley has developed a new water-based hand sanitizer to be mass distributed in developing countries to reduce the spread of infection.
Two-thirds of children in developing countries suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies—so-called "hidden hunger." Through grassroots mothers' groups that provide essential health education, Stan Zlotkin is building a global network for distributing "Sprinkles," a unique form of nutrition that enables families to inexpensively fortify many different foods.
Stan produces nutritional supplements that have the potential to improve the health of tens of millions of children around the world at very little cost. In addition, by distributing these supplements through local grassroots networks, he shifts the responsibility of health provision and education back into the hands of primary caregivers. His first product, Sprinkles, enables millions of economically deprived parents around the world to gain control of their children's nutrition during the critical first five years. Stan developed Sprinkles to overcome the infrastructure and technological constraints of other methods of delivering nutrients (syrups, drops, tablets) that have failed. They come in the form of tiny capsules, easily added to semi-solid food, which mask the bitter taste of regular supplements and are excellent conduits of minerals and vitamins. More importantly, Stan has developed a unique distribution system that restores the autonomy of mothers over the nutritional health of their children and through which they can become community health advocates.
The combination of a product that works and a local network empowering caregivers to improve the health status of their families for only 1.5 cents a day per child. Beyond the adaptation of Sprinkles, the networks are primed for ongoing health education on nutrition and other subjects. This public health innovation solves a critical challenge to child survival while laying the foundation for future healthy development.
Ensuring the early health and full development of infants and children is a critical step in aiding the economic development of poor countries. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies (VMDs) are the leading cause of arrested development in children 6 to 24 months of age, and impede cognitive and physical development, health, learning, and productivity later in life. VMDs also lead to birth defects, and blindness. Chief among these deficiencies are iron and zinc. There is evidence that iron deficiency may even impact the economy of countries by reducing their GDP by as much as 2 percent; it is the most widespread nutritional problem, impairing normal mental development in 40 to 60 percent of infants in the developing world. Zinc deficiency is common where people consume little meat or dairy and is associated with weakened immune function and an increased rate of serious infectious disease. Infants of low birth weight may be especially vulnerable to zinc deficiency, which increases the likelihood of diarrhoea and pneumonia. Among school-aged children, common symptoms of zinc deficiency include hair loss, growth retardation, and recurring infections. For women of reproductive age, both iron and zinc deficiency during pregnancy affect the mother's health, the progress of the pregnancy, and its outcome.
Until recently, there were no effective and low-cost solutions to VMDs in infants and young children in the developing world. In 1996, a group of UNICEF consultants determined that the standard iron drops were ineffective, as adherence was poor; another option, crushed tablets, were indigestible for infants. Fortification is the only strategy showing limited success, yet only for those with access to fortified foods. Targeted fortification (commercial infant cereal) is an excellent way to increase micronutrients for infants and young children, and is largely responsible for the low rates of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in industrialized countries. However, these products are expensive and may also conflict with traditional infant feeding practices. Home fortification enables families to enrich their own foods at an appropriate and safe level with needed micronutrients. The challenge has been to develop a product that is effective, and widely accessible and acceptable in a number of diverse cultural settings as a public health strategy.
Over the last ten years, Stan has piloted Sprinkles in six countries, demonstrating their technical and medical success while honing the distribution strategy and securing local production. The former task is virtually complete, with the scientific community providing consensus on the efficacy of Sprinkles. For local adaptation, Stan forms "clusters" of partnerships among private, public, local, and international institutions. For example, a cluster may include a local women's group that acts as the implementing agency, working with UNICEF or another UN agency, and the country's Ministry of Health. Additionally, each cluster includes a licensed private sector production partner.
The grassroots organizations that join the partnership are critical because they facilitate the cultural adaptation and implementation of Sprinkles to ensure that the concept does not remain a mere 'import' pre-packaged solution. These organizations form public health networks that work directly with communities to provide health education. Mothers are especially active in these networks, as the local organizations are often women's groups. With their new knowledge of health solutions, their status as decision makers in the family and the community improves. Unlike the situation of dependency on foreign imports of fortified formula or cereal, here mothers' autonomy over the nutrition of their children is restored.
Stan and his organization are starting distribution programs in more than 18 countries. Target countries are chosen based on four criteria: Need, population size, political receptivity to Sprinkles, and potential for workable in-country partnerships. In order to reach 50 million children worldwide by 2010, their program goals are to target the following countries for nation-wide scale-up: Indonesia (12 million children), India (20 million children), Pakistan (10 million children), and Bangladesh (7 million children). Stan has established pilot projects in each of these countries and has working 'clusters' in Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
The implementation is focused on the particular public health challenges of each setting. Since VMDs are at the root of many health problems, Sprinkles is being used to combat anaemia and rickets, to combat disease spread and malnutrition in disaster stricken areas, and to improve vision. Sprinkles have successfully moved between cultures and geographies. For example, in Mongolia, Sprinkles were proven effective in a World Vision Canada integrated nutrition program to address rickets and anaemia, a program funded by the Ministry of Health of Mongolia. To date, thousands of children in nine World Vision Area Development Programs aged 6 to 59 months have received Sprinkles. After two years, the prevalence of anaemia had decreased by 38 percent. By the end of 2005, over 400,000 children had received Sprinkles.
Sprinkles is aimed at all children at-risk for and suffering from VMD, mostly in developing countries. With a more recently developed product, SuppleFem, they are also targeting pregnant and lactating women. Another recent development, a zinc supplement, will target populations at risk for diarrhea and pneumonia. Stan's team expects to have reached over 2 million child beneficiaries worldwide from the 18 target countries by the end of 2006. Stan owns an international company, PEDMED, which holds the patent for Sprinkles and provides local technical support; all profits are channelled back into the project.
After he barely survived a fire at age 17, Stan felt a responsibility to make his life purposeful. His first social innovation came when he created the first production and distribution of bicycle helmets in Canada. Once the market took off, Stan stepped aside and refocused on his medical career. Having trained in Nigeria, Stan knew the critical role of a strong healthy start for children. He became involved in the nutrition research and advocacy community in Canada, crafting national policy and serving as chair of the Nutrition Committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society.
Stan developed Sprinkles in the kitchen of the hospital where he was based—literally working all night after normal hospital business hours. In 1991 he made his first trip to Mongolia to observe the product at work. He witnessed the physical and emotional change in children, who transformed from lethargic and distant to talkative and full of energy. He spoke to mothers who no longer felt that their children's survival was out of their hands. This trip reconfirmed his vision and mission, and he returned to perfect the production and design the accompanying distribution and spread strategy.
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China Highlights has a good partnership with nine Best Western hotel providers in Xiamen, Hangzhou, Huangshan, and other cities. We are pleased to book Best Western hotels for you.
Best Western International is an international hotel group founded in 1946. It has more than 4,000 hotels distributing around 88 countries, and over 250,000 guests stay at its hotels each day. In China, Best Western has hotels in Beijing, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Macau, and other cities. It has become a familiar hotel brand to the Chinese people.
There are 5 Best Western hotels in china as follow:
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