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Tractor gearheads will show their best and brightest at The Best Show on Tracks
Move Over American Chopper!
June 20-22 at Dan Best Ranch in Woodland, California
WOODLAND, Calif. – Sure, those guys on American Chopper are passionate about the motorcycles they make. But they have nothing on some of the folks who get their kicks restoring antique tractors. Take Norman L. Barker, for example. He lives for the work he does tinkering around with rusted-out old farm machinery – literally. The retired engineering professor from Grants Pass, Oregon, has survived both quadruple bypass surgery and a stroke in the past seven years, and working on his vintage 1931 Caterpillar 30 tractor was the key to his recovery.
"When I got sick, I was depressed." Barker said. "I had this project out there and I thought I would die and it would never be finished. Thinking about rebuilding the Cat 30, my enthusiasm came back for living. Pretty soon, I was just chomping at the bit to get back to work, get back to doing that heavy lifting."
After nine years of meticulous work – including manufacturing more than 100 replacement parts himself – Barker has finally transformed his tractor from a rusted heap of almost 1000 parts to a shiny-as-new dream machine that he calls, "the most extensive and complete rebuilt, restored Caterpillar that you will ever cast your eyes upon."
His pride and joy will be making its public debut at The Best Show on Tracks, a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of tractor enthusiasts and their vintage machines presented by the Heidrick Ag History Center June 20-22 at the Dan Best Ranch near Woodland, California. More than 400 antique tractors, harvesters, threshers and other machines from the Golden Age of the American family farm will be on display – with many strutting their stuff in the fields just as they did back on farmsteads more than 70 years ago. It's going to be the biggest display of machinery from that bygone era and a dream come true for die-hard "tractorphiles" – who seriously rival motorcycle gearheads in their dedication, skill and knowledge of their "rides."
The festival will also serve as the annual convention for the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club (ACMOC) and thousands of members are expected to attend from as far away as Australia and New Zealand. Some of the other tractor passionistas who will be on hand include:
Festival co-creator Tom Madden, a Paso Robles, Calif., lawyer/gentleman farmer who is a walking encyclopedia of Caterpillar tractor knowledge and one of the top collectors around. He'll have several tractors on display, including a Caterpillar 15 that was owned and used by actor Clark Gable and the very first Best 60 crawler-type tractor – a machine that is known as "The Gold Standard in Collectible Caterpillars."
British-born engineer Allan Harris, a globe-trotting tractorphile whose collection of machines is housed at storage sites on three continents. He'll be shipping two tractors all the way from Australia.
Event host Dan Best Jr., whose grandfather, C.L. Best, was co-founder of Caterpillar and a pioneer in crawler-style tractors.
For additional information on the June 20-22 event, please visit: www.bestshowontracks.org or www.aghistory.org
About the Show
When: June 20, 21, 22
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Where: Dan Best Ranch
Yolo County Rd 14 x 101
Woodland, CA 95776
Why?: Because We Can! (click the title of this story to access the Web site)
What Will You See? All this and more...
• 27 mules pulling a 1905 Holt Harvester
• Harvesting and threshing grain demonstrations
• Over 100 Best and Holt Crawlers
• 200 large items already coming, most restored to running order
• Many unique machines
• Best 110 Steamer pulling the only operational Best Harvester in the world
• Activities for the whole family
• Largest gathering of Best, Holt and Caterpillar equipment
Click here to access the online registration form and ticket information.
Pre-Purchase Day Passes - $10 each daily, $25 for the whole event
RV Parking - $75 for up to a week (No Dump Stations or Utility Hookups, Not Transferable)
Prime Rib Dinner at the Heidrick Ag History Center, raffle and auctions - $50 per person
• Saturday June 21
• 7 PM Reception/Silent Auction
• 8 PM Dinner
• 9 PM Raffle /Live Auction
• Seating limited


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SEATTLE – The No. 3 Washington Huskies softball team returns every infield starter from the 2013 squad that ranked second in the nation in fielding percentage.
Senior Hooch Fagaly returns to anchor the Huskies infield. Juniors Kelli Suguro and Kylee Lahners, along with sophomores Jennie McNeill and Dani Braun are very solid pieces in the current infield core. Freshmen Ali Aguilar and Kimberlee Myers are also capable options in the infield.
Last season, Fagaly was honored as First-Team All-Pacific Region and First-Team All-Pac-12, while Lahners was named Second-Team All-Pacific Region and Second-Team All-Pac-12, and Suguro garnered honorable mention All-Pac-12 accolades.
Fagaly and Lahners each hit 10 home runs in 2013, while Fagaly drove in 48 RBI and Lahners drove in 44 RBI. The entire Huskies team combined for a fielding percentage of .980, and the infielders had some of the top individual marks. Fagaly finished with a .989 fielding percentage.
"Offensively, we have a lot of options," head coach Heather Tarr said. "Defensively, we have the ability again to be one of the best defensive teams in the country. With the type of athletes we have and [defensive coordinator] J.T. [D'Amico] working with them, this group could play the infield better than we've ever played it. We have key pieces up and down the lineup."
Fagaly, a fifth-year senior, is looking to help lead the Huskies back to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City for a third time in her career.
"Everyone looks to Hooch as a leader," Tarr said of the fifth-year senior. "She's just a pro. She knows what's needed. She knows our system. She knows our culture, and she's a great keeper of that culture. I think she's yet to have her best year offensively, so that's exciting."
After not making a start in 2012, Suguro took a big step in 2013, becoming the Huskies mainstay at second base. Suguro hit .296 and made 47 starts at second base. Suguro also found a knack for making big plays in the field. In game one of NCAA Super Regionals vs. Missouri, Suguro made an outstanding diving stop, which later became the no. 6 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Night.
"Kelli's one of the best at her craft at second base," Tarr said. "She makes a lot of plays and she can cover a lot of ground. She gets great reads on the ball. She has a great first step. Offensively, she's got a lot more in her. With a year of experience from last year, it's just going to keep adding to her ability to improve as an offensive player."
After making starts in center field, left field, at second base and shortstop for the Huskies in 2013, Tarr and D'Amico are working with Lahners at third base in preparation for the 2014 season.
"We've been working Kylee at third base, and that's new for her, so she's adapting and learning that position," Tarr said. "Playing third base is something that she's going to be able to do. It's just a little different than playing on the other side of the field and that close. She has the arm strength, the savvy, the softball skills to be able to make all of the plays."
Lahners hit .296 with 36 runs scored, and 50 hits, 10 home runs, and 44 RBI in 2013, and figures to be a strong offensive force for the Huskies again this season.
McNeill returns to the Huskies infield after making 58 starts at shortstop last season.
"Jennie is a proven defender at shortstop," Tarr said. "She's a very consistent player, makes all the plays, and gets the job done. Looking back at all of the highlight videos, she made some amazing plays last year. She's just going to keep getting better and better."
Braun will fill a crucial role for the Huskies this season, splitting her time between the infield and outfield as a capable option at multiple positions. Braun served as a pinch runner and defensive replacement for most of 2013. She scored 15 runs in 2013. Braun will most likely begin the year as the backup option at first base and in the outfield.
"She's a big-time asset for us," Tarr said.
The Huskies infield squad is bolstered by the addition of two freshmen who were both highly-decorated in high school.
Aguilar comes to Washington with an impressive softball resume already. Aguilar was named to the USA Softball Women's Junior National Team in 2013, becoming the only player on the current roster to be named to the team while in high school. A native of Orangevale, Calif., Aguilar attended Casa Roble High School, where she was a four-time All-League selection, earning MVP honors her freshman and senior years.
"Ali's experience on the junior national team is invaluable as she learns the speed of the division-1 game," Tarr said. "She is a strong, physical player who can make all the plays."
Myers, a freshman from Casa Grande, Ariz., has emerged as the most improved player since joining the Huskies in the fall.
"Offensively, Kimberlee has definitely improved," Tarr said. "She's competing every single pitch, every single practice, and that's all you can ask for in a player."
Myers was a four-year letterwinner at Casa Grande Union High School, earning all-state honors each of her four years, as well as East Valley Player of the Year in 2010. Myers will likely backup at second base and third base to start the season.
All in all, Tarr is excited about the depth of this Huskies infield squad.
"We are a defensive-minded team, but the offense can initially get you in the game," Tarr said. "Offensively and defensively, this whole infield has a chance to be spectacular. Time will tell; if we keep improving and continue to work hard, this team has a real chance."
The Huskies open the 2014 season at the UNLV/SportCo Kick-Off Classic vs. No. 18 Baylor on Friday, February 7 at 9:00 a.m.
Short Hops
· The 2014 season is just 8 days away. The Huskies open the season Friday, February 7 vs. Baylor in Las Vegas. The Huskies complete 2014 schedule is available here.
· Reserve season tickets for the 2014 season today. Single-game tickets for the Huskies 12-game home schedule go on sale Wednesday, February 26. More information is available here.
· The Huskies open their home schedule Friday, March 14 against Pac-12 foe Utah at 5:00 p.m. at Husky Softball Stadium. Promotions include "Softball Friday Night Under the Lights" and Professor Appreciation night, where professors with an invite gain free admission, and faculty and staff tickets are just $3.
· New this year to Husky Softball is the Team of the Game promotion. Youth softball team with players currently in 8th grade and under, plus two coaches, will receive free General Admission tickets, be on the field with the Huskies for the national anthem, and receive an autographed team poster, as well as a group welcome during the game. Family and friends can also purchase General Admission tickets at a discounted rate of $3. Space is limited. To sign up, contact email email@example.com

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text: Feb 20, 2013 10:08 Ascension Parish community photo gallery for Feb. 14, 2013 Ascension Parish community photo gallery for Feb. 14, 2013 Photo provided by Beth Bourgeois -- CASA thanks Holy Rosary -- Beth Bourgeois, Child Advocacy Services Court Appointed Special Advocates advocate supervisor; Krisy McAdams, CASA recruiter; Tammy Vidrine, Holy Rosary Catholic Church youth ministry coordinator; and Whitney Delmore, CASA intern; from left, gather at the end of the church's Souper Bowl of Caring fundraising drive. The Souper Bowl campaign, a nationwide movement that takes place around the time of the Super Bowl, is aimed at fighting hunger and poverty in the community. The monies collected will aide in supporting the mission of Child Advocacy Services to give voice, healing and security to children, Bourgeois said in a news release. Photo provided by Joyce C. LaCour -- Ascension Republican Women -- Gathering Jan. 17 at the Ascension GOP Roundtable are, from left, Glenda Lambert, Karen Long, Scott McKay, Joyce LaCour, Paula Fletcher, Linda Reboul and Lynette Nolan. McKay, publisher of The Hayride, was the guest speaker at the event, which was sponsored by the Ascension Republican Women at Kamal's Kafe. Photo provided by Cheryl Kinchen -- Parish employees donate blood -- Ascension Parish Planning and Zoning Director Ricky Compton donates a pint of blood during the Department of Public Works Employee Blood Drive held last week. Compton and other parish employees donated 32 pints of blood. The parish works with Our Lady of the Lake/St. Elizabeth's Donor Center on several blood drives throughout the year. Photos provided by Jeanette Bruno -- Students of the Month honored -- Named January Students of the Month are Oak Grove Primary School fifth-graders, first row from left, Brianna Pittman, Kendall Claire Lamont and Timothy Nguyen; and second row, Emily Tran, Adelaide Pizzuto and Peyton Abdelbaki. Photo provided by Susan Minvielle -- Bulldogs celebrate good behavior -- Gathering Jan. 31 for the announcement of the Gonzales Middle School Bulldog Buck Bonanza drawing winners are, first row from left, Principal Lori Charlet, Jeremiah Dorsey, Ladaja Bradley, Randi Dyson, Caden Jones, Suntil Scott and Skye Walker; and second row, Sayra Aguilar, Chase Joseph, Joseph Lambert, Kendralynn Washington, Kasey Colmenero and Assistant Principal Andrea Daggs. Not pictured is Krischan Cline. Students earn Bulldog Bucks throughout the month for academics and positive behavior. They use the Bulldog Bucks to buy Golden Tickets weekly for various rewards. At the end of each month, students' Bulldog Bucks are placed in a drawing to win a free dress Friday golden ticket and concessions. Photo provided by Central Middle School -- Students go to the polls -- Central Middle School student Maggie LeJeune votes Jan. 22 in the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards by casting her ballot for her favorite book using touch screen voting machines provided by the Secretary of State's Outreach Office. In order to vote, students had to read and pass an Accelerated Reader test on three of the 12 nominated titles. This year's voters were treated to lunch from Raising Cane's. This year's winner at Central Middle School was 'Ninth Ward' by Jewel Parker Rhodes. Photo provided by Benny Saia -- Dutchtown honors athletes -- Honored at a recent football banquet are Dutchtown High School football players who were named to the All State Academic Team, from left, Tyler Sarrazin, James Clark, Steven Bright, Alex Thibodeaux, Chris Collins, Austin Labbe and Brian Hernandez. Matthew Waguespack was also named to the team. Athletes must maintain a 3.5 or higher grade point average to make the team. Dutchtown High School football coach Benny Saia said this was the most Dutchtown students named to the team in school history. Photo provided by Anne Bergeron -- Gonzales Primary celebrates 100 days -- Gathering Jan. 31 to celebrate Gonzales Primary School's kindergarten classes 100th day of school are, from left, Lindsey Hufft, Alexander St. Amant, Carlotta Williams and Trudie Barras. The women dressed as 100-year-olds for the celebration. Eden Schexnayder, right, a freshman at Ascension Catholic High School, stands with her prize-winning champion angus heifer and uncle Dale Schexnayder who sponsors her beef projects. Eden's heifer won the supreme long-haired heifer prize at the recent South Central District Livestock Show. Fourth-graders named Oak Grove Primary School January Students of the Month are, first row from left, Madison Cooper, Garrett Fontenot and Rachel Wong; and second row, Millie Black, Hannah Ordogne and Kole Munson. Damon Nabors, left, with Raising Cane's, hands out food to Central Middle School student Bayli Kendrick during a recent Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards program. Photos provided by Jo Ann Noel -- Ascension Catholic students compete in livestock show -- Jamee Grace Rogers, left, poses with judge Kim Brock during the recent South Central District Livestock Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales. Jamee won the overall grand champion market hog award and is competing this week in the LSU Agricultural Center Livestock Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center. She is a junior at Ascension Catholic High School and daughter of Jo Ann and Dwayne Noel and Jimmy Rogers. Honored as Oak Grove Primary School January Students of the Month are third-graders, front, Heidi Strother; first row from left, Jordan Cooper, Ayden Rawashdeh and Blake Hutchingson; and second row, Will Carson, Brennan Burt and Monserrat Lopez. Reed Schexnayder, right, holds the purple rosette ribbon he won in the recent South Central district Livestock Show. Reed is shown with his reserve champion barrow market hog and judge Kim Brock. The Oak Grove Primary School January Students of the Month include second-graders, first row from left, Braeden St. Pierre, Audrey Davis and Leif Watkins; and Pierce Williams, Andrew Faulkner and Marissa Kraft. Ascension Catholic High School students, from left, Maci Schexnayder, Eden Schexnayder and Reed Schexnayder and their winning lambs meet with judge Tom Strickland during the recent South Central District Livestock Show. Reed, a senior, plans to attend Nichols State University after graduation. The three are the children of Neal and Goldie Schexnayder. Named Oak Grove Primary School January Students of the Month are first-graders, front, Ella Freeman; first row from left, Hannah Shaw, Ilita Abney and Bentley Unangst; and second row, Anna Verrett, Cameron Kostelak and Christopher Andrade. Alex Sotile poses with his grand champion angus cross market steer in front of grandfather Alex Sotile's barn after the recent South Central District Livestock Show. Sotile, a senior at Ascension Catholic High School, plans to attend Southeastern Louisiana University after graduation. He is competing this week in the LSU Agricultural Center Livestock Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center. Named Oak Grove Primary School January Students of the Month are kindergarten students, first row from left, Payton Wells, Drew Arboneaux, Baylor Bourgeois, Mollie McDonner; and second row, Raelyn Lee, Madison Corley, Bailor Miles and Stephen Naegle. Advocate story Feb. 13, 2013; 9:20 a.m. Comments The Ascension Section this week includes photos from local civic, community and school groups and highlights recent events around Ascension Parish. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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A Rodeo Legend
November 13, 2008
You don't have to look hard to find Doc Bar progeny at the National Finals Steer Roping.
There's no doubting the fact that the 1956 chestnut stallion Doc Bar had speed and cow sense wrapped up into one very talented package. His direct offspring earned more than $3 million in the cutting arena and more than 8,800 AQHA points. And today, horses that trace to him are found in win pictures around the world — and in rodeo arenas, as well.
As the National Finals Steer Roping kicks off this weekend (November 14-15) in Hobbs, New Mexico, you can expect there to be quite of number of participants with "Doc" in their names. Among them will be great-grandson Larneds Ricoche Doc, who tied for this year's AQHA-Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association horse of the year in steer roping.
At 14.2 hands tall, Larneds Ricoche Doc doesn't look like the typical steer roping horse. But that worked in favor of Dan Fisher of Andrews, Texas.
The horse's previous owner was about 6-foot-6-inches tall, and "his legs nearly touched the ground," says Dan, who's 9 inches shorter. "That's the main reason he sold him to me."
"He's probably the smallest horse in the steer-roping business," Dan says, "but he's awful strong for his size, and he has a lot of heart."
"He scores really well," Dan says, referring to the horse's ability to wait patiently in the box until it's time to chase the steer. And once he gets the go-ahead, "he can really run. … He has a lot of quick speed."
Click here for results from the National Finals Steer Roping.
Understand good horse conformation, whether buying a horse or breeding a future champion. Get AQHA's "Form to Function – The Importance of Horse Conformation" DVD today! AQHA members get a special discount.
Another of the sport's stars is Happy San Doc, a great-great-grandson of Doc Bar who was the other AQHA-PRCA steer roping horse of the year.
When Dr. Paul Patton bought that 1992 gelding a year ago, the previous owner asked him to retain the horse's nickname: "Happy." As it turned out, that was a good fit.
"He's easy to haul, easy to be around, seems to like what he does – I think Happy kind of fits him. And I'm happy to have him," says Dr. Patton, an equine veterinarian in Abilene, Texas.
"This horse has been very consistent and has gotten more and more consistent all year," he says. "He has a lot of power, a lot of run. He's really easy to rope on. He's one of those horses that if you show him what you want him to do a time or two, he just takes it from there."
Look for a report on Doc Bar coming soon on America's Horse Daily – your complete source for all things horse – including great pedigree information!
Why are well conformed horses most often the ones found in the winner's circle of just about any event? Find out with AQHA's "Form to Function – the Importance of Horse Conformation" DVD.


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If I expose my service, for instance teamspeak server, on what address it will be running? On my server address?
For example: my server has an address of 188.8.131.52. If I deploy teamspeak from my local network (10.0.0.0) connected to the server, how will it be seen in the 22.214.171.124 network?
When I run
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Sequencing services provider GATC Biotech has purchased a Pacific Biosciences PacBio RS sequencing platform and has been selected by the latter as its first European service provider. GATC says it aims to use the PacBio RS system for resolving structural variations in fields such as human cancer genomics, and for detecting rare SNPs. Potential future applications with the PacBio RS system could include the direct sequencing of methylated bases for regulatory studies within the pharma or diagnostics industries, GATC suggests. Installation of the PacBio RS system at the Germany-based firm is projected for early 2011.
"Pacific Biosciences has chosen GATC Biotech to be our first European service provider because the company is well experienced in applying major sequencing technologies in a broad spectrum of projects and in gearing up new sequencing technologies quickly for lab routines," remarks Terry Pizzie, vp Europe at Pacific.
The PacBio RS system is based on Pacific's Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT™) technology, which hinges on the ability to observe DNA synthesis molecule by molecule, as it occurs in real time. The resulting PacBio RS is Pacific's first commercial platform to be developed using the SMRT approach. The firm claims the system allows read lengths averaging over 1,000 base pairs, and in some instances up to 10,000 base pairs, to facilitate mapping and assembly. Speed is another beneficial feature with less than a day required to complete all processes from sample preparation to sequencing results, and a typical sequencing run requiring just 30 minutes of instrument time, it adds.
In addition to DNA sequencing applications, researchers using the PacBio RS system have also developed SMRT detection protocols for applications including the direct observation of transcription, reverse transcription, translation, and ligand-protein binding. Pacific hopes to further develop these applications and introduce them commercially in the future.
Based in Menlo Park, CA, Pacific expanded into Europe just last month, and announced that the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute had become the first European organization to install a PacBio RS platform as part of Pacific's early-access program.
GATC says the PacBio RS system represents its fifth sequencing technology. The firm already operates nine ABI 3730xl systems, two Roche GS FLX platforms, three Illumina Genome AnalyzerII instruments, and two Illumina HiSeq2000 systems, the second or which was purchased in July.
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At long last Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is out. For many people, however, the last time they saw Big Boss was on the PS2 with Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Two games continued his chronicles: Portable Ops and Peace Walker. While Peace Walker was re-released in a HD port, Portable Ops remains as the more obscure title.
That said this video should fill in the gaps for everything related to Ground Zeroes. What is Ground Zeroes? What happened to Big Boss between MGS3 and Peace Walker? It remains to be seen if the gameplay in GZ will be similar to the almost Pokémon like structure of Peace Walker. Little is actually known about the game, but as it is released today, the magic is out there.
Again though, for those rushing in to get it, check out the video for a quick recap and don't forget to come back here for MGS goodness. As the biggest Metal Gear Solid fan on Examiner, self-proclaimed, viewers can be sure this writer will have his review up of GZ sometime soon. Here's to Metal Gear!
For more videos like this MGSV primer, be sure to check out ReActionExaminer on YouTube.


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DT 6.0.7 and Pkgapp 3.2 (Linux) Available!
By user12618589 on Jul 21, 2009
Hi all,
Good news is always welcome :D
I have finalized testing of not only DirTracer (DT) 6.0.7 but have also finished coding and testing of Pkgapp 3.2 for both Redhat and SuSE Linux.
See my previous blog DT 6.0.7 Coming soon! or the README.dirtracer for details on what has changed.
Available DirTracer and Pkgapp versions:
- Solaris Sparc 8/9/10
- Solaris x86 9/10
- SuSE Linux 9 U4/10 U1
- Redhat Linux 3/4/5
Remember: DirTracer comes with Pkgapp (see the dirtracertools path) but for non Sun Directory Server customers, Pkgapp 3.2 can be downloaded separately.
Currently these versions are only available internally until BigAdmin can update their copies. Until that happens, contact your Sun Customer Service Representative and have them send you the latest versions.


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U.S. Announces $100 Million in New Assistance
July 22, 2012
Amman-- Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jaafar Hassan and U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones announced today $100 million in new special economic assistance to help Jordan at this critical time.
The $100 million will be in direct budget support and will help the Government of Jordan as it works to address the strains on the national budget as result of the continuing effects of the global financial crisis, the repeated disruption of the Egyptian natural gas pipeline, and the added cost of providing subsidized social services and basic commodities to those fleeing the violence in Syria.
Minister Hassan and Ambassador Jones noted that the specifics are currently being worked out but the intent of the assistance is to free capital for more productive economic ends and to provide near-term relief. Included in this are energy projects and the freeing of funds for provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance to those fleeing the violence in Syria.
"We applaud Jordan for responding to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, while having to manage its own economic challenges under difficult regional conditions that slow down economic growth," said Ambassador Jones. "This assistance is a tangible affirmation that the U.S. Government is with you."


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This is the story of Charlie, and how microchipping a pet can literally save it's life. A January 29 post on Facebook: Greenville County Animal Care Services(GCACS) tells it best.
Charlie, a shih-tzu, went missing back in March, 2012. Susan Owens, Charlie's owner, was heartbroken, wondering what had become of her precious family member.
Charlie has now been found after almost two years. He was turned in to Greenville County Animal Care Services, a high-kill shelter in upstate South Carolina, on January 24. Because Charlie was microchipped, the shelter staff was able to contact his owner and reunite them.
This just goes to show one of the many benefits of microchipping. GCACS offers a microchipping clinic every Tuesday night from 5p.m.-7p.m. The cost is only $10. That's a small price to pay for the peace of mind that comes in knowing you've protected your pet in every way possible.
A dog or cat doesn't necessarily have to pull a "Houdini" and slip out the back door to become lost. Many are lost after a fire, a natural disaster or an automobile accident (as in the case of Baby Girl last week).
Be sure to have your pets microchipped, and keep the information up to date. The shelter will give you information on how to do that when the procedure is done.
Please share this article with your friends. We hear so many distressing stories about missing pets. It's nice to know one little dog has been reunited with his family.


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Ford Men's Nick Y. put his strength to the test with Victoria's Secret angel Candice Swanepoel in the newest campaign from activewear line The Upside. Nick and Candice make a beachside workout look easy in the shoot, photographed by Will Davidson and styled by Andrew Hainsworth. While we may never know who won the arm wrestling match, what is clear is that this is a promising step towards a bright future for this former rugby player.
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Aug. 21, 2002
Seattle - Washington's annual Picture Day, sponsored by the Tyee Sports Council, will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 at Husky Stadium. Picture Day allows UW fans a chance to meet the Huskies, collect autographs and get personal photos of the players.
This year's Picture Day will include the Washington football, volleyball and men's and women's soccer squads and coaches. Schedule cards and schedule posters will also be distributed.
Free food and drinks will be available for the for the first 3,500 in attendance. Husky Stadium gates will open at noon. .
Parking is free at Husky Stadium starting at noon.


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Tucked in terminal 3 concourse f, its small for such an airport andbrand. Service was okay. 3 of 6 beers were out and prices where the usual airport insane,
ads135 (239) Omaha, Nebraska | August 8, 2015
Glad it exists, as there isnt much else to do at the airport. Doesnt have a particularly good selection of GI, and its airport prices. Beggars cant be choosers.
RobertDale (293) Lansing, Kansas | May 28, 2015
Stopped by on a lay over. Was glad to have a place like this for what turned out to be a 7 hour (instead of 3) wait. Got to try a couple of Goose Island varieties that are not available in my area. Yes, it was crowded and loud. Service was slow. Prices were Ok for an airport. Food was pretty good. Better than most other options at OHare in my opinion.
solidfunk (309) Washington D.C., Washington DC | April 20, 2015
I have mixed feelings about this place. In general Im glad that there is a brewpub in an airport, and a chance of having a Muddy or Sofie rather than a bud. But then again, this is so underwhelming for a bar bearing this name that its shocking. Nothing here that isnt widely available. Prices are actually ok, for an airport, but expensive obviously. Came in and ended up only having a Honkers ale because I hadnt rated it before.
VastActiv (82) Oulu/Helsinki, Finland | March 6, 2015
I wonder if I was in right place (Terminal 1)? This was more like sandwich and panini place. They didnt even have any taps, just 2 bottles (IPA and Honkers) available. I walked away when realising situation. Should be removed from ratebeer IMO. Disgrace for Goose Island.
brokensail (1275) Dublin, California | March 1, 2015
Visited the location in Concourse C of Terminal 1. Basically a little more than a cubby hole. Small bar and a few little tables. The draft list is mostly just the normal lineup of stuff like 312, but they did have Green Line which I had not previously tried, so I got a glass of that. It was okay, I suppose.
Service was pretty lax here, which I guess is not terribly surprising given that its an airport and I rarely receive good service at any airport bar or restaurant. And of course the prices are kind of eyebrow raising.
Good enough for a quick place tick, but thats about all I would really come here for.
obxdude10 (135) Pottstown, Pennsylvania | December 11, 2014
I wasnt too impressed with this location. I tried to get to the pub in the city, but didnt make it. This had to do, but barely. The biggest issue with this place was the service. Our waitress was SLOW. A restaurant in the airport isnt the place to be a slow server. We literally had to chase her down to get our check to make our flight on time (we even had two full hours to be there). The waitress even thought the Sam Adams winter lager was Goose Islands seasonal offering. We questioned her on it, but she insisted it was. Enough beating up the waitress. The beer selection was pretty tame; only four Goose Island beers on draft and about four more in bottles. The menu was typical pub fare, with nothing really special being offered. If I find myself at OHare again, Ill probably be fine with skipping this spot.
KansaiBeerLvrs (471) Kyoto, Japan | September 4, 2014
I went to the Goose Island outlet next to gate C10 at OHare as my flight was leaving from right there so why not kill time with a beer at 930AM? 16oz pours for ten bucks(one size) in this small sports bar looking place with about a dozen seats at the bar 6 facing the windows with a view of the Tarmac and another 8 facing a wall but they have outlets to charge your devices. The selection here is pretty lame just 3-4 GI taps but they do take out and if you want to try Goose Island at the source but arent leaving the airport it is a serviceable option.
ben4321 (401) Hoboken, New Jersey | July 16, 2014
Review is for the Terminal 1, Concourse C one. Over many many trips through this terminal, I can honestly say this is the best option in either B or C, which isnt saying much. Very small and almost always packed. You are lucky to get a seat at any time that is remotely busy (which is most of the time). If you can find a bar stool, it is a fine place to kill some time, but good luck.
jackl (654) Minneapolis, Minnesota | July 6, 2014
A very ho-hum experience, and probably not a place that Goose Island are all that proud to be associated with. Very typical bland airport bar/restaurant ambiance. Cramped space, bright lighting, blaring TVs. Theres only 3 GI beers on tap (Matilda, 312, and Green Line) plus a few of the ubiquitous offerings from the ABI portfolio. The bottles arent any more inspiring. The bars main trade seems to be food. Stuff like burgers and chicken tenders are available. I downed a $9 Matilda then got the hell out of there.


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Loos, Semisch and Stingily will compete at rookie mini camps this weekend
The sixth annual awards show was held Monday at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb
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Ness, Loos, Meehan and Logan Lead List of Ten Huskies Honored Overall
NIU Takes on Western Michigan with Chance to Advance to MAC Title Game
The Huskies played a dominant second-half of football in Evanston to defeat the Wildcats, 23-15.
It seemed like just another team meeting in the McCareins Room at the Yordon Center Saturday, August 16. Take a look at behind the scenes footage of the Huskies unveiling of their new uniforms on August 16, pranking the team before revealing them.
Week 9 football press conference with Head coach Rod Carey and players Perez Ford, Matt Krempel and Dechane Durante.
Highlights from the Huskies historic 55-24 win over the Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium.
NIU rallied for a 30-27 victory over Iowa Saturday.
2014:2014: Started all 13 games as a senior left tackle...named First Team All-MAC for the second consecutive season...finally got to play in the MAC Championship Game, having suffered injuries just before NIU's previous two trips to Ford Field in Detroit...led the Huskies to a 51-17 victory over Bowling Green (12-5) and a third conference title in four years as NIU scored the most points in MAC Championship Game history...led the way for a rushing attack that averaged 5.2 yards per carry and accumulated 3,288 total yards on the ground this season...also excelled at pass blocking, playing a big role in NIU conceding just 11 quarterback sacks in 13 games...paved the way for running backs Cameron Stingily and Joel Bouagnon and quarterback Drew Hare, who all rushed for more than 500 yards in 2014.2013: Started first nine games of the year at left tackle before missing the remainder due to injury. Garnered first team All-MAC honors. Named NIU Offensive Lineman of the Week against Central Michigan (10-19), as NIU gained 592 yards of offense. Part of a pass protection unit that allowed only 0.79 sacks per game to rank fifth in the nation. NIU ranked fifth in the nation with 519.8 total offense yards/game. Paved the way for Heisman Trophy finalist Jordan Lynch to become the nation's second leading rusher at 1,920 yards for the year. Blocked for a Huskie rushing attack that ran for 3,161 yards, best in NIU history and seventh in the country (297.2 avg.). Led the way for NIU's most prolific scoring offense ever (39.6 ppg). NIU topped 550 yards of total offense in seven games.
2012: Started all 11 games he played at left tackle for the Huskies. Suffered a broken leg against Toledo (11-14) and missed the last three games of the season. Earned second team All-MAC honors. Also garnered first team all-conference and all-sophomore team honorable mention accolades from CollegeFootballNews.com. Named NIU Offensive Lineman of the Week following the UT Martin (9-8) and Kansas (9-22) games. Anchored an NIU offensive attack that averaged 469.6 yards of total offense to rank 20th in the country and lead the MAC. The offense gained 400 or more yards in 12 of 14 games. Blocked for a Huskie offense that ranked 12th in the nation in rushing offense with 238.2 yards per game. NIU led the conference and ranked 13th nationally in scoring offense with 38.8 points per game. NIU's pass protection unit allowed only 1.2 sacks per game, which ranked fourth in the MAC and 21st in the nation.
Missed entire season due to a knee injury.
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First team Class 5A All-State selection in 2008 and 2009. A Chicago Tribune Special Mention All-State choice as a junior and senior. Earned first team all-area honors from the Sauk Valley News and Quad City Times in each of his last two seasons and was a second team selection by the Times his sophomore year. Named to the Champaign News-Gazette Special Mention Top 100 list each of his last two seasons. Unanimous first team All-NCIC Reagan Conference in 2008 and 2009 and a second team selection as a sophomore.
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Suitor gave this poster to the Museum in 2006.
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daily lives of the Mosuo people, who believe that their sacred gods have
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Axia Marriage and the Matriarchal Family
There are three kinds of marriage patterns among the Mosuo people: the
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Monogamy only exists among urban Mosuo people and other Mosuo villages
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A Mosuo wedding
The traditional Axia system is marriage-free. Mosuo men call their
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The shower was held at a Tennis Club. Guests were greeted with Mimosas and cocktail hour was held in the beautiful patio over looking the tennis court. The welcome table consisted of the kitchen themed shower card, a cute wooden box of cookbooks and farmers market fresh vegetables. The seating chart was placed on a chalk board and the words " Welcome to Alina's Kitchen" drawn onto it.
The centerpieces of the tables were of White Colanders filled with flowers. Each guest received a kitchen timer that looked like a mini blender as a favor. They also had to give their best "Recipe for Love" which was placed by their seat on the table. While there was no cake, we had a custom made colander cupcake tower. Wooden spoons were an accent to the shower, they were placed on the gift bags and were also in the cupcake tower. The cupcakes were decorated with kitchen themed products such as a rolling pin, oven mittens, spatula and a kitchen towel with the initials "A+A" on it.
The dessert table consisted of amazing petit fours and a Kitchen Aid Mixer as a centerpiece with flowers coming out of it. Some of the games we played were "decorate the apron" and a special presentation consisting of a timeline of different types of underwears I will go through during my years of being married. The prizes for the games were different types of herbs and seasoning that the guest would enjoy.


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An opportunity beckons for theatre enthusiasts and aspirants. This workshop, set to take place on Saturday 12th January 2014 at Goethe Institute from 10 am to 6pm, is open for both beginners and advanced practitioners ready to share their passion for theatre or simply aim at getting to know more about drama.
Through the medium of play, participants will get in contact with each other and exchange perspectives and attitudes. After some introductory warm-ups, they will examine topics evolving through conversation and interaction.
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Yes, the Toadies' "Rubberneck" just turned 20. This is the portion of the conversation where I cop to how old that makes me feel (note: very). But the band, in celebration of this anniversary, has embarked on a nationwide tour in support of their landmark release.
That included a stop at House of Blues Houston on Friday night, a show in which the band proceeded to start with "Rubberneck" and rip through a rousing set that included hits like "Possum Kingdom," "Tyler," and "I Come From the Water." The catch-22 lied in the band leading with and playing the release in its entirety, which left another 30 minutes or so to feel.
And while the band nobly attempted to play from its "No Deliverance" album, coupled with a couple of covers, those exiting the venue had spoken - they were there to hear the hits.
That said, it was a great show, and I'm very much looking forward to the "Rubberneck" 25th anniversary tour. I'm sure I'll feel even older when it rolls through town.


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HGTV Gardens paid a visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, where we soaked in the garden's lush grounds and the atmospheric Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory.
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Ctenanthe burle-marxii is a native of Brazil, and thrives in semi-shade and humid areas. This example is growing in the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Fuqua Orchid Center.
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Unlocked BlackBerry Z10 expected in the UK on March 1
The BlackBerry Z10 launched in the UK before doing so anywhere else in the world, so if you're over there you should be feeling pretty spoiled. However, that only applies if you like getting phones from operators, and signing long-term contracts.
If you're more of a SIM-free and unlocked fan but would want to hold a Z10 in your hands, help is near. From this point on, you only have around a couple of weeks or so of waiting to do for that to become plausible.
That's because well known SIM-free device retailer Clove has just announced that it will receive the first Z10 stock on March 1. It will only contain black units though, so if white is your favorite Z10 color, then you'll unfortunately need to wait some more.
March 1 is as 'early March' as possible, and Clove did previously have that rough time frame announced for the release of the BlackBerry Z10. Now we know. And you do too. And you still have time to save some money for that purchase – the Z10 is being offered to pre-order for no less than £534, VAT included.


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Last night's episode of "Hardcore Pawn," was titled "Shakedown." Detroit's famous American Jewelry and Loan is the pawn shop never without some sort of conflict, angry people and ongoing sibling and family rivalry.
As the episode begins, a man comes in with light sabers from Star Wars, he wanted too much for them, but after much haggling, Seth got the Darth Vader one for $50.
When a shady guy comes into the shop to shakedown Les, he is determined to get his towing business and will not take no for an answer. When he is escorted out of the door, he promises that he will come back.
A couple come to see Ashley to pawn her ring that is stuck on her finger. Ashley gives her lotion to try to loosen it, but it still does not come off. She then tells Ashley she is going to sue her because of the lotion, and because she claims that Ashley tried to pull the ring off. The two received the escort out of the door.
A woman with pink hair and a colorful neon shirt comes to see Les. She wants to sell her flute for $100, but Les would not give her more than $20 because it was just a student model. Sorry, no deal today.
A young fellow has a watch he wants to sell for $200, but it is not worth more than $20 to her, so another deal falls through.
As Seth is monitoring the security cameras and sees the slick guy trying to tow a car in the parking lot. Seth makes a phone call and he and Les go out to the parking lot to find out why the guy is attempting to tow the car. He then changes his attitude and tries to score a deal with Les. However, as he is leaving, he spots his tow truck being towed by the guys who work for Les and demand $1,000 from the shakedown guy before they unhook his tow truck, showing him what goes around; comes around on this episode of "Hardcore Pawn."


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Marriage is hard work especially after many years of togetherness. There's so much help available for couple's struggling to stay married, but not so much when it comes to separation or divorce. So when Gwyneth Paltrow announced the break-up of her marriage in such a healthy way, calling it "conscious uncoupling" it posed the question, exactly what does that mean?
Here is a part of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's statement posted on her lifestyle website, Goop.
"It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate. We have been working hard for well over a year, some of it together, some of it separated, to see what might have been possible between us, and we have come to the conclusion that while we love each other very much we will remain separate. We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner."
With the divorce rate at 50%, most couples don't know how to move away from the relationship in a healthy way. That's where conscious uncoupling comes into play, preventing families from being broken from divorce and instead enabling them to function in a much healthier way outside of the marriage.
Since failure is felt when a marriage is ending, resentment, anger and fighting tend to take place. With conscious uncoupling, divorce is looked at in a much different way. Paltrow enlisted the help of Dr. Habib Sadeghi and Dr. Sherry Sami to explain the concept in a bit more detail on her website. Here's what they said.
"Conscious uncoupling is the ability to understand that every irritation and argument was a signal to look inside ourselves and identify a negative internal object that needed healing. Because present events always trigger pain from a past event, it's never the current situation that needs the real fixing. It's just the echo of an older emotional injury. If we remain conscious of this during our uncoupling, we will understand it's how we relate to ourselves internally as we go through an experience that's the real issue, not what's actually happening."
Simply put, with conscious uncoupling there are no bad guys, no fighting, just an agreement to separate and only under these circumstances can loving co-parenting take place. This truly seems like a much healthier way to approach such a difficult life event.
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PHOTOS! Here is Playboy's Crystal Harris, her myspace picture and hot photos. Crystal Harris is Hugh Hefner's third girlfriend.
Crystal Harris writes on myspace "I'm a good girl, for the most part". (Her myspace picture is on the right). Harris is currently dating Hefner with the Shannon Twins.
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So, neither of their teams made the playoffs. And yet the Dolphins did. Anyone else see the humor here?
JT is trying to weasel out of his contract in DC, and who knows how that will turn out?
Zach opted out of his contract, and will be leaving Dallas after one year. He did say he wasn's so happy playing in a 3-4, and wanted to move on. He is thinking about retirement.


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WebLogic Logging Configuration by René van Wijk
By Juergenkress-Oracle on Apr 24, 2013
In general, it is a good idea to use log rotation to prevent having to stop a WebLogic server to remove a large log file that is filling up the file system. It is also a good idea to create a separate partition such that the root file system does not fill up. A partition is a contiguous set of blocks on a drive that are treated as if they were independent disks. The default installation of today's Enterprise Linux distributions uses flexible partitioning layouts by creating one or more logical volumes. Some of the partitions that we might want to consider separating out from root to provide more flexibility and better performance in the environment
- /home – A file server environment would benefit from separating out /home to its own partition. This is the home directory for all users on the system, if there are no disk quotas implemented, so separating this directory should isolate a user's runaway consumption of disk space.
- /tmp – If we are running a high-performance computing environment, large amounts of temporary space are needed during compute time, then released upon completion.
- /usr – This is where the kernel source tree and Linux documentation (as well as most executable binaries) are located. The /usr/local directory stores the executables that must be accessed by all users on the system and is a good location to store custom scripts developed for our environment. If it is separated to its own partition, then files will not have to be reinstalled during an upgrade or reinstall by simply choosing not to have the partition reformatted
- /var – The /var partition is important in mail, Web, and print server environments because it contains the log files for these environments and the overall system log. Chronic messages can flood and fill this partition. If this occurs and the partition is not separate from the /, service interruptions are possible. Depending on the environment, further separation of this partition is possible by separating out /var/spool/mail for a mail server or /var/log for system logs.
- /opt – The installation of some third-party software products, such as WebLogic Server, default to this partition. If not separate, the installation will continue under / and, if there is not enough space allocated, could fail.
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Functional imaging studies are conducted using a myriad of electronic or magnetic devices in order to help to see the actual intricacies of the brain. In some instances, such as with positron emission tomography (PET) scans, radioactive chemicals are injected into the system with the purpose of highlighting specific sections of the brain in different situations such as during high stress or deep emotions. Other medical marvels like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalogram (EEG) testing can also help a neurologist to determine issues that involve the brain and how it behaves under different situations (Breedlove, Watson, & Rosenzweig, 2010).
Implications to Functional Imaging
Negative implications. Gerlach (2007) indicates that there may not be enough studies done to determine whether there is a good amount of quantifiable data amassed to determine whether PET and MRI scans are completely accurate. The implications of limited confidence in accuracy depending on the stimulus: word, picture, or facial, is that the results may be misread by a novice who is trying to decipher what they are seeing in the imaging.
Another implication is that MRI's are magnetic and if a person does not realize they have a pin in their head (or body) or if they are unknowingly claustrophobic, they may panic once they are put into the MRI tube and skew any results that the neurologist may be looking for (Farah, 2012).
PET scans use radioactive chemicals that are injected into the participant (Farah, 2012). If there is a negative reaction by the patient to the chemicals then there could be more damage to their brain or body (Farah). If too much or too little of the chemicals are introduced then the imaging may not be as accurate, either.
There seems to be new considerations involving using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)-based lie detector tests, as well. The testing indicates that there is the potential for deception when using such a method to determine the truth or lies that a person may tell (Farah, 2012).
Trusting imaging completely without interpretation by a qualified researcher may create incorrect readings in the evaluation. It is important that more than one researcher be available to interpret the data to ensure there are fewer errors being made. Even though, there is no perfect system in place that enables the assurance that readings are accurate (Farah, 2012).
Positive implications. Not all the news is bad news. With technological advancements comes the opportunity for neuroscientists and neuropsychologists to better see what is going on in a living mind (Breedlove, et al., 2010; Gerlach, 2007). In previous times it was necessary to study the dead brains of the mentally ill, but this study style is obviously limited in researchers' ability to know what is normal in a living person and what happens to the brain of a person with abnormal behavior.
In lay-terms. There are a lot of new technologies available for researchers who wish to understand the underlying behaviors of both supposedly normal individuals as well as those who display negative or abnormal behavior. Functional imaging uses machines and radioactive chemicals to determine what happens to a living person's brain when they are shown pictures, when they hear words, or when they see facial expressions. They also use these machines to determine the level of mental illness like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's that a person may be suffering from.
The radioactive chemicals are relatively harmless with a very short half-life, which means that the radioactive properties fade away quickly with little to no harm to the patient. Other machines use magnets to transfer images to computer screens for a researcher or technician to read and decipher.


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In the preprint on pages 19−20, first using Hahn−Banach, one proves
Lemma 38. For any closed convex set $U$ in a real Hausdorff locally convex space $E$ and for any Riemann integrable $\gamma:[0,1]\to E$ with ${\rm rng\ }\gamma\subseteq U$ it holds that $\int_0^1\gamma\in U$ .
Then it is remarked that the argument fails if $U$ is neither open nor closed. Further, one defines a set $U$ in a real locally convex space to be countably convex if and only if it is stable under taking countable convex combinations, i.e. one requires that $\sum_{i=1}^\infty c_ix_i\in U$ whenever every $x_i\in U$ and $c_i\ge 0$ with $\sum_{i=1}^\infty c_i=1$ . The author there asks (1) whether Lemma 38 still holds if the assumption of $U$ being closed and convex is replaced with it being merely countably convex.
The author then gives an example of a countably convex set $U$ with compact closure $K$ in the Fréchet space $E=\mathbb R^{\mathbb N_0}$ with the zero vector $\boldsymbol 0$ belonging to $K\setminus U$ such that $U$ cannot be separated by a linear functional from the singleton $\lbrace\boldsymbol 0\rbrace$ . Then one asks more particularly (2) whether $\int_0^1\gamma=\boldsymbol 0$ is impossible for these particular $E,U$ and any admissible Riemann integrable $\gamma$ . The set $U$ has as its elements all $\langle s_0 - \sum_{i=1}^\infty s_i , s_1 , s_2 , s_3 ,\ldots \ \rangle$ such that $\langle s_i\rangle\in[0,1]^{\mathbb N_0}$ with $0<\sum_{i=0}^\infty s_i\le 1$ .
Now I ask, can anyone give an argument for a positive answer or a counterexample to (1) or (2) above.
Edit. In accordance with the suggestion by Pietro Majer in a comment, I add here the definition of Riemann integrability for a function $\gamma:[0,1]\to E$ when $E$ is a real Hausdorff locally convex space. Namely, we say that $\gamma$ is Riemann integrable with integral $y=\int_0^1\gamma$ if and only if $y\in E$ and for every neighbourhood $V$ in $E$ of $y$ there is $\delta>0$ with the property that $\sum_{i=0}^{k-1}(t_{i+1}-t_i)\gamma(s_i)\in V$ whenever with $k\in\mathbb N$ we have $t_0=0$ and $t_k=1$ and $t_i\le s_i\le t_{i+1}$ and $t_{i+1}-t_i<\delta$ for $i=0,\ldots\ k-1$ .
Edit2. Concerning (2), it is actually very easy to see that there can not be any Riemann integrable $\gamma$ with ${\rm rng\ }\gamma\subseteq U$ and $\int_0^1\gamma=\boldsymbol 0$ . Indeed, it there were one such, writing $\gamma(t)=\langle\gamma_i(t):i\in\mathbb N_0\rangle$ , each $\gamma_i$ would be Riemann, hence Lebesgue integrable, and for $i\not=0$ and $0\le t\le 1$ we would have $\gamma_i(t)\ge 0$ and $\int_0^1\gamma_i=0$ . It would follow that $\gamma_i(t)=0$ for a.e. $t\in[0,1]$ and all $i\in\mathbb N$ . Since $\gamma(t)\in U$ for all $t\in[0,1]$ , it would follow that $\gamma_0(t)>0$ for $t\in[0,1]$ outside a set of measure zero. This would imply $\int_0^1\gamma_0>0$ , and hence $\int_0^1\gamma\not=\boldsymbol 0$ , a contradiction.
Edit 3. A counterexample to (1) is obtained as follows. Put $I=[0,1]$ , and let $E=\ell^2(I)$ , the nonseparable Hilbert space. Define $\gamma:I\to E$ by $\gamma(t)_i=1$ if $i=t$ , and $\gamma(t)_i=0$ otherwise. Then $\gamma$ is everywhere discontinuous, but Riemann integrable with $\int_0^1\gamma=\boldsymbol 0_E$ . The countably convex hull $U$ of ${\rm rng\ }\gamma$ is countably convex and has as its elements all $\sum_{j=0}^\infty c_j\gamma(t_j)$ where $t_j\in I$ and $c_j\ge 0$ and $\sum_{j=0}^\infty c_j=1$ . Hence $\boldsymbol 0_E\not\in U$ . There still remains the possibility that (1) may hold for (say) separable Banach spaces $E$ and continuous $\gamma$ .


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A sweet pit bull mix is out of time at a high-kill South Carolina shelter. She's in danger of being euthanized at any time, Facebook: Greenville County Pet Rescue reported.
Sharapova was found on a porch in the Greenville area and taken to Greenville County Animal Care Services (GCACS), in hopes someone would offer her a good home.
It's believed her former owner may be a dog fighter, but not enough information is available to charge the man.
Unfortunately, Sharapova remains on the urgent list at GCACS. She is the sweetest dog, despite being skinny and mistreated. Sharapova deserves a good life, but time has run out, and she could be euthanized at any time. Sharapova's information is listed below.
NAME: Sharapova
BREED: Pit mix
SEX: female
EST. AGE: 2 yr
Est Weight: 39.2 lbs
Health: appears healthy- hw neg
Temperament: dog friendly, people friendly.
ADDITIONAL INFO: fence climber
Sharapova is a fence climber, so precautions would need to be made to prevent her from escaping and getting into trouble.
Please share this beautiful girl, especially with rescues and fosters in the Greenville area. If you can save her life, contact the shelter at firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to put her animal I.D. number on the subject line.
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Volume: 24 Issue: 1 (January 2001)
Discreet Prepares a New 3D Studio Max
One of the most important new 3D Studio Max 4 features is an inverse kinematics system based on an extensible architecture that allows animators to choose between solvers such as History Dependent, History Independent, Limb Solver, and third-party solvers. Also new is a bones system that allows bones to act as parametric objects that can be shaded and previewed. Bones can also be modified with standard mesh tools, allowing animators to sculpt skeletal structures that represent a character's shape and even skin. An advanced skinning system called Angle Deformers allows animators to set up deformations at specific joint angles. For example, an animator can specify that an arm muscle will bulge at a specific angle of a character's pose. New camera effects allow for motion blur and depth of field. And last, artists now have a wider range of polygonal modeling tools from which to choose.
Like many of the major 3D packages, Max now provides additional support for game development. The new version supports the Direct 3D game development environment, which allows animators to preview their work in real time, and Intel's Multi Res technology, which lets artists create high-resolution models, then decimate them to meet the appropriate medium. Models can even be created that will decimate on the fly for optimal performance.
Discreet's emphasis on game development tools makes sense, notes Wanda Meloni, analyst with M2 Research in San Diego, because game developers now make up the highest percentage of 3D software animation users-about 34 percent of the total 3D animation market. "This version of Max also has pretty good integration with Combustion [Discreet's compositing pro gram], which supports the next highest percentage market-broadcast," she says.
The program runs, at minimum, on a 300mhz Pentium-based Windows 2000/NT/98 system with 128mb of RAM. The cost of 3D Studio Max 4 is $3495. It is scheduled to begin shipping early this year. (Discreet; www.discreet.com) -JD
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The reason whu is that when a new movie like "Walk the Line" comes out Wal*mart Circuit City sell them at a loss. Walk Line wholesale price for the single disc editon is about $18.50. They sell them anywhere between $14.99-$16.99. That is a loss. However they regain there profect from 2-disc set. They only mark them down 20% below MSRP. Please keep in mind the sudios know most people prefer just the movie and do not want the extras. That is why there is dual release at the same time! This "dual release" will get more rapid as time goes by. The DVD shelf space at stores is limited this also explains another reason for the dual releases.
Mark Lim wrote: Walk The Line is $10 difference between the two versions, and only very few extras on top of those already on offer in the one disc. Explain that?? Because the single-disc art sucks compared to the 2-disc art.
Walk The Line is $10 difference between the two versions, and only very few extras on top of those already on offer in the one disc. Explain that??
Aaron, I think what he is asking is why they release it at the same time (not necessarily double dipping in the future.) It really doesn't make a lot of sense, but the retail prices have a bigger delta than the MSRP.
So they can buy bigger houses and more expensive cars.
Sure it does...in many cases they get a double dip out of the die hards (fools to be exact) like me. Although I never pay MSRP.
Can someone tell me why retailers release a 1-disk version of a movie for like 28 bucks and then release a 2 disk for 30 bucks? that makes no sense.
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ORCID presentation at FCT event in Évora
Following the recent adoption of the unique identifier at national level in the country, a presentation on next steps in ORCID implementation will be delivered by Pablo de Castro at the FCCN Workshop to be held next Feb 5-7th in Évora by The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Besides this presentation, to be scheduled within a session devoted to the national Portuguese CRIS System PT-CRIS, Pablo will be available during his stay for 'meet-the-geek' discussions about ORCID.
SCOAP3 Starting Jan 1st
The CERN-based Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access in Particle Physics Publishing (SCOAP3) Project is to launch next January. SCOAP3 is a pioneering community-funded approach to Gold Open Access in the field of High-Energy Physics, where a few journals collect most of the outputs in the area. Partners from 24 countries will support the initiative, whose outcome will be offered from a SCOAP3 repository.
Avedas acquired by Thomson Reuters
Karlsruhe-based Avedas AG, the manufacturer of the Converis Current Research Information System (CRIS), has been acquired by Thomson Reuters, in a highly expected re-alignment of the research information management market following Elsevier's acquisition of Atira last year. The large Converis customer basis in the UK and Continental Europe will now have the opportunity to enjoy deeper integration with TR InCites as a result, while Thomson Reuters will become more involved in euroCRIS activity.


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Apparently, the air inside a soap bubble is under higher pressure than the surrounding air. This is for instance apparent in the sound bubbles make when they burst. Why is the pressure inside the bubble higher in the first place?
I drew an image to illustrate the forces at play.
For any curved surface of the bubble, the tension pulls parallel to the surface. These forces mostly cancel out, but create a net force inward. This compresses the gas inside the bubble, until the pressure inside is large enough to counteract both the outside pressure, as well as this additional force from the surface tension.
The increased pressure is caused by the surface tension between the soap and the surrounding air. This can be seen by a simple equilibrium energy argument. The total energy of the system reads $$ E = E_i + E_o + E_s \;, $$ where $E_i$ is the energy associated with the air inside the bubble, $E_s$ is the interfacial energy, and $E_o$ denotes the energy associated with the air outside of the bubble. Importantly, the contribution of the surface energy is given by $E_s = 2 \gamma A$, where $\gamma$ is the surface tension and $A$ is the surface area of the bubble. The factor of 2 emerges, since there are actually two interfaces (one facing the inside of the soap bubble and one facing the outside).
In equilibrium, the total energy will be minimal. We thus analyze the total differential of the energy. Here, the differentials of the partial energies of the air can be approximated by the ideal gas law, which yields $dE_i = -p_i dV_i$ and $dE_o = -p_o dV_o$. Next, we have to discuss the degrees of freedom of the system. Generally, the soap bubble wants to keep its spherical shape to minimize the surface area (and thus the surface energy $E_s$) at a given volume. This leaves us with a single parameter, the radius $R$ of the bubble, which can be varied in any process. The volume differentials then become $dV_1 = 4\pi R^2 dR$ and $dV_2 = -4\pi R^2 dR$. Additionally, the surface area changes by $dA = 8\pi R dR$. The differential of the surface energy thus reads $dE_s = 2\gamma 8\pi R dR$, provided that the surface tension stays constant.
Now we got everything and can express the differential of the total energy as $$ dE = -p_i 4 \pi R^2 dR + p_o 4\pi R^2 dR + 2\gamma 8\pi R dR \;. $$ Dividing by $4\pi R^2$ and noting that $dE/dR$ vanishes in equilibrium, we thus arrive at $$ p_i - p_o = \frac{4\gamma}{R} \;. $$ This expression shows that the pressure inside the bubble is large than outside. The pressure difference is two times the Laplace pressure $2\gamma/R$.
It is like a balloon. The pressures of the inner and outer air tend to equilibrate, creating a force over the balloon surface from the higher pressure to the lower one, trying to make them equal (the force goes from inside to outside, when you inflate it, from outside to inside when you deflate it). That's why it changes its size, because the gas pressures tend to be the same. At the other hand, the elastic material of the balloon when it is inflated tries to return to its resting state (deflated), so it creates an inward force compressing the inner air. The balloon reaches its balance (it gets inflated at a certain level) when these two forces are equal. That means that the inner air will always be at a higher pressure than the outer air, being this difference related to the balloon material elasticity (the more the material resistance to inflate/deform is, the more the pressure difference will be). In a bubble this resistance to inflate is due to the surface tension (a contractive force that always tries to leave a liquid surface at its minimum; that's why bubbles and droplets are spherical). (I'm not a native english speaker, please be comprehensive with expression)
The simple answer to "why is the pressure inside a soap bubble higher than outside," is that a higher pressure than the local atmosphere is required to make the bubble in the first place! This requirement comes from the need to counterbalance the surface tension force.
For stable conditions, $$F_i = F_o + F_s $$ Where $F_i$ is the force due to inside pressure, $F_o$ is the force due to outside pressure, and $F_s$ is the force due to surface tension.


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I am trying to get Ubuntu 12.04 onto my computer and when I boot up the LiveUSB (don't have a CD drive), I can see the GRUB boot screen but it doesn't show up the Ubuntu installation GUI.
Anyways, when I click on it, it just goes to a completely blank screen. No sound or anything. I have tried the acpi=off method and several others. None have worked. I have also tried the wubi install. Here are my specs:
Motherboard: MSI MS-7786
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Note: This is not a duplicate. I have tried every other method out there, and have researched StackExchange (yes, the whole thing) very thoroughly.


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Maynards: Mouth Chase, Fishing
Maynards candies are just like you and me. They like normal things like tennis and picnics. The only difference is they live in constant fear for their delicious little lives.
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The Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Conference concluded last week. This was the 30th annual meeting held at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The convention features keynote speakers and elected officials and business leaders from Michigan and the Great Lakes Region to discuss the political and economic climate of the region. More than 1,500 people attended the event. Noted speakers this year were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
This year's convention featured all seven gubernatorial candidates from both parties. The Republicans vying for governor are Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, Attorney General Mike Cox, Congressman Peter Hoekstra, businessman Rick Snyder and State Senator Tom George. The Democrat candidates are State House Speaker Andy Dillion and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. Most reports claim the event was a political alley fight where the candidates got their zingers to their targeted foes.
Attendees didn't approve of some the insults. Mr. Snyder took swipes at Mr. Cox regarding his alleged extra-marital affairs. Cox accused Snyder of shipping jobs overseas. Snyder was a former executive of Gateway Computer.
This type of open debate forum usually rewards the candidate who has the best zingers and the cleverest sound bites. The audience leaves the venue remembering nothing other than what made them laugh.
The format could have been beneficial for the audience and for Michigan voters. Instead of putting all seven candidates on the stage together, each candidate would be onstage individually and make their presentations about their candidacy and qualifications. They then could field questions from the audience within a structured time limit. The focus is on that candidate when only one candidate has the microphone. He will be forced to say how he will lead Michigan based on his past record.
The chambers of commerce throughout the state would be well served to invite these candidates to open forums so the candidate can convey why he wants to be our next governor. To get all candidates from both parties may be difficult to schedule. This state needs a confident leader. Putting a candidate on the spot to convince us Michiganders he can lead instead of verbally jabbing his opponent will be a welcome remedy.


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The Great Giraffe Challenge is a facebook version of a fairytale. The challenge was posted on Oct 26th and it has received thousands of likes on facebook. Facebook users can post the riddle on their walls and their friends can try to answer the riddle. Someone profile picture on facebook will change into a giraffe if he or she answer the riddle wrong.
Here is the riddle: 3:00 a.m. the doorbell rings and you wake up unexpected visitors, its your parents and they are there for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open?
The riddle is from a game developed by Australian travel blogger, Andrew Strugnell. Strugnell has a humorous reputation of entertaining his Youtube subscribers with similar challenges.
Strugnell's website has a blank field where people can type in and submit their answer. Many people have come with different answers. If fans are impatient, they can goggle the answer. Strugnell said he plans to post a new riddle each week.


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In a scathing letter sent Thursday to MSNBC president Phil Griffin, RNC Chair Reince Priebus said in no uncertain terms that his staff is banned from appearing on the network. The letter was sent in response to an offensive tweet put out by MSNBC claiming conservatives would hate a new Cheerios ad featuring a biracial family.
"Sadly," he wrote, "such petty and demeaning attacks have become a pattern at your network. With increasing frequency many of your hosts have personally denigrated and demeaned Americans -- especially conservative and Republican Americans -- without even attempting to further meaningful political dialogue."
Priebus said he enjoyed appearing on "decent" programs like "Morning Joe" and "Daily Rundown," but said the entire network has become "poisoned" as a result of the hateful behavior by many of the network's hosts.
"Until you personally and publically apologize for this behavior," he added, "I have banned all RNC staff from appearing on, associating with, or booking any RNC surrogates on MSNBC."
He also encouraged other GOP officials and surrogates to follow his lead.
A post at Twitchy said it "remains to be seen" if the letter will have the desired result.
MSNBC apologized for the offensive tweet, but the issue is much deeper than a single message on Twitter.
As we and others have reported time and again, the network continues to act as little more than the propaganda arm of the DNC, attacking and smearing conservatives on a daily basis.
On Wednesday, for example, Newsbusters said MSNBC's Alex Wagner issued a condescending and sexist tweet attacking Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., for the setting used in her response to the State of the Union.
"Living room. Lady on a settee. Where's the needlepoint?" she asked.
Matthew Balan called it the latest example of "if it weren't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all," a statement attributed to conservative talk show host Chris Plante.
- MSNBC slammed for tweet claiming conservatives would hate biracial Cheerios ad
- MSNBC still network of insane liberal hate
- Is MSNBC good for America?
- Alex Jones: MSNBC like 'Ku Klux Klan channel' where everything is about race
- Ann Coulter takes MSNBC's Chris Matthews to task for racial double standard
- The real reason liberals smear conservatives as racists
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- Chris Matthews says blacks around the world thank him for playing race card
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Mar 16, 2010 9:41 AM
You may have noticed that we're hardly perpetual rays of sunshine around here, but even so, we seem to spend a lot of our time enthusing about one gewgaw or another. Doubtblush exists to make it clear that we do not, in fact, like everything.
Whooooooooa, Nelly. When the site entry blocker for a scent says, "Yes, I am over 18 years old and I enjoy juicy erotic," you know you're in for something, erm... Different? Vulva Original Perfume ($35, ***link NSFW***) promises to smell like a sweaty cooter that was ridden hard and put away wet. Um. Well, then. Is this something meant to incite riots in prisons? This site (especially the intro video) just makes us want to grab the nearest bottle of Clorox wipes and scrub down every surface in sight. Please note, though, it's not actually meant to be used as perfume, but rather as a "scent experience."
If you do go for, um, muskier perfumes, we'd recommend Tom Ford's Black Orchid ($45-92), purportedly inspired by the unique odor of a man's dangly bits, just as Secretions Magnifiques by Etat Libre d'Orange, is.
You need to watch the "Vulva Maniac" cartoon: http://www.smellmeand.com/gb/maniac.html It totally ups the WTF!?! factor. I wonder if this would fool the dudes who buy the dirty panties out of the Japanese vending machines. If so, there might actually be a market for it. (Scary)
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