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Causes of the French and Indian War
The 'Join or Die' woodcut of Benjamin Franklin, from May 9, 1754, warning what would happen if the colonies did not unite against the French threat .
There was lingering hatred between the French and English after the earlier colonial wars . At the start of King William's War in 1689, the British allies, the Iroquois, attacked the French settlement of La Chine near Montreal before the French were aware that war had been declared.
Louis de Frontenac
The Governor General of New France, Louis de Frontenac responded by attacking isolated English settlements with his Indian allies and holding prisoners for ransom .These raids created a climate of fear in the colonies and against the Catholic church. The English felt the Catholic missionaries encouraged the Indians to attack the Protestant English . One of the most famous French missionaries was father Sébastian Rale (1657-1724). Rale, was a Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who worked among the eastern Abenaki. in the contested Kennebec River region in what is now Maine. Father Rale was widely suspected of inciting the tribe against the English because their settlements and blockhouses encroached on Abenaki land. He was killed by an English expedition against the Indians in 1724.
Death of Father Rale
The frontier war was conducted without pity or mercy, with scarcely a pretence of regard for the amenities of civilized warfare. Neither side was particularly scrupulous, each side kept up a terrible outcry against the other for doing the very same thing which it did itself. English writers have held up their hands in holy horror at the atrocious conduct of the French in sending savages to burn villages and massacre women and children on the English border. Yet was it not an English governor of New York who in 1689 launched the Iroquois thunderbolt against Canada, one of the most frightful Indian incursions known to history ? It does not appear that the conscience of either Puritan or Catholic was in the slightest degree disturbed by these horrors. Each felt sure that he was fighting the Devil, and thought it quite proper to fight him with his own weapons.
In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.
While the French, however, prudently refrained from gross violations of international law, they were nevertheless quite willing to incite the Indians to attack the English. Vaudreuil, the governor of and the Canada, expressly declared that it was convenient to maintain a secret alliance with the Indians, since the latter might inflict much damage upon the English, while the French could disclaim all responsibility for their acts. The word guerrilla comes from this era of French and English conflict in the New World, derived from la petite guerreo, a phrase used by Governor Frontenac to describe the strategy of using Indians to raid English settlements.
Indians allied with the French carry off their English captives . Captives were usually held for ransom, called 'redeeming' captives at the time. Besides being killed, scalped, raped, etc, one of the greatest English fears was to be taken by Indians and turned into a 'savage.' Rape was not as common as believed as many Indian warriors did not find European women attractive and rape was seen as deviant behavior in many tribes It was common to torture captives in Indian warfare with flaying,burning, forcing captives to eat severed parts of their own body or being forced to run between two rows of warriors armed with clubs. These attacks caused reprisals from the English and a desire to expel the French who armed the Indians and encouraged such attack. Captivity narratives such as The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) and John William's The Redeemed Captive (1706) were some of the first 'best sellers' in colonial America.
Sebasian Rale -A Maine Tragedy (1906)
An account of Peter Williamson who was captured by Indians from his Pennsylvania farmhouse in 1754 yet managed to escape and fight in many battles in the French and Indian War
Most Indian attacks on frontier settlers were hit and run raids. Settlers would usually construct a stockade in the area they could run to outwait an Indian attack
Whipped to a frenzy by the French, the Iroquois were cutting a swath of desolation from New York to Virginia. Terrified settlers banded together, no match for the Indians' cunning. Cabins were burned, entire families massacred, victims scalped, captives tortured. Yet, in the end, the Iroquois would pay the highest price.
Since the end of King George's War in 1748, both France and England desired to expand into the rich Ohio River Valley, which was formally unclaimed by either side . The British established the Ohio Company to develop trade in the area. The French regarded this as an attempt to claim the entire area and sent in troops and built forts to prevent the British from settling the area .There were also tensions among the Acadians in Nova Scotia . The French built forts which the British felt violated the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748.
The French were also encouraging the Acadians, a French speaking people who found themselves under British rule as a result of the treaty in 1713, to agitate for independence .
English Advantages and Armed Forces
King George II (1683-1760) relied on the advice of his ministers such as William Pitt. The global victories during his reign would establish England as a major world power.
The English had numerous advantages over the French when the war began. One was the alliance between the English and the Iroquois, which was made up of the six Indian nations of the Cayuga, Seneca,Onondaga, Oneida Mohawk and the Tuscarora. England was stronger as a naval power and English settlers outnumbered French settlers greatly , with the English having over a million settlers in its 13 colonies and France having an estimated 60,000 on the St. Lawrence River and 6,000 on the Gulf coast . The British had about 2,500 regular troops in North America in 1754 .Many of the troops that were to fight in the war were colonial militia troops raised in America .Most males between the ages of 16 and 60 were members of a local militia .In 1759, there were roughly 17,000 provincial troops enlisted. they were not as disciplined or well trained as British regular troops .
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French Advantages and Armed forces
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King Louis XV (1710-1774) was destined not to maintain
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The French held an extensive system of forts in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region. Unlike the English settlers with their independent local governments which were difficult to organize in time of war, the French had a single royal system of command . The French, having less settlements than the English , came into less conflict with the Indians and were able to establish a strong network of Indian allies . French trappers, hunters and traders were at home in the forests where many of the battles of the war would be fought and developed tactics suited to the wilderness . the uniformed French troops in New France at the start of the war were the Compagnies Franches de la Marine, marines because New France was under the administration of the French Navy .The French troops wore white and blue uniforms. Many of the French officers were familiar with frontier warfare and had served in outposts in the wilderness .The French often attacked with mixed parties of Canadian militia and Indian allies, led by regular officers and regular soldiers . They were able to combine European organization with the Indians knowledge of the land and stealth to great effect .As in the English colonies, most men aged 16 to 60 served in the local militia .In 1750 the militia totaled around 13,000 men .
coin of New France. The livre was the currency of New France. New France currency also made extensive use of paper money
France had penetrated deeply into the interior of North America through such noteworthy explorations as Samuel de Champlain in the Great Lakes and Robert Cavalier La Salle who reached the Gulf of Mexico by going down the Mississippi River in 1682. Captain de la Verendrye established trading forts on the Canadian prairie and went as far west as Wyoming by the 1730s . Unlike England, France had few costal cities and forts in North America, except for the naval base of Louisbourg, built in 1720 and Mobile and New Orleans . The mainstay of New France was the fur trade, which was maintained through a wide network of forts from the gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico .
handsome book extensively illustrated with paintings, sketches, and colour photographs of important sites and artifacts relating to the war, historian Ron Dale offers a narrative encompassing all sides of the conflict and important sites and fortifications.


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Summer Bulbs (page 7 of 7)
by Michael MacCaskey
Spring Calla Lily (Zantedeschia)
Unlike the common white calla lilies that are mostly available in the fall, spring callas are the more delicate and more colorful hybrids you've perhaps seen in florists' shops. Flowers are familiar-shaped calla flowers--a colorful 4- to 5-inch bract surrounding an upright spike covered with minute flowers. But instead of white, colors are light yellow (Z. albomaculata), golden yellow (Z. elliottiana), or pink (Z. rehmannii). 'Gem' is rosy lavender; other assorted unnamed hybrids include shades of apricot, orange and purple. In all cases, bloom appears late spring and early summer. Plants grow about 2 feet high. Spring callas need moderately acid soil, generous amounts of moisture with good drainage and a resting period. All are excellent in pots. Plant rhizomes about 2 inches deep, one per 6-inch pot.
Rain lily (Zephyranthes)
These charming, grassy-leaved bulbs take their name from their habit of blooming after a rain. Plant them in your lawn, between stepping stones, around trees and shrubs and in containers with larger plants. Wonderful naturalizers, they'll multiply, surprise and please you midsummer on for years. Height is 5 to 8 inches; colors are white, yellow, pink and rose. Plant tiny bulbs about 1 inch deep in spring after the last frost. Mulch heavily in fall, or if soil freezes, lift and store bulbs.
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County libraries and the local United Way chapter are asking community members to help them get a copy of an inspirational children's book into the hands of every sixth-grader in Medina County.
The novel, "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio, tells the story of a 10-year-old boy who was born with severe facial deformities. The boy begins public school after being homeschooled, resulting in him feeling ostracized because of how he looks.
Holly Camino, manager of Buckeye Library in York Township, said the story's message focuses on the power of kindness and acceptance in lieu of bullying.
"Wonder" is the focus of the Medina County District Library's "One Book, One Community" program. The goal, Camino said, is to get the book read by every person in Medina County.
"We all read it and decided it was (the) best pick because it's relevant to what's going on in our county regarding bullying and youth suicide," she said.
Medina County officials have voiced concerns about the problem of teen suicides. A survey conducted in 2012 by Living Well Medina County indicated a fifth of the county's high school students have "seriously considered suicide."
"One Book, One Community" programs across the nation strive to get residents to share a particular book's message, including reading the story and attending group discussions. Officials here are in talks to get the book's author to speak over the summer.
Camino said the book program extends beyond sixth-graders, the reading level for "Wonder."
"It's relevant for anyone age 9 to 109," she said. "We wanted a book that appeals to everybody, and this is definitely the book that does it."
The last time the county had a similar program was about 12 years ago, Camino said, when libraries encouraged residents to read Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Anyone interested in reading "Wonder" can take out a copy from any of the county's libraries and can purchase a copy from any Project: LEARN location.
School districts countywide have added the book to summer reading lists, Camino said, and "Wonder" is being featured in library-sponsored book clubs.
She said when United Way of Medina County caught wind of the "Wonder" program, the agency's leaders reached out.
Kelley Jones, United Way's project coordinator, said the county agency is counting on community members to get enough books for all the students. In total, Jones said they'll need 2,300 copies.
Jones said anyone interested in helping out can donate their own copies of the book at any of the county's libraries — including the Wadsworth Library, which is not a member of the district library system but opted to join in the initiative.
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They can also visit the United Way's website at www.unitedwaymedina.org.
Donated books will include stickers on the inside cover indicating who donated the books, Jones said.
The goal is to get the books collected by mid-April and distributed in May before school is out for the summer.
She said readers shouldn't be disappointed, considering the story moved some at the United Way to tears.
"It should really inspire some dinner-table discussions about choosing to be kind," Jones said. "That makes all the difference in the world, especially when a kid's having a bad day."
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Definitions of PARISH in dictionaries:
- noun - a local church community
- noun - the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
- An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church in the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and some other churches.
- The members of such a parish; a religious community attending one church.
- A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
- An administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other U.
- noun - an ecclesiastical district
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JOB TITLE: Golf Maintenance I
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DIVISION: Golf
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS: Golf Course Superintendent
DIRECTION OF OTHERS: None
EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Be 18 years of age, minimum. Preferably two years of golf course maintenance experience. Pesticide applicators license required.
NATURE OF WORK: Assist in performing spraying duties, irrigation repair, minor mechanical functions, and general care of turf areas and buildings.
I. Responsible for performing spraying duties with through the direction of the Golf Course Superintendent.
II. Responsible for assisting in the maintenance and application of the irrigation system.
III. Assist the golf course Mechanic in the repair or routine servicing of golf course equipment.
IV. May perform any of the tasks identified in the job description for Golf Maintenance II.
V. Report any damage to the golf course to your supervisor immediately.
VI. Report any vehicle or equipment damage to your supervisor immediately.
VII. Report any personal injury or accident to your supervisor immediately.
VIII. Answers questions of the golfing public when in the field, or directs public to the proper employee.
IX. Shall be gracious and courteous to golf patrons.
EXTENT AND TYPE OF INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC: Answers questions of the general public when in the field or directs public to the proper employee.
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EQUIPMENT AND TOOL OPERATION: All turf related equipment, irrigated systems and tools, hard and power tools.
WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS: Typically 35 hours per week, and will include some weekends during the golfing season.
In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act the following represents the Physical and Environmental Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk on uneven and rough terrain as well as paved and unpaved trails, use hands and arms to handle and manipulate objects, tools, or controls; and operate foot controls on equipment. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear. When training others in equipment operation the employee is frequently exposed to bouncing, jostling, twisting, and turning of the upper body. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally must lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.


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This number keeps rising. Over the last decade the number of people speaking Spanish has doubled.
Spanish is after English the second most widely used language in international communications. It is spoken in 21 countries and is one of the official languages of the European Union, the African Union, as well as the United Nations. It will definitely give you a big plus whatever your profession is.
Spain is visted by more than 55 million tourists per year. Knowing Spanish can help you in many ways enjoy the hispanic world and life better.


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This is a discussion on Best Open Carry Explanation Ever within the Open Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Well, maybe yes, maybe no....
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Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse or Rapture....whichever comes first.
Can anyone translate it for me?
A CCW is like a parachute; if you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.
I'm just a spoke in the wheel but not a big deal.
America...a Constitutional Republic. NOT a democracy as the liberals would have us believe.
PANTS UP DON'T LOOT!!....A Kentucky Rifle behind EVERY BLADE OF GRASS!!
You know that look women give you when they want some sugar? Me neither
Sadly even I must agree that Alabama needs more ex law enforcement officers.
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The baby is like Wait? What? I speak gibberish and that didn't make sense to me.
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Second Amendment -- Established December 15, 1791 and slowly eroded ever since What happened to "..... shall not be infringed."
The lady in the video has a point. The cops in that state (any state) should know all the laws in their state. Thats like asking a lawyer a question about a law and he/she doesn't have an answer but the specialize in that subject like guns, etc.
Another point that needs to be addressed is there are 45 states with right to keep and bear arms clauses in their State Constitutions. Every LEO takes an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the US and the Constitution of that State. Yet most LEO's have never read their own State's Constitution. Have you?
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Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
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The problem with OC is that it ruins the element of surprise.
Knowing that anyone in society may be concealed-carrying a handgun makes anyone & everyone a possibly armed individual.
OC ruins that.
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It was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20 that created this oil spill, the consequences of which have never been seen before. Since then, British Petroleum has tried numerous tactics to stop the oil leaking. According to BP, around 800,000 litres (approximately 5,000 barrels) of oil have been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico per day. Many scientists though believe this calculation to be a significant underestimation on BP's behalf. They are suggesting the real figure could be between 70,000 and 100,000 barrrels per day, or more than 15 million litres.
The oil spill has had a disastrous effect on fishing, which is now forbidden in large areas of the gulf. A state of emergency was declared for the fishing sector in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The White House called the oil leak the worst environmental catastrophe in the history of the United States.
American authorities have launched civil and criminal investigations into the spill. The courts will decide if laws protecting water safety, endangered species, migratory birds and oil drilling safety have been broken. This legislation determines liability for clean-up costs and and other costs incurred by the federal state. Charges could also be brought regarding the deaths of the 11 workers who were on the oil rig when it exploded. BP has already accepted to pay 370 million euros in fines and damages in various out-of-court settlements relating to the spill.
The oil leak could last for months to come and the unprecendented nature of it means that experts assessing the damage to underwater and coastal ecosystems are unable to predict the exact scale of the disaster. The head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, recently said that the long-term effects of the spill on marine life remain unknown. Similarly, no-one knows the effect on the Gulf's food chain of the chemical dispersant used to treat the leaked oil.
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- A piece of cardboard that is strong but flexible
- A ruler
- A pencil
- Scissors
- Tape
- A small container – about the size of a
film canister
- A 10c coin
1. Measure a strip of cardboard about 2cm wide.Form it into a hoop – this works best if the hoop is 8 – 10cm across.Trim off any extra cardboard and use a bit of tape to secure your hoop.
2. Half fill your container with some water.Place the hoop on top of the container so it's resting on it's own.
3. Carefully place your coin on the top of the cardboard hoop so it's balanced and sitting directly above the plastic container.You might need to shift it around a little bit until it's perfectly balanced and stays balanced without you holding on.
4. Once you've got this all set up – take your pencil, poke it just inside the cardboard hoop and give it a good, hard flick directly out to the side…
The hoop should flick forcefully out to the side… what happened to your coin?Did it fall directly into the water?
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This experiment show's Newton's First Law of Motion in action!Newton's
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unless acted upon by an outside force, and if an object is in motion it will
stay in motion in the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an outside
This is what happened with the coin and the
The hoop and coin were both at rest.Then the hoop was acted upon by an outside
force when you flicked it to the side with your pencil.
The coin hadn't been acted upon by an
outside force – so it stayed at rest – but without the hoop, the coin has
nothing to hold it up…so the outside force of gravity takes over… sending the
coin straight downwards into the plastic container of water!
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In a press release dated 14 March, 2007, Stefan Pokroppa announced his resignation from CLARO.
Three days later, Stefan was travelling on a special bus to Orihuela as an invitee of the Partido Popular to attend the celebration of the "proclamation" of Monica Lorente as future Mayor of Orihuela.
Stefan said he was quitting CLARO because it was in a mess. This was patently not the reason. In a press interview he said the party was divided and had missed an opportunity to work alongside the Partido Popular. The "opportunity" took the form of an offer put to CLARO by the Partido Popular leader Monica Lorente to include a member of CLARO in their candidate list and to offer two CLARO members paid employment in a future Popular Party administration. The condition attached to this offer was that CLARO would be suspended and would not contest the May municipal election - in other words CLARO was invited to commit suicide.
There was no division in the CLARO Committee in rejecting this offer. We would never agree to abandon CLARO's mission to organise and campaign for independent representation in Orihuela Town Hall. No division except for one person, Stefan Pokroppa who now says this was a missed opportunity. And to show his true colours it was announced that Stefan Pokroppa will be included in the election campaign committee of the Partido Popular!
Stefan Pokroppa did not resign from CLARO - he defected. There was no honest policy difference between him and the other members of the CLARO committee. He quit for personal interests. He broadcast his departure widely with fabricated reasons. He announced it to the press and other media. In other words, he chose to leave in a way which would do maximum damage to a party which he helped to create only a few months earlier.
The reasons for founding CLARO, which we all agreed, were to put an end to the neglect and abandonment by those in power in Orihuela Town Hall and who has been in power for the last. 20 years in which the damage had been done, not only in Orihuela Costa but in many other areas of Orihuela municipality, especially the pedanias (villages surrounding Orihuela). The Partido Popular, the party to which Stefan Pokroppa has now defected, the party CLARO was created to oppose.
CLARO wants to present a real, independent democratic choice to the residents of Orihuela Costa, pedanias and Orihuela itself. A choice which we are sure the people of Orihuela, Spanish and non-Spanish EU citizens alike, are going to favour with their votes on 27 May.
CLARO Committee
Tags: Stefan Pokroppa, Partido Popular, Claro, Orihuela, Orihuela-costa, Orihuela Costa, Monica Lorente


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Dec. 2, 2003
By Tom Weber
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois University athletic department announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2003-04 on Tuesday. The six-person class, which will be inducted in a ceremony on Jan. 30, 2004, includes Oyd Craddock (Football, 1976-79), Steve Heckel (Men's Golf, 1966-69), Sterling Mahan (Men's Basketball, 1987-91), Jamie Schuttek (Softball, 1994-97), Doug Shields (Baseball, 1987-90) and Rob Siracusano (Men's Diving, 1992-95).
Craddock is regarded as one of the best defensive backs in school history and played on the highly successful Division I Saluki teams of the late 1970s before the program joined the Division I-AA ranks. The team was 25-19 during Craddock's four seasons, including a 7-4 record in 1978 and 8-3 record in 1979. Craddock started 43 out of 44 games in his career and was a three-time all-conference selection. He was named both Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press and First Team All-MVC in 1979. He earned second-team All-MVC honors in 1977 and 1978. He was also named to the conference's all-academic team in 1979. Craddock recorded 426 tackles in his career and ranks second in that category in school history. He also ranks third in career interceptions at SIU with 11. The Salukis ranked first in the MVC in scoring defense in 1978 and 1979, and second in 1977. The Salukis were also first in total defense in 1978. Since graduation, Craddock has worked the last 23 years for IBM in sales, marketing and management. He began his career with IBM in his hometown of New Orleans and relocated to Atlanta in 1995.
Heckel, who has been the head professional and co-owner of Crab Orchard Golf Club in Carterville, Ill. since 1972, was a vital member of the successful Saluki men's golf team of the 1960s and went on to have a prolific professional career. The SIU golf team recorded a combined record of 50-18 from 1967 to 1969. Heckel led the 1968 team with a 73.6 stroke average and was the only Saluki chosen to compete in the NCAA post-season tournament. The 1967 team finished fifth in the College Division NCAA Tournament, and Heckel was second on the team in stroke average. As a professional golfer, Heckel was a PGA Championship qualifier in 1987 and a United States Senior Open Championship qualifier in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He served as the Gateway PGA Vice President for 12 years and was the Gateway PGA Player of the Year in 1988. He has won numerous Gateway PGA honors, including "Merchandiser of the Year" in 1988, Professional of the Year in 1990 and Teacher of the Year in 1995. In addition, he was the Gateway PGA Senior Champion in 1997 and 1998, and match play champion 1988, 1991 and 1999. He is also a member of the Southern Illinois Golf Association Hall of Fame.
Mahan had a stellar four-year career during a remarkable era of Saluki basketball in the late '80s. He ranks among the career leaders at SIU in numerous statistical categories including ninth in (1,503 points), eighth in 3-pointers (118), third in free throws made (383), second in steals (171) and fourth in assists (381). He was a First Team All-MVC performer in 1990 and was named Second Team All-MVC in 1991. He also made the MVC All-Defense team in 1990. Mahan ranks highly in several single-season categories, including first in assists in a season with 144 in 1990. The Salukis were 76-52 during Mahan's career, won the conference title in 1990 and recorded three-straight National Invitation Tournament bids from 1989-91. In Mahan's senior year, the team advanced to the third round of the NIT before losing to Stanford. Mahan currently resides in Wyatt, Mo., where he works for a construction company.
Schuttek is one of the best softball players in the history of the university and the Missouri Valley Conference. A pitcher and designated player, Schuttek was a three-time First-Team All-MVC performer (1994, 96 and 97) and was the conference's Most Valuable Player in 1997. She was also named All-American in 1997, one of only three All-Americans in the program's history. The Salukis were 120-77 during Schuttek's career, including a 41-16 mark in 1997 that included wins over Mississippi, Oklahoma, Georgia Tech, Michigan and Missouri. Schuttek rewrote the Saluki record book and still ranks first in career wins (69), complete games (73), winning percentage (.734), shutouts (23) and RBI (130). She also ranks first in numerous single-season categories, including RBI (44), batting average (.439), winning percentage (.933) and Wins (28). Schuttek was an immediate success at SIU, leading the team in hitting her freshman year with a .439 average in 1994. Among the many highlights of her career were a no-hitter thrown at Evansville on April 2, 1996. After graduation, Schuttek was drafted by the Women's Professional Softball League. Schuttek currently resides in Herrin, Ill., and after several years in business, has returned to Southern Illinois University to to complete a degree in elementary education.
Shields played outfield for the Salukis and was a member of the 1990 team, SIU's last to make an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Salukis were 49-14 in 1990 and won two games in the NCAA Regional Tournament. Shields was named Third Team All-American that season and led the team in home runs (9) and RBI (64). His career numbers still rank among the best in school history. He stands fourth in career RBI (146), second in career games played (236), third in career at-bats (781), fourth in career runs scored (169), third in career hits (256), fourth in career doubles (46) and third in career total bases (373). He was named First-Team All-MVC in both 1989 and 1990 and led the '89 team in hitting with a .364 average. Shields was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1990 and played several years in the minor leagues. Shields currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he works as the superintendent for Ameritek Homes.
Siracusano was one of the world's top divers in the early '90s and had an amazing career at SIU. He was a seven-time All-American on the 1 and 3-meter boards. He competed in four NCAA Meets in his four years and led SIU to three Top 25 finishes at the NCAA Meet. He competed in 10 of 10 U.S. National and National Indoor Championships from 1990-95 and became the first diver since Greg Louganis to place a new dive in the NCAA rule book. A member of the United States Diving National Team, he competed at the 1994 World Championship Trials and earned a fifth place finish, the highest finish of all active NCAA collegiate divers. He also participated in the national team's 1994 tour of China and Germany and competed in the Olympic Sports Festival in 1991, 93 and 94. Siracusano holds SIU Pool records on the 1-meter (341.48) and 3-meter (386.47) boards in a dual meet (six dives) and on the 3-meter (583.50) board in a championship meet dual (11 dives). He also holds school records in the 1-meter dual (376.80) and championship (547.72) and 3-meter dual (427.40) and championship (597.05) dives. In 1995, he became the first MVC champion in the 1 and 3-meter dives. Siracusano is a native of Long Island, N.Y. and currently resides in suburban Chicago where he works as an investment broker for Wachovia Bank.


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Good day, everyone! Recently I saw a few awesomeness and usefulness tools/frameworks/events for web developers, which would like to share with you.
This is amazing preprocessing app. Prepros allows compile everything (LESS, Sass, SCSS, Stylus, Jade, Slim, Coffeescript, LiveScript, Haml, Markdown), minifies and concatenates JS in the real time, optimizes png and jpg images, refreshes the browser in real time whenever you change CSS or HTML files and multi device testing.
Since you should not pay a Liverload and Ghostlab, because all of this are absolutely free and available on GitHub. Similar functionality is only possible with Grunt, but with Prepros this tasks are much easeir.
There is also a paid version of Prepros, which gives 1-Click FTP/SFTP deployment, remote device inspection & debug and other useful solutions.
Open source editor from Adobe based on NodeJS and writed special for web developers. It have a nice UI like a Sublime Text, live reload tool, plugin system and really clever autocomplete for HTML/CSS/JS and you will understand it after first key press. Brackets allows view and edit CSS in HTML document, by finding corresponding selector in selected element's attribute, when you press CMD/CTRL + E. Also inside a lot of smart tools like colorpicker or CSS transition editor.
Who don't love write a regular expressions? Ok, what about if URL checking on JavaScript will look like this:
// Create an example of how to test for correctly formed URLs
var tester = VerEx()
.then( "http" )
.maybe( "s" )
.then( "://" )
.maybe( "www." )
.anythingBut( " " )
// Create an example URL
var testMe = "https://www.google.com";
// Use RegExp object's native test() function
if( tester.test( testMe ) ) alert( "We have a correct URL "); // This output will fire
else alert( "The URL is incorrect" );
VerbalExpressions also exists for Ruby, C#, Python, Java, Groovy, PHP, Haskell, C++, Objective-C.
This is more functionally fork from Voyeur.js - small (~2kb in gzip) library for traversing and manipulating the DOM with a nice syntax.
Find Elements
HTML.div.h1; // body>div>h1, return H1 elent
HTML.div.h1.innerHTML = "Ilya Pestov";
HTML.div.ul.li; // return array of li elements
HTML.find("#example"); // return one node
HTML.find(".example"); // return array of nodes
Callback Function
HTML.tag...use( callback(element) ) Root HTMLElement
HTML.div.ul.li.use(); // return div element
HTML.div.ul.li.use(function(li, i) {
// loop in list
li.innerHTML = "List item #" + i;
HTML.div.ul.use(function(ul) {
ul.style.background = "blue";
ul.li; //..
Create Elements
HTML.create.tag...mult( factor ) Array
HTML.create.div; // return div element
HTML.create.div.h1; // return H1 with div parent
HTML.create.ul.li.mult(10).use(function(li, i) { // create 10 li elements
li.innerHTML = "Created list items!"; //
//HTML.tag...eq( begin , end ) HTMLElement|Array
HTML.create.ul.li.mult(10).eq(7).innerHTML = "The 8th item.";
HTML.ul.li.eq(2, 6).use(function(li, i) {
li.create.em.innerText = "Hello World";
It' not end, HTML.js provide quality work with DOM by
.each(), remove(), ify(), ._other(), _fn() and other methods which described in documentation.
LiveScript is a language which compiles to JavaScript. It has a straightforward mapping to JavaScript and allows you to write expressive code devoid of repetitive boilerplate.
take = (n, [x, ...xs]:list) -->
| n <= 0 => []
| empty list => []
| otherwise => [x] ++ take n - 1, xs
take 2, [1 2 3 4 5] #=> [1, 2]
take-three = take 3
take-three [3 to 8] #=> [3, 4, 5]
# Function composition, 'reverse' from prelude.ls
last-three = reverse >> take-three >> reverse
last-three [1 to 8] #=> [6, 7, 8]
instead of JS
var take, takeThree, lastThree, slice$ = [].slice;
take = curry$(function(n, list){
var x, xs;
x = list[0], xs = slice$.call(list, 1);
switch (false) {
case !(n <= 0):
return [];
case !empty(list):
return [];
return [x].concat(take(n - 1, xs));
take(2, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
takeThree = take(3);
takeThree([3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]);
lastThree = function(){
return reverse(takeThree(reverse.apply(this, arguments)));
lastThree([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]);
function curry$(f, bound){
var context,
_curry = function(args) {
return f.length > 1 ? function(){
var params = args ? args.concat() : [];
context = bound ? context || this : this;
return params.push.apply(params, arguments) <
f.length && arguments.length ?
_curry.call(context, params) : f.apply(context, params);
} : f;
return _curry();
Git implementation in JavaScript. Application I see only as a Brackets plugin, but I am sure, that it's will be a good stuff for true geek.
Crowdfunding: Ghost — Just a Blogging Platform
As far as I know it's first CMS, which will be developed by crowdfunding power. Author of project John O'Nolan gathered about $400 000 on Kickstarter and this amount is 785% of what he need. Ghost is open project, beautiful design, understandable and adaptive admin UI.
Infographics able not only to organize large amounts of information, but also more vividly show the ratio of objects and facts in time and space, as well as to demonstrate trends. Infogram is very simple tool for creating infographic. It's allow use diagrams, maps, photos, videos and import data in XLS, XLSX or CSV. As far as I know it's only interactive infographic builder. And it's also a social network. Share infographics with friend and embed in to your site.
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Rick Remender and Daniel Acuna deliver an all-new issue of Uncanny Avengers as part of the new Marvel NOW! line.
This issue Kang's Chronos Corps, assembled from the splintered fringes of time and space, have arrived on Planet X with a terrible offer. Now, Havok must reunite the surviving members of the Uncanny Avengers in a race against time to save the planet, but with Magneto and his human hunting X-Force closing in, how far is Havok willing to go to save all he holds dear?
The 'Avenge the Earth' arc continues in Uncanny Avengers # 19 in April. While you have awhile to wait, you can still take a sneak peek of the issue here now.
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Browns coach Rob Chudzinski and defensive coordinator Ray Horton seem to have a disagreement on what kind of defense they'll run.
Chudzinski repeated Thursday night that the Browns will use a hybrid of 3-4 and 4-3 schemes, while Horton told 910-AM in Arizona he's sticking with the 3-4 he used with the Cardinals.
"It won't be a hybrid, not unless we're playing golf," Horton said. "It will be the same defense we ran here. It'll be a stick-'em defense, go get 'em. That's what we do."
The Browns ran a 4-3 the last two seasons under former coordinator Dick Jauron after six years in the 3-4 under coaches Romeo Crennel and Eric Mangini. Horton's 3-4 scheme is more aggressive after spending seven years working for Steelers coordinator Dick LeBeau.
"On defense, we're going to be mirror teams," Horton said of the Steelers. "We're going to look exactly the same. We want to be one of the top defenses in the league."
The biggest issue with a switch to the 3-4 is how core members of the defense fit. Tackle Phil Taylor and end Jabaal Sheard were drafted to play in a 4-3, while middle linebacker D'Qwell Jackson's play was much improved in the 4-3.
Horton interviewed for head coaching jobs with the Browns, Cardinals and Bills and said Norv Turner was on board to be his offensive coordinator if he got the job in Arizona. Turner was hired by Chudzinski.
"He was excited," Horton said of Turner. "His wife was ecstatic about it."
Turner gave Horton his first coaching job with the Washington Redskins.


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The revolution shall be cannibalised
Egypt again teeters. The Muslim Brotherhood will be thinking of past failures when the Islamic experiment won, or threatened to win in the polls but was felled by military involvement. Algeria in 1991 is the most potent example- 12 July 2013
After the Arab Spring: Algeria's standing in a new world
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Myths vs Facts - clarifying BBC Question Time 17/01/13
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Cameron cancels EU speech
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has cancelled his speech on the European Union tomorrow due to the ongoing crisis in Algeria- 17 January 2013
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Britain's inability to assert a consistent and sensible policy with regard to Israel and Palestine has led us down the road to anonymity- 29 November 2012
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- Puppet show and dinner in Jaipur
- Delight in a dinner of traditional Rajasthani specialties at a local restaurant
- Watch an entertaining puppet show and learn about Indian folklore, legends and culture
- Hotel pickup and drop-off by private air-conditioned vehicle included
- A great activity for the whole family!
What You Can Expect
While dining on a spread of traditional Rajasthani specialties, watch an entertaining show of lively, dancing kathputlis (puppets), carved from wood and brightly decorated with printed fabrics.
The narrative will take you into a world of valiant kings, beautiful princesses and powerful magicians, giving you a glimpse into past and present lifestyles in India. As the performance unfolds, accompanied by traditional Indian music, you'll learn about Indian folklore, myths, legends and aspects of local culture.
After dinner and the show, you'll be taken back to your hotel.
Customer Reviews
March 2016
The puppet show was mediocre and despite paying a lot of money for the show, we were still asked for tips and sold overpriced puppets.


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No one has ever accused Berklee College of Music, Boston's innovative and creative educational facility for contemporary music, of presenting standard concerts. The school, which offers among other courses, study in music business and management, songwriting, and film scoring, will present the Music of Armenia in a March 3 concert at the Berklee Performance Center.
The 6th annual Middle Eastern Festival in the school's Signature Music Series at Berklee will feature Perspectives Ensemble directed by flutist Sato Moughalian, presenting Dark Eyes/New Eyes, with a cappella folk trio Zulal and live painting by Kevork Mourad. Special guests include Ludo Mlado and acclaimed Armenian folk singer Aleksan Harutyunyan.
The concert will also feature music from neighborng regions, including a set of Bulgarian music with Berklee's Pletenitsa Choir, the Ludo Mlado Dance Ensemble, the Sayat Nova Folk Dance Ensemble, and the Berklee World Strings directed by Eugene Friesen.
The festival brings visiting artists from the Middle East and the Mediterranean togeher with students to experience the musical traditions of the regions, in past years highlighting Flamenco, Balkan, Turkish, Lebanese, and Palestinian music. Festival founder and director Christiane Karam, who is assistant professor of voice at Berklee, chose armenia this time because she is part armenian. "My grandparents were exiled in 1915 and my mother was born in Beirut," said Karam. "It was important to me to go back to my roots and tell the story of the people and the culture through their music."
Perspectives Ensemble was founded in 1993 by its artistic director Moughalia. The ensemble presents the works of composers in cultural context with thematic programs on subjects that bridge the visual, musical, and literary arts. Dark Eyes/New Eyes had its genesis in the friendship and collaboration that developed between Moughalian, Eve Beglarian, and Kevork Mourad. "These two New York based Armenian artists and I share aspects of our family histories," said Moughalian. "All of us being the descendants of people who were displaced, and then went on to create vibrant new lives."
Dark Eyes/New Eyes incorporates a wide range of Armenian music, very old and very new. The program traces the arc of a life, from beginnings in a mountainous Armenian village, spending youth in a city learning an ancient art form, desolation, recovery and regenerating in a new place. "Dark Eyes/New Eyes honors our ancestors and our friends -- those who have passed into the great beyond but have left with us the gifts of their art and their spirits," added Moughalian.
Syrian-born artist Kevork Mourad will paint live onstage during Dark Eyes/New Eyes. After gettinghis master's degree from Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts in Armenia, Mourad got the idea to combine visual art with his love of music. He has worked with many world class musicians using his technique of spontaneour painting. On February 28, Moughalian and Zulal will present a public clinic at Berklee. For more invormation, visit Berklee.ecu/events/music-armenia.
The Music of Armenia takes place Monday, March 3 at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center (BPC), 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Reserved seating tickets are available for $8 in advance, $12 the day of the show, at www.berklee.edu/bpc. The venue is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call the BPC at 617-747-2261.


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Cats Resume Pac-12 Play, Head to the Farm
Arizona baseball, winners in nine of the last 10 games, takes on Stanford, winners in nine of its last 12, this weekend in Palo Alto. The Friday and Sunday games will air on Pac-12 Networks.
Cats, Devils Meet in Top 25 Showdown
25th-ranked Arizona baseball hosts No. 18 Arizona State in a non-conference game tonight at Hi Corbett Field. The game will air live at 6 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks.
Wildcats' Wild Comeback Upends ASU
Arizona erased a six-run deficit and scored eight runs over the final three innings to rally and defeat rival Arizona State, 10-9, before a crowd of 5,396 on Tuesday night at Hi Corbett Field.
Cougars Win Series Opener, 9-5
After resuming last night's rain-suspended game, Washington State added two more runs and held off Arizona to win the opening game, 9-5.
Baseball Takes Winning Streak on the Road
Winners of six-straight games, the Arizona Wildcats (21-11, 6-6 Pac-12) travel to Pullman, Wash., for a three-game series against Washington State (17-13, 4-5 Pac-12) this weekend.
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A Birthday Ball
Written and illustrated by Emma Thomson
It's Pearl's birthday! But could her beautiful gift cause problems among the sea of princesses? When Pearl receives a birthday party invitation to the Underwater Kingdom, she dives down to the bottom of the ocean. Her friends, the other sea princesses, give her a beautiful pearl necklace, but jealous Princess Amethyst takes the necklace herself! Will Pearl ever see her treasured present again?
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Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-25457
Biro, P; Spahn, D R (2009). The difficult intubation drill at the University Hospital Zürich. Jurnalul Român de Anestezie Terapie Intensivã, 16(2):147-153.
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Recently, an institutional "Difficult Intubation Drill" has been conceived and started at the University Hospital Zürich, which is intended to sustainably improve the handling of difficult airway situations. The drill consists of a weekly course in the airway management SkillsLab of the university to which all staff members of our department are subjected to participate. The hardware of the drill is a standardized difficult intubation cart consisting of 4 airway rescue techniques arranged in successive drawers that represent also the priority and order of use of these 4 devices: 1. SensaScope®, 2. Fastrach®, 3. laryngeal tube, and 4. transtracheal oxygenation and jet ventilation. This actual choice of devices and techniques represent the actual algorithm for the unexpected failed intubation. Repeated assessments of the educational results and clinical outcome of this airway course will possibly contribute to adaptations and modification of the difficult intubation cart and its clinical use.
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my daughter is now 31 months old and lately she has been having meltdowns several times a day when things don't go her way. I know she is being independent and wants to do things on her own (which is fine with me) but next month I'm flying home :one stretch of the flight is 9 hours plus another 2 hours plus 1 1/2 hour for total of 23 hour trip. I'm stressing about the trip. I know it's a long flight and I don't know how I will keep her busy for 9 hours sitting down! (she doesn't nap anymore, and she fights every time I change her diaper because she wants the dog character or cat one. and her clothes. I only show her two pieces but she rejects both so it's power struggle to get her dressed. 6 months ago we made the same trip. she was only partially interested in coloring, but she kept standing up and when we had to buckle in it was screaming, crying. kicking. then she was running up and down the aisles. Luckily people were very nice. I'm wondering if I should upgrade to first class for the leg space.
any ideas? since I'm traveling alone with her and I can't take too many things (we have a 6 hour layover in an airport and last time they didn't have lockers big enough to put her stroller, so i was running after her with my bags and stroller, it was not a fun time) but I know running will get her tired.


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I have changed from Mint 13 to Ubuntu, complete fresh install. However I regularly get programs becoming unresponsive after switching between screens or work places.
Example before i was using firefox have 2 pop up screens(no junk ones) bank login and an ebay chat, switching between them and then firefox faded to grey and I had to force close as it become unresponsive.
Ubuntu is very nice to use, but I never had these problems using mint 13.
Is this common, are there any fixes coming??


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text: Hello All, I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. I am contemplating getting either a Glock 22 or Glock 23 for concealed carry but I am facing a dilemma. I recently went to the range to try both pistols out and realized that I shot the G22 much better than the G23 and preferred the recoil of the G22 a lot better as well. However, I know that the G23 is a bit smaller; roughly 1/2 inch in length and grip which would make it a little easier to conceal carry. So what do I do seeing that I am more comfortable shooting the G22? By the way I'm 6ft tall and weight 170 lbs. I want to know if it would be possible for me to conceal the G22 in an IWB holster (possibly MTAC or Supertuck) without much problem? Is the minimal size difference between the G22 and G23 that big of a deal or does it make a big difference when concealing? Also, the G27 is out of the picture because I dont like the grip nor the capacity. Please I need some good advice because I posted this question on another forum and I basically got feedback based on people's personal preference and my questions wernt really answered. I just want to know that given my height and weight; will I be able to conceal a G22 or not because I know there are many people out there that conceal G22's and bigger. Thanks in advance.


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Labor Day Blues
Monday, September 03, 2012
Trying to get myself out of this funk, here it is Labor Day and I am not laboring (besides cleaning the house).
I know the economy is bad but not being able to find a job is really frustrating and trying to keep my head up and smile, even though I don't feel like it. I have been to interviews but nothing has panned out (yet). MY BIRTHDAY is on September 5th a few days from now and my only birthday wish is to have a job. I have massive experience, almost 4 years of college, anyone who gets me would be getting a bargain. (You know they don't pay you what you are worth).
Still reeling from a long drawn out divorce from a 24 year marriage, even though I have moved to another state the "residue" from the marriage still follows (community property issues even if they are not mine but legally they are), so my dream of being free and starting over again and trying to get my life together is on pause.
My daughters have now moved away, one daughter that I had close by here since I moved to California has moved to Florida.
My other daughter, her twin sister, is now in Georgia. Plus I have the stress of knowing one day she will deploy, I know I won't sleep well during that time, but God will be watching her and I'll be praying for her as always.
I have let ALL of this weigh me down emotionally and literally. I was doing so good when I was working, I dropped over 20 lbs and now it is creeping back. And after seeing Rosie O'Donnell have a heart attack it has made me very nervous she is only 2 years older than me. I have to take care of me and my heart and I have a feeling I am also pre-diabetic also. I saw first hand my EX having a heart attack, I drove him to the fire station because there was no way to make it to the hospital in time. So having a heart attack as early as my late 40s scares me because I know it is possible. I need to start taking better care of myself and stop procrastinating.
Well thank you for letting me rant and get this off of my chest ... Hugs to all of you here at Sparkpeople.
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Yes, scary - and I am older than both of you
I TOTALLY understand the job thing too.
Do you feel like you've also lost
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You truly have been through the wringer!!!!! You need to take care of yourself. If doing it for yourself isn't motivating enough do it for your girls. You don't want them worrying about you. If you want to talk or just vent I am a good listener
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I am praying for you, you do have a lot on your plate. I know when I have had the greatest challenges, I become closer to the Lord and Savior. I cherish that time because my faith was strong and with that came peace., true peace.
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I am using the perfmon windows utility to debug memory leaks in a process.
Perfmon explanation:
Working Set- Working Set is the current size, in bytes, of the Working Set of this process. The Working Set is the set of memory pages touched recently by the threads in the process. If free memory in the computer is above a threshold, pages are left in the Working Set of a process even if they are not in use. When free memory falls below a threshold, pages are trimmed from Working Sets. If they are needed they will then be soft-faulted back into the Working Set before leaving main memory.
Virtual Bytes- Virtual Bytes is the current size, in bytes, of the virtual address space the process is using. Use of virtual address space does not necessarily imply corresponding use of either disk or main memory pages. Virtual space is finite, and the process can limit its ability to load libraries.
Private Bytes- Private Bytes is the current size, in bytes, of memory that this process has allocated that cannot be shared with other processes.
Q1. Is it the Private Bytes which I should measure to be sure if the process is having any leaks as it does not involve any shared libraries and any leaks if happening will come from the process itself?
Q2. What is the total memory consumed by the process? Is it the Virtual Bytes or is it the sum of Virtual Bytes and Working Set
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Vintage Kenner / Re: Latest vintage acquisition« on: October 2, 2012, 01:24 AM »
Trying for Amanaman next
Speaking of Amanaman, what's a fair price for a loose Amanaman, without his staff or coin?
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I like the old-style assassin droids a lot more than the battle droids. I wish we had seen either the lancers or (ultimate wish) a bunch of straight-up IG-88 droid in the prequels.
TRU doesn't carry star wars anymore.
I think the Sandtrooper's deco is pretty nice and one of the figures you might actually dig if you see it.
I dunno...but I think it's a great idea!
I hate TPM for the most part, especially these days, but I was kinda happy to add GOOD TPM figures to my collection this year. *shrugs*
People should just enjoy what they want to collect, and not blast other people for how they enjoy their hobbies.
But is there really any meaning to any form of collecting? Isn't it all just the accumulation of stuff no matter how selective you may be?
But I don't believe that the fact that someone has been here longer or their post count is higher excuses rudeness either.
Man, I'll be kicking myself if that's not the case, and I never come across one again!


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Visionary arts patrons Gordon and Jane Herr bought the 160-acre Walker Ranch above Guerneville in 1939 with the idea of establishing a Bauhaus-inspired art colony that would, as they said, be a "sustainable sanctuary for artists away from a world gone amok." Two years earlier they had met Wildenhain and her husband, Frans, on a recruiting trip. As things heated up in 1940, Wildenhain immigrated, leaving behind Frans, who was forced into the German Army. She taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, then made her way to what would be called Pond Farm. There, from 1949 to 1952 she headed the Pond Farm Community of Artists. Other highly-regarded artist/teachers included metal workers Viktor Ries and textile designer Trude Guermonprez.


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The late evangelist, Steve Hill was so hungry for God that he visited many of the moves of God throughout the world to receive an impartation of the anointing. Mentored by David Wilkerson and Nicky Cruz, he always challenged sinners to repent and believers to "go after God". 2.5 Million people came to the Brownsville Revival where Steve ministered alongside John Kilpatrick. Pastor Steve battled with melanoma for 10 years and shares about being on his deathbed, how he received a vision from God and was raised up to keep fighting. He has fought a good fight, he has finished the course. He has kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7-8)


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Ancient Egyptian Demon Advent Calendar, Day 6: Keeper of the Waterway
In today's Demon Advent Calendar is a Keeper of the bend of the waterway from the Coffin Texts.
This demon is named 'Great-Face, who opposes the aggressors' and is found in Coffin Text 1056, which is part of the Book of Two Ways. He is found in a bend of the water path and is given the title of 'Keeper of this bend'. Demons such as this are stationed along the water and land paths leading to the afterlife.
Great-face is depicted as having a human head and beard, the body of a feline and a forked, Seth-like tail. He also wears Longips horns and a sun disk on his head.


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Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First Century Palestine
"A society both familiar and strange emerges from this absorbing historical study. … Korb's vivid, breezy prose makes accessible a mountain of scholarship that illuminates the past." —Publishers Weekly
"Life in Year One entertains as it educates, pulling back the veil on a world all the more alluring because it is impossible to know completely. … Scott Korb reminds us that a history of there and then is always also a story about here and now." —Peter Manseau, author of Vows, Rag and Bone, and Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
"Expertly researched, beautifully distilled, and filled with wit, [LiYO] is an animated reminder that sometimes the things we think we know best — our myths, our faiths, our ancestors, even ourselves — contain the most remarkable surprises." —Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author of The Family
"Food, homes, politics, medicine, crime, punishment, customs, and staying clean: it's all here in this account of the biblical world from the coauthor of The Faith Between Us. Scholarly research but nonscholarly tone; many readers will like." —Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal
What was it like to live during the time of Jesus?
Where did people live?
Who did they marry?
And what was family life like?
How did people survive?
These are just some of the questions that Scott Korb answers in this engaging new book, which explores what everyday life entailed two thousand years ago in first-century Palestine, that tumultuous era when the Roman Empire was at its zenith and a new religion-Christianity-was born.
Culling information from primary sources, scholarly research, and his own travels and observations, Korb explores the nitty-gritty of real life back then-from how people fed, housed, and groomed themselves to how they kept themselves healthy. He guides the contemporary reader through the maze of customs and traditions that dictated life under the numerous groups, tribes, and peoples in the eastern Mediterranean that Rome governed two thousand years ago, and he illuminates the intriguing details of marriage, family life, health, and a host of other aspects of first-century life. The result is a book for everyone, from the armchair traveler to the amateur historian. With surprising revelations about politics and medicine, crime and personal hygiene, this book is smart and accessible popular history at its very best.


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If Jared Mullins' guitar tones could be photographed as easily as the Cleveland-bred musician himself, the resulting images ought to be slapped on a Wanted poster.
It feels like Mullins' last tour with psychedelic power trio Heavy Glow just ended; we covered the band's late-summer 7" single in advance of the band's last stop at Happy Dog in August. www.examiner.com/article/heavy-glow-wrap-tour-at-cleveland-s-happ... But the 45 rpm pressing for "Headhunter" / "Mine All Mine" was but a wax calling card heralding the release of Heavy Glow's second proper full-length, Pearls & Swine and Everything Fine. Recorded at Studio 9 in L.A. under the watchful eyes of co-producers Michael Patterson (Trent Reznor, Beck, Duran Duran) and Nic Jodoin (Morlocks, BRMC), the new disc finds Mullins and his L.A. based bruisers refining their throwback '60s and '70s classic rock sound to remarkable results.
Pearls & Swine is what might have transpired had fuzz-tone super-group Cream cross-pollinated its Disreali Gears with alt-rockers Queens of the Stone Age's masterful, subversive Songs for The Deaf. The ten new tracks pack chops galore, irresistible grooves, and ever-shifting tempos while spotlighting Heavy Glow's dynamic group chemistry. Each man boasts considerable skills on his respective instrument, but together they comprise a single unit capable of knocking 'em out with a refreshing, enviable organic feel—whether a piece calls for channeled aggression, distorted defiance, or relaxed aloofness.
Mullins' crackling guitars call back the monster sounds Clapton recorded in the late sixties, but the front man's arrangements are more grounded than Cream's and his lyrics less obtuse than those propagated by the trippy, acid-fueled bands of yore. There's a lot of Josh Hommes / Dave Grohl orchestration on display, what with Pearls's four-minute (on average) selections adhering to familiar verse / chorus pop formats before veering into jam territory, where Mullins—in his element—goes sojourning on his fret board while his inimitable rhythm section ladles out the gravy-thick foundations.
Slow-grind opener "45 Shakedown" has Mullins' cuckolded narrator use a vinyl record as metaphor for the caliber firearm his ex just might train on him. In his signature whisper / sing, Mullins pleads his case, punctuating each verse with a bluesy guitar bend or searing lick. The drummer—credited only as St. Judas (save "Mine All Mine" and "Headhunter," whereon Drew Huffman is timekeeper)—knows when to refrain and just let his hardware reverberate in the mix; his cymbals simmer over Joe Brooks' strident bass as Mullins issues his deer-in-the-crosshairs chorus. "Look What You're Doing to Me" hails from the same Frankie Avalon-on-acid beach party that spawned Smash Mouth, albeit with more toothy menace in its retro lenses. Buoyed by trampoline-like percussion, rubbery bass, and "Oh, oh-oh" interjections, the track unfolds like a guitar-laden Fitz & The Tantrums outtake. It's an humorous eleventh-hour plea from a "spineless," love-struck coward who doesn't quite know what to do with himself.
"Mine All Mine" is the disc's radio-ready zinger, a compact cut that sandwiches Heavy Glow's sonic strengths (buzzing guitar, thick grooves, infectious refrain) into a concise, easy-access sample about a guy who's grown tired of being on the short end of a give-and-take relationship. "You ain't got the time," coos Mullins' love-bruised Lothario, his lead guitar melody mimicking the vocal. "What you gonna do for me?" The hooky tune coalesces over a couple verses and a stuttering, stop-start breakdown before climaxing in a double-time coda replete with quick guitar string pull-offs and thumping kick-bass. Mullins goes beatnik-existential with "Fat Cat," scoring his rumination of life's more shameful things (junkie girl with an imprisoned papa, murdered hijacker dumped into the bay) with squeaky-clean jazz licks and "bomp-bah-bah-bah" scat vocals. Again, the splashes and crashes are given breathing space, sizzling over Brooks' serpentine grooves instead of being swallowed by overproduction; Patterson wisely lets each Heavy Glow hitter be his own animal in the mix. They're just animals who happen to play well together.
Six-minute showpiece "Love Ghost" chronicles the spectral visitations of a former lover to the soundtrack of Mullins' mournful guitar wails and drones. "With a kiss she ignited me," confesses his haunted hero. "She comes and goes all the time, time, time." Mild wah-wah lends an ethereal quality to the notes, then Brooks and St. Judas conspire on a dreamy, drum-laded breakdown. When Mullins returns, he tickles warbling squawks from his guitar by running his pick along (instead of across) the strings. "Love makes a man a fool," he concludes, the mood shifting again with the time signature.
Watch the video for Heavy Glow's "Midnight Mess:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEn1corzkzY
The quieter, reverb-affected "Hello September (Goodbye April)" presents another of Heavy Glow's many musical facets, with Mullins adopting a falsetto vocal for an earnest, "can't make it on my own" ballad. The verses hauntingly expand and contract until the walls finally cave in on our protagonist—at which point Mullins stomps on his distortion pedal to rage anew. "Domino (Black Flowers)" is an ode to a femme fatale whose soulful chords ride atop a rumble-strip rhythm, only now Mullins' heartsick Hank is so far gone he's spinning his tale from a shrink's sofa. Memories of "livin' in the shadows of the night before" become too much to bear; the strains speed up with each refrain and Mullins scats his way to an outro key change that befits the mood of a man discarded like a frisky feline's catnip toy.
Heavy Glow embraces the funk with "Got My Eye On You," another jazzy joint wherein Mullins' bebop barfly looks on as a couple girls tussle onstage: "Ruby's getting' beat, blood red just like the T.V. shows," he observes from his favorite nook as the confrontation unfolds, pulsing to the music. The singer sees through the "masquerade" of everyday life on "Nerve Endings," lamenting the pretty parties and window dressing of his girl's posh, Tanqueray-soaked social life. Maraca shakers augment the already spicy alt-rock rhythms in a play on '60s psychedelia, the Heavy Glow monster truck messily barreling into the storefront of some flower-power boutique. "Headhunter" likewise weds Grand Funk Railroad muscle with '80s guitar god finesse, allowing Mullins et al to "storm the walls" with uber-cool guitar trills and anvil-heavy beats.
We can't say Pearls & Swine is quantum leap forward for the band, or that it trumps everything they've ever done, because Heavy Glow's earlier EPs and Stevie Salas (Colorcode)-produced album are remarkable unto themselves. But the new disc definitely captures the band at a creative peak. Mullins has harnessed and tempered his Delta blues-inspired guitar rock into an impressive Hendrix / ZZ Top hybrid that pays homage to other blues masters (Clapton, Cray) and modern-day fuzz tone titans (John Frusciante) in the context of clever, contemporary, bite-size songs peppered with cool riffs, spaced-out transitions—and tempos more at risk to sudden change than staff at the Cleveland Browns' front office.
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This book documents a typical two week journey through Morocco, the author traveling with a small group of like-minded photographers. The images depict fascinating medinas, the craftsmenship of Islamic architecture and give a taste of the colours of Morocco. A reminder for those who've been or a taste for those who wish ....
Like most photographers, I like to travel. I tend mostly to record the beauty I've seen, both in nature and in the things we human's have constructed, be it a window, a staircase or a whole facade. I like to use my photographs grouped together in order to tell their story. With that in mind, putting them together in book form gives me great satisfaction.
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In search of old England Published October 30, 2013
A slice of France 2013 Daily Planner Published December 01, 2012
Our voyage with Caroline Published November 04, 2012
The World Through Daniel's Eyes Published August 04, 2012
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AIDS 2014: Clinton's speech disrupted by protestors
A capacity crowd gathered to see former US President Bill Clinton address delegates at AIDS 2014, the 20th International AIDS Conference.
Clinton was there to speak about his role advocating for global health initiatives with his foundation, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). Formed in 2002 under the moniker Clinton HIV AIDS Initiative to fight the spread of HIV AIDS in developing countries by assisting in expanding access to treatment, training and technology, CHAI has since evolved to encompass training programs and more.
When CHAI began, the cost of treating HIV AIDS in low and middle income countries was over $10,000. In the decade since, CHAI has helped reduce the cost of medicines to around $100-$200 per person per year in many low income countries.
It's a story Clinton is understandably proud of, but one that didn't stop Coalition Plus protestors raising a ruckus at today's session. Soon after the president began his speech, they left their seats, placards in hand to protest and call for a Robin Hood tax to assist with payments of medication. (The robin hood tax calls for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), to be implemented across the European Union at a rate of 0.1percent).
Speaking after Clinton's keynote, Michael Tiliki one of the Coalition Plus protestors said: "There is a lot of conversation about getting undetectable by 2020 but the issue is no one is talking about how to fund antiretrovirals for everyone. And I think that's problematic. We know we have to scale up treatment and we know we need other tools to do that – but we don't know where the money is coming from."
Strangely enough it's a sentiment the former president echoed in his speech. However Clinton suggested we actually have the money now – we just need to be wise as to how we are directing our spending.
"The development of super-efficient systems can help us achieve the 90 / 90 / 90 goals," Clinton said, referring to the UNAIDS 2020 targets of 90% of people with HIV knowing their status, 90% of people with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment and 90% of people on treatment having an undetectable viral load.
"We will be forced regardless to be more efficient. We know treatment is affordable. We can afford the treatment and we can't afford not to, said Clinton.
"Pregnant mothers we fail to initiate on treatment will give birth to more HIV positive infants. Children we don't diagnose will fall through the cracks, and end up in hospital wards in developing countries all around the world. Adults who are currently not sick enough to get treatment will become discouraged and will end up being lost to the system until its too late. We cannot let this happen. Our latest analysis of the global cost of the HIV epidemic suggests we simply don't have to. We can achieve the promise of WHO guidelines within the existing funding envelope if we use our resources more effectively."
Clinton went on to cite examples of how his foundation CHAI had worked with Rwanda to save billions in health care costs.
Clinton also suggested AIDS 2014 was more of a movement than a conference, and encouraged delegates and those involved with HIV around the world to "step up the pace" and continue to make in-roads in the global response to HIV.
He also paid his respects to the victims of MH17 including the six delegates due to attend AIDS 2014 . He said the delegates who died, through their work for the global HIV response "gave their entire lives to the proposition that our common humanity matters a hell of a lot more than our differences".
- TOPICS: AIDS 2014, Bill Clinton, CHAI, Clinton Health Access Initiative, HIV strategy, HIV treatment
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I have performance data for 3 years for about 50K employees. Each employee has 3 ratings associated with them. I would like to create an equation that will predict (or try to predict) the future value of that employee's rating given the historical ratings I have available.
My problem is that I am not terribly familiar with complex regression analysis and I'm not quite sure how to set this up in Excel.
The data are laid out as:
EE ID, Rating 1, Rating 2, Rating 3
The problem (as I see it) is that Excel expects a Y value as input and I technically don't have any valid Y values. My Y value equivalent would be the
EE ID, which does not have any relationship to the X values.
Any idea how I can do this?