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Alonzo H. Hodgdon
COCOA, Fla. - Alonzo H. Hodgdon, formerly of Mount Desert, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2013.
Al grew up in the village of Hall Quarry, Mount Desert. He proudly served in the U.S.
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and maintained connections with several war buddies throughout his lifetime. He shared a lifelong love of dancing, especially with his wife, Glenna. Retired from the U.S. Postal Service, he was an avid reader and puzzle solver, and he could build or fix anything. Al, "Buster" to his Mount Desert family, was a hunter since boyhood and loved the outdoors, especially climbing Acadia Mountain and lobstering on Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island. He enjoyed golfing, and at age 90, he jumped out of a plane!
He was predeceased by first wife, Margaret "Mae" Sweeney Hodgdon. Surviving are his wife, Glenna (Campbell) Hodgdon; son, Stephen Hodgdon; daughter, Patricia Turner and husband, Daniel; stepsons and their families, David and Debbie Brubaker, Dennis and Penny Brubaker, Jon and Libby Brubaker, and Jerome Brubaker; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson. One of the last things he said was "There's more to this story, you know."
There will be a service on the top of Acadia Mountain later this year. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Francis, 1250-B Grumman Place, Titusville, FL 32780.
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Here's the question: The immigration rate to the Czech republic is currently $77000$ peeople per year. Because of a low fertility rate, the population is shrinking at a continuous rate of $0.1$% per year. The current Czech population is ten million.
Assume the immigrants immediately adopt the fertility rate of their new country. If this scenario did not change, would there be a terminal population projected for the Czech republic? If so, find it.
I need to establish a limit as time would approach infinity (terminal population) but the only way Ive been able to solve it has been using $(x_{n-1} + 77000)(0.999) = x_n$ and I'm not sure exactly how to establish a limit off that (can't use differential equations, we never learned this year). Is there another way to solve for the terminal population without using differential equations?
I've tried multiple ways to get a better answer, but the prof said we need to use limits and I'm stumped.


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Asynchronous Database Access with Qt 4.x
Listing 6. You must register any custom data types in order to share them.
// first, make the object system aware qRegisterMetaType< QList<QSqlRecord> >("QList<QSqlRecord>"); // now set up the queued connection connect( m_worker, SIGNAL( results( const QList<QSqlRecord>& ) ), this, SIGNAL( queryFinished( const QList<QSqlRecord>& ) ) );
The sample application provided with this article implements the strategy outlined above, in which queries are executing in parallel with the rest of the application [the application is available for download from the Linux Journal FTP site, ftp.linuxjournal.com/pub/lj/listings/issue158/9602.tgz]. The UI is not disturbed while the queries are underway. A queued connection is created between the QueryThread interface and the encapsulated worker thread after the appropriate types are registered with the Qt metaobject system. This allows the separate threads to communicate safely with one another, with minimal overhead and code complexity. The sample application was tested with SQLite and PostgreSQL; however, it will work with any database connection supported by Qt that enforces the same connection-per-thread limitation.
The following points should be kept in mind when designing asynchronous database applications with Qt:
Create a database connection per thread. Use the name parameter of the thread-safe QSqlDatabase::addDatabase() method in order to distinguish various database connections.
Encapsulate the database connection within worker thread objects as much as possible. Never share a database connection with another thread. Never use a database connection from any thread other than the one that created it.
Manage communication between threads using the tools provided by Qt. In addition to QMutex, QSemaphore and QWaitCondition, Qt provides much more direct mechanisms: events and signals/slots. The implementation of signals/slots across thread boundaries relies on events; therefore, ensure that your threads start their own event loop using QThread::exec().
Register unknown types with the Qt metaobject system. Any unknown types cannot be marshaled properly without first invoking qRegisterMetaType(). This enables a queued connection to invoke a slot in a separate thread within that thread's context using new types.
Utilize queued connections to communicate between the application and the database threads. The queued connection provides all the advantages for dealing with asynchronous database connections, but maintains a simple and familiar interface using QObject::connect().
Dave Berton is a professional programmer working for Eventide, Inc. He welcomes your comments at email@example.com.
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First off, great article Dave!
I have one remark though, and it concerns QByteArray QMetaObject::normalizedSignature ( const char * method ) and it's explanation:
"Qt uses normalized signatures to decide whether two given signals and slots are compatible. Normalization reduces whitespace to a minimum, moves 'const' to the front where appropriate, removes 'const' from value types and replaces const references with values."
As far as I understand it, the signal will copy the whole result on each emit. Now, thats not a good idea for very large queries
So I wondered whether it would be better to create the result on the heap and to pass it's pointer with the signal? Would that introduce new complications?
Kind regards,
Thank you.
Thanks for the article. I was looking into calling slots in a thread-safe manner and suspected correctly that the way to do it is via the QThread event loop. I did not realize, though, that it is possible to abstract the slots to a worker thread the way you described in the article. Knowing this now has saved me a lot of time.
Thanks again,
~ andy.f
Great article!
Thank you for your article. You have answered this question in Qt, about how to get asynchronous databases connections and operations.
What about QT's MVC framework?
Great article! I was very glad to find something that goes beyond the the basic Trolltech documentation.
Do you have any comments or advice regarding asynchronous DB access that takes advantage of QT's SQL model/view framework?
I have found that QTableView and QSqlQueryModel are wonderfully easy to work with except in the case when the GUI is blocked by while waiting for more complex queries to return their results.
I have played around with creating and executing a QSqlQuery inside a worker thread and then using a signal to pass the QSqlQuery object to the GUI thread when the worker thread finishes. However, this causes unpredictable crashes that I think are related to breaking the rule that connections must only be used in the threads that created them. (My QSqlQueryModel lives in the GUI thread, but the QSqlQuery that provides the model with data was created with a database connection that lives in the worker thread)
After reading your article I suspect that I should instead create a new model (subclass of QAbstractTableModel) that uses a QList for its data instead of a QSqlQuery.
Thanks for sharing any experience or comments!
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The correct URL for the sample application is ftp.linuxjournal.com/pub/lj/listings/issue158/9602.tgz
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Building Credit SP vs inc/LLC
If one builds credit in/as a sole proprietorship can that credit be useful if one wishes to later incorporate?
I ask because I have a chance to build a sole proprietorship (as a consultant) with a specific vendor on a part time basis. I am fairly content that the income stream is secure. Occasionally I can see this having business costs (paper, pens, computers and such) I wondered about the pros/cons of trying to build business credit as a sole proprietor. I expect that all the costs would be less than what I'd be earning so I am grudgingly ok with opening a card with a personal guarantee. I just want to know if I could later use that (hopefully) good credit history when I later try to open a small LLC/Inc employing a few people that may have a less secure income stream. I was told that if one is making a 1 person LLC it's possible to keep the same EIN #. My dreams are a bit bigger than just 1 person though.


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Consumer prices increase from July 2010 to July 2011
August 19, 2011
Over the last 12 months, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 3.6 percent before seasonal adjustment.
In July 2011, the 12-month change in the all items index remained at 3.6 percent for the third month in a row. The change in the index for all items less food and energy continued its upward trend, rising to 1.8 percent in July, with the shelter and apparel indexes contributing notably to the acceleration. The energy index has risen 19.0 percent over the past year.
From July 2010 to July 2011, the food index has risen 4.2 percent with the food at home index up 5.4 percent. All major grocery store food group indexes have risen over the past year.
Over the past 12 months, the gasoline index has increased 33.6 percent. The household energy index has risen 2.7 percent over the last 12 months, with the fuel oil index up 37.2 percent and the electricity index up 2.0 percent but the index for natural gas down 2.8 percent.
These data come from the BLS Consumer Price Index program. To learn more, see "Consumer Price Index — July 2011" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-11-1229.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Consumer prices increase from July 2010 to July 2011 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110819.htm (visited June 28, 2016).
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Got friends? Why not make friendship bracelets together? Making matching bracelets or creating your own individual designs is a creative craft for summer vacation or a slumber party. You can also make thoughtful birthday and special-occasion gifts for one another.
Here are four fun and easy friendship bracelet craft options:
Each of these friendship bracelet craft projects is simple enough for children to complete, although the youngest ones might need a little adult assistance.
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Beaded friendship bracelets
Collect an assortment of pony beads and initial-letter beads. String these on elastic lacing to fit your wrist. Have your friend do the same. Tie the ends securely.
Braided friendship bracelets
Gather several colors of string or yarn. Tie them all together at one end. Tack the knotted end to a bulletin board, or have a friend hold it. Separate the strands into three sections. Braid the three sections together, end over end, just as if you were plaiting hair. When you have reached the right length to fit your wrist (or your friend's wrist), loop the ends together and tie them securely.
Friendship charm bracelets
Often, friends will give each other charm bracelets for birthdays, Christmas, or other occasions. You can collect charms to dangle on these when you create memories together. Vacations, musicals, sports championships, and other events are excellent occasions for giving charms.
For a frugal option, why not slip charms onto braided yarn, a simple link bangle, or an inexpensive chain bracelet?
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Safety pin braided friendship bracelets
These are a little trickier, but quite cute!
You will need: seed beads (tiny beads), several dozen small safety pins, a needle and thread, and a shank of 3/4" non-roll elastic (available at sewing stores).
Cut a length of elastic, 1" longer than your wrist size (before stretching elastic). Fill the pointed end of each safety pin with beads, using any colors and patterns you like. Close the safety pins.
Lace the safety pins onto the elastic. Continue until the elastic is filled. Loop the elastic into a bracelet, and stitch the ends together.
Voila! You have created a personalized fashion statement of your friendship.


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The European Commission has announced the official start of operations of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), a satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) that improves the accuracy of the current US Global Positioning System (GPS) and Russian GLONASS system signals from about ten meters to two meters. Like the U.S. GPS, the EGNOS Open Service is accessible free of charge to any user equipped with a GPS/SBAS compatible receiver within the EGNOS coverage area, which includes most European states and has the built-in capability to be extended to other regions, such as North Africa and EU neighboring countries. Most receivers sold today in Europe meet that requirement.Read More
The Sixth European Satellite Competition is an annual search for the best application ideas for satellite navigation. In recent years, the winning innovations have included a rescue system for persons who have fallen overboard at sea; a mobile, GPS-supported social network; a mobile phone-based guidance system that aids more economical driving; a remote monitoring system for recovering heart patients; a Web 2.0 platform that delivers location-based videos in real time; and a flood prediction system. It's not quite American Idol for entrepreneurs, but there are many similarities. Apart from the monetary prize, success in the competition paves the way to market for your talents, with significant partners. Entries open May 1.Read More
July 19, 2007 The go-anywhere characteristics of helicopters make them ideal for emergency services, but when visibility is poor their operation is limited by aviation regulations. One of the keys to enabling anytime, anywhere helicopter rescue is the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) - a European network that collects, records, corrects and improves data from the US Global Positioning System (GPS). EGNOS will provide a guaranteed positional accuracy of better than two metres, compared with 15 to 20 metres for GPS alone. The accurate position reporting and navigation system integrity checking offered by EGNOS will be a vital enabling factor for anywhere, anytime rescue services – as was demonstrated during a series of trials in Switzerland recently, using EGNOS to guide Eurocopter's experimental all-weather helicopter (Helicoptere Tous Temps – HTT) in rooftop landings on Lausanne University Hospital.Read More
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Oklahoma State's Markel Brown Ejected After Dunk-of-the-Year on Missouri
Vince Lombardi: "After you score a touchdown, act like you've been there before."
This day and age, sports players like to showboat. It's tough. The adrenaline is pumping, the crowd is cheering and your big play in a game may be immortalized by film, forever.
In the heat of the big moment of a game, it is a natural part of human nature to want to celebrate. But how far is too far? Markel Brown learned that in the NCAA, staring down a player after an amazing dunk will get you ejected.
Personally, I think a part of sporting IS the emotion and passion. Who really wants to watch Tim Duncan and the 1990s era San Antonia Spurs show up to every game. Sportsmanship is great, but an excessive amount of pure play is patently boring. It's no better than playing a 1989 version of Michael Jordan versus Magic Johnson on a nascent Nintendo entertainment system. The play is predictable, entertaining for 10 minutes and only fun in a nostalgic look. Ahhh, that's how it used to be.
While coaches should be the enforcers of what's too far for their players, keeping a mode of decorum, we have to make sure we are not making the game too boring for fans.
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Suspicious package at VA clinic deemed not hazardous, official says
Letter was believed to contain ricin
Published: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 4:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 10:07 a.m.
DAYTONA BEACH -- A suspicious package believed to contain ricin and found at the Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic was deemed not hazardous Thursday afternoon, an official said.
Daytona Beach Fire Department spokesman Lt. Larry Stoney said crews responded to the building in the 500 block of National Healthcare Drive after a letter with an unknown substance inside the envelope was discovered.
The Volusia County Hazardous Materials team, with help from the city's fire department tested the envelope and found no hazard, Stoney said in a release. The evidence was turned over to federal authorities who will be in charge of the investigation.
Thursday afternoon's suspicious package is the latest in a string of recent similar incidents in the Daytona Beach area, including bomb threats. All were false alarms.
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The Slide Fire, that originated in the Slide Rock area of Oak Creek Canyon in Northern Arizona, is continuing to march north and east.
This type of direction is troubling to firefighters as winds continue to pick up in this densely forested area that has been experiencing extremely dry conditions. After an unusually dry winter, experts are calling this possibly the worst fire season in Arizona history.
According to MyFox10, the fire is thought to be human caused. Crews from New Mexico have been called in to help, as have Type 1 incident aircraft.
Evacuation orders have been given to over 100 homes (KPHO), with more expected. About 300 homes and businesses were in danger north of Slide Rock State Park, including private homes, vacation resort cabins and a Forest Service Lookout tower.
Fire officials reported no containment of the fire Thursday morning, but crews made some progress overnight, said Fire Information Officer Tony Sciacca.
The American Red Cross has set up a shelter in Flagstaff. To find information on the shelter visit www.redcross.org.


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Today, while working at my local supermarket, I found a boy lost and wandering about, so I took him to the front desk. My reward from his mother was a slap around the face and harsh words for supposedly having kidnapped him. FML
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Today, after telling my young kids all about Santa, his reindeer and his sleigh, we saw him. Smoking a cigarette in the beat-up car next to ours at a red light. FML
by JessThompson / 12/05/2012 at 11:50am / Canada (Ontario) / Kids
Today, I decided to be responsible and call a cab to take my drunk ass home from the bar. As I climbed into the cab, I was quickly pulled back out and had the shit beaten out of me by a group of drunk guys who thought they needed the ride more. The police soon arrived and arrested us all. FML
by ronboy / 11/26/2012 at 6:11pm / United States (Ohio) / Transportation
Today, during a conversation, my boss said, "What, what?" Before I could stop myself, I replied, "In the butt." FML
by whitecollar / 12/04/2012 at 9:43pm / United Kingdom (York) / Work
Today, I gave a homeless man my last bit of spare change so he could get on the bus. Just as I was about to get on too, I realized I'd lost my bus card. I had to get off the bus and watch as the man waved at me through the window. FML
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Today, it's my birthday and my ex husband texted me at midnight to tell happy birthday. Too bad he couldn't have texted my new husband to remind him. FML
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Today, I came home to find all of the wood in my house either broken or gone. On the now legless table there was a note from my mother, saying that she needed the wood to build a boat, and that I will thank her when the world ends. FML
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Today, I came home to my mother-in-law wearing the gold chain which I usually keep in a hidden drawer. I searched my drawer only to find out my chain was missing. I asked my mother-in-law if she took it and she keeps denying the fact that she stole it from me. My husband is on her side. FML
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Today, my boyfriend sent me so many nice texts that he made me fall in love with him that little bit more. It turns out he was sweetening me up before telling me he cheated on me the night before. FML
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Today, I caught the train into the city. Halfway there some kids hopped on smelling of marijuana and alcohol. Their topic of discussion? How much pubic hair they had. FML
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Today, I found out that my wife, who is supposed to be a recovering alcoholic, drank an entire bottle of wine and then tried to hide it at the bottom of a garbage bin. To make matters worse, when I confronted her about it, she tried to convince me that our 5-year-old daughter had drunk it. FML
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Today, my dad got a warning from our ISP for going well over their fair usage limit. I barely use our wifi, and I keep telling him he should password-protect our router to stop people leeching our Internet. He's blaming me anyway, and says I'm grounded until January. FML
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Today, I was working the dart game at my local amusement park when a couple paid to play. They were highly intoxicated, and they thought the object of the game was to hit me with the darts. FML
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An argument among patrons of a nightclub ended in a deadly double shooting Saturday morning in Athens – only the two men who were shot turned out to be innocent bystanders.
Around 2:40 a.m. officers responded to 1720 Commerce Road in reference to a shooting, according to Athens-Clarke County police. They arrived to find two men suffering from gunshot wounds in the parking lot, spokesman Maj. Mark Sizemore said.
Officers rendered aid until EMS arrived and both men were transported by ambulance to the hospital. A short time later Derrick Merritt, 22, of Athens, succumbed to his injuries, Sizemore said. The other victim is receiving treatment for his wounds.
"Information obtained clearly indicates that the victims in this senseless act of violence were innocent bystanders and played no role in triggering the assault," Sizemore said.
Merritt and Jamaris Walter, also 22 of Athens, were shot while standing in the vacant parking lot with other patrons following the closing of the nearby nightclub, Sizemore said. Walter remained hospitalized in serious condition late Saturday.
Police have learned that many people witnessed the double shooting and are asking them to continue to come forward with any information to help to identify those responsible.
Police are also asking for additional information concerning a light colored Ford Mustang and its occupants who were seen leaving the parking lot.
The Clarke County Coroner's office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are insisting the police department in the investigation. So far, police have not said what the patrons were arguing about or how many may have been involved in the shooting.
Anyone with information concerning the shooting is asked to contact the Athens-Clarke County Police Department's Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (706) 613-3342. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those individuals responsible for this crime.
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Save the date! GCNF is proud to announce that the 18th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum will be held in Yerevan, Armenia from September 5 to 9, 2016. More information to come.
Over 250 people attended the 16th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa from September 29 to October 3, 2014, which was co-organized by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation and the WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger. 10 ministers attended, along with more than 60 other high-level officials- 38 countries were officially represented. All 38 countries signed the Forum Communiqué, stressing that home-grown (locally-sourced) school feeding is an investment with tangible, multi-sector benefits. The communiqué also highlights nutrition and diet diversity, agriculture and purchasing from smallholder farmers, and South-South collaboration.
The presentations on the core topic, "Nutrition in School Feeding Programs" were well received and drew excellent questions and discussion. The "Nutrition and Learning" presentation by Dr. Ronald E. Kleinman (Chief of the Department of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and Partners Pediatrics, and the Charles Wilder Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School) was especially thought-provoking and appreciated. The conclusions he presented were:
"Learning is affected by nutritional status throughout childhood and adolescence as the central nervous system develops […] Internal and external environmental factors, including behaviors, health and socio-economic status, interact with nutritional status to determine a child's ability to learn and function […] School feeding programs offer the opportunity to reduce the risk of adverse external environmental factors, support good nutrition and encourage a healthy lifestyle."
A Forum "country questionnaire" allowed us to pilot a new format and to gain information about participating countries' school feeding programs. A few countries reported the number of jobs created through their school feeding programs. This data is very new and significant. An impressive example is from Osun State, Nigeria, where job creation (for youth and women) is an explicit goal of the "O-Meals" program. A significant number of countries report now having goals linking local farmers/ agriculture to their school meal programs.
View a video recap of the Forum here
The official communiqué is available here
The official Forum website is www.gcnf2014.org
Other information documents related to the 2014 Forum, including the Executive Summary, presentations, and country reports, are available here.
From May 20-24, 2013, the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) Centre for Excellence hosted the 15th annual Global Child Nutrition Forum in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil. The conference's theme, "School Feeding as a National Investment: How to Achieve It" gathered roughly 300 people from 41 countries, of which 21 were Ministers from the education and agriculture sectors. This was the first year the Forum was held in Latin America, following four consecutive years of being held in Africa.
The purpose of the Global Forum is to assist these leaders in starting or expanding school feeding programs linked to local farm production. The delegates represent countries developing new programs, or seeking to improve existing school feeding programs. Upon returning home they serve as resources in their countries and often for neighboring nations developing school feeding programs. The Global Forum program provides:
During the workshop portion of the Forum, country leaders are guided through the GCNF-produced, School Feeding Toolkit. The Toolkit, now in its third edition, includes goal setting, diagnosis of key issues that influence program development, needs assessment, and worksheets. The country leaders prepare country-specific plans for developing their school feeding programs and when they return home they begin the work of implementing the plan they developed during the Forum.
The School Feeding Toolkit is a planning instrument that assists countries, through ongoing review and revisions, to meet changing country needs. Its purpose is to help country leaders and stakeholders establish sustainable school feeding programs that respond to local needs, cultures, and traditions. Thus, rather than a prescriptive guide, the Toolkit serves as a flexible instrument to help leaders work together in developing programs that respond to country needs.


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Rumors running rampant on Cruise Critic and industry publication Cruise Business Review that NCL would abandon plans to transfer Pride of Aloha to Star Cruises were spot on. NCL today announced that the ship, to revert back to Norwegian Sky, its original name, will head to Miami where it will sail three- and four-night Bahamas cruises.
The former Norwegian Sky was transferred to NCL's Hawaii spin-off as a last-minute fill-in for Pride of America, which had been damaged while under construction at its German shipyard. Renamed and redecorated, the "new" Pride of Aloha has been sailing all-Hawaii cruises since.
NCL had announced in February that the ship would be transferred out of the fleet entirely -- and returned back to Star Cruises, the cruise line's then sole owner. It had been planned that Pride of Aloha would depart NCL's fleet on May 11.
The ship will still leave Hawaii -- only now it'll go to drydock, where a casino will be re-introduced and, presumably, the Kumu Cultural Center will be removed. The "new" Norwegian Sky will also receive the Freestyle 2.0 upgrades being rolled out fleetwide; the enhancements include new menus, upgraded staterooms, innovative onboard activities and service initiatives.
While the concept of NCL starting short Bahamas cruises is intriguing, what's most interesting about this recent move is that Andy Stuart, NCL's marketing chief, told us in February that the ship didn't merit the investment of upgraded amenities. Now, it appears the ship is simply being moved to a potentially more profitable region -- suddenly warranting the upgrades.
Norwegian Sky will begin its Bahamas sailings on July 14. The ship will depart Miami on Mondays for the four-night trip -- with calls at Grand Bahama Island, Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay, NCL's private island. The three-night cruise, leaving on Fridays, will visit Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay. The schedule will be in effect at least through mid-April 2009.
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I started playing with writing UFFI bindings for OpenMPI. I think I have a good start on this, but I can't truly test it at home because I only have SBCL installed on one machine, and I am having a terrible time getting even the simplest SBCL program to run twice at the same time. Here's my #p"run.sh" shell script: ======================================= #!/bin/sh exec sbcl \ --noinform \ --end-runtime-options \ --no-sysinit \ --no-userinit \ --noprint \ --disable-debugger \ --eval '(sb-ext:quit)' \ --end-toplevel-options ======================================= If I do "./run.sh" then everything works just as I would expect. And, I can do "./run.sh ; ./run.sh" and it runs twice. But, if I try to do "./run.sh & ./run.sh" so that they both run at the same time, I get one SEGV and one success. If I put three in the background and one in the foreground, I get three SEGVs and one success. Thinking that maybe it tried to lock standard-in or standard-out(Continue reading)


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Since moving back to California, my erntie life's focus has been the pursuit of my artistic vision. I have been writing prolifically, in the Kerouacian tradition, and Brautigan has been central in a string of coincidences that have all contributed to my confidence concerning the path that I am on and the certainty that it is the right one.I find myself on this page, making this comment because of yet another improbable string of hyperlinks. While researching my current Brautigan-centered book, I learned of the birth of the beats in SF, where my research is centered. A hyperlink with the name of the 6 Gallery was the only one that I clicked on, as it was contained in the sentence, The reading at the Six Gallery caused a literary sensation and introduced the idea of the Beat Generation to the world. That click brought me to the litkicks.com website, where I was taken aback by the fact that the Today in Literature section read as follows: On January 30: Jack Spicer Shirley Hazzard Richard Brautigan Read more Clicking on the link Read more brought me to a page that said, On January 30th 1/30/1925: Jack Spicer born.Poet Jack Spicer is born in 1925.1/30/1931: Shirley Hazzard born.Australian/American novelist and short story writer Shirley Hazzard is born in 1931.1/30/1935: Richard Brautigan born.Washington-born tragic hippie-surrealist author Richard Brautigan is born in 1935. Clicking on Richard Brautigan's name brought forth yet another litkicks page, a very informative biography on the man, at the conclusion of which, two links. One I was familiar with, as The Abortion: An Historical Romance, 1966 had inspired it, and this one.Here I am, living the dream, pursuing the artistic adherance that Brautigan perpetuated, continuing to be amazed by the man, his influence, and the Romantic Possiblity of a Public Library in California.
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You probably know this picture – it's world famous. Taken by Charles Ebbets in 1932, it shows workers taking a lunch break high above the streets of New York. In these days of Photoshop and computer generated images, one might assume that it's a set-up, but it's real.
Those guys on the Rockefeller Center really did sit down on that girder for their break, regularly, even though one slip would have meant certain death. They didn't mind. They were used to it.
It's very much like that in Korea, where North and South have been technically at war since July 27, 1953 when the Korean War (1950-53) ended with a ceasefire agreement. More technically, it was South Korea who never signed it, athough both side have ceaselessly accused each other of "violating the ceasefire" ever since.
Both sides are well equipped for a resumption in hostilities any time; North Korea has 1.1 million soldiers and South Korea has 0.65 million. Remember, the massive military might of China only amounts to 2.3 million soldiers.
The southern capital, Seoul, is well within range of North Korean artillery and the North regularly threatens to unleash hell on the city and the country's President. There have also been several fatal shootings across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that has separated the two Koreas since 1953.
These threats and instances invariably spook foreign investors iinto a stampede, selling their stock at sacrificial prices in fear of impending war, or at least a bloody conflict. These same investors are often astonished to see South Korean citizens coming and going in and out of the busy Incheon International Airport, just 30 kms south of the DMZ and therefore in easy rocket-firing distance.
But just like that workers' lunch on a skyscraper, it only goes to show how good humans are at adjusting themselves to their environment. South Koreans have lived for 59 years with threats of war sworn by the North, virtually on a daily basis. The South's own politicians have rarely been averse to talking up those threats if people's fears can be employed to secure their power.
And we now know that neither government really wants to start another war. They are just growling at each other. Pass the sandwiches.
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Now that's funny stuff. I appreciate a sense of humor when it comes to SEO we all need one.
What a concept! A social network that values security above all else? That's a switch. http://www.imantisocial.com
I just got off the phone with a potential client of SpiderLoop SEO control panel, and I was astounded by the conversation. I didn't have to educate him on what we do. He had done his homework. I didn't have to show him 100 different results that SpiderLoop had achieved like I usually do. He had already researched them. I didn't have to show him the SpiderLoop MEME.
He was already using it. I didn't even have to convince him that SpiderLoop is safe. He was already familiar with the search engine guidelines and how SpiderLoop fell into those guidelines. What I had to convince him of was why SpiderLoop is so affordable (he used the word cheap but I hate that word).
For two and a half hours we went around about what the catch is. "Do I have to pay for upgrades?" He asks. "No" I say. Do I have to pay for support? He asks. "No" again I say. "Do I have to market more then one keyword?" He queries. "No but you should" I retort. "So what's the catch?" he asks for the tenth time. "I'm sorry sir, I really don't think there is one." I say.
"You can't get SEO software for $1.00 a month that works" he says. I politely reply "Would you like me to show you some examples?" "No" he says "I've already seen them".
I get questions like this frequently, this isn't my first time, but it's always hard to reconcile. I almost believe that if we raised our prices we would sell more units, but I can't bring myself to do it. The idea of automating SEO safely, scientifically, and affordably is no longer a holy grail, it just is.
The only catch (to some people) is that you have to be on a Windows server rather then a UNIX box but to me that's a plus. It's not more expensive to be on a Windows server and you get the option of using a lot more dynamic programming types including ASP.NET. SpiderLoop works. And yes it even works at $1.00 per month, though most SpiderLoop clients are using 50 keywords or more.
We are constantly upgrading SpiderLoop and adding new features, and yes they are all included in your license. If you have to call and ask questions be my guest our number is listed all over the site. SpiderLoop is here to stay and it will always remain affordable. Let the greedy SEO's continue to charge $2000.00 a month and do very little. Sooner or later even they will have to concede that automated with a touch of human element is the way to go.
As I watched the space shuttle land this morning, I had a revelation. A moment of clarity impressed upon me that there are no social marketing gurus and that we needed a better description. Why? Because social marketing is so very very new that calling someone a guru is just plain wrong. The field is still being built. We have no idea where social marketing will be 5 years from now let alone next month. So I think those we respect in the industry should be called social marketing astronauts as they are exploring a great unknown and are constantly coming back with new information. Some of the self proclaimed gurus have their head in the clouds and that works as well.
Remember social marketing may be what drives the web in the future but it's still shifting and settling and it may be a lot of years before the dust clears.
We just got a new client debtdonkeys.com. I'm not going to link it because it's not done but I've learned so much from this client I can't help but make some comments.
I'm not in debt and never have been because I don't like the credit card companies or really anybody who wants to charge me interest on my money. The only loan I've ever had was when I was 21 and "had" to have a 300zx (does that date me?). I've always wondered why my credit score wasn't higher because I'm completely debt free and make a reasonable salary so why the hell should my credit score be low? Right? I find out it's because I'm not in debt! Did you know the credit agencies rank you higher if you don't make your payments exactly on time and you carry a debt balance? Yup that's right they know they can make money off of you so they will give you a bigger credit limit.
It really sickens me to think that the credit companies have that much power over most of America, if you're not in bed with them you don't count and if you are in bed with them you have a high credit score but you are paying an average of 17% of your income for it.
so here is my guide to living debt free.
I have tons more to say but not enough time and this really doesn't fit my blog content. I hope it helps a few. Good luck
Ok I admit it I'm a twitter user. I usually despise social networking if for no other reason then it's completely useless time wasting drivel. I'm a happily married guy so I have absolutely no use for spying on girls with "sexy" in their profile. I find most people to be too wrapped up in themselves to be worth listening to, and I don't really like to hear myself talk, so what value is a social network to me?
I could be just another twitter marketer who uses twitter as an outlet for link building and I do to some extent, but what has really got me is the ability to find other people in my industry ( Search Engine Optimization ) who actually know some stuff, and are willing to post a bit about what they know.
Research is the #1 most important thing you can do in the SEO industry, about half of any good SEO guru's job every week is researching marketing trends and changes, and freaking Twitter has become invaluable to me for just that. I've cut my time in half now with the creation of the SpiderLoop SEO MEME that aggregates much of my work every day and my SEO I Trust list on Twitter I've got my daily research down to an hour.
So social networking may not be that bad, and I'll grant that many people got there before me. Just use your head and don't whittle away a whole day, it's entirely too easy to drop important things while tweeting your fingers to the bone.
Need some twitter material? Just click the new twitter links on SpiderLoop meme and instantly twitter the news.
We've also added the links to the SpiderLoop marketing package check out this page you can tweet any of the news just by clicking the twitter link next to the twitter icon, FaceBook too.
Fun, easy, fast and makes a difference what more could you want?
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The Brookings City Council approved six contracts to local contractors to build an Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
The city is acting as the general contractor in building the EOC and subcontracting out all the work. There will be 14 phases of construction on the center, said City Manager Gary Milliman.
An EOC is different from a 911 center in that it is a place where emergency officials can meet and plan during a disaster or multi-agency event.
McLennan Contractors were awarded bids for excavation, insulation, painting, roofing, gutters, flooring and mechanical work totalling $76,912. Bodman Construction, Inc. will conduct foundation, framing and siding work for a total of $61,767. Brookings Electronic Services, Inc. will do $65,911 worth of electrical work.
Other bid winners included JB's Painting & Drywall, LLC, awarded $8,620 bid for painting; $9,098 to River's End Construction for cabinets and countertops; and $9,795 to New Hope Plumbing. All are local contractors.
"This project will be watched more closely than other projects," said Councilor Jake Pieper, in regard to the city serving as general contractor. "I hope it goes smoothly. It'll be interesting to see how it works, with contractor A building on top of contractor B, pointing fingers, who cleans up the mess. …"
Building official Laura Lee Snook said each contractor would inspect the work done by the contractor before them, and any damage done to another's work would be repaired or paid for by the person who did the damage.
Construction will be funded by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant awarded to the city in 2011. Under the terms of the grant, the city must provide a 20 percent local match, bringing the total project budget ,including design and engineering ,to $466,667.
The city was able to save almost $55,000 by opting to act as the general contractor.
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There have been scientific studies that have shown art can be healing and one artist has taken her paintings to the hallways of Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
"Through the Eyes of a Chaplain" consists of 12 paintings from artist and Cheyenne Regional associate chaplain Kathleen Jacobson. All of her work has been inspired by interactions she had with patients over a one year period.
Each piece ranges from spiritual awakenings to end-of-life and near death visions. And while each painting is titled, she says there is no specific story behind them as she wants to leave interpretation up to viewers.
"When people come I want them to look into the painting as if they're looking through a doorway. A doorway into their soul and experiencing what they see into the paintings for themselves because everyone has a different interpretation of my work," Jacobson said.
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- Loy DN, Magnuson Ds, Zhang YP, Onifer SM, Mills MD, Cao QL, Darnall JB, Fajardo LC, Burke DA, Whittemore SR. Functional redundancy of ventral spinal locomotor pathways. J Neurosci 2002; 22:315-323.
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- Enzmann GU, Benton RL, Talbott JF, Cao QL, Whittemore SR. Functional considerations of stem cell transplantation therapy for spinal cord repair. J Neurotrauma 2006; 23:479-495.
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Impoverished children and their families will be warmer and happier this holiday season thanks to Catholic Charities' Christmas Spirit Toy and Coat Drive partnership with Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway President and CEO Timothy J. Rooney. Now in its eighth year, the drive was the most successful on record, collecting and distributing hundreds of coats and more than 600 toys to those in need.
"There are no greater deeds than charity and service," Mr. Rooney said
Empire City patrons donated the toys and gifts that Mr. Rooney presented to Msgr. Sullivan last week at the Empire City Yonkers location.
Joining Mr. Rooney and Monsignor Sullivan were Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Mayor Mike Spano, City Council Member Corazon Pineda from the City of Yonkers, and Assembly member Shelley Mayer.
Sister Christine Hennessy of Catholic Charities Community Services and Órla Kelleher, Executive Director of the Aisling Irish Community Center were also on present and will ensure the toys and coats get into the hands of families most in need.
The group heralded the generosity of Josh Blake, President of California-based family-owned company, Jams, who for the past three consecutive years delivered some West Coast warmth to New York families with his donation of 500 toys.
John Lennon, owner of Yonkers-based Smart Move & Storage, also generously donated services to transport and store of all donations while they are distributed by local community organizations.
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I would like to share yet another good news with our esteemed passengers: After New York and Chicago, our third direct destination in the United States will be Washington and our scheduled flights will commence on November 7th. Today Turkish Airlines flies to 127 international and 38 national destinations adding up to a total of 165 lines. With 8 new flight lines that we are planning to add by the end of this year, Turkish Airlines will become the 8th largest airlines company in the world in terms of the number of flight destinations.
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We are carrying on with our nonstop investments to increase the global market popularity of Turkish Airlines. After the sponsorship agreements with two of the greatest soccer clubs in the world, Manchester United and Barcelona, we are now commencing with another collaboration in basketball: One of the main basketball events in the world, the Euroleague will be played under the title of "Turkish Airlines Euroleague." Likewise, the Final Four games at the end of the season will be played as "Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Fours". The royalty agreement will be valid for 10 years with 5 years option and will apply to all visual and printed media.
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It's been no secret, of late, that Switzerland-based MSC Cruises is on an expansion tear.
The company, which operates ships such as MSC Lirica and the just-launched MSC Opera, has not only just completed its first ever new-build spree but has also been aggressively gobbling up other vessels on the market.
Credit some of MSC's progress to the faulty economics of some of its competitors in the European marketplace. Royal Olympia Cruises had, for all intents and purposes, disappeared from North American radar screens when, suffering massive financial difficulties, it was forced to divest itself of its own new-builds. And when Festival Cruises/First European suddenly shut down, MSC snapped up a couple of that company's new ships. The 58,600-ton Armonia, formerly known as European Vision, is already sailing under the MSC flag while sister ship Sinfonia, the one-time European Stars, will join MSC's fleet in March 2005.
Topping that off, the fast-growing fleet will expand again; just a few weeks ago, the company finalized the agreement to build two more substantially larger ships. The 90,000-gross-ton and 2,550-passenger ships will be delivered in Spring 2006 and 2007, respectively.
But for this company, which in prior years really did focus on attracting a more Europe-based passenger, the news that will probably make the biggest impact on these shores is the appointment of one-time Celebrity Cruises honcho Rick Sasso to helm its North American division.
In a recent interview with Cruise Critic, Sasso told us that MSC is definitely tweaking some onboard features on MSC Lirica and MSC Opera -- both of which will sail Caribbean itineraries this winter -- to make them more American-friendly. Room service, which in Europe generally incurs a fee, will be complimentary on those sailings. Dining room menus have been expanded and will offer more daily choices, including those for vegetarians. Baseball, America's pastime, has been introduced as a theme on at least one December sailing.
Both ships will offer a range of seven-, 10- and 11-night itineraries from their seasonal homeport in Ft. Lauderdale's Port Everglades.
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March 3, 2013
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -
The men's tennis team had another hard-fought effort come up just short as 10th-ranked Mississippi State held on for the 4-2 victory on Sunday at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. With the loss, the Crimson Tide dips to 9-5 overall and 0-2 in Southeastern Conference play while the win brings the Bulldogs to 12-2 on the season and 2-0 against league opponents.
Alabama came out strong, taking the doubles point from Mississippi State after collecting wins on courts one and two. Jarryd Botha and David Vieyra led the entire match at the top spot, knocking off 24th-ranked Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp, 8-5. On court two, Becker O'Shaughnessey and Daniil Proskura battled their way back to outlast Ethan Wilkinson and Zach White, 8-6.
The Bulldogs jumped in front 3-1 following three straight wins in singles, coming on courts one, four and six; however the remaining three matches would come down to the wire. Botha awarded the Tide its second point of the match after a solid third-set performance to beat James Chaudry, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, but Mississippi State would secure the victory with a win on court five as White grinded out a third set tiebreaker to take the match over Vieyra, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5).
Alabama will head to Fayetteville, Ark., for its first SEC road match of the season when it takes on the Razorbacks on Friday at 1:30 p.m. CT. The Tide will then return home for Sunday's match against LSU, which will be played simultaneously with the women's match against the Tigers, beginning at 1 p.m. CT.
RESULTS Doubles 1. Botha/Vieyra (UA) def. No. 24 Angus/Stropp (MSU) 8-5 2. O'Shaughnessey/Proskura (UA) def. Wilkinson/White (MSU) 8-6 3. Tsangarides/Kenyon (UA) vs. Bogaerts/Dumont (MSU) 8-7, unf. Order of Finish: 1,2
Singles 1. No. 23 Romain Bogaerts (MSU) def. Daniil Proskura (UA) 6-1, 6-4 2. No. 100 Jarryd Botha (UA) def. James Chaudry (MSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 3. No. 85 Becker O'Shaughnessey (UA) vs. Jordan Angus (MSU) 6-7, 7-5, 5-3, unf. 4. Stefan Vinti (MSU) def. Philippe Tsangarides (UA) 6-3, 6-0 5. Zach White (MSU) def. David Vieyra (UA) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5) 6. Pedro Dumont (MSU) def. Stuart Kenyon (UA) 6-1, 7-6(1) Order of Finish: 4,1,6,2,5*


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Dec. 30, 2012
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Rodney Terry, Fresno State head coach
(On defensive intensity)
Was really a long game, said that before the lights went out. We came out with the kind of intensity we want from the defensive standpoint. When we have the second line guys come in off the bench they have to bring that same intensity. I felt like there was a little drop off there and that let them back in the game.
(On strong shooting performance)
Our guys are spending more time getting shots up in the gym. This time of year, once you get past finals, guys have more time to get in the gym. We've had time the last 3 days to get shooting workouts in, where we can just focus on shooting. Anytime you are able to groove your shot and get repetitions, over and over doing it we've had pretty good results with it.
(On Aaron Anderson injury)
I think he is going to be fine. This day and time anytime you have blow to the head and have some blurriness you're going to be very over cautious. He'll be fine and he is a tough kid. All indications right now are that he is fine, we just took extra precaution.
(On San Diego State game and Mountain West)
There a team that is picked to win our league, a team that Coach Fisher has done a great job of building that program. There a program, you always look across the country, that you wanna model yourselves after, how did they get that done how did they build their program. There one of those programs. You know we wanna be exactly like those guys, if we can build it and have that magic formula the way those guys have it we want to have it likewise. To have the opportunity to have them as the first one out obviously a tough challenge for us, our whole league is going to be a challenge. But we welcome that, we played a very difficult non-conference schedule. One that I think has prepared us for our conference slate. I think our guys will be excited about it, it's a new season for us. January is a grind month. You gotta get in and really want it and you gotta execute. This time of year we know exactly how we wanna play and what we wanna do.
(On being ready for MW play)
Since we've gotten back our whole priority and our big picture has been getting ready for conference play. We never slight any opponent that we have. We respect every opponent. But, this game and the last couple of games in our non conference have been about getting us better for conference play. You play conference play for post season play. You welcome the challenge, you know there aren't any nights off. Its gonna make us better and were excited about it.
Tyler Johnson, Fresno State junior guard
(On career-high scoring) Didn't really feel like a career high because it was a really long game and with the delay, just a really weird game. I'm glad my teammates put me in the opportunity to do that and like coach said were getting more shots up because school is over. It's a good feeling.
(On confidence gained from UCLA game)
I was able to make shots down there late in the game. I am getting a lot of shots up, up to 300 shots a day. Rest of my teammates are knocking down shots too. Marvelle making his shots and KO seems to be getting into his groove again.
(On what to work on before San Diego State game)
I'll probably work on my leadership skills. You see I had to go in there and play the point when Aaron got hurt. Gotta get us in our stuff and then keep being the leader off the floor to make sure were all doing what we need to do.
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Looks to compete for playing time at free safety ? Also a key special teams player ? Has played in 18 career games, starting once.
2002: Redshirted.
2001: Played in 10 games as a backup outside linebacker, earning one start ? Also a key contributor on special teams ? Recorded 26 total tackles on the season, including 16 solo stops ? Had a career-best and team-leading 12 total tackles at Maine in his lone start of the season ? Recorded six total tackles in the victory over Northeastern, while also blocking a field goal in the fourth quarter when the game was tied ? Made four tackles and a quarterback hurry against New Hampshire ? Also had tackles against Richmond, James Madison, Delaware and William & Mary.
2000: Saw action in eight games on special teams ? Made two tackles at Rhode Island.
Before UMass: Transferred to UMass from the University of Central Florida prior to the 2000 season ? Did not see any action for the Golden Knights in 1999 ? Played his prep ball at Spruce Creek High School ? Had 103 tackles, three interceptions and three sacks during his senior season ? Named All-District, All-Area, All-Five Star Conference and third team All-State ? Two-time Daytona Quarterback Club Player of the Week ? Port Orange / South Daytona Rotary Club Player of the Month ? Served as team captain during his senior year, and was named the team?s Defensive MVP ? Played in the 1999 Funcoast All-Star Game ? Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name is Ryan James McHugh ? Son of Jim and Judy McHugh ? Born July 13, 1981, in Houston, Texas ? Majoring in Economics.
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On Sunday March 9, 2014 Tool played at the Reno Events Center in downtown Reno. The show sold out in under an hour, but they held some tickets back to sell on the day of the show and those went very fast.
Also on the bill was a band called Failure.
Let me start by saying out of the 257 reviews that I have posted here on examiner.com, I have only written one bad review about a band, not counting this one. But after what happened at this show, I'm afraid many Tool fans out there are not going to be very happy with this examiner.
After jumping though hoops just to get the photo pass to shoot the show and do a review (after all, examiner.com is a news media site), the band only agreed to let me shoot the first song. So I told myself, well that's cool, thinking that maybe they are going to play one of their longer songs which they did. They opened with "Third Eye", which ran about 13 minutes. But what happened next was unbelievable.
After the song ended, security promptly escorted myself and the two other photographers that were also shooting out of the photo pit area where a gentlemen, I think is the head of security for the venue, I've seen and talked with him many times before, he's really a very nice guy. Anyway, he was waiting for us to exit the pit and asked if we had tickets. One of the photogs had one, but myself and the other guy did not. He went on to tell us that if we did not have a ticket we had to leave the venue.
As you can imagine, I was beside myself, this has never happened to this examiner before. So I asked him on the way out, how am I supposed to write a review of the show after only one song. He told me it's not the venue, it's the band. He said the band told him, "If the photographers don't have a ticket, they have to leave the building".
Well if the band thinks I'm going to buy a $100.00 ticket so I can write a review of their show, they must have a screw loose or something, that's not the way it works. Why even bother approving me in the first place if I can't stay and see the whole show, it's kinda hard to do a review after only one song. Actually it's impossible, you have to see the whole show to do an accurate review ..... duh.
Just who do these guys think they are, Gods of something. I think not !!!
Apparently these pompous, arrogant, over-rated and all the things I really want to say, but examiner.com won't let me, must think that their better than all of the other bands out there who let me stay and see the entire show and maybe appreciate a good review.
Much bigger and better bands I might add.
With that said, you can bet this examiner won't waste any more of my time on these idiots.
On a better note, I did manage to get some descent shots off on the one and only song I was allowed to shoot. (check out the photo slideshow)
I can still say about The Reno Events Center, "It is Reno's premier venue. Great shows, great sound, great seating and most importantly for me being a photographer, great lighting. I don't blame them in anyway, shape or form".
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It's the 14th Rule of Pop: When you release a single called "Roar" you've gotta put animals in the music video somewhere. Luckily Katy Perry got the memo; her
upcoming video for the first Prism single finds the California Girl surviving a jungle plane crash and encountering all manner of wild beasts. Point in this clip's favor: There's an elephant in it. (No piece of filmed media was ever diminished by the inclusion of an elephant.) Point two in its favor: Katy Perry brushes a crocodile's teeth. Point three in its favor: Katy Perry makes friends with an adorable monkey. Now, monkey-friends are generally a dicier proposition than elephants and crocodiles (see: the first season of Friends) but their success rate at amusing us is still astoundingly high.
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About Hawaiian Style Cooking
Hu'i - e ho'i mai pa'ina (come inside and eat), was my grandmother Johnson's words to us, her mo`opunas (grandchildren), as we swam and splashed around all day in the warm waters of Moloa`a Bay on Kauai's northeastern shore.
We would look up the hill where her old house stood, and see her beautiful head of white hair peeking out the open window held open with a stick, waving her arms beckoning us to come inside and eat.
Our brown bodies would scramble out of the water running up the hill with sandy feet, anticipating what ono (delicious) Hawaiian food she had prepared for us. We hurried, rinsing ourselves off with the water hose, changing our clothes and running into the house to sit down around the little table in her small kitchen.
The table was set with a big bowl of poi, tripe stew, lomi u`papalu fish, raw squid, limo kohu, opihi, raw onion, chili pepper and Hawaiian salt. We ate to our hearts content, lovingly sharing our delight with Grandma.
After our pa`ina (coming together for food), we would sit around the living roomfloor on the lauhala mat, listening to our aunties and uncles tell stories, play Ukulele and sing, and we would eventually fall asleep. Those wonderful memories are embedded in my heart forever.
Many years later, when my grandmother was gone, and her little house was crumbling to the ground with age, I wandered through what was left looking for something I could remember her by. I was overjoyed to discover a pile of recipes that were torn, smudged and faded with time - but to me they were a dear treasure of wonderful memories.
Hawaiian Style Cooking features my grandma's recipes and many others that I have collected from family and friends since my seventh grade homemaking class, spanning over 30 years. Hawaiian Style Cooking was created in memory of my mother, Queenie, who taught me to cook at age 10, as I stood on a chair next to the stove, cooking a pot of stew. And I look forward to passing on Hawaiian Style Cooking to my mo`opunas (grandchildren) to remember me by.
I hope that you enjoy good times with family and friends while enjoying Hawaiian Style Cooking!
Rhonda Kahaunani Lizama


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Tokyo Politicking Frustrates Disaster Zones
Inside the ever-churning machinery of Tokyo's political establishment, the one-year anniversary of a premiership would be just about the right time for a no confidence motion in parliament, no matter who's in charge.
In fact, as the incumbent Naoto Kan faces such a vote – just a few days shy of the one year mark – his unpopularity in some quarters in central Tokyo, worsened by perceived failings over his management of the March 11 crisis and its aftermath, is such that a 12-month term seems quite a stretch.
But those in the country's tsunami-ravaged northeastern shores who continue to reel from the massive disasters are frustrated not at Mr. Kan per se, but at Tokyo reverting to the same old political shenanigans that have long stymied government.
"At a time when we are all struggling, why would you change the prime minister now? And why would people from his own party say that?" said Futoshi Toba, the mayor of disaster-struck Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, speaking in an interview Saturday. "Whether it's the Liberal Democratic Party or the Komeito, I question the timing of this," he said, referring to the opposition parties leading the no-confidence brouhaha.
Following a tense debate on Wednesday, opposition parties decided to submit the motion against the prime minister in the lower house over his handling of the reconstruction and nuclear accident. The move is supported by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's powerful veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The decision comes despite recent opinion polls suggesting the public would object to any such action that could further disrupt rebuilding efforts in the disaster zones. While the no-confidence motion does not guarantee a snap election, lawmakers' fixations on the fate of the prime minister haven't helped advance desperately needed progress on post-quake reconstruction measures. Over 23,700 people died or remain missing from the twin disasters, according to the National Police Agency Wednesday.
The government has been criticized for already being woefully slow in rebuilding efforts. Earlier in the week, the administration missed its goal to build 30,000 temporary housing units by the end of May, which doesn't bode well for its long-term aim to complete construction by the August holiday.
"It just shows how far Tokyo—and the Diet—is from the disaster areas," said Rikuzentakata's Mr. Toba, who said he has traditionally supported the LDP in the past. He noted that Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the LDP, has yet to visit the struggling seaside town where more than 2,000 people are dead or missing.
"Under normal conditions, I don't have a problem with playing these types of games, but come on…" said the frustrated mayor, who lost his wife in the tsunami. "For the next six months to a year, I'd like to see Mr. Kan continue. If there are areas where he's lacking, then other people can assist him whether it's from the opposition party or not."
"If you say that you don't have confidence in Mr. Kan, then that means you don't trust all the ministers. So if they (the opposition) are successful, that means there might be a handover and that would effectively mean that everything gets put on hold for a month," said Mr. Toba. "And then if there is a new prime minister, then there is more jostling which has absolutely nothing to do with the disaster areas."


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I am having trouble running e2fsck due to memory limitations, as detailed in this question. In the course of investigating that, I came upon something that may be of more general interest, so I will put it in its own question.
While running e2fsck, memory usage on the machine goes to around 99%. There also starts to be some swapping. What is odd, however, is that this is the start of the output of
top -M:
top - 14:09:37 up 1 day, 4:14, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 0.92
Tasks: 127 total, 2 running, 125 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 12.4%us, 1.8%sy, 0.0%ni, 81.1%id, 4.6%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 1004.961M total, 987.484M used, 17.477M free, 664.469M buffers
Swap: 21.953G total, 72.574M used, 21.882G free, 68.512M cached
7627 root 20 0 164m 152m 61m R 100.0 15.2 49:18.25 e2fsck
8340 root 20 0 2696 996 752 R 2.0 0.1 0:00.01 top
1 root 20 0 2896 8 4 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.87 init
So even though overall memory usage is at 99%, e2fsck is only showing as using 15.2%, and there are no other memory hogs running.
Where did all the memory go? Is this behavior unique to e2fsck, or is this "normal" (not desirable, but understandable). I don't know how memory can be used by anything other than a running process.


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How to Live in Peace With Your Mother
What do you do when you can't be in the same room as your mom, much less be friends? Here are a few tips on coping with a mother who is moody and unpredictable.
"I'm 45 lost my job 18 months ago; and until May, struggled along as best I could," says P. on How to Handle Problems With Your Mother. "My parents convinced me to 'come home and allow my family to help.' My parents have been very generous; but my mother's mercurial moods are becoming a problem. I've 'schooled' myself to be as respectful as I can – ever mindful that I am a guest in their house – offered to help around the house as much as possible, started a garden; and continue to plug away at finding a job. I'm told that no help is needed, or given a task and micro-managed to death over how it is done."
Ah yes, the critical mother syndrome! A great starting point is a book like Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers. The more you learn about mother-daughter relationships, the better you'll be able to live in peace with your mom.
When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends
Here's the rest of my reader's story:
"I am not stretching the truth or blowing it out of proportion, when I say my mother has stomped out of her room the morning after I made a dinner – which she complimented me on at the time – and accused me of not respecting dietary concerns she's expressed. And, all in a condescending, rude voice and tone that shreds whatever shreds of self-confidence I've got left. For four days, I've been ignored, spoken to abruptly and with contempt, shouted at, and given dirty looks whenever I attempt to speak about anything. I swear, I feel like I've entered some alternative universe. I have NO CLUE as to who this woman is who LOOKS like my mother!"
A few tips on what to do when you and your mom can't live in peace…
Accept that your mother won't change
My mother is schizophrenic; my sister and I were in and out of foster homes for most of our childhood. I spent most of my 20s resenting my parents and envying people with "normal" parents. But I realized that if I want to be happy, well-adjusted, and healthy, I need to accept my mom for who she is. She has a disease that robbed us of our childhood – but I refuse to let it rob me of my adulthood! She and I will never be friends because of her illness, but we can live in peace because I refuse to live otherwise.
I know it's different when you actually have to live with your mother. But the bottom line is that if you want to be happy, you need to remember that the only person you can change is yourself. Your mom is who she is, your relationship is what it is, and if you want to live in peace you have to accept and flow with your life.
You don't have to be best friends with your mom to accept that she's doing the best she can.
Remember that other things may be going on in your mom's life – but she loves you
Your mom loves you and cares about you – even though she may not be showing it (or may not know how to show it). She may not be acting like a mom, much less your best friend, but she does love you.
Her words and actions indicate that something is going on in her life. Maybe her physical health is suffering, or she's struggling with emotional or mental health issues. Maybe her marriage is rocky, or she's unhappy spiritually.
If you can find ways to have compassion for her, to accept that perhaps she's coming from a place you know nothing of, you might be able to live in peace with your mother.
Initiate a conversation about a happy memory or experience
Here's an experiment: find a pocket of time, sit down with your mom, and ask if you can walk down memory lane.
What fun times have you shared? What was the happiest memory you have of her? Ask her what her happy memories are of you. The more you focus on the joy and peace you have experienced together, the more connected you'll feel….and the more peace you'll have in your mother-daughter relationship.
Try it. What have you got to lose? It couldn't make your relationship with a mother who says nothing is good enough worse, could it?
A similar tip is to write her obituary. Pretend she's dead, and write what you'd say at her funeral. This may not make you and your mother BFF (best friends forever), but it may help you live in peace. But don't let her find the obituary…you may not be able to explain it!
Recognize the patterns in your mother-daughter relationship
This is difficult to do when you're in the middle of it, but it's often very helpful to see the patterns that keep emerging in your relationship. For example, some mothers are super critical and some daughters are hyper sensitive to being criticized. In this type of relationship, a mom may say something totally innocent, and the daughter may be outrageously offended.
Sometimes it's not the current words or actions that are causing problems in your relationship, it's the past. Of course, sometimes you're simply coping with a controlling mother – and you need to find ways to take your life back.
O yes – here's one of my favorite quips about moms: "If it's not one thing, it's my mother." ~ unknown. 🙂
For more tips on mother-daughter relationships, read When Nothing is Good Enough for Your Mother.
What do you think? If you can't be friends with your mother, can you at least live in peace?
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Laurie, THANK you, I was checking daily but your reply was above the comment and I didn't see it! I was looking under it LOL
I just read the article–first of all I can't believe how accurate your view is about me by just reading my questions! Secondly, my friends who I THINK are in bad relationships have NOT asked me for advice cause obvioulsy they ENJOY their relationships..I never thought I was doing to them what my mother has been doing to me all my life, ie always encouraging me to break up whenever things became even slightly difficult with all my ex boyfriends. Obviously this hasn't taught me anything on how to handle stressful/difficult situations in life but let's not get into that right now 🙂
I read a lot and it has helped me a lot and thank you for the books you're suggesting, I will definitely get them. And I will also try and do what you're suggesting..Since I wrote this I actually told my friend what I thought of her boyfriend, and I suffered so much after that, that I decided it's just not worth it..I hope our friendship is not ruined..I decided that as much as I am used to identifying the negatives in people (and using it as an example of great insight!) I will put all my effort in not focusing on that and looking for the positive in everyone (including my mom, myself, and life in general).So far, by doing that, I have even seen changes in my mom's behavior towards me!
I'm sorry if this is too long and too personal..I am glad you wrote the article and I hope I will not be the only one who finds it helpful! I will always come back to read it, and maybe also keep you updated on my progress! I wish you all the best 🙂
Laurie, your writing is great! I started reading about How to Leave a bad marriage/relationship (Ive done it, but I wanted to give advice to a couple of my girlfriends), and then I ended up reading about the critical mother-sensitive daughter relationship, which I also found very helpful and spot-on (I am a cliche it turns out!). I have a couple points if you dont mind discussing, even briefly:
1. Do you think that the mother-daughter relationship HAS to be fixed in order for the daughter to be in a functional and happy relationship/marriage? ie. could the reason why I always end my relationships have to do with the same thinking/behavior patterns that don't allow me to be in a happy relationship with my mother? (I am currently single obviously)
2. As much as I can't get along with my mother because of specific behaviors she exhibits, I catch myself acting exactly the same way to people that are the closest to me (and if we also spend a lot of time together uninterrupted, as in a holiday etc). HELP!!! By dealing with these behaviors all my life (Im 33), I have adopted them!! Advice please??
3. And sorry to take so long, any ideas why I firmly believe that ALL my girlfriends' boyfriends are morons (to be polite)? Could it be Im not noticing something about myself instead? Has it ever happened to you, to think that ALL your girlfriends deserve better??
I really hope you'll be interested in discussing these issues, even briefly with me..Your help will be hugely appreciated!! Thank you 🙂


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Dallas Fed Claims Banks Too Big
re: Dallas Fed Claims Banks Too Big
The lead essay, which is endorsed by the president of the Dallas Fed, contends that despite the great crisis of 2008, a cartel of megabanks is still hindering the economic recovery and the institutions remain too big to fail. The country's biggest banks look much as they did before the 2008 financial crisis — only bigger. They have "increased oligopoly power" and "remain difficult to control because they have the lawyers and the money to resist the pressures of federal regulation," Harvey Rosenblum, the head of the Dallas Fed's research department, wrote in the essay.
re: Dallas Fed Claims Banks Too Big
Paul Volker gets no negative comments when he speaks with financial professionals about making banks be banks instead of speculators. The latter have no right to have the taxpayers back up their risks, and are not "banks." Size matters, but so does what it means to be a bank.


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If I navigate to the desktop using Windows Explorer in Windows XP, I see an Internet Explorer icon in the list along with all the other icons on the desktop.
For some reason, when looking at the standard desktop without using Windows Explorer, I see all the icons I saw when looking at the desktop using Windows Explorer, except for the Internet Explorer icon.
Why is that and how can I make visible that icon which can be seen from Windows Explorer?