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EMEA Customer Success in April
By Steve Walker on Apr 29, 2014
Some interesting customer success stories have come to light this month.
In Turkey, Telecommunications Service Provider Avea used an array of Oracle products and services to enhance its campaign analysis capabilities and thereby design better campaigns for increasing customer loyalty and retention. The Oracle offerings - Oracle Business Intelligence and Oracle Data Integration among them - are based on an Oracle Exadata Database Machine, and were put in place with the help of Oracle Advanced Customer Services.
Oracle's Engineered Systems approach is clearly taking off among its customers. In Italy, ir's clear that the Oracle Database Appliance is finding favour in many quarters. Three examples were highlighted in a press release from Oracle's Italian PR team:
- Immergas is an Italian leader in the design and construction of domestic gas-fired boilers. To support its international growth, the company has decided to revise the IT infrastructure for its operations in the United Kingdom, Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey and Hungary, with the implementation of the Oracle Database Appliance. It also decided to migrate to the latest version of Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system. With the support of Oracle Partner Horsa, the implementation process took only four hours, while the implementation of the new management system was completed in 2 hours and 15 minutes. In total, the deployment of Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the Oracle Database Appliance therefore required only 6 hours and 15 minutes.
- IRCE is an industrial group with operations all over Europe, with two areas of activity: windings for electric cars, commonly called enameled wire; and insulated cables for power transmission. To make its business processes, in particular production, as effective as possible, IRCE has decided to renew its entire IT systems, with an update of the Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne management system and an overhaul of its IT infrastructure. With support from Oracle Partner average, IRCE implemented Oracle Database Appliance, which delivered increased security and high availability with a significant simplification in deployment and maintenance. This implementation of the system took just 2 hours.
- Located on the northern coast of Sicily to the west of the Straits of Messina, the Milazzo refinery covers an area of about 212 hectares. It is one of the most complex in Europe, capable of receiving and processing a wide range of raw materials and and producing outputs in line with the most stringent quality specifications. In 2013, the Milazzo refinery decided to move away from its legacy environment of IBM x240 Flex systems and migrate to Oracle Database Appliance, based on performance tests which showed a significant improvement using ODA. With the support of Oracle Partner Xenia Projects, 10 databases covering different aspects of the business of the refinery have been moved to Oracle Database Appliance.
Siciliy was also the stage for an interesting Cloud Computing joint initiative. Oracle and the University of Palermo have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at the creation of a Centre of Competence to promote the growth of technological awareness and use in the public sector, the health sector and small and medium-sized enterprises. Starting in Sicily, but with an intended national scope, the collaboration will start in specific areas of scientific experimentation related to the testing of the implementation of second-generation cloud-based Electronic Health Records for the Sicilian Region.
Another Cloud Computing story was reported in the UK's Computer Weekly publication. Nationwide Building Society is to combine cloud-based HR services with traditional on-premises software, as part of a three-year programme to re-engineer its HR technology. The mutual, which has 17,000 employees, plans to expand the capabilities of its on-premise Oracle PeopleSoft HCM software by adding Oracle Fusion HR services in the cloud. The project will allow Nationwide to reduce costs by simplifying its IT infrastructure and, at the same time, give the building society a better picture of the skills and talent of its workforce. "This will allow us to gain a strategic advantage by enabling us to lower costs, while increasing engagement [of employees] across the organisation," said Neil Lewis, head of HR operations. The combination of cloud and on-premise HR systems enables the organisation to gain maximum value from its existing technology investment, and paves the way for a full move to the cloud in the future, said Lewis.
Spain saw an excellent insight into how effective a consolidation project can be. The Andalusian Health Service (SAS), which provides medical care to over 8.5 million people, manages 29 hospitals and more than 1,500 primary care centres, and whose staff consists of over 80,000 professionals, has undertaken a database consolidation project. The goal for this procurement was to achieve significant improvements in health service delivery and cost savings, both in support and in the development of future projects, as well as renewing a near-obsolete technology platform. The consolidation takes the number of distributed databases from 31 to just two, based on two M6-32 Big Memory Machine systems environments. The solution also includes Oracle Solaris 10, Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle VM for SPARC, Oracle Database and Oracle Golden Gate for migrating databases.
These announcements go alongside other EMEA-based customer nuggets for the month:
- DB Schenker Rail in Germany is a good example of a customer using Oracle ZFS Storage Appliances for Oracle Engineered Systems backup and recovery. "As the leading rail freight company in Europe, DB Schenker Rail requires rapid and reliable access to vast amounts of data. Oracle Exadata Database Machine and the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance has been the right solution for us, enabling very fast backup and restore times," said Dominic Marx, Head of Business Intelligence Competence Center, DB Schenker Rail. "We've been impressed with high compression rates obtained using Hybrid Columnar Compression with the Oracle Exadata and Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, and the fact that the compression levels are maintained by the ZFS Storage Appliance, so we realize cost and capacity savings on top of high performance."
- Norway Post is using Oracle SOA Suite, the industry's most complete and unified application integration and SOA solution. "Thanks to Oracle's cloud integration solution, our cloud CRM service works great with our on-premises, back-end systems. The advantages are significant, including major cost savings," said Trond Guneriussen, Service Manager, Internal Integration, Norway Post AS.
- Fluid-e in France also uses Oracle SOA Suite. "In order to facilitate greater collaboration between the regional food producers and retail-chains within our network and boost revenues, we wanted to build a cloud-based, B2B portal," said Maël Barraud, CEO, Fluid-e. "Oracle SOA Suite served as one of the key foundational technologies behind the collaborative portal, and it enabled us to create and launch the portal in just six months. As a result, we have enabled more than 20 food product suppliers within our network to access new distribution channels and increase their sales."
- Another key part of Oracle's comprehensive middleware portfolio is Oracle Data Integration, which saw use with ICON plc in Ireland. "Oracle Data Integrator enables us to align clinical trials intelligence with the information needs of our sponsors," said Diarmaid O'Reilly, enterprise data warehouse manager, ICON plc. "It helps differentiate ICON's services in an increasingly competitive drug-development industry."


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It's difficult to justify the cost of a remodeling project without knowing the potential return on investment (ROI).
Yes, remodeling will certainly improve the look, comfort and functionality of a room, but is it worth the cost in the long run?
The expense of some home improvements can be recouped at the time a house is sold but usually at a fraction of the original price.
However, while it's true that the cost of the remodel or expansion can't be completely recouped, some improvements will result in a higher ROI than others.
Which remodel projects offer the best bang for the buck depends on a variety of factors including cost of construction and residential resale value within specific geographic locations.
According to the 2013 Cost vs. Value Report published by Remodeling Magazine, the West South Central Region, including Dallas and Ft. Worth, has an average cost vs. value ratio of 70.4 percent. This ratio is due in no small part to low construction costs and is second only to the Pacific region at 71.2 percent.
What projects offer the most payback? The following list of mid-range projects* gives a glimpse into what a Dallas-area homeowner can expect.
Project, Estimated Cost, ROI
- Entry Door Replacement (Steel): $1,076, 83.8%
- Minor Kitchen Remodel: $16,925, 80.7%
- Garage Door Replacement: $1,390, 78.4%
- Deck Addition (Wood): $8,170, 77.8%
- Window Replacement: $9,909, 75.2%
- Siding Replacement (Vinyl): $9,960, 74.9%
- Major Kitchen Remodel: $49,530, 72.9%
- Bathroom Remodel: $13,997, 72.5%
*See a complete list of mid-range and upscale projects at Remodeling magazine.

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Made a wordset to a Manu Chao song, any feedback would be great
http://www.memrise.com/set/10014961/clandestino-by-manu-chao/ is the wordset and if anyone wants to give it a go and see if it is any good i would be very appreciative. I think if we could get a raft of people adding wordsets like this it would make learning something else in Spanish much easier and fun! Well hopefully anyway.
It would be great to have a wordset of all his lyrics
It would be great to have a wordset of all his lyrics
Very helpful list . I have inspired and have uploaded this one ... http://www.memrise.com/set/10031761/desaparecido-by-manu-chao/ Hope it is interesting for some people; let me know of errors, or mods just correct them - thanks.
side by side English and Spanish translation of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZRngaPsWE


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I know it seems odd to be talking about buying a new swimsuit in October. Most of us are thinking about sweaters, jeans, and boots – not swimsuits. However, for those of us who are lucky enough to take a vacation during the fall season, swimsuit shopping isn't quite out of the question.
For me at least, going on vacation means new clothes or, in this case, a new swimsuit. The last thing you want to do is waltz in with a stretched out little number, material so thin you can see through it; or worse, letting it all hang out. This is not an image anyone wants.
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Where do you begin? First, you need to evaluate your comfort zone. Is your normal swimwear appropriate for the destination? Who is going to be around to see you in it? Case in point: Have you ever been to a water park? The one with water slides, sunscreen stations, wave pools, etc. I'm sure you undoubtedly came across a few people who transitioned into a revealing unflattering 2 piece, when in fact they should've stuck with to the one-piece suit.
Don't be that person. Don't decide that your long awaited trip to Aruba was the place to flaunt a string bikini. Even though you're on a beach where your family may be the only people you know, you still want to look and feel your best.
Next time, I will be talking about shopping for your body type. You know, those of us who have been blessed in the hips, thighs and breasts.


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Contact: John Hood
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March 17, 2014
RALEIGH -- Newly revised employment data show that 2013 was the strongest year for job growth in North Carolina since the Great Recession. Those numbers contradict liberal arguments about the impact of policies adopted by the conservative-led General Assembly, according to new analysis from the John Locke Foundation's president.
The N.C. Employment Security Commission's latest report lists the state's official unemployment rate at 6.7 percent in January, down 0.2 percentage points from December's revised rate of 6.9 percent.
The North Carolina rate remains above the national average of 6.6 percent. But the gap between the state and national rates is the smallest reported in more than a year.
Beyond the headline numbers, JLF President John Hood notes with interest new revisions in establishment-survey data the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics collects to help compute unemployment rates.
"According to the revised establishment-survey data, 2013 was the strongest year of job growth in North Carolina since the end of the recession," Hood said. "From December 2012 to December 2013, North Carolina employers added 85,600 positions, a 2.1 percent increase, compared with 73,200 net new jobs in 2012 (1.9 percent) and 49,600 jobs net new jobs in 2011 (1.3 percent)."
Those numbers contrast sharply with arguments from left-of-center pundits, who contend that North Carolina's economy suffered in comparison to other states during the first year of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's administration. 2013 marked the first year that a Republican governor worked with the Republicans who took control of the General Assembly in 2011.
"Since the legislature began implementing conservative fiscal and regulatory reforms in mid-2011, North Carolina has added 180,000 net new jobs, a growth rate of 4.6 percent," Hood said. "That's higher than the national average of 4.3 percent job growth during the same period (June 2011 to January 2014)."
The newly revised establishment-survey data arrive less than a month after BLS released revised household-employment survey data. Those revisions also poked holes in liberal activists' arguments about North Carolina's employment picture. A key argument from the left contended that North Carolina's economy suffered after state officials allowed federal extended unemployment insurance benefits to go away in July 2013.
Preliminary household-survey numbers suggested North Carolina's labor force declined by 111,000 in 2013, while the number of employed people grew by 13,000. The revised numbers showed that the labor force declined by 67,000, while the employment number grew by 33,000.
For the last six months of 2013, the period after extended unemployment insurance benefits ended in the state, the number of employed North Carolinians rose by about 27,000 while the labor force declined by 39,000.
Hood examined the revised household survey data. "During the last six months of 2013, the average drop in the labor force for the nation as a whole was about 0.57 percent," he said. "North Carolina's drop in total labor force was higher, around 0.82 percent. Even if we attribute the entire difference to North Carolinians losing access to extended UI benefits and deciding to give up their job search, that would translate into about 12,000 people. More than twice as many previously unemployed North Carolinians obtained jobs during that same six-month period, according to the now-revised BLS data."
Major revisions to both the establishment and household data send a message to pundits of all political stripes, Hood said. "It's unwise to use preliminary data to make sweeping judgments about the impact of recent policy changes," Hood said. "Not only can the numbers change, they can change in ways that turn sweeping judgments into significant errors."
"What's clear from the revised data is that North Carolina's jobs picture enjoyed more improvement in 2013 than in 2012, with more of that improvement taking place after July 2013 -- when extended federal unemployment benefits ended in North Carolina," he said.
For more information, please contact John Hood at (919) 828-3876 or [email protected]. To arrange an interview, contact Mitch Kokai at (919) 306-8736 or [email protected].


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Fessler in First at U.S. Intercollegiate
Junior Rufie Fessler sits on top of the leader board after the first round of the U.S. Intercollegiate
Match Play On Deck for Bulldogs
The 'Dogs will compete in the second edition of the Lamkin Grip Match Play Championship
'Dogs to Compete in Farms Invitational
Fresno State last competed in the Callaway Farms Invitational in 2010
Men's Golf Welcomes Teams to Valley
The Fresno State Lexus Classic, held at Fort Washington Country Club, is open to the public
'Dogs Gear Up for Pepperdine Tournament
The North Ranch Intercollegiate is the second tournament of the spring season for the Bulldogs
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2011-12 (Senior): Competed in four tournaments ... averaged 71.70 strokes per round over 10 rounds ... recorded two top 10 finishes and four top 15 ... best finish came at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (70-63-71--204, -9) where he tied for 7th ... placed in a tie for 8th at the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational ... carded five rounds of par or better ... shot a low round 63 at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, the lowest of his collegiate career ... named Bulldog Student-Athlete of the Week, Oct. 24-30, for his performance at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
2010-11 (Junior): Competed in 14 tournaments ... named first-team All-WAC for second year in a row ... qualified for NCAA Regionals as an individual ... recorded eight top 10 finishes, including six in the top five ... best finishes came at the Wolf Pack Invitational (71-69--140) and OGIO Santa Barbara Intercollegiate (71-72-70--213) where he tied for third ... averaged 72.15 strokes per round ... shot a low round 66 at the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational ... compiled 147 birdies and two eagles ... ranked third in the nation in birdies ... named WAC Player of the Week, March 28-April 3 ... awarded team MVP ... participated in the 2011 U.S. Amateur ... tied the course record of 61 at Riverbend Golf Club in Madera.
2009-10 (Sophomore): Competed in 13 tournaments ... awarded first-team All-WAC ... won the USD Callaway Tournament at The Farms Golf Club (69-70-69--208) ... had an average score of 71.58, the fourth lowest in program history ... shot a low round of 65 ... named the team's MVP for the season ... participated in the 2010 U.S. Amateur.
2008-09 (Freshman): 2009 U.S. Amateur semifinalist, first ever in Fresno State history ... competed in eight tournaments after joining the Bulldogs in the spring ... averaged 73.25 stokes per round ... highlighted the season with a tie for fourth at the Western Intercollegiate ... qualified for NCAA Regionals as an individual ... WAC Player of the Week ... had two top 10 finishes, one coming at the WAC Championships ... had 69 birdies and four eagles ... team's Outstanding Freshman ... holds the course record of 62 at Seven Oaks Country Club in Bakersfield.
Bakersfield High: Four year letter winner ... four-time team MVP ... four-time all-league and all-area ... 2007 Co-All Area Player of the Year ... 2006 and 2008 Men's Kern County Player of the Year ... team captain ... took second place at the 2006 SCGA Amateur Championship ... 68.00 stroke average during junior year, which is the lowest ever in Kern County ... played on the California Junior Tour in 2003-07 ... won 2008 Kern County Men's Amateur ...holds current low round record of 63 at river Lakes golf Course in Bakersfield.
Personal: Born Oct. 24, 1990, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... parents are Shobhana and Bobby Patel ... one sibling, Roma Patel ... enjoys playing basketball and watching sports ... his favorite athlete is Tiger Woods because he is dominant.
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202nd BattleMech Division
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|202nd BattleMech Division
|Unit Profile (as of 2764)
|The Waterloo Division
|Parent Formation
|Star League Defense Force
The Two Hundred Second BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
In 2764, the unit was stationed on Redondo[1], assigned as a part of the LXII Corps, Fourth Army, to District 3 of the Federated Suns Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765.[2] The 202nd was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising.[2]
The commanding officer in 2764 is Major General Kaiyo Matsumoto.[3]
As an SLDF BattleMech Division the 202nd would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 152, "Fourth"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 73, "202nd BattleMech Division"
- ↑ The Star League, p. 133


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One of my great uncles died yesterday apparently.
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One of my great uncles died yesterday apparently.
Found out today that my Grandma's brother Ivica died last night. Sucks ass, cos now i have to call them which is hard enough in itself, and it means that it has begun, with the loss of family members
So now for the hard (and really awkward
) part. My mum is a Dominatrix. I don't speak to her, cos her and my dad are ....wits, and were ....house parents, and somehow i was expected to just 'be ok' with her decision in this. My grandma doesn't know, nor do any of my family bar one of her 4 sisters. Its making me really awkward and hesitant to call my grandparents, because i dont speak to her, and they dont know, they cannot understand what she does and it would
them to find out (i almost think literally...). What the .... am i supposed to do?? She doesn't seem to understand the ....ing awful sitation she's put me in, and i feel
bad for not calling etc. in so long, i just know how much it hurts them to know that im not speaking to their daughter
Poo. This blows.
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False indigo is a rather unusual plant which grows in well-drained acid soils. The foliage is like that of a tall, bushy pea plant with blue-green leaves in early summer plants are topped with tall spires of large, blue pea flowers like those of a rather large lupin. After the flowers are over, plants produce large seed pods which ripen to a deep grey and are an attractive late feature - plants dislike being disturbed, so save the seeds to sow in spring to raise new plants rather than try to divide old ones. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Family: Papilionaceae
Genus: Baptista
Species: australis
Flower colour: Blue
Foliage colour: Mid-green
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This enchanting tale is no ordinary Christmas story! (Edition 2013)
Join Mektoub and his friends on a heart-warming, seasonal adventure that glows with memories of Christmases past and fills you with new hope for the future...
Delightfully presented as a musical "Advent" book, an intriguing chapter unfolds for each night of December, counting down from the first night to Christmas Eve. Each chapter has its own soundtrack to take you far away to the magical place that thrives in your imagination.
As your journey begins, you will learn of a very old and special book that has been handed down through three generations of one family. Although long forgotten in modern times, the magic lives on in the hearts of a mother and daughter, Emma and Lucy. So when Father Christmas's sleigh and two young reindeer bucks are stolen three nights before Christmas Eve, Jack Frost and his fairy companion step out of the old book to enlist the help of Emma and Lucy in saving the Magical Lands of the North from being lost forever.
"Mektoub" means "Destiny" or "It is written", and is also the name of a wise old polar bear who lives in these magical lands, together with a host of wonderful characters you will come to love, detest, admire and be entertained by. This world can only exist in the belief of the children of Earth, and anyone who has magic in their heart. But not all is quite as it seems... Just who is the mysterious old gentleman, or the oddly familiar caretaker? And what are their intentions?
With the help of the story's creator and seven talented musicians from across the globe, step back into your childhood dreams and experience every emotion from joy to sadness and from fear to love, and in so doing you will answer "The Call of Mektoub".
Suitable for readers aged 9 to 99, the story may also be read to younger children. The musical soundtrack is designed to help children drift off to their own world of dreams after each chapter has been read.
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The eBook is embedded with 30 mp3 music tracks. For eReading devices with no audio facility, the complete soundtrack is available for download from Mektoub Music via a link in the eBook's Track List.
Royalties are shared between charities supporting sick and under-privileged children, plus the WWF campaign to save the polar bears and their arctic environment.
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TAB: Demi Moore "Heading For a Relapse"
"Demi Heading For A Relapse," begins a piece in Star about Demi Moore, who recently left rehab.
According to the mag, although she looked much better when she was on the red carpet last week for the launch of the Lifetime show, "The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet," Moore "continues to struggle with the personal demons that plunged her to hit rock bottom three months ago."
Nor has she "healed" from the breakup of her marriage to Ashton Kutcher, says the tab.
A so-called "insider" tells Star that Moore is "in denial about her health, and… is still very fragile, emotionally and physically. Friends worry she's headed for a relapse soon."
The magazine's source feels Moore's "going to burn out again."
Of course, Star also (wrongly) reported recently that Oprah was acting as Moore's "life coach."
So, is Moore "heading for a relapse"?
While she certainly had a rough ride when her marriage ended, a source close to Moore tells Gossip Cop she's doing OK, is in control of her life, and moving forward.
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Comics Time: The Last Musketeer
The Last Musketeer
Fantagraphics, January 2008
Jason, writer/artist
48 pages
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From a cover reminiscent of the playful pop-culture surrealism of Brandon Bird on down, this is the most straightforwardly funny Jason book since Meow, Baby!, and the most straightforwardly funny of his long-form narrative works this side of You Can't Get There from Here. It's still working the same territory of all Jason's comics--the absurd finality of death, the emotional ravages of time, the use of de rigeur genre tropes to suggest lives at the mercy of going-through-the-motions routine, loneliness loneliness loneliness--only this time the lonely protagonist isn't some sad sack but the zesty titular character, Athos of the Three Musketeers himself, inexplicably alive some 400 years after his heyday and defending France against Martian invasion. He's treated like the living embodiment of those thin slivers of joy and hope that gleam briefly before being stamped out by futility and despair in Jason's other books, here, finally, given a chance to come out on top. His id-like presence seems to spur some of Jason's funniest-ever gags in the surrounding characters, seemingly through osmosis: the emperor who simply can't bring himself to believe that his guard could possibly be happy with his job; the emperor's daughter who's never more than a second away from physically assaulting her milquetoast general boyfriend; the former royal's one-liner about the latter's presumed death--"Life is sad"--and its hilariously self-deprecating demolition of what is essentially Jason's entire philosophical project. Meanwhile the art edges into "Best Jason Ever" territory: A rocketship chase through the Martian wilderness evokes Winsor McKay, a swordfight practically rings with the clash of steel on steel between its still-life panels, and I could practically bathe in the book's blue-greens.
Ultimately the potential for a better, freer way of life represented by the Last Musketeer triumphs, at least for a while, and the lesson even appears to have been internalized by at least some of the other characters, perhaps even the larger world itself. Even so, Jason leaves us with a character who, like those in more standard works by this author, can only come to accept the possibility of a life worth living after being ground down by regret. But hey, it's better than nothing.


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I don't know if this line in their policies was recent due to the Stalker Check and Fan Check applications, but Facebook has a line in it's policies now that would forbid such an application.
Policy: You must not circumvent our intended limitations on core Facebook features. For example:
- You must not notify a user that someone has removed the user as a friend.
- You must not track visits to a user's profile, or estimate the number of such visits, whether aggregated anonymously or identified individually.
Source: http://developers.facebook.com/policy/#policies
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According to the last step in proof of the unmeasurability of Vitali_set, it said that summing infinitely many copies of the constant $\lambda(V)$ yields either zero or infinity, according to whether the constant is zero or positive. It sounds pleasing to my ear, but I still have a bit doubt in the reason of the sum of infinitely many copies of a positive real constant would definitely yield infinite.
Actually, $$< \sum_{i=0}^n c>_{n=0}^{\infty}$$ is indeed an strict increasing series when $c>0$. However, this fact seems cannot guarantee the inevitability of $\sum_{i=0}^\infty c=\infty$.
Take an example in infinite product. $1,2,4,8,16...$ is actually a strict increasing series too, but $$\prod_{i=0}^{\infty}2$$ can yield $0$ in some cases.
Moreover $9,99,999,\ldots$ is also a strict increasing series, but in some theory $...999$ is not a infinite but $-1$.
So my question on what basis can the conclusion that $$\sum_{i=0}^\infty \lambda(V)$$ is necessarily not between $1$ and $3$ be concluded?


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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—On the first day of the NAU Invite, the Arizona State track and field teams totaled seven times in the top-10 of the 200m dash, led by seniors Daveon Collins and Asiah Gooden.
For the No. 21-ranked men's team, Collins won the men's 200m dash with a time of 21.43, while Gooden finished third overall at 24.38 for the No. 23-ranked women.
Freshman Macrus Setoki finished in seventh in the 200m with a time of 21.97. Senior Keith Cleveland ran 22.00, and was closely followed by senior Will Henry's tie of 22.13, the duo finishing ninth and 10th, respectively. Rounding out ASU's competitors in the 200m was sophomore Trae Armstrong at 22.17 for 13th overall.
On the women's side, freshman Troya Franklin and junior Brianna Tate went head-to-head as the lone competitors in their heat, with Franklin picking up the edge at 24.52 for fifth, and Tate finishing at 24.64 for sixth. Senior Alycia Herring placed second in her heat and 10th with a time of 25.53.
Redshirt junior Amber Pasternak and senior Kelli Gibson both finished in a tie for seventh in the women's open pole vault, finishing with a height of 3.52m (11-6.50). Gibson's mark is a new career high, surpassing her previous best of 3.45m (11-3.75).
In the men's weight throw, redshirt junior Ryan Leslie finished fourth overall with a personal best distance of 16.99m (55-9.00), while redshirt Kyle Lillie followed in sixth with a season best toss of 15.85m (52-0.00).
Redshirt senior Anna Jelmini finished second overall and as the top collegiate competitor in the shot put, throwing a season best toss of 16.86m (55-3.75). Redshirt junior Alex Hartig followed in a tie for fifth overall with a throw of 15.51m (50-10.75), and redshirt Ashley Weber's throw of 14.15m (46-5.25) placed her in ninth.
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Senior Airman Amanda Stinson's patrol vehicle doesn't have any tires.
In most other ways it's similar to the patrol cars on base. It has a powerful engine, flashing lights, a radio and even a steering wheel.
It just doesn't have those tires. Or any brakes.
Luckily, she doesn't need them.
Stinson's patrol vehicle is a boat and she spends her days patrolling the shoreline alongside MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., as part of the 6th Security Forces Squadron's Marine Patrol Flight.
"I never thought I'd be driving a boat as an Airman," she said. "But it's a great job and I love being out on the water."
Still, it's no joy ride. The job was born of necessity and not as a leisure activity. In the aftermath of 9/11, the base conducted a threat assessment and identified the 7.2 miles of coastline as a vulnerability to terrorist attacks.
"We have a lot of coastline here," said Tech. Sgt. Christopher Velez, noncommissioned officer in charge of the boat section. "Base officials said, 'Hey, we've got to do something about this.'"
At first, the Coast Guard assisted with patrols, but the manning and time needed to conduct the operation full time was too much for the local Coast Guard station to contribute long term. So, base officials asked the 6th SFS if it could take on the job.
We are all about detection and deterrence. Our best tool is presence, making sure people know we're out there." — Tech. Sgt. Christopher Velez
"The squadron decided to step up and take on this mission," Velez said. "Of course, we had no idea what we were doing. I mean, Airmen on boats? There's no operations manual for that."
Base officials again turned to the Coast Guard for help.
"They're the pros, so we asked them if they could give us some training and point us in the right direction," Velez said. "Once they stopped laughing at the idea of the Air Force using boats, they were more than happy to help."
The services have built a strong rapport on the joint effort.
"Of all the services, I never expected to work with the Air Force," said Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Cross, with the Coast Guard 7th Division, District 7. "It's really turned out to be a great relationship and the Airmen are really eager to learn what we have to teach them."
Squadron leaders picked several Airmen to make up the new boat section and, after basic boating and water safety instruction from their Coast Guard counterparts, the Airmen headed out to sea.
They found out just how rough this new mission was going to be.
"Oh man, we were definitely wet behind the ears," joked Velez. "All we had was a glorified fishing boat with no cover, and the elements just beat us up. If it was hot, you were hot. If it was cold, you were freezing and if it was raining, you just got soaked."
However, the mission needed doing, and the new boat section was determined to get it done. The Airmen would note what things worked and what didn't, and what they needed and what they didn't.
"Obviously a better boat was up there on our list," Velez said. "But we also recommended other things, like equipment, how many people we'd need, things like that."
People listened. The boat patrol grew, seeing more and better equipment and its people better trained.
The squadron didn't just get one new boat, they got three.
"These new boats are amazing," Stinson said. "The cabins are closed off from the elements, they have state-of-the-art equipment and can really haul if you need them to."
Apart from having things like navigation systems, nighttime running lights and looking all shiny and new, these boats bring other intangibles to the section's mission. They look professional, they look serious and they look pretty darned intimidating.
Which, according to Velez, is exactly what they want.
"We are all about detection and deterrence," he said. "Our best tool is presence, making sure people know we're out there."
This means one of the boats is out on the water 24/7, responding to reports of boats and other watercraft entering the restricted zone near the base. Typically, these calls are lost boaters or fishermen trying to catch fish in the calmer, shallower water. However, the calls could be serious.
Someone has to drive the boat, meaning Airmen like Stinson are out on the water every day and every night. With more than seven miles of coastline, the Airmen can't see every square inch. Motion sensor cameras were installed around the base to act as extra sets of "eyes."
"The cameras are manned in the control center, so someone is monitoring them 24/7 as well," Stinson said. "If they see something, they radio us and we go check it out."
MacDill's boat patrol is the only one like it in the Air Force. A few other bases have boat patrols, but only MacDill's is manned 24/7.
The squadron doesn't let just anyone into these boats, either. Any Airmen sent to the boat patrol must first pass a screening process. This test uses the whole person concept to determine each Airman's eligibility.
"We look at their enlisted performance reports, their duty history and do an interview," Velez said. "And, of course, we make sure they can swim."
Sitting in her patrol boat, Stinson has a lot of time to think. Usually, these thoughts are common. Things like "what's for lunch?" "Did I finish my homework?" "What's up this weekend?"
Lately, though, she's been wondering if the Air Force should think about changing the lyrics to its song to include something about boats.
Because now, some Airmen won't be climbing high into the sun, but across the glassy sea, toward the horizon.
The Air Force may be known as the world's finest air and space force, but thanks to a few Airmen at MacDill, it now has a pretty good navy, too.
No tires and all.
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On April 30, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada, and Gap Inc. announced a safety recall of approximately 7,000 Gap baby swimsuits, after the swimsuits were found to pose a strangulation hazard to children. The swimsuits have a plastic ring at the neck that can press against a child's throat and obstruct the airway, due to halter straps that were manufactured too short.
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JWC TO JOHN WELSH ; 13 August 1853; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18530813-JWC-JWEL-01; CL 28: 249
5 Cheyne Row / Saturday [13? August 1853].
MY DEAR JOHN,—If you have not by this time been taken up into the skies and made a new star of; understand that I am here—and wearying to see you.
The house is to be recognised by large scaffolding on front of it and regiment of men working like ants on the roof— My Dear! imagine it we are again building! Mr. C—who was never to allow 'a workman of any denomination to set foot within his premises again in this world' contracts with a Builder 'of Genius' during my absence to make his 'a perfectly silent apartment up above there'—What a pity he was not in your place!1 and this old ideal of his is now being worked out into bricks and mortar.
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In 1884 the long-running annual series of Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford was given by Frederick Temple, at that time Bishop of Exeter. He had earlier been a prominent educational reformer, headmaster at Rugby School and chaplain to Queen Victoria, and he later rose to become Archbishop of Canterbury. This book contains his Bampton Lectures on The Relations between Religion and Science - perhaps the most passionately debated topic of that time. He discusses the apparent conflict between scientific and religious beliefs on various topics including free will, knowledge, evolution, and supernatural power, but concludes that science and religion are not foes, but counterparts, and that neither is complete without the other. His contribution in this area is of lasting importance in the history and philosophy of science.


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FOXBORO, Mass. - Marcus Wasilewski passed for 264 yards to lead Maine to a 24-14 win over Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium on Saturday.
UMass (0-2) got strong play from receiver Tajae Sharpe, who established career highs with 11 catches for 85 yards, including his first touchdown as a Minuteman in the fourth quarter.
Linebacker Ed Saint-Vil led the Minutemen defense with 14 tackles and a pass break up. Joe Colton also recorded double digits with 11 stops.
Maine (2-0) had 514 yards of total offense as it picked up it's second ever win over a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent.
UMass received the opening kick and rode the momentum of a 41-yard return by Trey Dudley Giles en route to a quick 7-0 lead. The Minutemen needed just four plays before Mike Wegzyn found Bernard Davis in the middle of the end zone for the score. The initial drive took just 83 seconds.
On the ensuing possession, Maine appeared ready to answer the score after a throw-back pass to a wide open Justin Perillo gave the Black Bears a first down at the five yard line. But the drive ended on the next play when Jovan Santos-Knox picked off Wasilewski in the end zone for his first career interception.
The Black Bears got on the board when they recovered a muffed punt at the UMass 40 following their next possession. The 10-play drive was capped by a 26-yard Sean Decloux field goal.
Maine's Ricky Stevens broke off a 35-yard scoring run five minutes into the second quarter to put the visitors ahead 10-7.
Maine added to it's lead late in the third when Zedric Joseph scored from a yard out to complete a 12 play, 68-yards march that amassed more than five minutes.
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The Minutemen snapped Maine's 24-0 run with 11:10 to play when sophomore A.J. Doyle tossed a touchdown pass to Sharpe for an 8-yard strike.
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To those who care, the Cannes Film Festival has a lot of influence in the film world. The 2013 winner of the Palm d'Or, the festival's highest honor, was a little French film called 'Blue Is The Warmest Color' a controversial film if there ever was one.
Adele (Adele Exarchopoulos) is a high school student who wants to fit in with her friends. To do so, she has a romantic encounter with a popular boy, but finds it unsatisfying. After rumors swirl about her and after a female friend kisses her somewhat innocently, she becomes confused about her sexuality. To attempt to escape her thoughts, goes out to a gay club with her friend and slinks off to the nearby lesbian bar. There, Adele meets Emma (Lea Seydoux), an art student in college. There is a mutual attraction and the two begin to spend time together. Soon, the relationship escalates and Adele settles into a sort of domestic bliss. More importantly, she is finally at peace with herself. Years go by.
Is this state of self-actualization a permanent one? Has Adele found her soulmate and herself? How could this perfect scenario become complicated?
Any vagueness in this plot description is intentional because the story itself is very simple. That isn't meant to diminish the quality of it because it is extremely strong, but sharing any excess details could ruin surprises.
The length of this film is very intimidating. Thankfully, it's a clear, linear tale that allows for real growth with the characters, especially Adele. It's also telling that the film seems to be a lot shorter than it actually is.
It is easy to shrug off the title as being meaningless, perhaps even contradictory given the usual association blue has with cold. While watching the film, it comes through as a theme, from Emma's initial blue hair, to some of the cinematography and Adele's appreciation of Picasso. That is the kind of subtle detail and care that has gone into this. There are other symbols and metaphors throughout the film, some more subtle than others.
You have to tip your cap to Seydoux and Exarchopoulos, their performances easily carry this film even though so much is asked of them. As you can tell by the rating, this gets quite intense. Perhaps the sex scenes are over-the-top, overlong, and exaggerated. Maybe director Abdellatif Kechiche had a little too much fun filming these extended scenes and maybe he deserves the criticism heaped upon him from certain circles. Not touching that. Let's stick to the finished product, itself.
Special features include: a trailer and a TV spot. This is probably the most bare-bones Criterion release in recent memory. It does contain the obligatory essay in the DVD case, but don't go into this expecting any revelatory features. This is a letdown.
'Blue is the Warmest Color' is a surprisingly accessible and watchable film, given the bloated length and the content. It is a simple story of self-discovery and coming of age. Well worth a watch if you can enjoy French films, simple stories that are told with skill and aren't afraid to get a little out of your comfort zone.
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Last night's WWE Raw featured Brock Lesnar getting the best of The Undertaker and Daniel Bryan taking it to Triple H and Rowdy Roddy Piper hosted Piper's Pit and had a number of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal participants take over. Here are the quick results from the show:
Alberto Del Rio defeats Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston via pin fall in a non-title match.
Summer Rae defeats Natalya via pin fall.
Tag Team Champions Jey and Jimmy Uso, Fernando and Diego defeat Ryback, Curtis Axel, Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger via pin fall.
Goldust and Cody Rhodes defeat Fandango and Damien Sandow via pin fall.
Bray Wyatt defeats R-Truth via pin fall.
Naomi defeats Divas Champion AJ Lee via pin fall in a non-title match.
Kane defeats Roman Reigns via DQ.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton battled Batista to a no contest when Daniel Bryan and Triple H got involved.
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