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Wildcat hitters collected three more home runs in the games to give them 25 for the season in their 10 victories.
Finch opened action Sunday morning with her effort against No. 18 South Carolina, scattering three hits and walking only one batter. She also hit a leadoff homer to open the scoring in the fifth. Lauren Bauer's three-run blast later in the inning extended the lead, and Kim Balkan's three-run blast ended the game in the bottom of the sixth on the eight-run mercy rule.
Gladding, a freshman, struck out the first seven Missouri hitters in the Cats' second game, and she accounted for all but one outs with Ks in the five-inning game. Toni Mascarenas' two-run home run in the fourth gave Arizona the final lead for the mercy rule.
Mascarenas hit five home runs and drove in 15 during the tournament, which saw a team -- Nebraska -- score against Arizona for the only time this season. The Cats beat the Cornhuskers 11-4 on Saturday night.
UA beat Georgia 8-0, Texas 14-0, LSU 10-0, Nebraska 11-4, South Carolina 8-0 and Missouri 8-0 during the tourney.


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Since the first edition of "Equine Nutrition and Feeding" was published in 1986, it has become the standard work on the subject, covering every aspect of the nutrition of breeding, growing and working horses, and describing the basis upon which scientifically derived conclusions for nutrition and dietary requirements are reached.Comprehensive and clearly evidenced, the fourth edition of this popular book has been extensively revised and the evidence base expanded. The book includes a full account of the toxicology, and metabolic diseases and other diseases related to diet. The causes and control of these are discussed and comprehensive lists of definitions of terms and the abbreviations are provided. A separate chapter is now dedicated to weaning and growth of the foal, and a new design and increased "signposting" encourage easier navigation within the book.
Author Biography
David Frape BSc (Reading), PhD (Iowa), Dip Agric (Cantab), CBiol, FSB, FRCPath, RNutr, has published numerous papers and articles on equine nutrition. He is also a scientific consultant, a member of the Editorial Board of Equine Veterinary Journal, a member of the Laminitis Trust, and Editor of World Agriculture.
Table of Contents
|Introduction to the Fourth Edition
|List of Abbreviations
|The Digestive System
|The mouth
|The stomach and small intestine
|The large intestine
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Utilization of the Products of Dietary Energy and Protein
|Carbohydrate, fat and protein as sources of energy, and the hormonal regulation of energy
|Energy metabolism
|Dietary protein
|Protein requirements for maintenance
|Amino acids
|Non-protein nitrogen
|Laminitis and energy intake
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|The Roles of Major Minerals and Trace Elements
|Major minerals
|Trace elements
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Vitamin and Water Requirements
|Vitamin requirements
|Water requirements and fluid losses
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Ingredients of Horse Feeds
|'Processed' feeds
|Functions of hay and use of other bulky feeds
|Compounded nuts
|Coarse mixes
|Other lesser ingredients and by-products
|Fat supplements
|Protein concentrates
|Pre- and pro-biotics
|Dietary vitamin and mineral supplements
|Feed storage
|Natural and contaminant toxicants in feeds
|Feed additives
|Prohibited substances
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Estimating Nutrient Requirements
|Relationship of capacity for feed to body weight
|Concentrates and roughages
|Feed energy
|Digestible energy, protein and mineral requirements based on NRC (2007) recommendations
|Ration formulation using the DE and NE systems
|Energy and protein requirements based on INRA feed units
|Energy, protein, mineral and micronutrient feed values as determined by the INRA system
|Simple ration formulation
|Feed type, rate of intake, appetite, frequency and processing
|Shelf-life of feeds, feed contaminants and government regulations
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Feeding the Breeding Mare, Foal and Stallion
|The oestrous cycle and fertility
|Weaning procedure
|Feeding the orphan foal
|The stallion
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Ideal conformation
|Birth weight and early growth
|Later growth and conformational changes
|Effects of dietary composition
|Developmental orthopaedic disease
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Feeding for Performance and the Metabolism of Nutrients During Exercise
|Work and energy expenditure
|Energy substrates and their expenditure
|Training methods
|Muscle energy reserves and feeding before exercise
|The endocrine system
|The vascular and respiratory systems
|Results of exercise
|Blood acid-base balance
|Dietary base excess and 'fixed' dietary cation-anion balance
|Dietary protein requirements and exercise
|Feeding methods
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Grassland and Pasture Management
|Grassland types
|Pasture as an exercise area
|Nutritional productivity of pasture
|Nutrients required for pasture growth and development
|Sward height
|Intensity of stocking with horses and ruminants
|Grazing behaviour
|Supplements on pasture
|Safety of grazing areas
|Water supplies
|Silage and haylage and their safety
|Grassland improvement
|Tropical grassland and forages
|Poisonous plants
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Pests and Ailments Related to Grazing Area, Diet and Housing
|Arthropod parasites
|Worm infestations
|Protozoan parasites
|Ailments related to diet
|Pasture ailments
|Liver disease
|Chronic weight loss
|The mature sick or geriatric horse
|Muscle ailments
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Laboratory Methods for Assessing Nutritional Status and Some Dietary Options
|Metabolic tests
|Diets for liver disease
|Diets for kidney disease
|Bone metabolism
|Other tests
|Procedures for determining causes of suspected nutritional problems
|Study questions
|Further Reading
|Example Calculation of Dietary Composition Required for a 400 kg Mare in the Fourth Month of Lactation
|Common Dietary Errors in Studs and Racing Stables
|Chemical Composition of Feedstuffs Used for Horses
|Estimates of Base Excess of a Diet and of Blood Plasma
|Estimate of BE of a diet from its fixed ion content
|Estimate of BE of blood plasma from its bicarbonate concentration
|References and Further Reading
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The World Cup finals is set, Germany vs. Argentina, the fellow South American giants, while host nation Brazil sits in the dust, in the recent eve and worst loss and thrashing that was handed down to them by the Germans. Payback is something serious, one must add, in that Brazil took a World Cup Championship from Germany in 2002, beating them in Asia to win their fifth World Cup title. The same fate that Spain was dealt by the Netherlands , a former World Cup champ being humiliated, is how this World Cup would end it almost seems. Seriously, whoever thought, that the great futbol nation of Brazil would ever lose in any game, especially a World Cup game, Semi-finals at that by six goals, a score of 7-1. Well, this was the final score no jokes, not a video game. This would be the worst loss by any team in these World Cup finals.
While it may yet be their own party and they can cry if they want too, watching the great and legendary Messi, futbol youngest and greatest player to play the game, make it to the championship match on Sunday on their very own fields, it is by pure will, destiny, and fate that has Argentina here. Listening to the Argentina head coach describe Messi and his distribution of the ball, metaphorically speaking of him as a savior, one that provides water to his people in the desert, when no water exist anywhere is genius and pure magical and phenomenal when it comes to futbol terminology. Now, the Germans are not going to lay down and are a fierce side to be reckon with, sending a stella and immaculate team to these games every four years, an assured evidence of that, in how they humiliated the host, making the great Brazil cry at their own birthday party.


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The Start Menu, an icon of the modern Windows operating system that was removed in Windows 8, will make its return soon.
The company revealed the new feature at this year's Build developer conference in San Francisco today, which will be deployed as part of patch to its Windows 8.1 operating system later this year. The conference, which caters to Windows developers, has in recent years become a platform to announce and demonstrate new products.
The new Start Menu will have a similar look and feel to previous versions of Windows with a few new functions. One of the announced planned features includes live tiles, with users able to add Windows 8 app icons and receive live updates on anything from news to weather and sports scores.
Microsoft also said that their previously announced Windows 8.1 Update, which will add important tweaks to the user interface with a focus on greater support for keyboard and mouse users. will release later this week. The company also revealed a new initiative for universal apps, which will allow programs developed for the Windows Store to work similarly desktops/laptops, tablets, the Windows Phone and Xbox One.


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I'm trying to change my document root in apache so I can start a new project and keep an old one available so I can reference the files. Whenever I try to change the document root, though, I get a 403 Forbidden error.
It seems like I've tried EVERYTHING. In the httpd.conf file, I change the document root line and the line in brackets:
DocumentRoot "/Full/Path/To/Root"
<DIRECTORY /Full/Path/To/Root /> I'm not looking at the file right now, but I've changed this part too
I'm putting the new root directory in the same location as the default, so those permissions should be OK. I've changed the root directory's permissions to 777 and 744 and it still won't work. I've been spending a lot of time looking for a working solution, but so far, nothing has worked.
In the apache error logs, the message coming up says "Permission denied due to server configuration" (when I get the chance to find the exact message, I'll be sure and post it.)
Any help is very appreciated. I'm running Mac OS Lion with Apache v2 and php 5.5 (if that matters).
Edit: The error in the error log says [Mon Jul 22 14:43:38 2013] [error] [client fe80::1] client denied by server configuration: /Library/Webserver/CustomServer/


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Factors That Affect Corporate Profits
Case studies with a Yoga Management Centre – www.urbanashrammanila.com
Corporate Profits
The company's operating profit is its operating income minus operating costs and expenses; this includes production costs, management fees, sales fees and finance charges, minus the amount of the tax burden of operating income. It refers to the financial results of enterprises in production and operation during a given period including operating profit, investment income, and net operating income and expenses.
Corporate profits after taxes are generally allocated in the following order:
1. Compensate for the losses of previous years' enterprises
2. The statutory surplus reserve
3. This then, is extracted from the Community Chest
4. The distribution of profits to owners.
Corporate profits are part of the average profit which is a special transformation of the form of surplus value.
The functions of capital using the average profit made by the loan capital and management, after deducting interest to corporate profits, are called the balance.
Factors That Affect Corporate Profits
There are four main factors that affect corporate profits:
1. Product price
2. The product's variable cost per unit
3. Product sales
4. Fixed costs of the product
Significant change in any of these factors can lead to adjustments in corporate profits, and likely affect a business' turn from profit to loss. In order to monitor corporate profitability, business decision makers should be equipped to make the right decisions under intense changes in the external environment. With sensitivity analysis, business managers have a clear understanding of such problems.
Relationship with economic benefits
The economic benefits of the GDP and the ratio between the costs of production, using the formula:
Economic benefits = gross domestic product / production costs
Corporate profits to GDP more than the difference between the costs of production, using the formula:
Profit = gross domestic product – the cost of production
Corporate profits increase (or decrease) may indicate that the enterprise's economic efficiency (or reduced), must be a specific analysis:
- The cost of production (i.e., the production process of resource consumption) unchanged shows an increase (or decrease) of profits, means that the economic efficiency of enterprises and both increase (or decrease) in magnitude, is consistent.
- The total profit unchanged, production costs increase (or decrease) indicates that the economic benefits of lower (or raise) decline in amplitude (increased) consistent.
- The costs and profits with the rate increase (or decrease), equates to the same economic benefits.
- The cost increase (or decrease) more than the profit increase in economic decline (or increase).
- Operating Profit
The company's operating profit is the main business income (turnover), less material or commodity procurement costs, staff wages, equipment wear and tear and depreciation, business tax and surcharges, increased investment income. It is the balance after the changes in the fair value of net income.
- Corporate Finance Profits (Investment Returns)
The economic benefits of the corporate long-term investment income, short-term financing income, and the difference of the costs involved, the reaction of corporate long-term investment, short-term borrowings and other financial activities.
- Non-operating Profit
It is the difference between operating income and expenses, the reaction enterprise business, and the balance of payments situation.
- The Total Profit
Enterprise production and management of all aspects of the final results are the main business enterprises, other business and foreign investment, operating business sectors of economic benefits, a comprehensive reflection of our corporate profitability and investment returns, and profit distribution.
Thus, corporate profits increase (or decrease), cannot be simply equated to improve the economic efficiency of enterprises (or decrease).
Socialist Enterprise Source of Profit
Socialist corporate profits have three main sources of effective macro management, micro-management, and technical factors.
What Are The Three Aspects?
I. Macro Management
An effective macro management refers to the full research and the development of rational social and economic development policy, to the enterprise development space, and guide development in a reasonable and legitimate track to create profits.
A socialist country is bound to apply macro-management for most people; not for short-term interests of the minority services, but for the long-term interests of the majority. Macro-management is an inevitable impetus to the development orientation of the growth of enterprises, where its development results have a concrete impact.
There are specific performances of the macro-management policies promulgated by the state. The real business is very concerned about the policy dynamic. The policy dynamics of enterprise development, the force has a direct influence. This force is outside the enterprise's strength and it role in the production activities of enterprises, and into the enterprise to create value and profits in the socialist countries. Although the policy is not directly involved in the management of the business, but it was just a formality.
For government workers, their labor through the imposition of effective macro-management of their labor value added to the enterprise's value creation activities. Part of labor to create value for government workers need to be reflected in the value created from the enterprise. Effective macro-economic management will only make the most effective development, so most companies have a profit from the market. Such interest there is the labor value of the macro-managers into their contribution.
II. Micro Management
Another facet is the effective micro-management business managers imposed on the enterprise.
Two aspects of micro-management are managers of labor, and non-contribution to workers for management positions in business management. The two workers added to the corporate value creation process should be transformed into enterprises to create value and create profits shown.
Enterprise management where managers are in management positions in, rather than ordinary workers in management positions. The value of corporate contributions management often does not attract attention and awareness, which in the economic theory, is a major mistake.
In reality, good business managers do not contribute to the management of labor and the value of all occupation. However, they are involved in business management where all employees contribute their rationalization proposals to the development of wisdom and knowledge for the enterprise. Business development proposals collected yearly from employees is knowledge and wisdom that is transformed into the value created by the enterprise.
III. Technical Factors
Some of the today's advanced technology can improve the productivity of the enterprise, and give more priority to the development present. For example, with the rise of product production, companies will be unable to change the case of other production conditions, technological innovation, and improve the technical level of production equipment to improve production efficiency; the production equipment in the unit has time to produce more products to increase market share through the expansion of production, thereby increasing the profits of an enterprise. Profits have increased the value contained in the transformed factors.
Types of Corporate Profits


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] H.264 updates for VDR-1.5.9
Petri Helin <phelin <at> googlemail.com>
Reinhard Nissl wrote: > Hi, > > Petri Helin wrote: > >>> Please try the attached patch which adds VPID clipping to some locations. >> I can gladly tell you that now there are several "00 00 01" blocks in >> the sample.ts file. So something has changed to better. But for some >> reason I am unable to play the sample.ts file. This is what mplayer >> tells me when I try to replay: > > I can play the sample TS file you've sent me with > > mplayer -vc ffh264 sample.ts > > mplayer incorrectly chose mpeg12 in your case, as it doesn't expect > H.264 in the TS's PES packets. > Whatever I try, I am not able to play the TS capture. But that's not a big deal. >> I am now also able to record h.264 encoded programs, just like mpeg2 >> encoded, and as a result xxx.vdr files are created. But still, i cannot >> replay them either. > > Stock xine-lib-1.1.7 or higher can play those files. You may also want > to use vdr-xine-0.7.11 with a patched xine-lib-1.1.8 or stock xine-lib-1.2. >(Continue reading)


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After several days of cold weather, metro Phoenix is forecast for warmer temperatures Thursday and into the weekend.
A warming trend will take place with temperatures spiking up to above normal by Friday, bringing in dry conditions, said Chris Kulman, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
The forecast for Thursday calls for a high of 70 degrees and a low of 44 degrees with winds around 5 mph. Friday will be the warmest day of the week, as temperatures can reach the mid-70s, Kulman said.
High clouds will move its way into the area on Sunday with a slight chance of rain, keeping temperatures down and bringing mild temperatures early into the next week.
Outside the Phoenix area, Flagstaff will also see warmer conditions with temperatures mainly in the upper 40s and lower 50s, and overnight temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s.
Chances for snowfall are low, unless the remaining showers linger. If they do, Flagstaff can see some snow flurries, Kulman said.


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Six-spotted tiger beetle
This appears to be a six-spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata).
They were very common on the sunny trail in the park near my house on Friday. They have good eyesight and are normally very skittish. The combination of those characteristics make it difficult to approach them. But every now and then, there will be one individual a bit "tamer" than the rest. This one was one of those.
Their tendency to stay in the bright sun and their highly reflective upper surfaces also make it difficult to get even lighting in the pictures.


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Abhorrent Conditions
I am mortified at the abhorrent conditions of the poor, but worse is trying to understand a culture that accepts it as retribution for past sins.
The problem seems too overwhelming to fix, so Hinduism washes it all away as God's will. As written, Hinduism subcribes to the theory of Karma (the law of cause and effect). Each individual creates his or her own destiny by thoughts, words, and deeds.
Illness, accident, and injury result from the karma one creates and are seen as a means of purification. Karma is believed to accrue over many lifetimes. Hence, an illness may be seen as a result of actions in this life or a past life.
Still it's hard for me to accept. The first shanty town I see is under a highway underpass. It's an impression burned on my brain. It's so unsanitary and dehumanizing I look away in disgust. Chickens and cows (sacred animals) cohabitate with people in the same 6 feet of space.
Conscience Wins Out
One sleeps in a makeshift hut while the other is chained to a rope. Some think that these extremities are what make India so fascinating. I think it's horrible and secretly give away oranges and apples to starving children. I'm told that doing so will encourage the begging but it's my conscience I'm battling and it wins out everytime.
Some students leave Chennai to visit the capital, Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay. They return with stories far worse than Chennai; begging touts, foul odors, noise and pollution. One tour guide even has to tackle a street seller with a water bottle.
Air and Water
Air in New Delhi is equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day, so students donned scarfs around their mouths. Students in Varanasi decided to skip a holy dip in the Ganges because bathing in it is equivalent to swimming in toilet water.
40,000 cremations are performed each year along the Ganges, most on wood pyres that do not completely consume a body. Thousands more who cannot afford cremation simply thrown cadavers into the river. In addition, the carcasses of dead cattle and industrial and toxic chemical waste pollute it.
We're honored to be the first foreigners invited to Kodur, a small Dalit village in Tamil Nadu. Little more than a thousand hopeful Untouchables await our visit. It's a special invitation that begins with lighting a candle in holy camphor oil, spreading it on the ground and marking a dot on our foreheads.
Alien World
Accompanied by a parade of half-naked musicians and aging dancers, we follow the merry men through their neighborhood of mud huts, gardens and farm animals. I'm truly in an alien world, a world miles from civilization and decades from progress.
A strong woman balances a clay water pot on her head as she invites us into her home. Her mudhut has dirt floors neatly swept and cleaned of debris and bugs.
We remove our shoes and enter a space no bigger than a walk-in closet. She has no sanitation, no running water and limited electricity but she's proud to show off her cooking and invites us for dinner.
Little girls swarm around me amazed at the camera I'm carrying. A battery-powered radio is the only technology they're familiar with.
Unlike in the city, Dalit children are too shy and reserved to touch my camera or take my hand. Their wide eyes and gentle curiosity stays repressed until I give each one a giant bear-size hug and the ice is broken. At first they pull away but gradually more and more youth crowd around wanting a hug of their own.
Working Against Prejudice
Mahatma Gandhi fought long and hard to raise the awareness of the needs and rights of Harijan (Men of God) or Untouchables. Today, several committees and organizations continue to help improve Dalit treatment. Dr. Henry Thiagaraj; a UN-NGO and coordinator of our homestay, works against discrimination and prejudices.
Technically it's illegal to discriminate against Untouchables but millions face violent reprisals if they forget their place. Dr. Thiagaraj shows us extreme examples of those raped, burned, lynched, and even gunned down. Some websites he's written for include: echoinggreen.org and hrw.org.
He tempts me to shoot a documentary here - a dangerous but rewarding proposition. We exchange numbers and I'm hopeful that I'll be back one day. By night fall, Dr. Henry decides against having us spend the night here because monsoon rains can deluge the ground and he's afraid we'll get sick. The visit wraps up with a traditional dance recital by the children. My heart melts.
Holy Sites
The British first established Chennai 350 years ago, so there are several churches and holy sites to see. But Hinduism is the most celebrated religion and Kancheepuram is one of seven of the most sacred pilgrimmage sites in India.
Ekambareswararwar Temple dates back to 16th century and is the largest of the Shiva temples. It sprawls over 20 acres with a 1,000-pillared hall and a towering gopuram at 6,000 feet - one of the tallest in South India. Other temples include names I can barely keep straight but whose carnal courtyards and hedonistic sculptures contradict the inhibited nature of Indians.
Indecency Sanctified
One temple reveals how immorality and indecency are sanctified in the name of Hinduism. Lingam and Yoni are the male and female sexual organs and both appear in hundreds of bas-reliefs. My own camera, I dub her Beta-Betty, blushes with embarassment.
Everyone knows Hinduism is steeped in eroticism but these explicit tantric carvings border on hardcore porno. For grins I buy 12 miniature reproductions - the perfect stocking stuffer for all my experimental friends!
The world is a smaller place since leaving India and if it weren't for the Sudras and Dalits, I doubt I'd ever return. They both helped me document the best and worst parts of South India.
The wretchedly poor majority, the searing temperatures and the emphatic merchants were the worst. The delicious culinary delights, bargaining power and seductive architecture were the best.
Deep down though, it's their generosity that's made my world richer. Thank you, kind souls, and pray to Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva that I'll be back with camera in hand.
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Benjamin F. Sawyer, Sr., of Dover, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. He was 71.
Ben was born, February 5,1942, in Evinston, Florida; to the Late- James & Doris(Wright) Sawyer. He proudly served in the United States Navy , for over 20 years, retiring in 1979; then worked as a rigger in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia for 14 years. Upon relocating to Delaware, he was employed by the City of Dover for over 8 years; and then worked in the commissary on the Dover Air Force Base for 10 years, before finally retiring. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Dover.
Mr. Sawyer is survived by his wife of 51 years. Lillian(Brown) Sawyer; 2 Daughters, Melissa Sawyer, of Dover; and Benita S. McCrary & her husband- Andre, of Orangeburg, FL. a son, Benjamin F. Sawyer, Jr, & his wife-Phyllis, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; 2 Sisters- Elizabeth & Carol Williams, both of St.Petersburg,FL.; 2 Brothers- Samuel Sawyer, of St. Petersburg,FL. & David Sawyer, of Evinston,FL. 7 Grandchildren- Deon P.Sawyer,serving in the United States Coast Guard; Nicole Nolen, of Orangeburg,FL; Bantie' J. Sawyer, of Upper Marlboro,MD; Benjamin F Sawyer, III, of Portsmouth,VA.; Markedrius Lair, of Alexandria,Louisianna; Noel A. Taylor, of Orangeburg,FL; & Garzell A. Hall, of Dover. 2 great-grandchildren- Markedrius Lair,Jr. & Sean Nolen.
A celebration of his life will be held early next week, at the Calvary Baptist Church, Route 8 West (Forrest Ave.) Dover. Please contact the family for details.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory, to the Higher Ground Campaign at the Calvary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1859, Dover, DE 19903.
Letters of condolences can be sent via www.pippinfuneralhome.com.
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Northeast Wisconsin SolidWorks User Group (NEWSUG) Meeting AnnouncementDate: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC), Room E130 A and B
1825 N Bluemound Drive
Appleton, Wisconsin 54912
Phone: 920-735-5600
Directions: Head North on Hwy 41. Take Wisconsin Avenue (Wis 96) exit. Go right (east) for ½ mile. Turn left on Bluemound Drive (by Fleet Farm). FVTC will be on your left after about ½ mile. Head South on Hwy 41. Take Northland Avenue (Wisconsin 15, County OO) exit. Go left (east) for about a half mile. Turn right on Bluemound Drive. FVTC will be on your right after about ¼ mile. The nearest room entrances are entrances 9 & 10 on the buildings' west side. Meet in room E130 A and B
Registration: Register on line at www.newsug.org
5:00 Tips and Tricks
5:15 An Introduction to DraftSight
6:00 Light Meal, Door Prizes and Networking
6:20 Surfacing with SolidWorks : Surfacing versus Solids
7:30 Closing


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UMass Completes Nutmeg Invitational
Dec. 9, 2002
Day One Results
AMHERST, Mass. -- The UMass men's and women's swim teams concluded the Nutmeg Invitational on Sunday at Yale University with a total of six first place finishes. Massachusetts added three second place finishes and three third place finishes to their honors on the third day of competition on Sunday.
Senior Tommy Keane (Melrose, Mass.) placed second in the 1650-yard freestyle (16:07.25) for the Minutemen. Rob Bellamy (Columbia, Md.) concluded a successful weekend by adding a third place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (47.19). In the first two days of the meet Bellamy tallied first place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle,and was a member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team as well. On Sunday Bellamy also earned earned second place honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Along with Ryan Zaucha (Auburn, Calif.), Chad Arnold (Mohnton, Pa.) and Matt Woodfield (Naugatock, Conn.), the team finished in 3:09.34 for second place honors.
Also performing well for the Minutemen was sophomore Matt Woodward (Waterboro, Maine), who finished third in the 200-yard breaststroke.
The Minutewomen were led by junior Christen Dexter (Centerville, Mass.) and sophomore Colleen Wasson (Harleysville, Pa.). Dexter finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:24.39 while Wasson finished right behind her in third place at 2:26.51.
Both the men's and women's teams will next compete on Jan. 4 at the Sacred Heart Invitational in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Drew Tipson
From: "Drew Tipson"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: RE: WebMaster:_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 5:11 AM
Something I wanted to mention, in case you ever have time to look into it: I've recently been reading the works of Peter Singer, a controversial Australian philosopher of ethics (the real irony to him being that he gets the most press on his views regarding euthanasia, when by his own philosophy, charity and animal rights are far more important issues). I find his arguments very easy to parody, but very difficult to dismiss outright -- at the very least they point out some very troubling inconsistencies with common ethical beliefs, ones that are worth considering, even if only to formulate a principled rejection of his solutions.
But that's not exactly what I wanted to tell you about (I'm long winded, and even a short preamble tends to balloon). I've also recently read through several letters stored on PAM regarding people who are incredulous as to the possibility of atheists having meaningful lives or the ability to commit to ethics. You refute such ideas quite handily, but I wanted to point out some excellent sources you might also want to direct such people towards.
One such is the final chapter of Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement. Whether one agrees with Singer or not, or Henry Spira or not, the final chapter of Singer's biography of Spira, "A Meaningful Life," is immensely moving, and very relevant to the question at hand, because Spira truly did live a life imbued with passionate purpose, and a great deal of meaning. Even if one thinks the things which gave Spira's life meaning (working for the Civil Rights movement and then being one of the most pragmatically successful leaders of the Animal Rights movement) are silly, one cannot deny that the man found peace and purpose in fighting for the ethical beliefs that he had been convinced of. As such, it is an excellent primer for anyone cynical about an atheists' ability to live a meaningful and ethical life. Spira not only dedicated his life to acting on his ethical principles, but he did it because it was what made his life meaningful and fun -- "not a sense of duty, rather this is what I want to do ... I'm best when I'm doing it well."
Another short quotation:
"Henry's life has lacked many of the things that most of us take for granted as essential to a good life. He has never married or had a long-term, live-in relationship. He has no children. His father and one of his sisters committed suicide, and his mother was mentally ill for much of her life. His relationship with Renee, the sole surviving member of his immediate family, is not close. His rent controlled apartment, while spacious and well-situated, is Spartan. He doesn't go to movies, to concerts, to the theater, or to fine restaurants. He hasn't taken a vacation for twenty years. Yet at the age of sixty-eight, he was able to contemplate his own imminent death with no major regrets about the way he lived."
This very brief chapter also begins with the statement: "To say that life is essentially meaningless is to express an attitude, not to state a fact." I've thought a great deal about this idea, and have to say that I find it exceedingly wise -- for I think I do well to realize that I alone am accountable for my attitudes, and if I cry that out that my life is meaningless, I have only myself to blame for such a situation. The fact that I care at all (and for whatever reason, I do) is reason enough to go out and find meaning, or to stop whining about the matter. A meaningful life cannot not an article of faith -- a discovering of an external purpose that justifies one's life -- in that case one would be meaningful to the purpose (in the theist's case, humans are meaningful, which is to say, useful, to god) -- not neccesarily finding meaning in what you are doing. It has to be something you decide that you are going to have. Some seem to find meaning in Chirst. I don't see anything wrong with that, per se, though I personally wish they would acknowledge that they create and power this meaning, not Christ.
Yet what I often find additionally very troubling in discussions with some theists is that many hold the belief that without the existence of god, meaning is impossible. While I suspect they have a different understanding of the word "meaning" (perhaps one that capitalized without explantion?) than any that's intelligible to me, the idea that life, on its own terms, is without meaning seems like a form of outright nihilism to me. If someone is going to take a leap of faith to believe there is a god that is against murder -- why should I feel safe that they will not someday, for no reason, take a leap of faith and believe that god wants me dead? Thankfully, I doubt they will do this, because in my experience, human psychology is, whether genetically or culturally, remarkably and laudably empathetic by nature -- and only takes extraordinary violent actions in cases of extraordinary. It never fails to amaze me that the vast majority of human beings who have ever lived have been entirely pacifist. Even in the cases of wars, governments have had to expend a tremendous amount of propaganda energy, bribery, and threats, to turn ordinary people into soldiers willing to kill for a cause. So I feel safe with believers because they are humans like anyone else, and they probably decided that killing was wrong long before they ever started seriously believing in god (many believe in god simply because god seems to agree with their own moral senses.)
Singer himself is another fine example of a meaningful atheist life -- again whether you buy his philosophical principles or not. He has also written extensively not only on the good life, but why Christian morality has so distorted people's concept of "morality" that when one reads a newspaper headline that says, "Bishop Attacks Declining Moral Standards," we expect "to read yet again about promiscuity, homosexuality, pornography, and so on," instead of actual ethical questions like our possible obligations to help other people, or how can found our ethical claims, instead of just letting them sit there (and he makes a pretty convincing case that sex itself "raises no unique moral issues at all. Decisions regarding sex may involve considerations of honesty, concern for others, prudence, and so, but there is nothing special about sex in this respect, for the same could be said about driving a car." (Practical Ethics). There are truly serious ethical issues out there, dealing with such concepts as honesty and concern for others themselves -- not particular applications of them. That people should fail to consider them, and instead worry about sex, is a real loss.
I'll suggest more such biographies and sources as I compile them.
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3 Modes for Moving Data to the BI Applications DW from a Source Application Database
By Justin Hyde on Apr 17, 2014
In BI Applications 184.108.40.206.1 the adaptors for the following product lines use the LKM BIAPPS SQL to Oracle (Multi Transport) to move the data from the source Application database to the target BI Applications DW database:
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A key feature of this LKM developed specifically for BI Applications is that the data from the source system may be transported in 3 different ways and using a parameters set in Configuration Manager the mode can be selected to suit how the system has been setup, thereby optimizing ETL performance. This blog post details those 3 modes, and how to configure BI Applications to use the mode that best suits the deployment.[Read More]


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Marc Maturo's official sports column.
Leaving no Hall vote unturned: one scribe's opinion
Unlike last year when the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) failed to elect anyone into the Hall of Fame in upstate Cooperstown, this year's balloting is almost certain to produce at least one or two new inductees and perhaps three and more.
The expansion era committee has already guaranteed a banner induction day ceremony on July 27, by unanimously voting in managers Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox.
The venerable BBWAA came up empty last year as the election resulted in no selections for the first time since 1996 and just the third time since 1960. The ballot showcased a number of solid candidates, but the result was seen as a counterpunch to the deeply held suspicions of steroid and PED (performance enhancing drug) use.
This year's ballot again features such players (chiefly Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens), but generally recognized "clean" performers such as pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux are eligible for the first time and likely to receive strong support, especially Maddux.
Members of the BBWAA are permitted to vote for as many as 10 players. This scribe, for the first time ever, has taken that opportunity – not to mention my perfunctory if unrecognized "write-in," Mr. Pete Rose, the banished all-time hits leader and one of the game's greatest ambassadors across his storied career.
Here then, in alphabetical order with no regard to chance of election, are my 10 – count 'em, 10 – official selections:
For point of interest, other well- known names on the ballot include Mark McGwire, Curt Schilling, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Bagwell, Sammy Sosa and Frank Thomas.
Winslow Dorsainvil of Spring Valley, a redshirt freshman on the St. Thomas Aquinas College track and field team, set a school standard in the 60-meter dash at the Bill Ward Invitational hosted by St. John's University. Dorsainvil, who provisionally qualified for Division II nationals, was clocked in 6.83, breaking the existing mark of 6.86 held by Ramapo HS alum Mike Abelard.
Freshman Stephen McNiff of Pearl River placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:44.05 while senior George Erazo of North Babylon, took second in the 400 with a time of 50.18. Freshman Anthony Henry of Suffern took sixth in the 200 with a time of 23.84.
At the Boston University Season Opener, Erazo ran a national qualifying time running second in the 400 with a time of 48.88. Garvenchy Nicolas of Brooklyn finished third in the 800, clocking 1:56.28 that set an indoor school standard. Also hitting a school record was freshman Tristan Holmgren of Valhalla, clearing 6-feet, 2 and three-quarter inches in the high jump.
The Spartans next compete on January 4 at the Tigers Open at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass.
QUICK HITTERS: Senior guard Jessica Bullock of Thiells played just 14 minutes and was held scoreless as the Purchase College women's basketball team fell to visiting Farmingdale, 78-62, snapping a three-game win streak. Bullock, hampered by foul trouble, had two assists and a steal for the Panthers, who visit Mitchell College in New London, Conn., on Dec. 12 in their last game before the holiday break. … Junior co-captain Meghan King of New City, a volleyball standout at The College of New Rochelle, was a first-team choice by The Association of Division III Independents (AD3I). Georgia Efthalitsides received coach of the year accolades as the Blue Angels became the first volleyball team in school history, and just the third in any sport, to reach the 20-win plateau. … The men's hockey team at Army returns to action December 20 against nationally fourth-ranked Providence College (11-2-3) at Tate Rink in West Point at 7:05 p.m. … The Dominican College men's basketball team puts its unbeaten record on the line December 14, visiting Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference foe Felician (N.J.) College. The Chargers lifted their mark to 7-0 following a 77-67 win against visiting Holy Family University as sophomore Joe Clinton of Pearl River scored eight points, adding a team-best five assists and three steals. Justin Turner of Trumbull, Conn., came off the bench and led all scorers with a career-best 23 points, and pulled down 12 rebounds.
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RIP: Former Clarkstown North HS track coach Gerald (Jerry) F. Buckley of New City passed away on December 7 at the age of 71 following a long, courageous battle with Lupus. Buckley is survived by his wife of 43 years, Sheila, three children – Jerry, Patrick and Colleen — and 10 grandchildren, affectionately known as "The Big Ten."


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Highlights from a memorable day at Alfond Stadium
ORONO, Maine – Maine was sound in all facets of the game on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Rhode Island Rams, 41-0 at Morse Field. With the victory the Black Bears clinch their first Colonial Athletic Association title and first conference title since 2002.
Offensively, Maine was led by the usual suspects, as quarterback Marcus Wasilewski completed 22-of-26 passes for 307 yards and three touchdowns.
Running back Rickey Stevens was the squad's leading rusher as he carried the ball 14 times for 127 yards including a record-breaking 90-yard touchdown scamper in the first half.
John Ebeling led the receiving charge as he recorded seven catches for 85 yards and was one of three Black Bear receivers to find the endzone.
Defensively Cabrinni Goncalves led the "Black Hole" making eight tackles and one sack on the day, while Axel Ofori Jr. was another strong performer, making seven tackles and tallying one of two Maine interceptions.
The Black Bears took control of the contest early as they scored two touchdowns on their first two possessions.
Wasilewski drove Maine down field after the defense forced a turnover on downs as he found Arthur Williams with a 21-yard strike to open the scoring in the contest at the 13:03 mark of the first quarter.
After forcing a Rhode Island stop, it was Wasilewski again, who lofted a pass to a wide open Damarr Aultman as he reached pay dirt and the Black Bears increased their lead to 14-0 at the 9:08 mark of the first quarter.
Early into the second quarter Stevens dashed into the record books as he found daylight up the middle scampering 90-yards for the third Black Bear score. That run bested an 89-yard rush by Carl Smith in a game against Rutgers in 1991.
With the Rams down 21-0 midway through the second quarter Rhode Island started to gain traction in its offensive game.
Kolt Peavey opened the drive with a 49-yard pass to Jawaun Wynn putting the Rams deep into Black Bear territory. Following that play the Maine defense stiffened up and forced a fourth down. The Rams appeared to be attempting a field goal from the Maine 28-yard line but ran a fake punt instead. Senior Michael Cole and his teammates broke into the backfield and picked off a ball that was shoveled forward and ran back for 16 yards, giving Maine a drive start on the Rhode Island 49. The interception was the first pick for Cole in his collegiate career.
The Black Bears scored on the ensuing drive as Wasilewski found a wide-open Ebeling down the right sideline as he sprinted towards the goal line and dove in for his only score of the contest.
A 38-yard, Sean Decloux field goal make, gave Maine a 38-0 advantage at halftime.
The Black Bears outgained the Rams 364-125 in total offense while holding Rhode Island to 24 rushing yards on 19 attempts.
Stevens struck again in the third quarter as he punched it in from 2-yards out to give Maine a 38-0 lead, while Decloux closed out the scoring at the 4:17 mark of the fourth quarter, nailing a 36-yard field goal to give Maine its final score of 41-0.
The defense rebounded from a rocky game against Albany last weekend as they held Rhode Island to 244 yards of total offense and only 51 yards on the ground for the Rams.
Likewise the offense gashed Rhode Island for 501 total yards with nearly 200 yards rushing and 307 yards through the air.
While the Black Bears clinched the CAA title for the first time in program history their attention now turns to its rivalry game next weekend. Maine attempts to bring home "the musket", next Saturday, Nov. 23. That game is slated for noon in Durham, N.H. and can be seen on Comcast SportsNet.


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I've seen how to do this on linux, however is there a way to do it in OSX?
I've accidentally ran chmod -R 777 /
Looking for how to undo this. Thank you
You won't be able to fix it for everything.
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There's no way of "undoing" a chmod,sshort of going through a known-good installation and checking/reproducing permissions. The easiest way out for you is a complete re-install.
As Jason says, Disk Utility should get most of the OS's stuff. For the rest, perhaps you could assume defaults of 644 for files, 755 for directories, except in /Users where 600 and 700 might be more appropriate? This won't put everything exactly as it was, but it should keep most stuff working and you can fix up special cases as you find them.
The best order would probably be
I assume the Disk Utility will do things like making the contents of /bin executable.
This all off the top of my head and untested; I'd recommend testing the chmods on a small subtree before running them across the whole disk.
If you can reinstall that might be better for longterm peace of mind. I'd happily perform a kludge like this on one of my test boxes, but maybe not on my personal workstation.


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Top-Ranked Harvard Retains 1999 Cup; Teams To Meet Again Sunday At Sprints
"Our team competed well," Rassam said. "Radcliffe is the class of the field so far this year and we competed with them as well as anyone in the league has thus far. I believe we can bring a more competitive race against them next weekend at Sprints and then four weeks later at the IRA Championships."
Top-ranked Harvard, which defeated four-time reigning national champion Stanford last weekend, retained the Class of 1999 Cup by 10 seconds on Lake Carnegie. The Crimson won in 7:14.4, while Princeton finished in 7:24.4.
Radcliffe also won the 2V and V4 races to complete the regular season for both teams.
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A series of Northern California earthquakes today 2013 have struck east of San Francisco near Livermore. The latest California earthquake began today June 29, 2013 just before 8 am PST and was centered east of San Francisco and northeast of San Jose. No damage has been reported by local news.
The latest Northern California earthquake today started at 7:53 am PST and delivered a 2.5 magnitude, officials tell news. The quake however had no depth, USGS indicates to news. As a result the quake could be felt across neighboring communities. USGS reports to news that the quake was six miles east of Livermore and twelve miles west of Tracy. Officials also tell news that the quake was twelve miles east of Pleasanton and fifteen miles south of Discovery Bay. The quake started sixty-two miles south of Sacramento.
At least three other quakes of similar magnitude have struck the region since last night. In related news, a 2.5 magnitude quake hit Carlsbad last night as well.
Quakes in the region are common, and especially further south off of Interstate 5. In October last year, a 5.3 magnitude quake struck the region. That quake was sixteen miles from San Lucas. It was seventeen miles east of King City and forty-eight miles from Hollister. The quake erupted ninety-one miles from San Jose as well. Mapping revealed that the quake was northwest of Bakersfield, southwest of Fresno, Clovis and Madera. The earthquake started in the region west of the 5 Freeway and east of Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz.


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Superstars in all walks of life have the ability to do or promote just about anything they want. Thankfully for pets and animals, there are those who would selflessly dedicate their time to promote the welfare and good treatment of pets and other wildlife. Below are just a few examples of celebrities who advocate for those who can do nothing for them!
Ellen DeGeneres
This famous female comedian once touted in an interview that she wanted to be a veterinarian as a child. In fall of 2012 she launched a Facebook game that would allow players to donate in game currency to animal charities of their choice. Additionally, this superstar is the co-owner of Purely for Pets, Halo, and a pet care company that inspires pet owners to use a holistic approach to caring for their beloved fur-babies.
Bob Barker
You most likely know this happy-go-lucky game show host from the ever popular The Price Is Right. In 1985 he was the spokesperson for Be Kind To Animals Week. Two years later, he stepped down as the Miss USA Pageant, as they offered real furs as prizes. Bob's DJ&T Foundation encourages people to spay and neuter their pets to help avoid pet overpopulation, which is an ever present issue even today. The foundation has raised millions of dollars and supports programs that spay and neuter pets.
Ian Somerhalder
The smoldering older brother in The Vampire Diaries, is a well known advocate of pet and animal welfare, and even began his own group, the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. It has raised money to build animal sanctuaries for stray and homeless pets.
Adam Levine
Superstar front man of the well known group Maroon 5, reportedly shelled out nearly 50,000 dollars for his ailing golden retriever, and another 10,000 for his yellow Labrador in 2013. Unfortunately, his golden retriever, Frankie Girl, passed away despite the attempts. Adam also strongly advocates for the adoption of shelter pets in his spare time, and it is not unheard of Adam to spread awareness about such causes during his talk show interviews.
Dave Navarro
Jane's Addiction frontman Dave Navarro may have a reputation for being a bad boy, but he emotionall touts, "Some of the simple things you can do to help save animals is not buy fur, stay away from products that have been animal tested. It's really very, very simple to just support something or buy something that doesn't brutalize animals like this." Dave was once an avid fur wearer, until he had an unfortunate run in with a video of animals being skinned alive for their pelts. He described it as "the most horrific, inhumane thing I've ever seen." He later went on to pose nude to raise awareness for the cause, hoping to encourage others to avoid real furs and products tested on animals.
Celebrities have the benefit of fame on their side when it comes to causes and awareness, and often times, they can encourage people to get involved where they might not have before. Do what you can to help these superstars advocate for animals by getting involved!
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Amongst the most highly anticipated movies previewed at this past weekend's San Diego Comic-Con was the long-awaiting Mad Max sequel with Tom Hardy, after months of being teased with still images of Hardy and his co-star Charlize Theron, fans got a first real look at Mad Max: Fury Road.
Check it out!
First of all, Max is still Australian! Tom Hardy seems to be doing a pretty decent approximation of early-80s Mel Gibson. Back from the original trilogy are the sparsely beautiful shots of the Australian outback and the destructive car chases.
For fans who couldn't get enough, there were also these new character posters:
The film is being directed by Aussie George Miller, who along with creating the Mad Max series has also directed a number of eclectic movies. Chief among them: The Witches of Eastwick, Babe: Pig in the City and Happy Feet (the dancing penguin cartoon)!
What do you think? Will Fury Road be more like The Road Warrior or Beyond Thunderdome? Let us know in the comments below.


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Should schools mix rich and poor kids for the greater good? (Part 1)
True/Slant writer Michael Salmonowicz and I share a deep interest in issues of race, class, and urban life, so the two of us decided to bring our perspectives together on the issue of income diversity and school segregation. You can read a portion of our conversation each day this week. If you're interested in reading more of Michael's work, check out his page here. Here's my initial message to Michael:
Hey Michael,
So the Wake County (Raleigh, NC) school board recently voted to end its "income diversity" policy. Since the Supreme Court limited the ability of schools to assign students based on race, Raleigh has been assigning children based on socio-economic status in the hope of creating less segregated schools.
But no more, as you probably read. A new crew of Republicans took over the school board and scrapped the policy because parents didn't like it. Instead of going to the school down the street, they were bussed 45-minutes away to a different school.
I swear—anyone in this country hears the word "bussed" or "busing" and it's like we all break out into simultaneous rage, as if nothing could be worse than a long bus ride. Personally, I rode the bus for an hour to school and back, and it never hurt me any. It wasn't because of any diversity policy—we just lived in a rural school district where a lot of people lived out in the boonies.
But for poor kids living in Raleigh, this policy may have been their best hope at getting an education in a school that's not chock full of problems. Do you teach or have you ever? I do. I teach dance in the Chicago Public Schools. It's not the same as being a regular school teacher, of course, but it does give you a taste of what they deal with.
One of my schools is in a working-class North side neighborhood. Not a bad neighborhood, but it's not Lincoln Park or anything either. That neighborhood, like my own, is about 50 percent white, 45 percent Hispanic and about 5 percent black. But my two classes of fifth graders are about 90 percent Hispanic, 5 percent white and 5 percent black. Where are all those white kids that live in the neighborhood? Private schools because their parents can afford to send them.
And that means what's left is poorer students. Many are just fine, but others are not. I have one kid who's 10 and lives in a foster care group home. Ten years old and the kid lives on his own without parents. This kid takes up a lot of my time, and frankly, a lot of my patience. He can't help it. He has a really rough life.
In many poorer schools, it's not just a few kids out of seventy that have that kind of life baggage. I just read a book that said that in Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, 25 percent of kids have abuse and neglect in their files, and that's just the ones they know about. A quarter of a teacher's kids are dealing with emotional and physical wounds that really interfere with their ability to concentrate and learn.
What the hell is a teacher supposed to do in that situation? You can be the best teacher on earth, but that's an extremely challenging job. And yet, if we want public education to succeed, we must believe that every kid can learn, right?
It just makes sense to me to try to spread those kids out. It's more fair to them–they get more attention and more access to services, and better for all those other kids who aren't dealing with deep emotional wounds, but might not have a parent who's home to read to them every night.
I got thinking about this when I read an article on San Francisco's assignment system. It quoted some research that says poverty levels over 40 percent in a school population are bad news for its students. One of the stats that it quoted was about a public housing kid. Say you send a public housing kid to a middle class school with 20 percent poverty, compared with their neighborhood school with about 80 percent in poverty, their individual test scores go up 13 percentile points. Even more dramatic, if you send that kid to a school where kids score in the 80th percentile on their tests, you can expect a 32 percent improvement in their test scores.
So why aren't we doing this? We throw millions at schools and public education. It's clearly one of the best solutions, and yet we throw it away because it pisses people off.
And that pisses me off.
I guess that's all for today. I await your intelligent reply.
Tomorrow, look out for Part 2, which will appear here. Check back all week to see our conclusions and share your responses and ideas.
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Kim's Death: Who Knew When?
After being caught completely off-guard by Kim Jong Il's death Monday, local politicians and the public are asking what may be a painful question for intelligence and defense officials: why didn't Seoul know about this sooner?
It's no secret that the South Korean government devotes a considerable amount of resources in gathering intelligence about what's going on north of the border. But when prodded by the perceived lapse, various arms of Korean government declined to discuss Seoul's intelligence gathering process, including how they first heard of Kim Jong Il's death or the precise time that became aware of it.
It's a fairly safe bet they didn't have much, if any, lead time. President Lee Myung-bak spent most of the weekend in Japan at a summit meeting, which would have almost certainly been delayed if the government was aware of the death of the North Korean dictator.
North Korea is particularly adept at preventing information leaks, even despite the proliferation of cellphones in recent years. However, several North Korean defectors said word of Mr. Kim's demise had already spread in North Korea early Monday morning prior to the state media's official announcement at midday.
Do Myung-hak, a defector, noted that his activist group sent out a press release around 11:30 predicting that the North Korean media will announce Mr. Kim's death.
"We knew what the announcement would be about," Mr. Do said. "First, normally there is no TV announcement on Mondays; secondly the TV announcer sounded very grim when they announced about the special announcement; third, North Korean TV aired programs in the morning that were all about Kim Jong Il."
Another question is whether China, North Korea's staunchest backer, had any prior notice about Mr. Kim's death. A South Korean foreign ministry spokesman told reporters earlier Tuesday that Chinese officials repeatedly told Seoul that Beijing didn't have any advance knowledge.


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There is a new restaurant coming to Maryland. Farmstead Grill is opening in Spring 2014. After surviving a cold Maryland winter, Farmstead Grill is a great way to celebrate the start of spring. The 200 seat Canton restaurant will also be home to the Farmstead Shack which is a companion kiosk. "The 200-seat Farmstead Grill will be located across a leafy green park from Farmstead Shack, a carry-out kiosk with 30 outdoor seats. Menus and beverage programs for both restaurants are in development. Now under construction at 3501 Boston Street, the Farmstead restaurants are part of the new urban development, The Shops at Canton Crossing, and will open in spring 2014."
"We don't think diners should have to pay a premium for locally sourced food," says Farmstead Grill COO and Executive Chef Galen Sampson. "At the same time, we believe that farmers who work so hard on our behalf should get their due." His goal at the two Farmstead restaurants is to lower check averages at the table while keeping center-of-the-plate and featured ingredients strictly local." "We're excited about the prospect of expanding the marketplace for locally sourced dining," says Nabit." You can learn more about Farmstead Grill by clicking here. You can learn more about Waterfront Kitchen by clicking here. You can learn more about The Shops at Canton Crossing by clicking here.
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- The Baltimore Station raised record setting $84,000+ at April Fundraiser
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I have been programming in C for a couple of years in Linux. Now I want to work on linux kernel and contribute to kernel, if possible. I have been looking on the internet for the information about a starting point but I couldn't find one. So can any one please tell me where to begin?
I'm not a kernel person at all but I work with a lot of people who are very much into the kernel. They all recommend Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love as a good book on the subject. I've bought the book myself and plan to, in my copious free time, go through it.
The Kernel Mentors mailing list related resources at http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelMentors is also a good place to look at.
I would also recommend the site lxr.linux.no as a browsable source code repository. It contains version 0.0.1 an up. With the help of this site, it is very easy to search for keywords in the kernel source on different versions.
Basically venturing into kernel programming starts off with a need to fiddle with services provided by the kernel....Me for example ..i had a need to fiddle with the IP packets generated and arriving on the kernel network stack....so started of writing LKMs,.,,kernel modules.And understand becomes easier if you have good understand of general Operating System Concepts.For example there was this book which i referred during my engineering undergraduation days...Operating System Concepts Author Silberschatz Galvin..even though i never cracked my head understanding user space and kernel space..that book did look into core concept at a more naive level...and it looked in from general OS point of view not specific to linux as such..now that i am more into kernel space programming that i realize how beautifully that book ventured into both user space and kernel space concepts....it just starts off with NEED to get into kernel side...from user space


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Coupon Deals SAT & SUN Feb 6 & 7
OT - Tampon going "Organic" or "Greener"
all i have to say is two words...
Diva Cup
Yeah- I'm just not brave enough ;-) to go there yet.
BGG Triplets born 1/23/09 @ 31.5 weeks
from ThinkFling.com
And you too - It's only $1.99!!!
Janie- SAH(homeschooling)M to
Livia(04), George(06), Virginia(08),
and Margaret (Maggie) Raye(6/7/10)
it's not stopping...
this is from my deck... keep in mind it's a bit sheltered from my house ... i know definately we are past the 3feet mark even though the yardstick on my deck isn't showing it LOL
My patio furniture. LOL
my grill
and Tyler's rosy cheeks from playing out in the snow...
edit to add: that is tylers natural hair. LOL... it's hat hair actually. He has nothing in it at the moment...it's been an hour and his hair is still like that. LOL
Fannie ~ Mommy to 3 wonderful boys!
~*~*~*~*Tyler, Aiden & Evan~*~*~*~*~
Do diapers sell well at flea markets. I am going to do some this summer. All these diaper deals and I don't need them any more but If it means $ales I will stock up.
Debbie : DD=8-19-2005 DS=4-7-2001
Count me in as jealous, we finally have enough room for the kids to play outside, and use our toys (dh even bought another snowmobile for this house) and we have used it 2 time this year, right after x-mas, and now nothing, our grass inst even covered, but it is still so darned cold!!! (glad about that cuz the mud is frozen now). Can you east siders send some over here, use a huge fan or something to blow it our way. We always lose out, everyone south and east of us gets killed with it and we dont get much. We are used to it, so give it to us, we are MICHIGAN!!! You know the people the use the heater and air conditioner on the same day!!!!
Mary Kay-
Steam Mop on Laminate Floors
Is this okay? My DH is on his way to the store to buy me the pocket steam mop right now and I am super excited. We have laminate wood floors in one part of the house and I am not sure if it can be used on this or not. I have been swagging it and most people said they use it on laminate with no problems as long as there is no gaps in the boards and the mop doesn't leave too much water sitting.
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Thats a lot of dang snow! Personally I hate it- I miss my SoCal winters.
BGG Triplets born 1/23/09 @ 31.5 weeks
So many of you are complaining about only getting a few inches of snow, but we don't get ANY snow here. It makes me sad that I have never seen any in real life. Looking at the pictures Fannie posted has me amazed at how it just covers and sits on everything. I would take a few inches over none any day, lol.
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Ryden 10/24/08��� Walker 3/5/10
WAGS "bunch of stuff RR" (as Jane called it)
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April, who blogs at House By Hoff, found this old metal window grate hanging up in her parents' garage last month. "They really can't claim that they don't know where my 'junk collecting, trash-to-treasure' gene comes from, can they?" she laughs.
We don't have a before picture of this one, because April really just left it as it was. She just used her imagination to figure out another use for this old grate with lovely, arched lines. April reimagined it as a photo display for her winter mantel. Using mini clothespins she found in the Target dollar section, she simply pinned a few black and white photos of her daughter enjoying winter's magic. Isn't that lovely?
Visit House by Hoff to learn more about this rescue.


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The House yesterday approved a controversial bill to fast-track federal approval of natural gas pipelines despite sharp Democratic opposition and a veto threat from the White House. The chamber voted 253-169 to approve Rep. Mike Pompeo's (R-Kan.) "Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act," H.R. 161, which would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a year to approve or deny a pipeline, and other agencies are given three or four months beyond that to complete their work on any additional permits, licenses or approvals that would be needed.
House passes pipeline bill amid partisan debate, veto threat
Udall Introduces Amendment To Keystone Pipeline Bill To Create Renewable Energy Standard
U.S. Senator Tom Udall announced that he has introduced an amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline bill to establish a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) that would create over a quarter of a million jobs, reduce pollution and save consumers billions of dollars. The legislation, which would help the United States become energy independent while establishing our leadership in clean energy production, would require utilities to generate 25 percent of their electricity from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources by 2025.
How will the state get 50% of its energy from 'renewable resources' by 2050?
Businesses in California have been thinking about this goal for some time. An analysis is well underway on how the state can cut its carbon footprint in half by 2030. It's being funded by about two dozen companies, trade groups and foundations with interests in large-scale renewable energy, including GE, Sunpower, NRG, BrightSource Energy, the American Wind Energy Association and the Energy Foundation.
Poll shows a 'surprise,' broad public support for EPA carbon rule
Seventy-nine percent of respondents voiced support for alternative and renewable energy mandates, framed as "requiring a set portion of all electricity to come from renewable energy sources such as wind and power." An even higher portion — 84 percent — backed "requiring increased energy efficiency standards for new homes and applications." These options both showed broad support from Republicans, Democrats and independents. But nearly 60 percent of respondents — including majorities from all three groups — opposed a carbon tax.
The reason why offshore wind has not happened — even though the federal government says New Jersey's coastline offers some of the best offshore wind resources — is a matter of dispute. At least a dozen developers have expressed an interest in building winds farms along the coast. To critics, however, the economics of offshore wind make little sense, particularly with historically low natural gas prices in a state burdened with some of the nation's highest electric bills. A growing portion of the state's electricity is produced by conventional natural-gas-fired power plants.
10th Circuit Slated To Hear Constitutional Suit Over State Renewable Mandate
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit will hear oral arguments Jan. 21 in a case that could pose a crucial test for whether state renewable energy mandates are constitutional, and could also have a significant impact on states' ability to use their mandates to comply with EPA's greenhouse gas (GHG) rule for existing power plants. The Denver-based court will hear arguments in the case, Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (EELI), et al., v. Joshua Epel, et al., where free-market groups are appealing a lower court ruling that upheld Colorado's renewable electricity standard (RES) as constitutional.
Amazon to fund a big wind farm in Indiana
Amazon Web Services is one of the largest providers of cloud computing services, with a long list of customers that includes names such as Johnson & Johnson, Dole, Siemens, and Netflix (as well as NBC Universal's parent company, Comcast). The company already operates three carbon-neutral regions—one in Oregon, one in Frankfurt, Germany, and the AWS GovCloud region in the Northwestern United States. However, this is its first publicly announced wind farm, and the first major renewable energy project the company has announced since committing in November to power its cloud computing division with renewable energy.
Obama blasts climate deniers, pipeline pushers in forceful speech
"[T]oday, America is No. 1 in oil and gas. America is No. 1 in wind power. Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008. And thanks to lower gas prices and higher fuel standards, the typical family this year should save $750 at the pump," Obama said.
Green-Energy Inspiration Off the Coast of Denmark
The Maine islanders, along with students from the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, had traveled to Samso to attend the academy and hear the Danes' advice. If all went well, each islander would go home with a team of students dedicated to solving an energy problem using ideas borrowed from Samso. Beyond that, the planners hoped, new Maine island projects could become templates for broader adoption of renewable energy. Because of their particular geography, islands often lack the resources and infrastructures to meet their own needs. Fuel, like other necessities, is often imported — sometimes with great difficulty — and electric grids, when they even exist, are often underdeveloped or out of date, all of which leads to higher prices and less reliable service. With residents open to cheaper and better alternatives, islands are becoming seedbeds of innovation, living labs in which to test and refine technologies and approaches that are too new or expensive to establish on a mainland. And their small size makes the systems easier to manage and analyze.
Opinion: The 4 smarter things Congress could be doing than voting on Keystone again
But when Congress focuses on symbols rather than substance, everybody loses. The truth is that building Keystone is not economically essential to the U.S. (sorry Republicans), but stopping it is also not, in the view of many scientists, going to do a ton to save the climate (sorry greens). Either way, the last thing America actually needs is another Keystone debate. But there are really helpful things Congress could be doing instead to protect the environment and boost the economy. Here are four of them.


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Bella Carton's brow furrowed as she gingerly stroked white paint up and down the massive scene before her, balancing on an overturned milk crate to get the height she needed to finish creating a tableau of the Charles River on a wall that towered 7 feet high.
The Watertown native plucked a paint-stained earbud from her right ear, pausing for a moment to consider her connection to the scene she was painting, which included a sign marking the river paths.
"When I was younger, I would take a lot of bike rides here, and would see these signs everywhere," sajd Carton, heading into her senior year at Watertown High. "This is where I grew up."
Carton is one of nine Watertown students volunteering their prime summer weekdays to paint a 230-foot-long mural of Watertown landmarks on the cement wall that snakes along the Linear Park bike path at the end of Forest Street.
The project, which aims to discourage graffiti and introduce public art into the local community, is finally taking shape after three years of planning and fund-raising by the town's Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee.
"We're trying to capture the spirit of Watertown," said Janet Jameson, a committee member who is among the project's active supporters.
But the mural has now taken on a life of its own, as various town departments and local businesses have donated time, money, and resources toward its completion.
In addition to donations of money from several local banks, the Sherwin-Williams store on Howard Street has supplied buckets upon buckets of free paint, while the Home Depot on Arsenal Street has given all of the other supplies needed for the epic artistic undertaking. Earlier this summer, local Tufts Health Plan employees covered over graffiti and primed the wall for painting, and the town's Recreation Department oversaw the application process for the student artists, and now is handling the time sheets to document their community service hours.
"This is a real community effort," said Gregg Bernstein, a professional mural artist chosen to oversee the project. "We're hoping this takes off, because there are so many opportunities along this bike route for public art."
The events involving Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown on April 19 thrust the suburb into a national spotlight, but those involved in the painting project say the mural has no connection to the bombing and its local aftermath.
"We planned all this before what happened in April," Jameson said. "What's happened here with this project has nothing to do with that. It's about our community and how it has pulled together."
Some students said the events had a minor influence on their decision to apply for the summer internship, in which they work from 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. every weekday for community service hours. But most said they do it for the sheer joy of making art, and immortalizing the people and places that made their childhoods memorable.
"I can't wait to come back here when I'm older and tell people I painted this," said rising sophomore Abi Vershbow. She stood back and pointed to the scene she helped paint, depicting the high school's champion field hockey players hunched over their sticks on Victory Field.
"I've lived in Watertown my whole life, and my house is right next to Victory Field,'' she said. "So I hear the football and field hockey games every night. It seems a little strange that I'm painting that."
'We asked people what they liked about Watertown, what's important in the town to them, and asked them to tell stories about their time here.'
The mural's landmarks were picked by Watertown residents who filled out suggestion slips and submitted them in boxes placed at the library, high school, and other local spots around town.
"We asked people what they liked about Watertown, what's important in the town to them, and asked them to tell stories about their time here," Jameson said, noting that the survey drew more than 100 responses.
The end result features the things that residents agree best define their town. The mural shows historic buildings like the Commander's Mansion on Talcott Avenue and the Arsenal buildings, and also nods to the trolleys that rumbled through town before they were replaced with MBTA buses. The Deluxe Town Diner in Coolidge Square and various Armenian shops receive a prominent space, while a breathtaking scene of the Charles River snakes through the western side of the piece, leading into Victory Field.
Bernstein held up a 5-foot-long sheet of paper that sketches out the mural's design foot by foot, showing how the scenes simulate a bike ride across Watertown.
"I had to leave a lot of stuff out — not everything would fit," he said. "You think you have all this space with 230 feet, but then you get out here and find these already take up a lot."
The project should be completed by the end of this month, Bernstein said, and there is a ribbon-cutting event tentatively planned for the afternoon of Sept. 18.
"We want to celebrate the hard work these kids have done," he said.
For more information on the mural, click on the blog link on the town committee's website, www.watertownbikeped.org.Jaclyn Reiss can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal
The Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal deals with complaints against licensed immigration advisers. These complaints are referred to the Tribunal by the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority). All complaints should be sent to the Authority in the first instance.
The Tribunal also deals with appeals against decisions made by the Authority. These may relate to:
- A decision of the Registrar of Immigration Advisers to cancel the licence of an immigration adviser
- A determination of the Registrar to reject a complaint against a licensed immigration adviser
After hearing a complaint, the Tribunal may:
- Dismiss the complaint
- Uphold the complaint but take no further action
- Uphold the complaint and impose one or more sanctions
The sanctions that the Tribunal may impose are:
- Caution or censure
- A requirement the adviser undertakes training
- Suspension of licence
- Cancellation of licence
- An order preventing a person from reapplying for a licence for up to two years, or until certain conditions are met
- Payment of up to $10,000
- Payment of costs
- Repayment of fees or expenses to the complainant or other person
- Compensation to the complainant or other person
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Board of Game and Inland Fisheries
Ben J. Davenport, Jr.
Ben J. Davenport, Jr., is the Chairman of First Piedmont Corporation, a regional waste hauling and disposal company, and Davenport Energy, a regional petroleum supplier. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. Mr. Davenport sits on the Board of American National Bank and Trust and of Boxley Materials. A graduate of Hargrave Military Academy and Virginia Tech, Mr. Davenport resides in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. His local volunteer commitments include serving on the Boards of Hargrave Military Academy, the Danville Regional Foundation, and the Future of the Piedmont Foundation. He is a former Rector of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Tech.


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Scott Snyder and Jim Lee have been kicking all kinds of butt with their latest series featuring the Man of Steel and they show no signs of slowing down. With the latest issue of Superman Unchained Supes goes full throttle after his would-be ally, Wraith, in a seismic battle ranging from deep space to the ocean's floor and ultimately the core of the earth! Meanwhile, Lois Lane holds the key to defeating Ascension, but she needs to reach the Fortress of Solitude to ensure its safekeeping, but she's being pursued by a heavily armed force, and it isn't Ascension!
As with the last 5 issues in this series Lee and Snyder are bringing their A-game to the world of Superman. This issue starts to reveal more secrets, but more importantly lets Superman cut loose a few times not only against Wraith, but on Lois' captures as well. Snyder somehow keeps bringing some great story elements to all the DC books he is involved in that always feel fresh and new but keeping the old school mentality of the characters intact. Lee continues to churn out amazing work with every panel. His visuals are as dynamic as ever from the big action set pieces right down to the simple panel of two people having a conversation. This issue does somewhat end the story building up between Superman and Wraith, but with all series just opens the doors to more questions and clearly a bigger fight. With any Superman book other heroes aren't that far behind and this issue is no different with appearances by Batman and Wonder Woman as well as some fantastical creatures within the Fortress of Solitude.
Don't miss out the best Superman book out there from one of the best teams around with Superman Unchained # 6 available now. If for some strange reason you have missed out on this series then get out there and get caught up before it gets too far ahead, you will not be disappointed.
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