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When is it necessary to use the decorator pattern? If possible, give me a real world example that is well-suited for the pattern.
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Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
The Streams in Java - subclasses of
As an example, writing a file to disk:
Then should you require some extra functionality regarding the writing to disk:
By simply "chaining" the constructors, you can create quite powerful ways of writing to disk. The beauty in this way is that you can add different (in this example)
There are plenty of "real world" examples of where the decorator pattern can be used. Off the top of my head, some examples:
Head First Design Patterns has some more "real world" examples. It seems that O'Reilly has their sample chapter, which is on Decorator Pattern, for free; Google showed up this link: PDF
Two real-life examples:
The item upgrading systems in Diablo 2 and Final Fantasy 7. Weapons and armor have sockets or slots. During the game, the player put upgrades (gems, runes or materia) into those slots. Each upgrade has an individual effect (say, 8 points fire damage or 10% mana leech). So when you swing your sword, it does its base damage plus the damage added by each upgrade you've added. This matches the decorator pattern extremely closely.
From Gang of Four:
Have a look at the Fowler description; it gives a concrete example relating to books/videos and a decorator "borrowable", you can find it here.
The intent of Decorator pattern is to:
The most heavy use of decorator pattern are GUIs and java.io classes. There is a free chapter of Head First: Design Patterns about decorator pattern [link] which provide some other examples:
You can also read Decorator Pattern by Example [PDF] in which decorator pattern is used in an evaluation application.
One of the coolest - and most literal - uses I've seen was to implement undo-ability, back in the bad old days of single-level undo. Given a vector drawing program, with several objects selected, of varying colors: implement a command to change all of their colors. And make it undo-able. This was done by applying a Decorator, which got invoked in the getColor() stream, so that when they were drawn, they got drawn in the new color; essentially the objects' own getColor() methods were overruled. So they showed up in the new color. To undo was as simple as removing the Decorator from all the objects; committing the action was a matter of applying the color from the Decorator to the objects and then removing it. Much simpler than keeping a table of which objects had been colored and what their original colors had been.
If you are familiar with Swing development in Java (along with other GUI toolkits), you'll see the decorator pattern used a lot. You might have a constructor that takes in a specific component and then adds functionality to it.
You asked for a real-world example, so here you go: download (or browse) DonsProxy from github:
DonsProxy basically uses a WireTap pattern to let you watch or extract HTTP traffic, plus it lets you modify the connection behavior to simulate suboptimal connections. I use the Decorator pattern to modify channels based on user options. Command-line or GUI options (dependinvg on which View they're using) allows latency injection and bandwidth injection, among other things. When they inject latency, that adds the LatencyDecorator to the channel; if they throttle the bandwidth, that adds the ThrottleDecorator to the channel. Since this use a decorator pattern, they can mix-and-match behavior to their heart's content.


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Real estate brokers don't have the same power they had in the days before the Internet. Today, buyers and sellers can use the web to view listings and perform other tasks that used to be exclusively performed by a broker.
Brokers do have one thing that everyone wants, which is direct access to the Multiple Listings Service (MLS). This is kind of like having your own spirit guide telling you where the secret treasure is buried (and you pay it a yearly fee for the privilege).
The MLS is a database that stores information about properties for sale. Furthermore, it's a regional joint venture of real estate brokers affiliated with the National Association of Realtors. You can't access the MLS unless you're a licensed member of your local MLS service—kinda like getting backstage because you know a guy who knows a guy.
Many real estate companies put an MLS-like database on their websites for homebuyers to look through, but it's not the same thing. There's not a more comprehensive list. Having the MLS at their fingertips makes brokers informative and powerful.
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Robert Watrel
Associate Professor
Specialty Area:
Human Geography, Political Geography, and Cartography
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2001 M.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1993 B.S., University of North Dakota, 1989
Teaching Responsibilities:
Human Geography, Cartography, Quantitative Research Methods, Great Plains
Committee Activities:
Senator SDSU Faculty Senate, 2008 to 2014 President SDSU Faculty Senate, 2011-2012 Chair, Budget and Strategic Planning Committee 2015 to present
Kenneth C. Martis, J. Clark Archer, Robert H. Watrel, Fred M. Shelley, and Gerald Webster. 2015. "Reapportionment, Regional Politics and Partisan Gains." Extensions: A Journal of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center. Gerald R. Webster, Robert H. Watrel, J. Clark Archer, and Stan Brunn. 2015 "Bible Belt Membership Patterns, Correlates and Landscapes," in Stanley D. Brunn (editor), The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics. New York: Springer Press. J. Clark Archer, Robert H. Watrel, Fiona Davidson, Erin H. Fouberg, Kenneth C. Martis, Richard L. Morrill, Fred M. Shelley, and Gerald R. Webster. 2014. Atlas of the 2012 Election. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. George W. White and Robert H. Watrel. 2013. "The Establishment and Reterritorialization of Planing Districts in South Dakota as a Response to Economic Challenges." Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis 2: 107-122. Robert Watrel, Fred Shelley, and J. Cark Archer. 2011. "Geographical Scale and Sectionalism in United States Presidential Elections: The Case of the American South, 1872 – 2008." Geo-Carpathica 11:83-96. Robert H. Watrel 2011. "The Great Plains and the 2008 Presidential Election." In The Atlas of the 2008 Election, Eds. Stanley Brunn, Fred Shelley, Gerald Webster, Clark Archer, and Steven Lavin. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield. Robert H. Watrel 2011. "Micropolitan County Voting." In The Atlas of the 2008 Election, Eds. Stanley Brunn, Fred Shelley, Gerald Webster, Clark Archer, and Steven Lavin. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield. Robert H. Watrel and Erin Fouberg (2000). "Presidential Voting Regions of the Northern Great Plains: No Need for an East and West Dakota." Great Plains Research 10:189-213. Ann Mari May and Robert H. Watrel (2000). "Occupational Segregation of Women on the Great Plains." Great Plains Research 10:169-188.
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I just received the Monopod Adapter for Travel Pole (F7205). I am very pleased :)
Here is how this works: The Travel Pole consists of two parts: The Upper and Lower. The two parts screw together to form the complete pole. The upper part can be used as a monopod with this adapter.
This monopod adapter will also protect the end of the upper part because it covers the external threads which could be easily damaged. So, that's a plus. But how is this upper part used as a monopod?
I think the way Fanotec envisioned using it as a monopod is this:
- The Monopod adapter screws at one end and has threads to attach a camera or a head. This will be the top part of the monopod.
- The other part (which when used as a complete pole was the top part) now becomes the bottom part. So you must remove the screw and attach the bottom cup.
Now you have a traditional monopod that is thicker at the top and thinner at the bottom.
But I decided to reverse this. So I did the following:
- The Monopod adapter screws at one end this now will be BOTTOM of the monopod. To do that, I removed the screw of the adapter and attached the bottom cup.
- The other end will be the top. This makes sense because that is the top when the complete pole is used, so there is no need to remove any tripod head that was attached there.
So, instead of a traditional monopod that is thicker at the top, I ended up with a mini pole that is thicker at the bottom :)
This is really nice because now I can hold it up with my hand and use is as a mini pole. I do not need to remove any existing tripod head or camera from one end. If I want to go back to the complete pole, all I need to do is remove the monopod adapter and attach (screw) the lower part and put the cup at the bottom.
The monopod adapter is a very useful piece and maybe it should be included with the travel pole as standard equipment because even if you do not use the monopod, you can use it to protect the external threads of top part. Used as a monopod, I think it is excellent. It extends high enough and it is very lightweight. It is possible the best monopod I own :) It can be converted to a longer pole by joining the two pieces. The monopod and the pole can be held up higher from the ground, gaining a bit more elevation. My only suggestion is to make the storage case a bit longer because it is very tight to start and if you attach the monopod adapter or a small tripod head, it overflows.
Bottom line: The travel pole with monopod adapter is an excellent product, very reasonably priced, versatile, and I am really enjoying it. I will write a blog with some pictures to show you how I am using it.


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I have created a WIX installer that installs a windows service into the ProgramFilesFolder. Once installed, I need to be able to modify the app.config to point several entries to the installation folder. Since the installed service could be installed on both x86 and x64 machines I don't know at compile time if the correct path is "\Program Files" or "\Program Files (x86)", nor can I guarantee that the Program Files folder will be on C:.
The custom action that I've created modifies the installed app.config to point to the correct folder using the data available in the INSTALLFOLDER session variable. This works great when I run the installer from an elevated command prompt, but I'm trying to make things simpler on my users.
Unfortunately, the app.config is for a windows service, and as such the directory that launches the service is \Windows\System32, and not the installed folder, so using a relative path in the app.config won't work.
Is there any way that I can execute the custom action as an administrator while still maintaining access to the session variables, or alternately, some way to make just the value of INSTALLFOLDER available to the custom action?


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LAWRENCE -- The waiting is finally over for Josh Selby and all those Kansas fans who've been chanting ``Free Selby'' while the super recruit impatiently sat out the season's first nine games.
The playmaking freshman point guard will make his long-awaited debut Saturday when the third-ranked Jayhawks play USC.
Selby insists he holds no bitterness toward the NCAA or the sometimes-obscure rules of amateurism that tripped him up while he was being courted by just about every major program.
The trick for Kansas coach Bill Self will be how to work the nation's No. 1 recruit into a team that's 9-0 and ranked No. 3 in the country without damaging fragile team chemistry.


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Research Article
Sleep deprivation as a model experimental antidepressant treatment: Findings from functional brain imaging
Version of Record online: 17 AUG 2001
DOI: 10.1002/da.1045
Copyright © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Depression and Anxiety
Special Issue: The Psychobiology of Sleep and Major Depression
Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 37–49, 2001
Additional Information
How to Cite
Gillin, J. C., Buchsbaum, M., Wu, J., Clark, C. and Bunney, W. (2001), Sleep deprivation as a model experimental antidepressant treatment: Findings from functional brain imaging. Depress. Anxiety, 14: 37–49. doi: 10.1002/da.1045
Publication History
- Issue online: 17 AUG 2001
- Version of Record online: 17 AUG 2001
- Manuscript Received: 18 MAY 2001
- Manuscript Accepted: 18 MAY 2001
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- References
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- anterior inglulate;
- major depression
This paper reviews the functional brain imaging studies in depressed patients treated with sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is an excellent experimental model of antidepressant treatments which offer new opportunities to understand the basic neural mechanisms. Its antidepressant effects are efficacious and rapid; sleep deprivation is easy to administer, inexpensive, and relatively safe; it can be studied in patients, normal controls, and animals; and it may lead to new treatments and new paradigms for antidepressant therapies. Seven published papers, coming from five different research centers, using either positron emission tomography (PET) with 18fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) or single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) with Technetium-99-hexamethyl propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) have relatively consistent findings. First, before sleep deprivation, responders have significantly elevated metabolism compared with non-responders, and usually the normal controls, in the orbital medial prefrontal cortex, and especially in the ventral portions of the anterior cingulate cortex. Secondly, after sleep deprivation, these hyperactive areas normalize in the responders. The magnitude of the clinical improvement was significantly correlated with decreased local glucose metabolic rate or cerebral blood flow in three studies. The results are consistent with some but not all functional brain imaging studies of antidepressant medications in depressed patients. Finally, a SPECT study using a radioactively labeled D2 receptor antagonist suggests that the antidepressant benefits of sleep deprivation are correlated with endogenous release of dopamine. Depression and Anxiety 14:37–49, 2001. © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


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Definition of small-sword in English:
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A light tapering sword used for duelling.
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- This is the list as supplied by Kanwar, the author of the Tazkrah: 1,000 swords, 217 small swords, 114 daggers, 278 shields, 173 bows, and 180 rifles.
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Perusing last week's Education Week, I came across this article summarizing a qualitative study conducted by Public Agenda on school leadership. The study, funded by the Wallace Foundation, essentially found principals landing in one of two camps--they were either "copers" or "transformers." The copers, as the name implies, were barely keeping up with the day-to-day demands of running a school; they were in put-out-the-fire mode 24/7. But frankly, the "transformer" group was hardly that transformative. We're told they
talked about specific changes they were making now or planned to make in the near future. This year, introduce the new reading curriculum. Next year, get a teaching coach for math. Some had scanned their teacher rosters and pinpointed the teachers they wanted to move out. Maybe it couldn't be done in one fell swoop, but they had their plans.
Since when is simply having a plan, any plan, transformative? And is introducing a reading curriculum, or getting a math coach a transformative plan? (Ridding bad teachers, maybe...) But seriously, are our expectations for principals really that low? It is it too much to expect that...
The New York City program that pays students for good scores on AP exams yielded "mixed results," according to the New York Times. Education Trust President Kati Haycock, commenting on the program's philosophy,??gets the article's last words:
"Frankly, rich kids get paid for high grades all the time and for high test scores by their parents," Ms. Haycock added. "So this isn't so different."
Yes it is. Rich kids, as Haycock notes,??are paid by their parents, each of whom has obviously made a personal decision that handing out money for grades or test scores is a fine idea for his particular family situation. (Lots of rich kids, it must be written, are not paid for grades--not because their parents can't swing it but because their parents??find it, for one reason or another, an unhealthful practice.) We should resist the flawed idea that because some parents have the means to do for their children X and do it, X is somehow a right to which all students are entitled and one the government should provide. (This caveat does not apply to vouchers, through which government relinquishes authority and does not assume it.)...
Earlier this month I argued that the Democratic Party was no longer a fully-owned subsidiary of the NEA and the AFT. But it looks like I was wrong.* See the Monday night prime-time lineup at their convention, to include teachers union presidents Reg Weaver and Randi Weingarten. It seems the labor bosses are still in charge, after all.
* HT to Campaign K-12.
The usually sensible Washington Post editorial board sizes up the presidential candidates' education platforms in today's lead editorial, part of its "Ideas Primary" series, but shoots and misses. It's not that its descriptions of Obama's and McCain's platforms were inaccurate; by and large, its analysis was fair. Obama wants more money and a litany of new programs; McCain seeks more parental choice, including online options, and more alternate routes to the classroom for teachers. I also have no complaint with the Post's call for national standards and tests--of course "it is madness that there are 50 different definitions of what constitutes proficiency in math and reading or of what a high school graduate should know."
Where the Post goes wrong is with its call for "something bolder."
Would either [candidate] be willing to embrace the dramatic changes needed to shake up a system that fails far too many children?.... There's a crisis in urban education. To significantly improve achievement levels among poor and minority children, scripted and predictable responses won't do.
The Post hasn't learned lesson number one of the No Child Left Behind era: what's sorely lacking in Washington isn't ambition,...
Just weeks after the loss of one if its leading literary lights, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russia took two golds and a silver in three PIRLS reading events. Team USA, meanwhile, has two days left to secure its first medal. Can they pull it out? Stay tuned at edolympics.net.
Sure, he was flawed, but he got a few big things right.
So writes guest blogger Richard Whitmire* in this phenomenal post that manages to leak Core Knowledge's plan to release a bona fide reading program; calls for a "gut check" for Democrats scrapping the federal Reading First program; and backs up Sol "Marshall Plan" Stern to boot.
*Whitmire also weighs in on the "paternalistic" debate. And guess what: he doesn't like the term either.
Politico is reporting that Senator McCain will announce his vice presidential pick on August 29th in Dayton, Ohio (Fordham's hometown). We can't help but wonder whether that means that McCain is going with an Ohioan. One name that's getting a lot of attention is John Kasich, the onetime presidential candidate and current commentator for Fox News. According to the website On the Issues, Kasich is a big supporter of school choice (appealing to Wall Street Journal conservatives) as well as school prayer (appealing to evangelical conservatives). He's youthful, dynamic, and the "son of a postman," as he likes to say, complementing McCain's age, experience, and wealth. Of course, he's also widely rumored to be planning a run for governor in 2010, but with Ted Strickland as popular as ever, he and the Ohio GOP might welcome this shot at the vice presidency....
Today Roy Romer--formerly governor of Colorado and superintendent of Los Angeles Public Schools, and currently chairman of the Ed in '08 campaign--joins us to discuss Team USA's heretofore dismal performance in the 2008 Education Olympics. Also, don't forget to check out the complete results from today's events at edolympics.net.
Once in awhile, I take the time to sniff around and find an education study worth talking about in this blog. I wish I had the time to do it more often, but judging from my quick look-see this afternoon, the research terrain isn't overflowing with milk and honey these days anyway.
First, there's this Education Week news story about a technology study conducted by Central Connecticut State researchers. We're told that, when college students respond to instant messages while they are reading, they take longer to read. Alrighty then. The supposed shocker of the research is that students still understand what they read... probably because they re-read. Now, I'm all for learning more about how new technologies affect learning. It's one of the reasons I'm pretty excited that we have a new, federally-funded research center on education technology. To be sure, we need to better understand how to harness new technologies and learning forums for such media. But I'm also of the opinion that some research questions can be answered by common sense. ??And whether kids take more time to read and understand while they are instant messaging falls into that category. (Granted, I...
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By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Young drivers who get behind the wheel while drowsy run a higher risk of getting into car crashes, but Australian researchers have found that not catching up on missed sleep on weekends puts them in even greater danger of having an accident at night.
"This is another challenge to adolescents that comes with lack of sleep," said Dr. Flaura Winston, co-scientific director and founder of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"You have to be ready, body and mind, to drive," she said. "If you are exhausted, you are neither ready body nor mind."
In tackling this challenge, both parents and the community have roles to play, said Winston, who was not involved with the study.
"This is a safety concern," she said. "If the teen doesn't get enough sleep, then they are at increased risk for crashes, so parents need to step in."
Parents should see their role as one that helps their teenager stay safe without being controlling, Winston explained. They can encourage their children to get more sleep, and provide rides at night to ensure that their teens are not driving exhausted.
One of the more positive things parents can do is let their teen sleep late on the weekends, Winston noted. "Teens need their catch-up sleep," she said. "They do need to sleep late on the weekends."
There are also social factors that limit teens' sleep. For example, many high schools start classes very early, cutting into students' sleep time, Winston pointed out. "Studies have shown that later school start times are better for adolescents," she said.
Not only do they start school early, but "they have long days. They have sports, after-school activities and studying, so there are things that are way beyond the family that put these teens at risk when it comes to driving," Winston said.
The report was published online May 20 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
To look at what role sleep plays in teen car crashes, a team led by Alexandra Martiniuk, an associate professor at the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, collected data on more than 20,000 drivers aged 17 to 24.


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Cary, North Carolina 27607
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1300 Western Blvd
Cary, North Carolina 27606
(919) 733-080
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3400 Wake Forest Rd
Cary, North Carolina 27609
(919) 954-300
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3000 New Bern Ave
Cary, North Carolina 27610
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3019 Falstaff Rd
Cary, North Carolina 27610
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111 Sunnybrook Rd
Cary, North Carolina 27610
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101 Manning Dr
Cary, North Carolina 27514
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2301 Erwin Rd
Cary, North Carolina 27705
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508 Fulton St
Cary, North Carolina 27705
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3643 N Roxboro St
Cary, North Carolina 27704
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Cary, North Carolina 27704
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Cary, North Carolina 27509
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100 W H St
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300 Veazey Dr
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Cary, North Carolina 27330
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475 Progress Blvd
Cary, North Carolina 27344
(919) 799-400
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800 Tilghman Dr
Cary, North Carolina 28334
(910) 892-716
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Dish Network offering to buy Sprint in $25.5B deal
Published: Monday, April 15, 2013 at 8:17 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 15, 2013 at 8:17 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dish Network is offering to buy Sprint Nextel Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal it values at $25.5 billion, saying its bid is superior to that of Japanese phone company SoftBank.
Sprint's stock jumped almost 15 percent in premarket trading Monday.
SoftBank Corp. is seeking approval from U.S. authorities for its $20 billion purchase of a 70 percent stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. that would be Japan's biggest foreign acquisition ever. Sprint previously said that it expected the deal with SoftBank to close during the summer.
The transaction, which was announced in October, was looked at as a way to position Sprint as a stronger competitor against rivals AT&T and Verizon.
Dish, an Englewood, Colo., satellite television company, said Monday that its proposed transaction includes $17.3 billion in cash and $8.2 billion in stock.
Sprint stockholders would receive $7 per share, which is a 13 percent premium to its Friday closing price of $6.22. This includes $4.76 per share in cash and 0.05953 Dish shares per Sprint share.
Dish said that the cash portion of its bid is an 18 percent premium over the $4.03 per share implied by the SoftBank offer, while the stock portion represents about 32 percent ownership in a combined Dish/Sprint company, as compared with SoftBank's proposal of a 30 percent interest in Sprint alone.
Dish Network Corp. said that its offer is a 13 percent premium to the existing SoftBank offer. The company also said that its proposal would result in estimated cost savings of $11 billion.
In a letter sent to Sprint Chairman James H. Hance Jr., Dish Chairman Charles Ergen said that the company would fund the cash component of its bid with $8.2 billion of cash on its balance sheet and additional debt financing.
The letter also said that Dish would have preferred holding confidential talks with Sprint about its proposal, but that the existing agreement with SoftBank and impending deadlines related to its shareholder vote prompted Dish to confirm its offer publicly.
Dish added 14,000 TV subscribers in the fourth quarter, compared with a gain of 22,000 in the same quarter last year. It ended the year with 14.1 million subscribers. DirecTV has 20 million.
Shares of Sprint rose 91 cents, or 14.6 percent, to $7.13 — above the offered price — 90 minutes ahead of the market opening. Dish shares fell 63 cents, or 1.7 percent, to $37 in premarket trading.
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Getting a lifetime oil less filter is a no brainier upgrade. Increased flow to the engine means a small increase in power and fuel economy. Which eventually pays for the filter in savings. Then instead of getting a new filter in 30k miles just wash the oil less one and you're good to go. Plus in most vehicles anyone can install the filter. It's incredibly simple and quick


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TNT and Facebook has teamed up to host another developer competition in the country. Read More
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Facebook has added another feature in its comments section. Read More
Facebook Notes revamped, more friendly to bloggersAugust 18, 2015 | Conan Hughes
Facebook wants you to blog, but it doesn't want you to leave its platform. Remember its Notes section? It's being revamped with new features, so you can blog there to your heart's content.
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Sun has announced their newest treat to all their Prepaid and Postpaid subscribers nationwide – free Facebook! Read More
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Because not everyone has the luxury of unlimited mobile Internet access, the best network coverage or the latest high-end smartphone, the Facebook Lite is born. And now it's available in the Philippines.
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There's now one more thing you can do on Facebook Messenger: having conversations with your friends through video calls.
Facebook Messenger for Web now availableApril 10, 2015 | Conan Hughes
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Facebook has introduced a new feature in its Messenger app that allows users to send payments to their friends.
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The Facebook Messenger, the instant messaging offspring app of the most popular social network, can now be downloaded at the Windows Phone app store.
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Starting tomorrow, iPhone users in the US will be able to use Facebook's latest app: Paper. It's the new way to discover new content and stories from friends all around the globe.
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Users finally have a visual way to show their discord with others on Facebook. But before you go through several status messages to show your dissent with thumbs down, know that this Facebook dislike button is limited to Messenger only.
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A hacker has managed to utilize the Pony botnet as means to capture an alarming 2 million user/password combinations for social network accounts, including Facebook and Twitter, as well as Gmail and Yahoo.
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Dan Svensson:
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What an awesome slogan to put on restroom doors: Piss is power! :P
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They should install a little mill on the urinal.
Kevin Tignor:
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Piss is Power XD
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LOL @ the comments. I am a Pisces also (Feb. 22nd) so this is extra funny LOL!
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Company: Exquisite Multimedia
Cast: Kara Nox, Ryen Ryden, Tabatha Tucker, Kylie Worthy, Ethan Hunt, Valentino Lopez, Tyler Knight, Rico Strong, Deep Threat
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Specialty
In addition to being a MILF release, this is also interracial, and big black industry studs have the time of their life with these experienced older babes.
An import from Venezuela, Valentina Lopez, Takes on Tyler Knight in one of his two scenes (the other is with Kara Nox). Knight like to bury his meat deep, and she easily allows him access to her darkest depths. Ryen Ryder and Ethan Hunt make quite the pair, and Ryder's preference is obviously deep oral intermixed with a few plunges now and then by Hunt.
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We have stayed at this hotel several times and are happy to return. The room is clean and comfortable and quiet (so don't be put off by my description that it is a great family hotel... it was very quiet). The manager's reception and breakfast have good food and nice seating. My daughter enjoyed the indoor pool.
The location is near lots of shopping and restaurants with a McDonald's, Panera, and Denny's close by. The on-site restaurant was very expensive. We almost ordered room service at 10:05 pm but discovered it ended at 10 pm. It is easy to forget to eat dinner after indulging at the manager's reception.
We used to see a lot of people with dogs at this hotel, but they had a rather stern sign up in the hotel room saying "We are no longer a dog friendly hotel. $300 fine for having dog in the room." I was kind of surprised at the tone of that sign, but as I don't have a dog it doesn't affect me. However I wonder if a lot of recurring guests show up with their dogs and have an unpleasant surprise.
On our last day my daughter woke up feeling sick (later we found she was coming down with the flu...) and she was not feeling well. We were all in a bit of a grumpy mood with a grumpy child.Then the breakfast manager, Alfred, appeared and offered a cough drop for my daughter and he talked to us and made us all smile. He really improved our day. And now whenever we are grumpy, we keep saying to ourselves "We need to be more like Alfred."
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Located near SLO Wine country and gorgeous beaches, this hotel is perfect for your San Luis Obispo vacation! All guests receive complimentary breakfast and cocktails & snacks at the nightly evening reception and spacious, two-room suites. The hotel offers a shuttle to the famous SLO Farmer's market for $4 round-trip every Thursday night. The on-site restaurant, Greenhouse Grill and Cafe, offers delicious Californian cuisine. Enjoy an indoor pool, 24-hour business center, 24-hour fitness center and high speed Internet access (charge included). Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo is 100% non-smoking and a $300 fee will be added when smoking in a non-smoking room or suite. This hotel also has a late check-out policy of a half day rate up until 4PM. After 4PM, the late check-out policy becomes a full day rate. ... more less
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
Kaanapali Royal Golf Course - Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
The 15th Annual PMPA Education Foundation Golf Outing was held on Sunday, October 25, 2015, at the Ka'anapali Royal Golf Course in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, during PMPA's 82nd Annual Meeting. Thank you to all the golfers who joined us, and a special thank you to the 26 companies and individuals who registered to be a sponsor for the 2015 Golf Outing, as well as a tip of the hat to Michael Cox of Federated Insurance who ran a side event for closest to the pin. Onsite fundraising and sponsorships raised over $24,000.00. Revenues from the outing will be used for training grants through the Foundation Grant Fund.
Brecksville Ohio, August 3, 2015 - The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) Education Foundation, the leading educational organization supporting precision machining, announced the awarding of two grants to cover the cost of credentialing incurred by organizations interested in offering the Right Skills Now (RSN) program for precision machining. The program kicked off in Ohio, with grants in support of the NIMS credentialing program at Lorain County Community College and Stark State College of Technology, as they launch the Right Skills Now program. The PMPA Educational Foundation's grants will cover the schools' NIMS registration and credentialing fees. Through this initiative, students at the two schools will be able to earn four industry recognized National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) certifications.
"The PMPA Educational Foundation is committed to supporting educational programs like Right Skills Now at Lorain County Community College and Stark State College that provide students with the skills that are most in-demand within the precision machining industry. The need for skilled and credentialed CNC Operators is particularly strong in Ohio," said Miles Free, Director at PMPA.
"This is just the start of the Educational Foundation's support of Right Skills Now," said Dave Knuepfer, Foundation President. "We are looking forward to helping more institutions qualify to issue Right Skills Now credentials and provide the skilled workforce that is needed in all of our shops. As other institutions adopt the RSN program we will consider supporting them with the same level of support. "
Right Skills Now is nationally-recognized as a fast-track solution to providing highly-skilled, certified talent to the shop floor. Students enrolled in the Lorain County Community College or Stark State Right Skills Now program, will complete 16 to 24 weeks of coursework, which provides them with the knowledge and skills demanded in precision machining careers. At the culmination of each course, students complete performance and theory assessments to obtain four industry-recognized NIMS credentials and enter into internships with local employers. Depending on the area of study, students will also receive up to 20 credits towards an Associate's or Bachelor's Degree.
"Since the launch of the Right Skills Now Program in 2011, we have seen tremendous national expansion of this program," said James Wall, NIMS Executive Director. "We hear from companies every day that they need individuals with the right skills, right now and this accelerated program connects individuals with high-paying manufacturing jobs, tackling the skills gap challenge. PMPA Educational Foundation grants will allow for further expansion of the program."
"Access to talented individuals with a high-quality education and advanced skills is critical to manufacturers' success. Right Skills Now is an innovative approach that accelerates an individual's readiness for high demand careers, and positions them for ongoing advancement in the manufacturing sector," said Roy Church, President Lorain County Community College. "Collaboration is at the heart of this program's success. We are particularly proud that ten local employers are working together with Lorain County Community College and our Lorain County Growth Partners to close this critical skills gap."
"Stark State College's mission is to prepare students for high-demand, rewarding careers, and our partnership with PMPA advances that mission," said Para M. Jones, Ph.D., President of Stark State College. "Thanks to PMPA and the competency-based Right Skills Now program, we will provide manufacturers in the region with the skilled machinists they need. Students benefit by gaining the precise skills they need to get good jobs as machinists."
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It's been three years since we last heard new music from Local Natives, but today that changed with the surprise release of a brand new song named "Past Lives." The band premiered it last night at a surprise show in Los Angeles, and today they released a stream to the rest of the world.
"Past Lives" features some of those ever-familiar and delightful vocals, keeping that familiar sound while also taking a big leap forward in terms of scope and incorporation of some new elements that create a much bigger sound. This song will satisfy all of the bands fans, delivering big harmonies and percussion, all under one big shiny package.
We can only assume that "Past Lives" will be included on their eventual third album, which hopefully will be released sometime this year. For now, "Past Lives' will certainly hold us over.
Enjoy it below along with a message that Local Natives' Taylor Rice provided along with the song:
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The 82-year-olds, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary
in Wanaka today, met as teenagers at a ball in Alexandra and
developed a relationship at dances throughout the district.
''We used to travel anywhere for a dance ... that was our
life in those days,'' Mr King said.
''A ball on a Friday night and a dance on a Saturday night,
all round Central Otago,'' his wife agreed.
Mrs King (nee Hesson) grew up in Alexandra and was working
there as a typist at the time, while Mr King - from a Wanaka
family - was building houses for workers on the Roxburgh Dam.
Shortly after Mr King moved to Oamaru for work he was joined
there by his future wife, who moved from Dunedin.
''She couldn't do without me, so she followed me.''
They married at St Enoch's Church, Alexandra, n April 24,
''[I'm] born and bred here and all our relations are here and
that's why we've stuck to it,'' Mr King said.
The pair were heavily involved in the Wanaka community,
including Mr King's 21 years in local government - nine as a
Lakes County councillor and the rest on Wanaka's community
They have three children, six grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren. While many of their family members live
close by, Mrs King keeps in touch with those further afield
via Facebook and Skype on her iPad.
Mr King said their successful union was due in part to
''never having time to argue''.
Having a husband who ''does what he's told'' also helped, Mrs
King said.
The couple had a celebratory family lunch over the Easter
break and planned to spend today's anniversary doing ''just
the usual'' at home together.
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Tonido - File Access, Music and Video Streaming from Anywhere
By CodeLathe LLC
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
TUAW: "Tonido has the potential to be one of those life-changing applications."
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Examiner: "Ease and convenience are two of the big "buzz words" in the mobile space right now and Tonido is both of those."
Cult of Mac: "Great way to access the music, movies, photos, and documents you have stored on your Mac or PC"
Tonido allows you to access your entire collection of documents, photos, music and videos in your computer, TonidoPlug or Tonido Cloud from anywhere. It is completely FREE.
You can instantly open files, folders, pictures or videos that are stored on your computer from your iOS device with just one click. No uploading to a public server, and no worries about storage constraints in your device. Tonido makes it easy to work directly with your computer files, no matter where you are.
Tonido has:
* Video Streaming - Easily stream videos from your computer to your device.
* Video Format support - Converts most video formats automatically (including AVI, MP4, MKV, VOB, XVID, WMV) - Live Video transcoding
* Music Streaming - Stream your entire music collection in different formats (including FLAC, OGG, WMA, MP3 and more) without saving them locally on your device.
* AirPlay Support - Stream Videos and Music to Apple TV using AirPlay
* Remote File Access - Browse files and documents, download them locally, edit them and re-upload them back.
* Download for Offline Use - Save documents, media locally so you can access them even without an internet connection
* Sharing - Share selected files, music, media to guest users either by creating direct links to the files or by emailing the file directly
* Create and Manage music playlists for your music
* View photos (JPEG, PNG, GIF, CR2, NEF, CRW and more)
* Wirelessly Download files directly to your iOS device and access it offline
* Open your downloaded files using other installed applications
* Take photos, videos and quickly upload to your home computer
* It's FREE!
To get started:
Step 1: Install Tonido Desktop server (Available for FREE from www.tonido.com) for your OS.
Step 2: Create an account and leave your computer powered on
Step 3: Enter the account information in the iOS app and you are good to go!!
Tonido Streams to iPhone
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Tonido provides a personal, secure doorway to your computer from anywhere in the world you happen to be. This app makes it super fast and easy for you to access and share your documents, photos, music and videos, all from your portably convenient iDevice. All you need is the computer with Windows, Mac and Linux or a TonidoPlug or a TonidoCloud installation.
What all of this means for you is freedom. Forget about carrying your USB stick and leave your music at home. You don't need to lug those things around anymore. Tonido gives you free and easy access to your entire hard drive, including your music collection.
It works both ways, too. Have a photo on your phone that you'd like to upload to your computer at home? No problem, you can do that with Tonido, as well. You're going to love and rave about this application!
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Formerly Awesome, now meh 😕
I still love this app for streaming music but it's no longer working for locally stored music. I downloaded a bunch of MP3's to play while I was on the plane but the player only plays one song (with no scrub bar) then locks up on every song after it. I can kill the app then go back in and play the next song successfully but then it locks up on the 3rd song! It's soooo frustrating!! 😡 This functionality used to work perfectly so I have no idea why it stopped but it's a real bummer. I might have to reinstall but that means I have to redownload my music then recreate the folders and reorganize it all because Tonido doesn't allow you to download an entire folder, only the contents of the folder. So reinstalling is my absolute last option that I really don't want to do but I may have no choice if I want to try to get back the ability to download and play songs from my iPhone 6. Incidentally I can stream those same MP3s from my server just fine. Too bad you can't stream while on a plane!!
I've been reading other recent reviews of users having the same exact problem I'm having so I guess it's not just me.
Beats Dropbox, Owncloud or any cloud service hands down!!!
Tonido is an awesome application for IOS and OS X! I was spending $20 a month for Dropbox for two accounts and was thinking of going up to the business plan but I did not want to such a high price for a service that I didn't trust was secure and did not have any options for branding. I came across a few personal cloud applications like Owncloud but after spending the better part of the week trying to get it working on my Mac with no success I gave up. I wanted to test Tonido and was shocked that I had it up an running in 5 minutes. The features I was looking for the most were a bit advanced but still fairly straightforward. You can still run Tonido as it and it works fantastic but keep in mind that you also have the options to set it with your own custom domain and logo. Check it out, no joke it's all %100 free and one of the best tools that we use for out company.
Very good, useful and easy to use application.
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House Speaker John BoehnerJohn BoehnerClinton maps out first 100 days The Hill's 12:30 Report Boehner on Cruz: 'Lucifer is back' MORE (R-Ohio) on Thursday reiterated his opposition to same-sex marriage, but characterized President Obama's announced support for it as a distraction from the nation's more pressing economic woes.
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While Boehner has suggested that House Republicans have had a laser-like focus on jobs and spending since taking over the majority, the GOP has trumpeted social issues at times.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Athletics rookie left-hander Josh Outman will have surgery on his pitching elbow Tuesday.
The Athletics didn't immediately announce the severity of the surgery or a timetable for Outman's return.
Outman visited with Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday. Outman was transferred to the 60-day disabled list a day earlier, signaling the club expects a lengthy recovery period.
Outman was a rare bright spot for the last-place A's this season, going 4-1 with a 3.48 ERA. He left his last start in San Diego on June 19 in the second inning with what the team called a sprained elbow.
Before the A's opened a three-game series against Detroit, the club recalled outfielder Travis Buck from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned infielder Jack Hannahan.
Buck, who wasn't expected to arrive in time for Monday's game, made the A's Opening Day roster before going on the disabled list May 30 with a strained left oblique muscle. He was batting .350 during his rehab assignment, and the A's are near the bottom of the AL in several offensive categories.


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Authorities recovered the body of a 72-year-old Turlock man from the Delta-Mendota canal Monday morning.
Turlock police officers investigating a disturbance at a fast food restaurant arrested a suspected bike thief after the stolen bike was placed right next to the officers.
A thief broke into a Turlock liquor store Friday night and made off with a lottery ticket dispenser full of Scratchers.
A natural gas leak in a neighborhood off of Hawkeye Avenue prompted Turlock Unified School District officials to order the lockdowns of two Turlock schools Monday afternoon.
The Turlock Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man with what was described as "life-threatening" injuries.
A mother of two and a Sociology major at California State University, Stanislaus and her boyfriend, a former Marine who served two tours in Iraq, were killed Friday by a suspected drunk driver near Chowchilla.
The Turlock Police Department has arrested a 35-year-old man on allegations he forcibly raped a woman at a Turlock motel.
An ongoing investigation by the Turlock Narcotics Enforcement Team resulted in the arrest of a man on drug charges and the seizure of more than 2,000 marijuana plants.
An attempt to stop a vehicle on a traffic violation ended with the arrest of the 21-year-old driver and the recovery of a stolen handgun.
The Turlock Police Department arrested a 44-year-old man Wednesday on allegations of drug sales.
The fundraising efforts to help pay the legal expenses for a Turlock man accused of fatally shooting a trespasser have a long way to go if they plan on covering his bail.
The Turlock Police Department is investigating a robbery at a discount store where the suspect forced open a register and fled with cash.
Two Turlock men are prison bound for their roles in a drug operation that was busted by the Turlock Police Department last year in a raid that resulted in the seizure of half a pound of methamphetamine and more than $18,000 in cash.
A Turlock man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Donnelly Park in connection to a fatal stabbing of a man in the Bay Area on Saturday.
The Turlock Police Department is investigating a home invasion robbery in which two armed and masked suspects forced their way into a home around midnight Friday.
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April 23 News: 75 Years Ago A Steam Engineer Showed Global Warming Was Happening
75 years ago this month, a steam engineer in England named Guy Stewart Callendar used his avid interest in meteorology to publish a landmark study in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society linking fossil fuel burning to global warming. Two modern climatologists have published a paper in the same journal checking — with modern techniques and measurements — just how accurate Callendar was. [Guardian]
Dr. Ed Hawkins and Prof. Phil Jones write:
In hindsight, Callendar's contribution was fundamental. He is still relatively unknown, but in terms of the history of climate science, his paper is a classic. He was the first scientist to discover that the planet had warmed by collating temperature measurements from around the globe, and suggested that this warming was partly related to man-made carbon dioxide emissions…
People were sceptical about some of Callendar's results, partly because the build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere was not very well known and because his estimates for the warming caused by CO2 were quite simplistic by modern standards. It was only in the 1950s, when improved instruments showed more precisely how water and CO2 absorbed radiation, that we reached a better understanding of its importance. Scientists at the time also couldn't really believe that humans could impact such a large system as the climate – a problem that climate science still encounters from some people today, despite the compelling evidence to the contrary.
EPA rated the adequacy of the State Department's draft environmental impact statement regarding the Keystone pipeline as having "insufficient information" for a host of reasons. [LA Times]
16 of 29 states are considering legislation that would repeal or curtail their renewable portfolio standards, at the behest of companies like ExxonMobil and Peabody coal. [Bloomberg]
A Senate committee will consider energy efficiency legislation proposed by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Rob Portman. [The Hill]
Louisiana faces greater risks from the impacts of global warming, which complicates its close relationship with oil and gas interests. [National Journal]
Juliet Eilperin summarizes what the Obama administration has done for the climate and environment so far, and what is left to do. [Washington Post]
Check out this interactive graphic that shows how much each state's temperature has increased since the first Earth Day in 1970 (spoiler alert: they all increase). [Climate Central]
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was even dirtier and more dangerous than most Americans thought. [Newsweek]
Another Indian state has more than 500 megawatts of solar energy capacity. [CleanTechnica]
A community wind farm in South Dakota won 600 local investors through some innovative financial techniques. [Renew Economy]
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Pakistan farmers grapple with climate change
Government attempts a new insurance scheme to protect farmers from floods and other worsening weather problems. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/04/201342312421913125.html
A Republican senator on climate change: It's real, we need to fight it
Unlike many of her Republican colleagues in the Senate, Murkowski believes that climate change is real. She adds: "It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man—whether it's 5% or 50%. The best approach is to have a no regrets policy." To combat climate change, she argues that the nation needs to pursue all forms of energy but to move more towards cleaner and cleaner fuels as time progresses. "We owe it to ourselves to keep healthy this marvelous world we've been given."
Even if she hypes natural gas and untapped reserves i welcome the new rhetoric.
The controversial proposed pipeline would bring millions and millions of barrels of oil from Canada's oil sand fields to refineries in the southern U.S. Environmentalists worry about oil sands, which generate more greenhouse than regular crude and also about pipeline spills in sensitive areas. Murkowski says that "the Canadians have been working hard to make oil sands less carbon intensive, and that the project will create many well-paying American jobs." Will it get built? "I go back and forth on this every day but in the end I think it will," she says. "But if Obama approves it, he may have to block some other project like ANWR to please his supporters in the environmental movement."
Climate change toll felt on businesses, wildlife http://www.wral.com/climate-change-toll-felt-on-businesses-wildlife/12367064/
Chemicals maker DuPont's (DD.N) quarterly profit more than doubled as the worst dry spell in decades encouraged U.S. farmers to buy its drought-hardy seeds and crop-protection products to boost yields. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/23/us-dupont-results-idUSBRE93M0DX20130423
Days after the House voted to strip a 22-year-old reference to climate change from Texas law, a House committee heard testimony on Earth Day about the adverse effects that climate change could bring to the state. http://www.texastribune.org/2013/04/22/panel-airs-climate-testimony-house-strips-global-w/
The hearing came just days after the House voted to strike a provision referring to climate change from Texas Law. House Bill 788, authored by state Rep. Wayne Smith, R-Baytown, attempts to reclaim regulatory powers for the state from the EPA. Currently, the EPA issues permits to industrial facilities that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases.
HB 788 aims to let the state regulate the emission of greenhouse gases. But in the process it strikes five words from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's mandate, which date from 1991. The provision allows the TCEQ to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of controlling "climatic changes, including global warming."
The bill passed 119-23, and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
This is a great article for those whose agenda based reality has convinced them that Al Gore invented climate change.
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis – report
Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/19/carbon-bubble-financial-crash-crisis
Forget a Chicken in Every Pot—America Needs a Solar Panel on Every Roof
The remedy to America's addiction to foreign oil isn't natural gas, it's the free power of the sun. http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/03/solar-every-roof-united-states
This story is atm top on reddit.
Pipeline to Arctic port mulled by Alberta government
Calgary firm hired to do feasibility study of pumping oilsands bitumen to Tuktoyaktuk
How Ontario Is Putting an End
To Coal-Burning Power Plants
Ontario is on the verge of becoming the first industrial region in North America to eliminate all coal-fired electrical generation. Here's how Canada's most populous province did it — and what the U.S. and others can learn from it. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_ontario_is_putting_an_end_to_coal-burning_power_plants/2635/
wondering how long it would take for the extreme weather to start affecting airlines…
Air Canada shares lose 14% on profit slump – Business – CBC News
The dramatic recovery of Air Canada's shares took a step back Monday as they plummeted after the airline reported disappointing first-quarter results.
its now a perfect storm for the insurance industry…
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Flooding in Ontario's cottage country reaches record levels
Officials say water levels are higher than ever recorded
Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to climate change
Atmospheric turbulence causes most weather-related aircraft incidents1. Commercial aircraft encounter moderate-or-greater turbulence tens of thousands of times each year worldwide, injuring probably hundreds of passengers (occasionally fatally), costing airlines tens of millions of dollars and causing structural damage to planes1, 2, 3. Clear-air turbulence is especially difficult to avoid, because it cannot be seen by pilots or detected by satellites or on-board radar4, 5. Clear-air turbulence is linked to atmospheric jet streams6, 7, which are projected to be strengthened by anthropogenic climate change8. However, the response of clear-air turbulence to projected climate change has not previously been studied. Here we show using climate model simulations that clear-air turbulence changes significantly within the transatlantic flight corridor when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is doubled.
Our results suggest that climate change will lead to bumpier transatlantic flights by the middle of this century. Journey times may lengthen and fuel consumption and emissions may increase. http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1866.html
And the monarch butterfly approaches extinction.
Flying, inevitably, will get kinda bumpy. I wonder when the first plane to be downed, or torn apart, by some weird atmospheric disturbance, will occur?
The Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius was on the same track in 1896, and he was following the work of others.
Chicago Flooded… scenes like Queensland Auz last year…
And Buenos Aires, La Plata…


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Tahlequah city council members passed a city ordinance at a recent meeting to ban the use of electronic cigarettes on city owned or operated property.
"I think the benefit will ultimately prove to be positive," said Tahlequah Mayor Jason Nichols.
Ward 4 Councilor Linda Spyres brought the motion to a vote after Amos Rouell of Tahlequah spoke to the council and local residents.
Rouell said his e-cigarette use has helped avoid hospital visits because of health issues.
"I don't have to end up in the hospital with bronchitis or pneumonia," he said.
Rouell wasn't alone in his advocacy at the meeting. Chris Taylor, a 911 dispatcher in Tahlequah, spoke before the council.
"It's about money," Taylor said after the vote. "They weren't going to hear what anyone was going to say."
The vote will directly affect Taylor's work as he uses his e-cigarette while in his office.
"I've been smoking for 16 years," Taylor said. "I switched to these three years ago. I breathe better. I sleep better."
The Cherokee County Communities of Excellence Tobacco Control Program submitted a new ordinance to the city council after a similar proposal failed in November.
In Muskogee, no ordinances have been formally discussed on the subject of e-cigarettes, but some city leaders would like to see the issue raised.
"I have had two or three major conversations with Mayor (Bob) Coburn, nothing formal," said Dr. James Baker, chairman of the Muskogee Wellness Initiative.
At a recent certified health awards assembly, Muskogee was recognized with a "merit" certified healthy city rating. Baker made clear his goal to make Muskogee become an "excellent" certified health city.
Certified Healthy Oklahoma is a program of the state health department. Certain criteria must be met to qualify for grant money. One such criteria, is becoming a tobacco-free city.
According to the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust and the Oklahoma Health Department, e-cigarettes are considered "other tobacco products." Therefore, they fall under the same category of tobacco-free criteria.
Baker said his primary focus in making Muskogee a certified excellent health city was ensuring Muskogee become a tobacco-free city.
"I think there is an interest in making this happen," Baker said.
Tahlequah and Muskogee officials are not alone in their quest to prohibit the use of e-cigarettes.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed an executive order in late December banning personal use of e-cigarettes on state property.
Since Nov. 20, residents in Ada have been facing a city ordinance that forbids e-cigarettes from all city-owned or operated indoor and outdoor areas.
Ada City Council member Bryan Morris said Ada residents have adjusted.
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The amendment to Ada's tobacco ordinance passed by a 3-2 vote.
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People wanting bigger spending cuts would be disappointed
'Defeat? I do not recognise the meaning of the word," Margaret Thatcher declared at the start of the Falklands conflict in 1982. General Galtieri was the unforeseen foe but, had she uttered the same sentiment on entering Downing Street, it would have been with equal vigour and equal clarity about the enemies to vanquish. Trade unions, inflation, ballooning public sector debt, failing nationalised industries and punitive tax levels were on her hit list and she defeated them.
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Target Audience
This conference is intended for Anesthesia Technicians, Anesthesia Technologists and Anesthesia Technology students. Lectures will be followed by questions submitted by the audience and preselected using an audience response system.
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- Identify structures commonly imaged by ultrasound in anesthesiology
- Identify which pediatric syndromes are associated with a difficult airway
- Better understand the MRI environment and how it impacts anesthesia management
- Describe the basic mechanism of a nerve signal
- Explore one lung ventilation techniques
- Understand what a CIED is and how it works
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Because we are always striving to improve the quality of your educational experience, agendas are subject to change. MD Anderson may substitute faculty with comparable expertise on rare occasions necessitated by illness, scheduling conflicts, and so forth. Photographing, audio recording, and video recording are prohibited.
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1515 Holcombe Blvd- Unit 409
Houston, Texas 77030
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