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|We propose a novel solution for semantic-based XML schema matching, taking a mathematical programming approach. This method identifies the globally optimal solution for the problem of matching two XML schemas by reducing the tree-to-tree matching problem to simpler problems of path-to-path, node-to-node, and word-to-word matching. We formulate these matching problems as maximum weighted bipartite graph matching problems with different constraints, which are solved by different mathematical programming techniques, including integer programming and dynamic programming. Solutions to simpler problems provide weights for the next stage until the optimal tree-to-tree matching solution is obtained. The effectiveness of this approach has been verified and demonstrated by computer experiments.
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As a member of the "top prospect trio" of this year's NHL Draft, Seth Jones has received a lot of attention - and for good reason.
On first glance, the numbers speak for themselves: he finished fourth among all WHL defensemen in points (56) and helped the Portland Winterhawks capture both the regular season and postseason titles in the 2012-13 season. The Winterhawks lost the Memorial Cup to Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin and the Halifax Mooseheads, but it was a terrific season nonetheless and Jones was a big part of it.
Jones also captained the gold medal-winning Team USA at the 2012 World Under-18 Championship Tournament, and was a significant contributor to the gold medal-winning American squad at the 2013 World Junior in Ufa, Russia.
Not a bad resume for an 18-year-old, right?
At 6-foot-4 and 200 lbs., Jones commands attention with his presence alone. His size, skill and mobility are a rare blend that every NHL team is looking for and he's widely regarded as one of the best defense prospects in years.
Note to self: when a GM says something is "close," it's probably really close.
Sitting in Jarmo Kekalainen's pre-draft media session yesterday, the topic of restricted free agents was brought up on a couple of occasions. The first being goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (you can read more about those contracts talks here), but also center Artem Anisimov, due to be RFA on July 5.
Kekalainen said on Tuesday that the club was "very close" to getting Anisimov re-signed. It's almost like he knew something we didn't.
Over the past few weeks, Kekalainen has been very frank in stating his confidence of reaching a deal with Anisimov in the near term.
Today, it was made official: Anisimov re-upped with a three-year extension that will keep him in Columbus through the 2015-16 NHL season. Anisimov will be 28 years old and an unrestricted free agent when the deal expires.
Speculation will always exist, but Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen said he doesn't have any immediate concerns about getting Sergei Bobrovsky signed to a new contract.
At his pre-draft media availability this morning at Nationwide Arena, Kekalainen said the club is in the midst of an ongoing process with Bobrovsky and his agent. Negotiations are continuing, Kekalainen said, and he's optimistic of a deal in the near future with the Vezina Trophy winner.
Bobrovsky, 24, won 21 games for the Blue Jackets in his first season with Columbus and posted a career-high four shutouts. He was named the NHL's top goaltender during the Stanley Cup Final, winning the award over Henrik Lundqvist and Antti Niemi.
"Nobody wants to lose the Vezina winner," Kekalainen said. "We're working hard to get him back, we're optimistic we can get him back. We've had some good conversations with his agent."
Every year, there's a prospect or two whose combination of hockey sense and a prototypical NHL frame make for intense discussions at the draft table. This year, look no further than Frederik Gauthier.
Scouts have raved about his complete, 200-foot game and total commitment to excelling in all three zones. For a young kid, the emerging skills and towering 6-foot-3 frame are a rare commodity and you have to think some team (if one hasn't already) will fall in love with the kid and do whatever it can to move up the draft board.
In his first season with Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL), Gauthier was a standout player. He scored 22 goals and totaled 60 points in 62 games, and didn't miss a beat despite a broken jaw that caused him to miss two weeks of action in the fall. Gauthier is considered to be a bit of a project because of an occasional bout with inconsistency, but there's no questioning his hockey sense.
He has a knack for being around the puck at the right time and being on what coaches call "the right side of the puck." At 18 years of age, that's quite the compliment to be paid. Scouts have projected Gauthier as the ideal second or third-line center that can play against any of the opposition's lines, but preferably in a position to shut down offense.
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Valentin Zykov's first season in North America gave scouts and their NHL clubs a birds-eye view of the game-breaking talent that's put him high on many draft boards.
After one year spent with CSKA's second-division (junior) team in Russia as a 17-year-old, Zykov opted to bring his game to the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) and prepare himself for a possible career in the NHL. A strong performance for Team Russia in the 2011 World Junior A Challenge put him on the radar for this year's draft, but gaining experience in North American was deemed the best route for his career.
In one season with Baie-Comeau in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Zykov was responsible for a lot of flights to Quebec - and there weren't many nights when scouts left the rink disappointed. He played 67 games this year for the Drakkar and scored 40 goals and totaled 75 points, and was named rookie of the year in the QMJHL as a result.
Zykov was also named the top rookie in the entire CHL with goal and point totals that were unsurpassed by any players in the WHL, OHL or QMJHL.
The Blue Jackets have a Vezina Trophy winner on their hands in Sergei Bobrovsky, but they want to make sure it's a fortified position within the organization.
Selecting two goaltenders at last year's NHL Draft in Pittsburgh (Oscar Dansk and Joonas Korpisalo) was merely a continuation of what came before. Former GM Scott Howson made a deal for Bobrovsky earlier that week, then signing Curtis McElhinney and retaining Anton Forsberg with an entry-level deal helped round out the goalie stable.
The club also has University of Maine goaltender Martin Ouelette in its system. Allen York, who has spent time in the ECHL, AHL and NHL over the past few seasons, is scheduled to become a restricted free agent on July 5. Qualifying offers must be submitted by NHL clubs to RFAs by July 2 this year.
Got all that? Alright, let's continue.
The first item of business for John Davidson and Jarmo Kekalainen is to get Bobrovsky signed to a new contract, Davidson said, but there's more work beyond that. A fantastic season with Springfield (AHL) earned McElhinney a new one-year, NHL contract with the Blue Jackets but there are no guarantees he will backup Bobrovsky in the fall.
Nikita Zadorov is one of the top defensemen in the 2013 NHL Draft class and is one of the largest available players. Seriously, he's a beast.
At 6-foot-5 and 230 lbs., Zadorov is one of the biggest and strongest defensemen available in this year's draft and isn't afraid to take advantage of it. He doesn't back down from a fight when challenged and forwards shy away from him when he goes for a check, allowing him to play a simple-yet-effective defensive game that is conducive to big minutes. He was the kind of player London Knights coach Dale Hunter loved to have on his blue line: solid, steady and with a bit of a mean streak to his game.
His skating ability and agility are impressive because he is such a big guy. Among this year's defense prospects in the NHL Draft, Zadorov has a clear advantage because his size gives him dominant potential - a distinct edge above most defensemen. His confidence is evident whether he's skating the puck up the ice or punishing players on the boards.
Ever wondered what it's like inside the Blue Jackets interview room when hockey operations is talking to draft prospects?
NHL Network is taking you behind-the-scenes and giving you an inside look at NHL teams and what goes on at the annual Scouting Combine, which was held in late May in Toronto.
In the video clip above, Jarmo Kekalainen and the amateur scouting staff have their combine sit-down with top prospect Seth Jones of the Portland Winterhawks. The Scouting Combine Recap show will air on NHL Network on Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, June 30 prior to the network's live Draft pre-game show.
Valeri Nichushkin is perhaps one of the most interesting prospects in the 2013 NHL Draft class.
He spent this season playing for KHL powerhouse Chelyabinsk Traktor, proving that even as a 17-year-old he could handle the pace and demands of the professional game. At the World Junior Championships, Nichushkin scored a phenomenal goal to capture the bronze medal in overtime against a stacked Canadian team.
Nichushkin possesses pro-style size at 6-foot-4 and weighing in around 200 lbs., pretty much the size of your ideal NHL power forward with room to grow and has proven he can compete with the best in the game.
What makes Nichushkin's skill set so interesting is that though he is a powerful big-body player, his skating ability matches the speed and swiftness of much smaller NHL players. On the physical side, he is not afraid to throw his body around and knock opposing players off the puck. On the skating and scoring side, Nichushkin possesses incredible talent and potential. His ability to dangle defensemen, weave into the zone, set up shop and blast the puck makes him an incredibly difficult player to defend.
It has been a lengthy and at-times frustrating rehabilitation process for Ryan Murray, but the finish line is finally nearing.
Originally scheduled be to ready for "game action" sometime in early-to-mid July, Murray's injured shoulder is getting back to normal. Blue Jackets president of hockey operations John Davidson told BlueJackets.com this morning that Murray's shoulder is "back to 100 percent" and he's doing very well in offseason workouts, and should be completely ready for training camp in September.
Murray is also scheduled to be in attendance at the Blue Jackets' annual development camp, which will take place in mid-July at the OhioHealth Ice Haus attached to Nationwide Arena.
"He's doing very well," Davidson said. "By the time September comes around, he's going to be a well-conditioned young man."
Murray has spent the first part of his offseason back home in Saskatchewan, but his workouts will shift to Columbus for the balance of the summer after development camp. The Blue Jackets' first pick (second overall) at the 2012 NHL Draft in Pittsburgh, Murray suffered a season-ending shoulder surgery in November during a game against the Victoria Royals when he was captain of the WHL's Everett Silvertips.


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Damn The Hoot-Smalley Democrat Party.
Make no mistake: When it comes to economics, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) knows her history — even if that history is from another planet.
On Monday night, our friends at Dump Bachmann reported, Bachmann took to the House floor and paid tribute to the economic policies of Calvin Coolidge and the "Roaring 20s" (the era that ended with a massive monetary contraction and the Great Depression). One particular line really does stand out, though — saying Franklin Roosevelt turned a recession into a depression through the "Hoot-Smalley" tariffs.
Here's what really happened: When Franklin Roosevelt took office, unemployment was already about 25%. And the tariff referred to here was actually the Smoot-Hawley bill, co-authored by Republicans Sen. Reed Smoot of Utah and Rep. Willis Hawley of Oregon, and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover.
Interestingly, this speech also happened on the same day as when Bachmann connected the 1970s swine flu outbreak to Democrat Jimmy Carter being president, even though it was actually Gerald Ford in office at the time.
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On 2008-11-10 22:12, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:58:28 +0100
> Andrea Righi
>> The current granularity of 5% of dirtyable memory for dirty pages writeback is
>> too coarse for large memory machines and this will get worse as
>> memory-size/disk-speed ratio continues to increase.
>> These large writebacks can be unpleasant for desktop or latency-sensitive
>> environments, where the time to complete each writeback can be perceived as a
>> lack of responsiveness by the whole system.
>> Following there's a similar solution as discussed in [1], but a little
>> bit simplified in order to provide the same functionality (in particular
>> to avoid backward compatibility problems) and reduce the amount of code
>> needed to implement an in-kernel parser to handle percentages with
>> decimals digits.
>> The kernel provides the following parameters:
>> - dirty_ratio, dirty_background_ratio in percentage (1 ... 100)
>> - dirty_ratio_pcm, dirty_background_ratio_pcm in units of percent mille (1 ... 100,000)
> hm, so how long until dirty_ratio_pcm becomes too coarse...
> What happened to the idea of specifying these in units of kilobytes?
The conclusion was that with units in KB requires much more complexity
to keep in sync the old dirty_ratio (and dirty_background_ratio)
interface with the new one.
The KB limit is a static value, the other depends on the dirtyable
memory. If we want to preserve the same behaviour we should do the
- when dirty_ratio changes to x:
dirty_amount_in_bytes = x * dirtyable_memory / 100.
- when dirty_amount_in_bytes changes to x:
dirty_ratio = x / dirtyable_memory * 100
But anytime the dirtyable memory changes (as well as the total memory in
the system) we should update both values accordingly to preserve the
coherency between them.
I wonder if setting also PERCENT_PCM (that is 1% expressed in
fine-grained units) as a parameter could be a better long-term solution.
And also use another name for it, because in this case this would be not
a milli-percent value anymore.
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"People Like Us," a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine ("Star Trek") as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about this family - and re-examine his own life choices in the process.
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Q/A: Brian Loughman On 'The Accountant's Perspective'
Prosecution in the U.S. of foreign bribery has brought increased attention to the issue. In this Q/A, Brian Loughman, leader of the Americas section of Ernst & Young's fraud and dispute services practice who co-authored the new book "Bribery and Corruption: Navigating the Global Risks," discusses an accountant's perspective on bribery and what he sees for 2012. The conversation has been edited for clarity.
What do accountants see when they see bribery?
Our role, whether we're doing investigations or we're helping a client monitor their activity, is typically focused on books-and-records issues or the transactional aspect, but that doesn't prevent us from seeing a bigger picture as well. For example, we also look at internal control, environment issues and related items. So, essentially, because of the experience we've built up in that space…and because our clients, whether they be an internal audit executive, a compliance executive, a chief financial officer or a controller, we're touching on the experience we have [in the book]. We don't see that many books out there from the accounting perspective.
What does the book, and the related experience, tell executives?
It's a reference tool. Aside from the relevant overviews of the legislation, you see a focus on practical advice on how to set up your compliance program, along with practical policies and procedures. [You see] the kinds of policies and procedures necessary to have, such as training, controls, how to do risk assessments, and how to monitor your activity for compliance with specific focus on the use of anti-bribery data analytics.
We also have a lot of practical discussion on anti-corruption due diligence, for example, [on what to do] when making an acquisition. We also talk about due diligence on third-parties, once again from an accounting perspective.
There's a section on how to conduct an investigation, and a couple of chapters on specific regions and industry considerations, such as aerospace and defense. [Ed. note: There's more on the regional aspect of the book available here.]
Why is the accounting perspective relevant?
I think the reason it's relevant, the majority of [FCPA] matters that have been settled are in fact focused on books-and-records issues. It's an important area to our clients. It's one thing to achieve compliance over improper behavior, vis-a-vis improper payments, but there's also significant need for what can we be doing from a books-and-records perspective of the FCPA.
A lot of the focus in the past was Sarbanes-Oxley, and the concepts of materiality built into it. Where some of our clients have been challenged in the past is that they have an internal controls structure based on material items. The FCPA has no materiality exception. They struggle in achieving the balance they need to establish that aspect of compliance.
What do you see as the big bribery trend of 2012?
With the exception of the U.K. piece, I think it's more of the same. The enforcement level is still highly active. You'll continue to see the focus on individuals. Some have noted that the focus on individuals, especially in the U.S. has led to a lot more trials, which has led to the DOJ having to devote more resources to that. The number of things they're managing might be more of a challenge to them but it remains to be seen if that's the case. With the respect to the U.K., we need to see what their enforcement starts to look like.


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The Guidelines for Examination are not binding on the boards of appeal (settled case law; see, for instance, T 1561/05 of 17 October 2006, point 1.5 of the Reasons).
In T 1561/05 the board confirmed that the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO were not binding on the boards of appeal (applying T 162/82, OJ 1987, 533). See T 1561/05 of 17 October 2006 also referred to in J 7/10.
In T 740/98 the board noted, among other things, that the legal system established under the Convention did not treat the Guidelines as binding.
In T 1356/05 (also T 1360/05) the board stated that no provision of the Guidelines could override an article or rule of the EPC.
In T 500/00 the appellant argued that the disclaimer had been made in good faith according to the Guidelines and in accordance with the practice of the boards of appeal at the time of making the disclaimer. The board pointed out that the Guidelines were not rules of law and noted that what counted was not whether the opposition division had acted in accordance with the Guidelines, but whether it had acted in accordance with the Convention. In any event, the principle of good faith could not have been successfully invoked in this case.
In T 552/02 the appellants (proprietors) essentially based their assertion on a passage in the Guidelines. They also submitted that Art. 15(2) RPBA (as in force until 12 December 2007) obliged the board to state its grounds if it gave a different interpretation of the EPC 1973 to that provided for in the Guidelines. On the latter point the board said (a) that the members of the board were not bound by any instructions and had only to comply with the provisions of the EPC 1973, which meant the board was not bound by the Guidelines, and (b) that Art. 15(2) RPBA 2003 did not oblige the board to state grounds for deviating from the Guidelines but simply stipulated that it should "state the grounds for its action if it consider[ed] that [its] decision [would] be more readily understood in the light of such grounds".
As to the alleged lack of consistency between what was in fact the established case law and the Guidelines for Examination, the board in T 1741/08 noted that it was not bound by the Guidelines, an important factor in the judicial independence of the boards of appeal (Art. 23(3) EPC). An alleged divergence between the Guidelines for Examination and case law therefore could not be a sufficient basis for challenging the case law by means of a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal.
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Former Quebec Premier Charest Joins McCarthy Tetrault
By Paul Vieira
Four months after his defeat at the hands of the separatist Parti Quebecois, former Quebec premier Jean Charest has landed at one of Canada's biggest law firms.
McCarthy Tetrault said the 54-year-old Mr. Charest–who up until his electoral loss last September had held political office at the federal and provincial levels since 1984–will become a partner in its business law group. McCarthy Tetrault said Mr. Charest will play a key role in offering "strategic advice" to the firm and its clients on events unfolding in Canada and elsewhere.
"The diversity of initiatives he has led in Quebec, Canada and abroad, the scale of projects he has developed, the scope of agreements he has negotiated and concluded, as well as the many challenging files he has had to manage, make him a unique resource to our clients," McCarthy Tetrault Chief Executive Marc-Andre Blanchard said in a statement.
As it happens, Mr. Blanchard was president of the Quebec Liberal Party from 2000 to 2008. Mr. Charest headed the party starting in 1998 and led it to power in Quebec in April 2003. He resigned after losing the September election.
For his part, Mr. Charest said in the statement that he's pleased to be joining a law firm with a strong history in Quebec and Canada. "My association with such a prominent business law firm is an opportunity for me to contribute to the business and economic development of Quebec and Canada," said the former premier, who will be based out of Montreal.


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A Quote by John Muir on source, soul, god, nature, connection, and reality
We all flow from one fountain— Soul. All are expressions of one love. God does not appear, and flow out, only from narrow chinks and round bored wells here and there in favored races and places, but He flows in grand undivided currents, shoreless and boundless over creeds and forms and all kinds of civilizations and peoples and beasts, saturating all and fountainizing all.
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I found a Left Breast Lump in May 2010 being the size of a pea 6 weeks later it had become the size of a small carrot had mammo and ultrasound didnt find anything now small swelling under arm on same side. I have left shoulder blade pain and fatigue. My PCP said he did not feel anything the Mammogram tech felt the lump and marked it before the scan. The ultrasound tech didnt feel anything but she really didnt try to either. Radiologist suggested a biospy. I asked on what no one seems to think there is anything there. He stated just because we dont see it on film doesnt mean it is not there and breast cancer as been present when nothing shows up on film. He said when someone knows there is something different about them then in most cases it is and no one should make them think it isnt. I want to know what I should do from here being I as well as others can feel the mass but the dr can not....Should I be more alarmed with the symptoms I am going through and stand ground with the dr about the concernREAD MORE
Jennifer, the radiologist knows the capabilities and limitations of mammograms and ultrasounds better than anyone. If he is suggesting a biopsy, then it is probably a good idea. Since this lump has been there since May and is still growing, asking for a referral to a breast surgeon is a good idea. Cysts often grow rapidly like your lump, so it may well be benign. However, you need to know for sure. Good luck to you.
Yes, stand your ground. You know your own breasts; and if you feel a change, and that change lasts longer than a month, then you definitely need to pursue it till you have information about what it is. Ask for a referral to a breast specialist; don't stress when they potentially send you to a cancer center, it's just that's where breast specialists often practice. Good luck to you - hope this turns out to be nothing to worry about (as do the vast majority of breast lumps). PJH


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Walter Verling Art Bursary & Exhibition NEW CLOSING DATE for entries Sat October 20th 2012
Yougha4All would like to announce the Walter Verling Artists bursary for adults. The group have put up €500 as prize money to promote art in the town. Renowned local man Walter Verling has very graciously allowed his name be attached to the annual ward.
Artists wishing to enter should contact Eileen at McGoldricks Gallery, White Gables, Strand Street or Lora at Gallery Frida, South Main, Street, without delay or email firstname.lastname@example.com. The entries will be accepted and displayed (and sold) at Gallery Frida on Friday 26th October 2012. The exhibition will run until Saturday 3rd November 2012.
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Following Thanksgiving weekend, we asked you last week if you actually shop on Black Friday. While traditionally a US custom, Black Friday's shopping deals have spread around the world, and over 300 readers from different parts of the world participated. The interesting results are below.
Out of 302 votes in total, 3% said they shop on Black Friday, only only in regular stores, 8% only shop if they find a really good deal, 9% shop regularly both online and in brick and mortar stores, 16% rarely shop, unless really tempted, 17% only shop online, and 32% said they never shop on Black Friday. An additional 15% voted for the "no Black Friday in my country" option.
Full results and this week's poll after the jump.
So a third of the readers who voted don't shop on Black Friday at all. Do you believe it?
This week's poll question is: Are You Using Gmail's New Compose "Experience"?
About a month ago, Google first introduced its new Gmail compose "experience". If you're using Google Apps, you might have only gotten to try it this passed week, but chances are that if you're using Gmail, you know what the new compose is all about. I've heard many mixed thoughts about Gmail's new compose. Some have adopted it enthusiastically for its clutter-free interface and multi-tasking abilities, and others feel it adds too much clicking to the workflow and that many important features are now hidden. Where do you stand? Are you using the new compose feature, or will you wait until the bitter end, when Google forces it on everyone?
What makes the new compose better? What makes it worse? What are your reasons for choosing to use it? Or not use it? Tell us all in the comments.


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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a 26-year-old man living near my family, with whom I have very close relationships. This often brings me into contact with their friends, many of whom I have never met or are acquaintances at best.
What is a polite way for me, as an openly gay man, to address their questions about girlfriends or girls I'm dating?
I've been "out of the closet" for years and feel it is appropriate to be known for who I am. I've been accused of "pushing an agenda," which annoys me, because I've never proceeded with these people to divisive topics like gay equality. I've also never told children (of friends, cousins, etc.) of my sexuality when asked similar questions.
It is important to me that I live an honest and open life. But I feel at times that people interpret my honesty as unnecessary and intentionally inappropriate.
Gentle Reader: People you hardly know are asking about your love life and then accusing you of being pushy if you respond? Miss Manners sees this as yet another reason, among many, not to attempt to satisfy busybodies. It is amazing how many people think that a charming conversation opener with the younger generation is "So, are you seeing anyone?" or the ever-popular "Why aren't you married?"
Miss Manners would hardly blame you for giving matter-of-fact answers ("Yes, I have a boyfriend" or "I haven't met the right man") followed by "But enough about me — tell me about yourself."
Should there be shock, complaints or further questions, your response should be, "But didn't you just ask me?" followed by the all-important change of subject.
Dear Miss Manners: My girlfriend of many years had her best friend of many years' husband's mother die. The funeral was on a warm day. I wore a short-sleeved dress shirt and nice cotton pants.
She complained that it was not proper to wear expensive boat shoes without socks for this solemn time. She had a three-quarter-length dress and wore flip-flops, which I said definitely was not proper for the circumstances. She said because they were fancy and not cheap flip-flops, they were OK.
Gentle Reader: Was either of you paying attention to the service rather than each other's feet? Just asking.
A funeral is indeed a formal occasion, and both of you were shod for leisure sport. Miss Manners suggests you call it a draw and resolve to make a greater effort if you must attend another funeral.
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Planning, Protecting and Preserving
Nantucket's Natural World
The Nantucket Land Council (NLC) is a 501c (3) non-profit dedicated to protecting Nantucket's natural world and rural character by holding and enforcing conservation restrictions, commissioning scientific research, monitoring development proposals, engaging in legal proceedings to protect natural resources and educating the public on environmental issues.
The NLC was conceived and organized in 1974 by Nantucket citizens who cherished the island's pristine natural setting and who were troubled by increasing environmental degradation and loss of rural character. Since its founding, the NLC has effectively protected thousands of acres of land.
Our staff continues to monitors development proposals before local governing boards, the NLC has been able to represent environmental interests when important decisions are made. All development proposals before the Planning Board and the Conservation Commission are reviewed by the NLC followed by appropriate recommendations or if necessary, hiring expert consultants for further investigation. These actions ensure that the environment is property represented when decisions regarding growth and development on Nantucket are made.
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SIKESTON - Thelma Faye Richardson, 81, died Aug. 28, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Born May 27, 1921, in Blodgett, daughter of the late John Henry and Stella Ethel Salyer Thompson, she was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church. She was an operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 35 years before retiring.
Survivors include: two sons, Gary Lee Mize of Morley and John Kevin Richardson of Sikeston; one stepson, Jerry Allen Richardson of Memphis, Tenn.; one sister, Helen Frances Wood of Sikeston; and four grandchildren.
Visitation is from 10 a.m. Friday until service time at 2 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry Davis, pastor of Trinity Gospel Church, will officiate.
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Sue Conlin has special traits which are evident in her interaction with others; a personal warmth combined with a sense of humor and sharp wit. These qualities, plus her organizational skills and devotion to volunteerism, make her a Friends' Board member who accomplishes her goals in a timely but relaxed manner.
Sue grew up in Wellesley, Mass., and graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with a double degree in Psychology and Education. She earned a teaching degree, but decided to move back to Boston, where she became a trust officer at the Bank of Boston.
When Sue started her family, she changed from a business career to volunteerism. Her husband of 29 years, Gayler, is an engineer at the Aircraft Engines Division of General Electric Company and they have three children: Lindsay, Bronson and Charlie.
Her association with Dana-Farber started after her mother passed away from cancer in 1981. Emily DiMaggio, a close friend of the family, convinced Sue to help run the Lecture Series, a fundraising event which benefited Dana-Farber.
This endeavor was the start of productive years on the Friends' Board, with Sue serving as vice president of patient services, assistant treasurer, chairman of the Nominating Committee and a volunteer in the Friends' Corner Gift Shop. She was also a member of the committee which was instrumental in establishing the Jeffrey Forbes Chapel and publishing a commemorative book. After serving as co-president of the Friends during 2005 and 2006, Sue is presently co-chairman of Long Range Planning, continuing her dedication to Dana-Farber.
Sue is associated with other organizations such as the New England Farm and Garden Association and the local chapter of the ALS Association Massachusetts Chapter. She was a member of the Junior League and was later instrumental in collecting, tasting, and publishing a cookbook, Feast of Fishes, a New England Aquarium Project. She is also very involved in committee work at schools her children attend. She and her family spend summers in Quissett, Woods Hole, where together they enjoy committee work at the Woods Hole Golf Cub, Quissett Yacht Club and the Quick's Hole Yacht Club.
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Is it a phenomenon or is it just hype? How has the data explosion changed the way business users interact with data? What pressures is big data putting on information architects, data warehousing and BI professionals who are responsible for building architectures to support the business needs?
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Gene to Protein
Biotechnology and Gene to Protein
Genetic Engineering
Humans have been messing with genes throughout human history. We've used genetics to make better animals for consumption, to make plants more resistant to disease, and to influence the genetics of our children by selecting for specific traits in a mate. But in this section, we will talk about a different type of "messing" with genes, a process called biotechnology, or genetic engineering.
Genetic engineering refers to the field where scientists can directly manipulate the production of a protein or RNA for human products. In this section we will go over some of the methods scientists use. It is kind of like building with Legos…
First, let's talk about cloning. In the media you will probably hear about cloning more often in the terms of creating a whole animal (remember Dolly the sheep, anyone?) or the possibility of cloning a human being. Rather than talking about cloning an organism, we will talk about a type of cloning that is much less controversial and much more common: the cloning of a gene. In fact, many of the products you use on a daily basis are created with the help of this type of molecular cloning.
It is common in the field of biotechnology to isolate a gene that encodes for a particularly useful protein or RNA product. Scientists can create more of this DNA, and even modify the gene such that the protein product is better suited for a scientist's needs. But, first thing's first. Let's talk about the steps of cloning a DNA fragment.
- First the fragment containing the gene of interest must be isolated, or cut out of a mass of DNA.
- The piece of DNA must be ligated, or glued into another DNA molecule. For example, the gene can be transferred to make a circular piece of DNA called a plasmid.
- This piece of DNA is then transferred into a cell through a process called transfection.
- Scientists then select for cells that contain the cloned DNA. They can use the cells to express large amounts of the gene interest.
Many gene products are produced this way, often growing the product in bacterial cells or simple eukaryotic cells such as yeast. One of the first applications of this technology was insulin. Diabetics today get their insulin from genetically modified bacteria containing the insulin gene. Vaccines are also often produced with the help of genetic engineering.
In the laboratory, scientists commonly use genetic engineering to make genetically modified organisms. Now we know you might be thinking of Frankenstein here, but in reality these organisms are a lot less scary (but much cooler). Let's talk a little bit about the genetic engineer's bag of tricks.
Scientists often make gene knockouts, where one or more of an organisms genes is made to not function. The initial steps to making a gene knockout are pretty much the same as cloning a gene.
- The scientists make a DNA construct that is targeted to the gene locus.
- The construct can be put into a cell, specifically embryonic cells. These embryonic cells are put into an early embryo.
- The DNA is taken up by the embryo, a term called recombination, and sometimes incorporated into the germ line.
- Resulting generations can be bred that do not contain the gene of interest.
- Animals can then be studied to understand the function of the gene that was eliminated.
Other times scientists create knock-in animals. In this case, a new gene is inserted into the genome of an organism. There are all sorts of uses of gene knock-ins. One example is that a fluorescent protein can be inserted under the control of a specific promoter. Whenever the promoter orders gene expression, the knocked in gene will be expressed.
Alternatively, a fluorescent protein, or tag, can also be added on to a gene that a scientist is trying to study. The result is that the protein will fluoresce in the animal. Scientists will be able to tell exactly where a particular protein is, or if it is specially localized to specific cells or tissues. This technique has been used in fish to "light up" regions of the nervous and digestive systems. Fluorescent kittens have been used for AIDS research. In many ways, genetic engineering is only limited by the imagination of scientist.
Some human disorders can be linked to a mutation in a specific gene. Some examples are cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, and sickle cell anemia. The ability to replace a "faulty" gene with a "good" copy in humans would be a huge advantage. Gene therapy is the way that scientists attempt to do this feat. Scientists have had some success at using viruses and liposomes to introduce genes into a host's genome, although this area of research is still in early stages.
Genetic engineering also offers the opportunity for the creation of organisms that benefit humans. Our ability to understand human diseases has been extremely advanced by studying genetically engineered animals. However, the tools can also be used for other purposes.
Allerca has reportedly engineered hypoallergenic dogs and cats. According to Allerca, you can now snuggle with one of their furry felines without red eyes and itching….for about $7000 that is. The company has been somewhat controversial, but it none-the-less spotlights how genetic engineering has the potential to drastically change the way we live.
The Simpsons gene, according to the TV show, is the mutated gene that contributes to Homer's baldness and laziness. It is only present on the Y chromosome, which explains why only the men in the Simpson family have the trait. Sound like pure TV ridiculousness?
Scientists have found that deletion of a gene in mice, called RGS14, actually makes mice smarter. Perhaps there is a Homer Simpson gene after all._CITATION_UUID_ 8314DF76114F44C1B8D364557CC1CAC1_ Can you envision the possibilities? No, we are not talking about making genetically engineered kids here. But, what if you could find a drug that targeted the same gene? Genetic engineering brings up some sticky questions and a lot of murky answers.
Getting rid of a gene should never be taken lightly. As you have learned, genes play some important functions. It is not so straightforward to get rid of a gene and have everything be okay. Sometimes getting rid of a gene can have some severe consequences, even resulting in the death of the organism. Therefore, scientists need to be ethical and responsible. Don't believe us? Watch I Am Legend. In the movie genetic engineering results in the production of a virus that is supposed to cure cancer. Instead the virus mutates and spreads throughout the world, killing most of the world's population. Of course, things are often a bit more dramatic in Hollywood….


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Outside the monumental portal stands this part of what was probably the ornamentation elsewhere in the church. It shows some grapevine and part of a bird. That might be a dove in which case I return to the Wikipedia (regarding Christian symbols): "... the dove (symbolic of the Holy Spirit), the sacrificial lamb (symbolic of Christ's sacrifice), the vine (symbolising the necessary connectedness of the Christian with Christ) and many others."
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Various sermons for the Christmas season. Most of them are original. Some of them are adapted from other sermons I have found over the years.
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-12-15
Word count: 70,820 words (≈ about 5 hours)
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Marvin McKenzie was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and converted to Christianity at age eighteen. He has devoted his nearly thirty years in the ministry to planting and pastoring churches in Oregon and Washington, and to educating the next generation of Baptist preachers.
Marvin and Anita have two sons. Both are involved in the ministry in Washington State.


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BENTON - Celeste Amelia Scherer, 94, died at 7:45 a.m. May 3, 2004, at her home.
Born Jan. 14, 1910, in Kelso, daughter of the late John and Louise Logel Enderle, she was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church.
On May 4, 1932, at Kelso, she married Cletus Charles Scherer who preceded her in death on May 13, 1956.
One daughter, four brothers and two sisters also preceded her in death.
Survivors include: six sons, Charles L. Scherer and Cletus Scherer of Benton, James Scherer of Nashville, Tenn., Thomas Scherer of Anniston, Harold Scherer of Midlothian, Texas, and Daniel Scherer of Fairview, Tenn.; four daughters, Ruth Ann Cashion and Celeste Nenninger of Cape Girardeau, Clara Crider of Cincinnati and Ann Stuckey of Benton; one sister, Mary Spalding of Benton; and 46 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton where parish prayers will be said at 6 p.m.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Denis Catholic Church with the Rev. Normand Varone officiating.
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AMR Cuts 1,200 More Jobs in $1.25 Billion Labor-Savings Plan
American Airlines will cut 1,200 airport agent, baggage and cargo jobs and close an Arizona reservations center under a bankruptcy restructuring plan to trim annual labor spending by $1.25 billion.
The reductions announced today mean all of the carrier's airport jobs in seven U.S. and two Canadian cities will be outsourced. AMR Corp.'s American detailed changes for the nonunion group 11 weeks after telling other employees it would do away with 13,000 of their jobs, freeze pensions and make work-rule and benefit changes.
American, the third-biggest U.S. airline, will begin presenting testimony on April 23 to persuade a bankruptcy judge to let it void union contracts and impose new ones to secure the spending cuts. The request follows the Fort Worth, Texas-based company's failure to negotiate agreements with any of its unions. Talks can continue during the court hearings.
"Not a single decision that affects a single employee was made lightly," the carrier said in a letter signed by Craig Kreeger, senior vice president for customer experience; Virasb Vahidi, senior vice president for marketing and planning; and Jim Ream, senior vice president for operations.
American's goal to cut annual expenses 20 percent for each work group translates to a $95 million reduction for the 10,000 airport and cargo agents. Most of the changes will occur during the next 60 to 120 days, the airline said.
Airports Affected
The company will outsource all jobs at airports with the fewest daily flights. Those facilities in the U.S. are in or near Hartford, Connecticut; Columbus, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; Ontario and Sacramento, California; Portland, Oregon; and Reno, Nevada. In Canada, they are in Calgary and Vancouver.
American will close Admirals Clubs at Dulles airport in Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; Panama City; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
About 680 agents at the closed reservations center in Tucson, Arizona, will be offered jobs at other offices or a chance to move to home-based work, the carrier said. Another 800 will be shifted to homes from offices, and some part-time positions will be eliminated. Base pay will be increased for some workers and reduced for others.
AMR filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 29 as it headed for a fourth straight annual loss, becoming the final major full-service U.S. carrier to seek court protection. American said it was left at a labor-cost disadvantage after rivals used bankruptcy to change work rules and drop or reduce pensions and other costly benefits.


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now available for the iPhone. The powerful image editing app from Adobe was previously only available for the iPad, where it commands a fair $10.49. Adobe has made the iPhone edition available as a separate app; it's not a Universal app compatible with both iPhone and iPad, and if you already own the iPad version and want the iPhone you'll have to purchase it again. Fortunately, at $5.49 it's not as expensive as it's older sibling.
Apple's recent shareholder meeting had Tim Cook speak on a range of topics, including how Apple are looking into new categories for future products. Cook was expectedly coy about which categories specifically, but it's a good bet one of those categories includes wearable computing. CNBC has the full transcript.
Apple lost to a company called VirnetX in the courts last year relating to virtual private networks used as a part FaceTime. They were ordered to pay in excess of US $368 million by the courts, and now they've been denied retrial and have been ordered to reach a settlement within 45 days. In case you're wondering, it means VirnetX will be awarded some $311,211 every day until the companies sort out the royalties and other finer details.
Also in the courts recently was the case of Apple vs errant in-app purchases. Apparently, parents sued Apple for allowing their children to buy in-app purchases from freely downloaded games and apps without their permission. Apple has now settled the case, and the settlement amount is somewhat hilarious: the grand sum of $5 in iTunes credit or a five dollar note in cash to all affected parties.
Marco Arment asks why MacBooks don't come with cellular networking, and it's a good question: Apple already sell the iPad with a cellular networking option, so why aren't they doing a similar sort of thing with their portable range? Arment is mostly concerned with the small data caps and fast download speeds with current cellular networking tech, two things that don't really go hand in hand. Small data caps might not be such an issue on the iPad when you're out and about, but they're definitely something to stay away from on a computer.
Kontra also has a good piece up this morning about an interim solution to iOS multitasking. There's a lot of things you can do within an individual app these days, but the one thing that still doesn't work as fluidly as it should is communication between apps. URL schemes and inter-app communication help, but they're hardly the solution that we're used to on the Mac, where things just work. Starting with a multi-slot clipboard, that could change.
Instagram has 100 million active users per month now, and MacStories has a nice graph that shows the growth of the little social network that started out on the iPhone. Since then, Instagram has been released on Android, been acquired by Facebook, introduced both profile and stream views on the web *but there's still no official iPad app. Even so, 100 million active users is quite the achievement.
Glui is the Mac app that offers trouble-free screenshot sharing to your Dropbox account. It offers annotations and automatic URL copying to the clipboard, but the one thing it is missing is the ability to resize screenshots *apart from that, however, it looks like an alright screenshot sharing tool.
Apple are still planning to move into their spaceship campus by 2016. They're still working with the city of Cupertino to get approval for the building, and are planning to break ground later this year.
TUAW shows off the Rain Design iSlider, a pocketable stand for your iPad. It works with both the full-size iPad and iPad mini, can hold your iPad up in either a portrait or landscape orientation, and even looks the part in brushed aluminium.
love the concept of the iSlider, went to their website to buy one, as usual, US suppliers use FedEx to mail to AU at extortionate cost of USD$56, for an item the sells for USD$50 that is rediculous!


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Humpback Attack
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by Bill Corbett
A group of Humpback whales cooperatively feed on a school of herring. While one whale corrals the herring with a bubble net. the others listen and wait to hear a ready signal. When the call is sounded, they plunge upward together, jaws open, and clamp them shut upon surfacing. The whales feed until the school of herring is decimated.
Location: Off Baranoff Island, Alaska
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Ah, those stuffy old Victorians. Known for being more than a little uptight and totally morally upstanding (at least in public), Victorians were the people who lived in England under the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) and her hubby, Prince Albert.
Victorians are (somewhat unfairly) infamous for their repressed attitudes toward sex and their conservative social mores. When people hear the word Victorian they usually think of manners, tradition, and general prudishness. But the Victorian era was also a time of big fat changes—social ones, moral ones, and cultural ones.
Think about it. Charles Darwin had introduced his theory of natural selection, changing science and religion forever. Folks were moving from the countryside to the city in droves, and while a new middle class was emerging, the gap between the rich and the poor grew wider and wider. Technology improved drastically, spurring on the Industrial Revolution on a huge scale. Plus, the British Empire expanded—a lot. So it's not too nuts to say that the Victorian era saw its fair share of upheaval.
All of these major shifts were reflected in the literature of the age, with novelists like Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot writing massive tomes for which the era became known. And then there were poets like Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Robert Browning, tackling the strange changes in their work.
The Victorians packed a big punch, too, and their writing was a major influence over later writers, especially the Modernists who, with their emphasis on new ideas and aesthetics, were reacting to the old order of the stodgy Victorians.


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Baez, JC, Olivero, J, Peteiro, C, Ferri-Yanez, F, Garcia-Soto, C, Real, R (2010). "Macro-environmental modelling of the current distribution of Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales, Ochrophyta) in northern Iberia". BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, 12(7), 2131-2139.
AbstractThe Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida was first reported in north-western Spain in 1988. Since then, it has spread along the Galician coasts and towards the western Cantrabrian coast, probably supported by new introductions related to aquaculture and private yachts. Despite the high potential of this seaweed to invade new areas, it has not fully established itself in specific areas along the eastern Cantabrian coast where it has been farmed. We attempted to identify the macro-environmental determinants for the successful establishment of U. pinnatifida in the northern Iberian coast. Thus, we built a model based on the significant relationships between this kelp and several environmental factors using the Favourability Function, a method based on binary logistic regression. We obtained a statistically significant Favourability model where the chlorophyll concentration in summer was the most influential variable and the photosynthetically active radiation in spring was a secondary variable that best characterized the presence of U. pinnatifida. The ecological implications are discussed.
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For Waterford native Mike Jackson, working on the farm is as natural as dirt under fingernails. The past 39 years, Jackson has done about every job imaginable at Witten Farms in Lowell and doesn't see himself giving it up anytime soon.
Question: When and why did you begin working here at Witten's?
Answer: I started here in January 1975. I wasn't working anywhere else at the time and a friend of mine told me they needed somebody out here, so I called and Jerry told me to come down here and talk to him, then told me next day to come back to work. I guess I was probably about 25 years old then.
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Mike Jackson sits in his favorite spot inside a John Deere tractor during a busy day at Witten Farms on April 2.
Q: Did you have experience doing this type of work?
A: Yeah, I lived on a farm all my life. My mom and dad had a small farm out back of Waterford. I have done this type of thing my whole life.
Q: Do you specialize in anything, or just kind of do whatever needs done?
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Family: Married to Pam for 43 years; three children and three grandchildren.
Occupation: Foreman, Witten Farms.
A: Whatever needs to be done. I work on just about anything and operate every piece of equipment.
Q: So what is a typical day like? Do you work every day?
A: It depends on the season. In the summer we'll work seven days a week. We have cattle we feed every morning so we're in here by 7:30 in the morning ... it takes a couple hours to feed them and there are right around 200. This time of year we go out to the fields after that. Right now we are plowing a lot and we're getting ready to start planting in the next few weeks. In the winter time, we work on equipment and get it ready to go. I work on motors or just about anything to fix up the equipment and in the summer, starting about midnight I'll go down to Ravenswood when they start picking corn and haul it back. This time of year we'll work eight hours but in the summer we'll work until dark. My main job is I work for Jerry, whatever he needs. But pretty much if anybody needs to know anything, they come and ask me.
Q: Being here this long, does it become kind of like a family?
A: Yeah, yeah. Like any other family, you have your arguments sometimes but I get along well with all of them. I've seen the kids all grow up ... I started working here before Tom and Scott were even born, Julie was a couple years old, Amy was in first grade. When they were younger, they would drive with me places. We used to have a basketball hoop out here and we used to play. Tom even invited me to be in his wedding.
Q: What are some of the challenges of the job?
A: I don't know if there are any really. I get up at 4:30 out of habit, so the hours don't bother me. I don't know of anything (with this job) that's any harder than any other job anymore. We used to do a lot of irrigating and that was a challenge getting that all laid out and hooked up. But we changed that. Now even on rainy days, we just try to get equipment ready, take care of the cattle. There is always something that needs to be done.
Q: What's the best part of the job?
A: For me, it's just being out in the tractor by yourself, in the field and no one to bother you. I also enjoy nature. I do a lot of deer hunting and rabbit hunting when I can. I raise my own potatoes at home, too, so I just like doing this kind of stuff. I could never see myself doing any other kind of job. I like to get out and get dirty, it's just the way I grew up. When I was little, we used to take our shoes off the last day of school and didn't put them back on until we went back to school. We ran around like that all summer.
Q: Why do you think Witten's has lasted as long as it has?
A: The quality and the variety of stuff they grow ... when I first started working here, nobody else grew a lot of sweetcorn and on Sundays people would come out here, you'd think there was a fair going on. Now they take it to the people.
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September 2012 - Open Query five year anniversary, training for MySQL and MariaDB
Hi Visitor, and welcome to the September 2012 issue of the Open Query Newsletter.
In this issue:
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- tip: TEXT and VARCHAR
Short News
Open Query has just celebrated its fifth birthday! This milestone coincided with training days in Brisbane, and apart from sharing cake with our training clients we had a little staff meeting of all our engineers who are based in Australia. Always good!
We've done well despite the volatile economic climate, and we reckon that's thanks to our sane pricing and way of working. Unfortunately a few of our engineers (Walter and Guillaume) have independently moved on to other things, but we've also welcomed a few new faces over the past year - and we are looking for one or two more at this time.
Tribily, our external monitoring provider, has informed us that they're ceasing operations. Ironically, Tribily started as a spin-off from Open Query's Zabbix monitoring installation. Peter has been busy working on a new solution using Munin, which we're deploying on our own servers and rolling out for our clients in the coming weeks. Our focus with monitoring is mainly tracking trends of various statistical details, as that enables us to catch issues before they become big problems. Alerts can also be triggered, but as you know our focus is on preventing emergencies rather than having to act as fire fighters.
Following us via the Open Query blog or Twitter (@openquery) is a good way to catch new posts and other topical items we identify. After all, the maximum frequency of this newsletter is only monthly, as to not clutter your inbox from our end.
Training with "BYO Laptop"
We've been offering "BYO laptop" course days lately which has received good feedback at our recent Brisbane training days. For our public courses we've generally worked in training facilities and preconfigured computers. While that still works best for some of the modules (for instance our backup & replication workshop), it's not always necessary. As we then pay less for the facilities, this works out up to 40% cheaper for you! It does of course mean that for those days, bringing your own laptop is not optional but a pre-requisite. You have to make sure you have a working basic MySQL setup on your laptop to be able to participate in the course day.
We currently have a number of Developer and DBA course days scheduled in Sydney. These topics were very popular in Brisbane earlier this month, the days were pretty much booked out! MariaDB and related enhancements are of course covered as well as stock MySQL Server. You can register for Open Query course days/modules individually to suit your time, budget and current needs. Your trainers for these days are Daniel and Arjen.
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We will shortly be scheduling more course days in various cities for the new year. If you have specific needs, please let us know.
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- Brisbane QLD, first Tuesday of the month: Brisbane Web Tech meetup, incorporating MySQL and many other relevant technologies. Arjen co-organises.
Tip: TEXT and VARCHAR
You've made it this far, so now to our freebie newsletter tip!
We often see people using VARCHAR(200) and VARCHAR(255). For us, this indicates that a developer has chosen a large arbitrary size, or possibly doesn't know what the maximum length of the string might be. However, did you know that 255 is not actually the upper limit? Depending on your character set (see last month's newsletter) it's over 20K. So, VARCHAR(20480) is entirely valid in UTF-8. This has been the case since MySQL 5.0, but interestingly little known.
Naturally, we're not suggesting to you to define all your "I don't know how big the string will be" columns this large, as there are performance and memory consequences to this related to grouping, sorting and temporary tables. But it does help with something else: TEXT columns. While TEXT and BLOB handling in MySQL is pretty good, some aspects of its storage, retrieval and handling is more costly as these columns can get very big. Now, if you're currently using a TEXT column because you do have more than 255 characters, but less than 20K, you could convert the column to a VARCHAR. From the application's perspective it'll work identically, but there can be performance gains as it may allow the server to perform certain operations in memory rather than on disk. This will depend on other settings as well (sort_buffer_size, tmp_table_size, max_heap_table size, to name a few).
If you want to learn more about this nifty stuff, ask us or sign up for Open Query training days. We can also (help) analyse and optimise your database, that's all part of our service.
Until next time!
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Reef Day 2013, June 1st 2013, at The Reef Dive Resort, Mataking Island, Sabah, Malaysia – "Eco-Awareness: The future is in our hands"
Building on Mataking's previous community events, the theme for this year annual event will be "Eco-Awareness: The Future is in Our Hands".
The Reef Dive Resort at Mataking Island will come again together with schools, community leaders, local NGO's and local authorities to make the aquatic world and environment a better place in the Sabah area.
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Notes: Influential and innovative choreographer Merce Cunningham died in his sleep. Bloomberg reports. He was 90. In a career that spans seven decades, Cunningham frequently collaborated with avant-garde composer John Cage, who was Cunningham's life partner until Cage's death in 1992. After studying under the great Martha Graham, Cunningham established the Merle Cunningham Dance Company in 1953.
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Loved or feared, gnomes have always been respected. Powerful protectors of earth and plants, gnomes have long been regarded as guardians of the garden, and from this tradition come the garden gnomes we display in our yards today. These small figures are believed to bring good luck in planting and in life.


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Twitter bots – usually they're annoying, occasionally they're charming, but rarely are they something you'd seek out. However, BBC Comedy has harnessed the Twitter bot for the purposes of good (and to remind potential listeners that the station is not just about august programming such as the Today Show, Woman's Hour and The Archers).
It has created a Twitter account, BBC Curious 4, and a hashtag, #curious4comedy. Tweeters who use the hashtag will be rewarded a random slice of BBC Radio 4 comedy in return.
In just under a day, the bot has already tweeted well over 2,500 times – a really nice example of how brands that have great content can use social media to make people love them.
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Taylor County Middle School recently named its Student Leaders of the Week for the week of Nov. 17.
They are, from left, Mariah Oliver, Hayden Dabney, Alex Pelcher, Connor Wise and MacKenzie Sprowles.
Taylor County High School recently named its Students of the Week for the week of Nov. 24.
They are freshman Mackenzie Carney, sophomore Kaley Cox, junior Haley Merritt and senior Ashlee Cox.
Taylor County Middle School recently hosted a canned food drive. Six hundred and fifty one items were donated.
Math teacher Matt Humphress organized the drive. Audrey Young, Jesslynne Mann, Matt Humphress, Morgan Melton and Addie Westbrook helped with the drive. They are part of the middle school's Student Leadership Lighthouse Team. Items donated to the drive will be distributed to local families.
Campbellsville Independent
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Monday - Mini corn dog, macaroni and cheese, sweat peas, fruit cocktail and milk.
Tuesday - Chicken tetrazzini, tossed salad with tomatoes, baby carrots with dip, diced pears and milk.
Wednesday - Taco salad with tortilla chips and salsa, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and shredded cheese, Spanish rice, pineapple tidbits and milk.
Thursday - Pepperoni pizza, salad, corn, applesauce, graham cracker and milk.
Taylor County High School's FFA Chapter was one of 44 teams participating in the National FFA Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event.
The event was hosted in conjunction with the 87th National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville.
The team, led by advisor Ryan Williams, was awarded a bronze emblem.
Members also competed for individual awards with 171 other participants.
Allison Brockman received a silver emblem and Alexandra Zimmerman, Kyle Dockery and Bradshaw Smoot received bronze emblems.
Taylor County High School FFA members Tyler Bush and Rachel Hinton were recently named national finalists in the 2014 National FFA Agriscience Fair at the 87th National FFA Convention & Expo on Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in Louisville.
Hinton finished 17th in environmental services/natural resource systems division 2. Bush finished 16th in the same category, division 1.
They both received bronze medals.
Taylor County Elementary School recently released its fourth- and fifth-grade honor roll for the first nine-week grading period. Students listed follow.
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Dec. 8-12
Monday - Cheeseburger on bun with pickles and onions, baked fries, coleslaw, peaches and milk.
Tuesday - Breaded chicken patty, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, Mandarin oranges and milk.
Wednesday - Bosco pizza stick, garden salad, corn, sidekick smoothies and milk.
Thursday - Chicken nuggets, broccoli casserole, seasoned carrots, fruit cocktail and milk.
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Monday - Cheese pizza, corn, garden salad with dressing, diced pears and milk.
Tuesday - Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, pineapple tidbits and milk.
Wednesday - Scrambled eggs, sausage patty, hash brown, biscuits and gravy, baked apples and milk.
Thursday - Chicken nachos, tortilla chips with salsa, Spanish rice, diced pears and milk.
Friday - Hot dog on bun, corn chips, pork and beans, applesauce, fruit, graham cracker and milk.
Nov. 24-28
Monday - Bosco pizza sticks, marinara sauce, corn, sidekick smoothies and milk.
Tuesday - Grilled chicken patty, broccoli with cheese, pinto beans, cornbread, mandarin oranges and milk.
Wednesday - No school.
Thursday - No school.
Friday - No school.
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Monday - Grilled chicken sandwich, hash browns, broccoli casserole, applesauce and milk.
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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
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- - ride capo or buton malavita reflex (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/bindings/80850-ride-capo-buton-malavita-reflex.html)
ride capo or buton malavita reflex
im thinking of getting a neversummer evo which bindings do u guys think will go good with the evo
? Thanx , I have a capita horrorscope with shakkas now.....
Would go with the mals over the capo for that board, though I have heard the cartels are softer lately than the malavita, might want to think about them.
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But an Evo I really wanna put something more like Cartels, Salomon Holograms, or K2 Formulas on it. If 2014 add the Flow Fuse SE and those 4 are probably my favorite park bindings on the market. TT30's might get replaced by the RL's or DL's or whatever the new Flux is with the pseudo wing for 2014. I just haven't ridden them yet.
+1 for the 'Vitas, I love mine, have a hard time imagining anything else tbh, altho the holograms are intriguing....
I find the metal baseplates on the Rides to be uncomfortable.
I love my 2013cartels over my malas easy. Best choice from Burton IMO. Just be careful about sizing
I have an evo and use the holograms and love them they are awesome for park and all mtn park. I am excited to use them on the new Orion I just picked up to replace my blacklist.
I've got Capo's on my Proto. I really liked them for big mountain free-riding and kickers in the Park. Then again I was moving up from older Burton P1s.
I did find the Canting in bindings this year to be a fairly noticeable and positive improvement on non-canted binders.
don't think I'll buy a non-canted binding again.
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