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Author David Gassner explains how to choose a JDBC driver and connect to one or more databases. He also provides detailed instructions on reading, selecting, and updating data; calling stored procedures; managing data via JavaBean classes or with prepared statements; and working with metadata.
- Importing a MySQL database
- Connecting to databases
- Handling JDBC exceptions
- Looping through result sets
- Limiting the number of fetched rows
- Filtering data with prepared statements
- Calling stored procedures
- Inserting, updating, and deleting rows with prepared statements
- Using a persistent database connection
- Committing and rolling back transactions
Skill Level Intermediate
Once you have created a JavaBean class to represent the structure of a table, you can start adding code to your application to insert update and delete rows. I'll start with inserting data. In this version of the project InsertSQL, my AdminManager class has a new method called Insert. It accepts an instance of my JavaBean class as an argument, and it already has an SQL command. An SQL command to insert data looks like this. It starts with the INSERT command, then into, and the name of the table. In this admin and then a common delimited list of the column names you are inserting into inside parentheses.
You follow that with the keyword values and then the values you are inserting also comma delimited and also in parentheses. For JDBC, I'm representing those values with the question mark placeholder, and this method already has the code to create the connection object and a prepared statement. I'm going to add the code to populate the placeholders with values. I will move the cursor into the code block after the opening brace and make a little bit of extra space, and I'll call this set string method of the statement object twice once for each placeholder.
I'll start with stmt.setString, and I will pass in a parameter index of one for the first parameter, and I will pass in the bean objects getUserName method. Then I will do the same thing for the password. I will once again call setString, I will pass in 2 this time, and now I will call the bean objects get password method. Once you have populated the SQL statement, you can execute the update, and I'll call stmt.executeUpdate to pass those changes to the database. Now that's all you need to do if you're providing the primary key value.
But if you're working with a database table where the primary key column uses an integer primary key that auto increments, that is where the next available value is assigned automatically by the database then JDBC gives you the ability to get that new value right after you execute the update. Here's how it works. First you need to find out whether the insert statement was successful. The executeUpdate method always returns an integer value, the integer is the number of rows that were affected by the insert and for this kind of insert statement if the execution was successful it'll always be one.
So I'm going to place the cursor before the call to execute update, and I will declare a new variable called affected data typed as an int, and I will populate its value from the executeUpdate method. Then after the call to the method, I will test whether the execution was successful. I will use an if else clause. I will set the condition to affected has a value of 1. Now if the value is 1, that means that a row is inserted into the database. In order to get back that value, you're going to need to declare a result set object, and because of the structure of the try catch block, you will want to declare the result set object before the try block.
I will move the cursor to above the try, I'll declare a result set object, and I'll name it keys, and I will initially set it to null, then I'll move the cursor back to the if block. To find out what the generated primary key value is, call a method called get generated keys. It'll return that result set object. So I will type in keys equals, and I will get the results set by calling the statement objects, getGeneratedKeys method. It's a result set, and as with all result sets, the cursor starts before the first row of data.
So then I will call keys.next to move the cursor to the one and only row of data. Now I am ready to get the value. When you call getGeneratedKeys, you will always get back a result set with a single column and a single row. So to get the value out, I will declare a variable named newKey, and I will call keyes.getint, and I will pass in a value of 1 for the first column. You might be tempted to find out what the name of column is and use that instead. But the name of that column will differ from one database to the next.
So for maximum portability, just say you are getting it from column 1. Then I will take that value, and I will pass it to the bean object using bean.setAdminId, and I will pass in newKey. Now I am not going to return the bean object, instead I am just setting this property of the bean object which will also be accessible from the calling context. So I am going to place the value there, and then I'll get it back later after I have called the insert method. I'm not done with this method yet, though. First, let's do with the else condition.
If I get into this bit of code, that means that my insert statement was unsuccessful. So I will do some system error output and output a static string of No rows affected, and then I will return false which according to the logic of this method, the insert method, means that this was not successful. I also need to deal with the keys result set as with all results sets. You need to explicitly close it when you're done. So I'll move the cursor down to within the finally block, I will test the keys object and make sure it's not null, and if it isn't, I will close it.
Notice I'm putting all of this code on a single line because I don't have multiple lines of code, I'm not using braces, and I am keeping it nice and simple. This method is now complete, but before I leave it I will point out one little bit of code that I added previously. When I call the prepared statement method, I'm explicitly passing in these option statement.return generated keys. For some database management systems, the statement object will do this automatically, but for others it won't. As with all such options where database behaviors will differ, I recommend being explicit in the options.
Here I'm saying no matter what database management system I'm working on, if you're able to return the generated keys, please do it. So that's the entire insert method. Now let's add code in the main class to call the method. I will go to Main.java and with the cursor after the call to display all rows, I'll get information from the user and pass it to a bean object. First, I'll create an instance of the Admin bean object. I will name it bean, and I will instantiate it with the bean class's constructor method. Now I will set the two properties that I want to add my new database row.
First, I'll call the bean object setUserName method, and I will directly pass in the result of calling my InputHelpers, get input method. I will type InputHelper and press Ctrl+Space to add the import then get input, and I will display a prompt of User name, then I'll do the same thing again. This time for the password, I will call the setPassword method of the bean object, and I'll pass in the inputHelpers getInput method again, and this time I'll use a prompt of Password. Now I'm ready to insert the data into the database.
Remember that the insert method will return a boolean value, so I will declare a variable that I will name result, and I will call AdminManager.insert, and I will pass in the bean object. Then I will test the result. If the result is true, I will do a little bit of system output, and I will output the string New row with primary key, and then I will append to that bean.getAdminId. Remember, I populated that value from the inset method and then I will complete the output with was inserted. And now I am ready to test my application.
I will make sure I have saved all my code, and I will run the application. I will type in a new user of New Admin, and I will type in a password of New Password. And I get back the message that the New row with primary key of 2 was inserted. So to check to make sure that the data was correctly inserted, I will go to my browser, and I will open up phpMyAdmin. I will go to my explorecalifornia database to the admin table and browse, and I see my new row was successfully inserted. So that's how you insert data using JDBC.
You don't have to use JavaBean classes, but as you can see here, to help keep your code clean and easily maintainable, you encapsulate the data that you want to add into the database inside an instance of your JavaBean, you pass the bean object from one method to the next, and then if you need to restructure your database table, you can restructure your JavaBean class as well.


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The rigorous testing for vulnerabilities in touch-screen voting machines is part of an unprecedented "top-to-bottom" review ordered by Secretary of State Debra Bowen to ensure that the state's voting systems are secure and figure out whether or not they should be certified for use.
She is expected to issue a
report Aug. 3 six months before the Feb. 5 presidential primaries, a timeline that is making election officials nervous.
Bowen is fulfilling what her supporters and voting security advocates consider to be the mandate she received from last year's election, in which she clashed with her predecessor, Bruce McPherson, over how much scrutiny the state's electronic voting and tabulations systems needed. She won in November amid a national outcry over fears of hacking, vote flipping and election rigging with suspicions squarely aimed at touchscreen voting systems.
"Voting machine companies are quaking in their boots," said Brad Friedman, the author of BradBlog.com, which is devoted to voting security issues. "She's doing exactly what she was elected to do. I will be stunned if they find systems that don't have enormous, gaping vulnerabilities.
Three vendors Diebold Elections System of Texas, Sequoia Voting Systems of Oakland and Hart InterCivic of Texas are awaiting the outcome of the review, as are county registrars, who worry that any decertification could lead to chaos on Election Day.
Bowen's team of hackers have worked around the clock in the Secretary of state building's third-floor storage room to intentionally try to alter votes and manipulate how they are counted. The level of testing is beyond what has been done in any other state or in federal testing, said Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, which monitors elections across the state.
"Previous testing looked at whether the systems work the way vendors said they're supposed to work," Alexander said. "It didn't include scenarios that would crop up in real elections, such as a software attack or the taking down of a polling place through technical manipulation."
Bowen said the review is merely part of her job description: to secure elections and instill confidence in voters.
"We want to assure voters that the tools for voting are secure for democracy," Bowen said. "We want to put to rest any controversy about voting systems or voting itself."
But elections officials aren't convinced that a review this close to an election is wise or even necessary.
"What's the problem the secretary is trying to resolve?" asked Stephen Weir, the Contra Costa County registrar and president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials. "Show me where the systems have actually been hacked and where votes have been changed. There's no evidence of it. It's theoretical. I get that. But we shouldn't be discussing theoretical this close to an election."
Weir also argued that the tests don't take into account the defenses that clerks put up.
A spokesman for Texas-based Diebold Elections System, who remained confident that Diebold's system will be approved, said suspicions of hacking are overwrought.
"You have some who've made allegations that are either unfounded or rely on a scenario not reflective of a true election environment," said David Bear. "It's all based on a scenario of a so-called hacker with complete and unlimited access to a system."
Skepticism over Diebold's system runs deep. Voting rights advocates remember Diebold's former CEO, Walden O'Dell, promising to deliver Ohio's vote to President Bush in 2004. And McPherson's approval of Diebold's touch-screen machine last year came after his predecessor, Kevin Shelley, had decertified it.
Alameda County, one of the first in California to use Diebold touch-screen voting machines, scrapped the Diebold system last year.
after repeated malfunctions kept thousands of voters from casting their ballots in 2004. It is now under contract with Sequoia, which is also under review. Santa Clara County also uses Sequoia, while San Mateo uses Hart. Contra Costa County employs Election Systems & Software (ES&S), which will go through a different certification process in the fall.
Bowen would not specify what systems counties would use if the touchscreen systems fail the tests. But experts say that, at minimum, Bowen would order counties to put in stricter auditing practices such as hand-counting more than the 1 percent of ballots now required to verify results. Or, she could order county registrars to return to paper ballots.
Either way, California requires a voter verified paper audit trail a law authored by Bowen when she was a state senator and chairwoman of the Senate Elections Committee.
Electronic systems are easier for elderly, foreign-language and disabled voters, and election officials like them because of quick turnarounds on vote counts.
A return to paper or punch card ballots being fed to optical scanners, election officials say, would cause a huge slowdown in counting votes.
"We'll figure out what to do with the results once we get them," Bowen said. "I'll work with counties any way possible to make sure everyone has equipment ... so they can conduct elections with what we know are results that are reliable."
Some wonder if Bowen has a predisposition to rid the state of touchscreen machines, given her history, her campaign and the people with whom she's surrounded herself. For instance, one of her deputy secretaries, Lowell Finley, is a Berkeley lawyer who sued McPherson for approving Diebold touch-screen voting machines.
"She certainly gave every indication she'd do everything it took to get Diebold out of the state," said Matt Rexroad, who was McPherson's political consultant during the campaign. "I don't know how they get a fair hearing by the chief elections officer."
Weir, the state's top registrar, said that clerks could decide to ignore Bowen's findings and continue to use their systems, which are already federally qualified which would almost certainly create a legal standoff.
That would be a mistake, said Alexander, the voting security expert.
"What's most important is that we have election results that are accurate and that the public has confidence in," Alexander said. "We don't audit elections for the convenience of election workers. We do it for having a representative democracy."
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MUMBAI: Country's leading agri commodity exchange, National Commodity And Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has witnessed a larger participation with sharp rise in trading volume of light sweet crude oil futures in line with rising crude oil prices.
The commodity exchange has launched light sweet crude oil and brent crude futures trading last year. "Crude oil prices have risen by over 120% in less than a year, and trading volume of light crude oil zoomed to Rs 1,061 crore in May from Rs 201.57 crore in January," NCDEX'S economist Kavita Chacko said. The volume of light sweet crude oil traded on the exchange in May shot up by nearly 260% more than that in January 2008.


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Definition of doronicum in English:
noun (plural doronicums)
A plant of the genus Doronicum in the daisy family, especially (in gardening) leopard's bane.
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- Cut down spring flowering perennials - e.g. pulmonarias and doronicums - after flowering to produce a neat mound of new foliage.
- Plant near purple honesty, the golden daisylike doronicums, orange and yellow wallflowers, or yellow and bronzy pansies.
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Medical Education
A grant from the Donald W. Reynolds allowed the Division to develop educational materials in Environmental Geriatrics including:
An interactive multimedia course on Environmental Geriatrics, with graphics and animations, that teaches medical students and physicians how avoidable disability and injury can be reduced through age-appropriate design.
A mandatory wheelchair exercise through New York Presbyterian Hospital by all first year medical students to learn first-hand the environmental barriers experienced by older patients in wheelchairs. The poster,
Medical Students Navigate Teaching Hospital in Wheelchairs: Sensitization to Environmental Barriers Experienced by Patients with Disabilities
, won the 2005 Presidential Award in Geriatric Education awarded by the American Geriatrics Society.
Educational materials on helping physicians understand the similarities and differences between
nursing homes and assisted living residences
so physicians can make appropriate referrals and ensure that a patient's health-related needs are met.
Patient handouts on environmental design
, including environmental design for people with Alzheimer's disease and low vision.
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Multiple Task Forces to address the unmet needs of elders living in the community
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I'm trying to figure out how to do pockets. You have to knit it first, then sew it on, right?
You could do it that way.
This is how I did it.
I worked the bag from the bottom up in the round.
When I got to the place where I wanted the pocket bottom to start I placed a safety pin at the center of the row.
I decided how many stitches were needed for the width, divide that number in half.
Use 30 for example: work up to 15 sts before row center, work the next 30 stitches in front
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When you get back around to the beginning slowly separate the front stitches from the back stitches by knitting all of the original stitches and placing the extra sts (ones worked in the back) onto an extra needle or safety yarn and hold in the front of work (hold in the back if you want the pocket on the inside.
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I have created a list of common taxes most Americans are not aware but paying – you might be paying them without even knowing it. It sounds funny! here are 10 common taxes, which factor into the Total Tax Insights calculator.
1. Medicare Tax – The amount withheld by your employer from your paycheck that helps cover the cost of running the Medicare program, the federal system of health insurance for people over the age of 65.
2. Self-Employment Tax – A Social Security and Medicare tax for individuals who work for themselves. It is similar to the Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld from the pay of most wage earners.
3. Alternative Minimum Tax – A tax collected by energy suppliers based on consumption during the billing period.
4. State Gasoline Tax – A tax on every gallon of gasoline sold.
5. Cable Tax – Tax imposed on cable television subscribers.
6. Landline Phone Tax – Federal and state tax associated with use of a fixed phone line.
7. Cell Phone Tax – Federal and state tax imposed on mobile telephone users.
8. Cigarette Tax – Tax on cigarette use.
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9. State Alcohol Tax – Tax imposed on the purchase of beer, wine and spirits.
"Most Americans' tax awareness is limited to recognition of income, property and Social Security taxes," said AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA. "However, there are other taxes imposed by federal, state and local governments on energy consumption, phone use and television viewing, among other day-to-day activities. Our Total Tax Insights calculator can help you estimate your obligation for a wide range of taxes so you can factor those costs into your financial plans." The list is released by The American Institute of CPAs.


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The First Chef Knife for Small Hands!
The "Privatier", an innovation by Sarah Wiener that is the missing link for those whom traditional chef knives are too large; and the universal paring knife too arduous. The wide bolster, with finger protection, is perfectly balanced for easy and smooth tasking. Appealing and hand flattering in both form and material. Local plumwood is hand polished and oiled. The curved blade of the "large" knives is ideal for the cradle cut, i.e. herbs, and for the for the first time in a manageable size. In contrast to ordinary knives, where the handles are riveted onto flat metal, there are no crevices for food remnants to collect.
According to Sarah Wiener, each series needs a runaway, that extra little something. LIke sweet dough, a pinch of salt. The Privatier and only the Privatier in the Sarah Wiener knife series is the only knife available with a rare rosewood handle.
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It seems we'll never tire of seeing full-sized consoles refettled into handheld casings, and that's handy since gamers don't seem to tire of attempting such miniturization. Today's - the handiwork of Bacteria - is the IntoDream, and it takes the venerable SEGA DreamCast and packs it into a handheld with a 5-inch PSone LCD, official PAL DreamCast hardware and joystick from the Nintendo N64.
Video demos after the cut
The grey window in the top right hand corner is where the DreamCast's VMU sits, the combo memory cartridge and display/portable mini game unit - and the whole thing is powered by a 6 amp battery. That's good enough for up to 2 hours 15 minutes of solid gaming, which pales somewhat compared to a DSi or PSP but then again they're not using mainstream gaming hardware.
It's all good enough to run Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament with no problems, and was the handiwork of four months effort. No plans to sell it, however, though there's the possibility of a few basic commissions being taken for less complex consoles than the DreamCast.
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My cute hubby and I spend each New Year's Day at the Four Seasons, accompanied by some good Champagne and an old black journal we've been sharing for about ten years now.
Each year, we look back at our previous goals and have a good laugh and toast to resolutions – it's the making and sharing of them that matters more than the fulfillment at times. In the food, wine and healthy living categories, we've got a few noble goals that I think are worth sharing:
1) Kick the Can. My love affair with Diet Coke is a tawdry one that began when I was just a teenager scooping ice cream at Ben & Jerry's on the Jersey Shore. It seemed smarter to drink some soda than indulge in Cherry Garcia and I developed a love for DC that's stayed with me throw through all my romantic travails. No more!
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How much ventilation is needed in a photographic darkroom?
|Until 1999, Wisconsin had specific language in the Department of Commerce DCOMM 32.27 (formerly IHLR 32.27) on darkrooms.
32.27(9) DARKROOM VENTILATION. Exhaust ventilation shall be provided for all darkroom facilities. The capacity of the exhaust ventilation shall equal at least 12 air changes per hour, or an engineered local exhaust system shall be provided. History: cr. Register, March, 199l, No. 423, eff. 4-l-9l; am. (2) (b), cr. 2) (d), (e) and (9), Register, August, 1995, No. 476, eff. 9-l-95.
The 1998 revision to the Department of Commerce regulations removed the earlier language specific to darkroom ventilation, leaving only general Industrial Ventilation requirements for hazardous contaminants, under DCOMM 64.54(3).
|DCOMM 64.54(3)Industrial Exhaust System
Industrial exhaust systems shall be installed and operated to remove harmful contaminants...
(b)Make-up air. Make-up air shall be provided as required by s. Comm 64.14. The quantity of make-up air shall equal at least 90% of air exhausted.
(c)Connections. connections between industrial exhaust systems that convey different materials, the combination of which may produce explosive, heat-generating, corrosive, toxic or otherwise dangerous mixtures, shall be prohibited.
In the UWM Mitchell Hall Darkroom Ventilation Upgrade (1998), an engineered local exhaust system was provided. With that in place, a system was installed that allowed for energy conservation after normal business hours. The system included an override capability which could be activated by workers who happened to come in after normal hours. The override was on a timer so the system would revert back to energy conservation after a certain time period.
To answer your question...12 air changes per hour is a good design specification. With 12 air changes per hour, the amount of air entering and leaving a darkroom should totally replace the air in the darkroom every five minutes.
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…work a little early today and go hiking with the dogs in a nearby park (also a suggested Lose 8 exercise). So I choose the Black Bean and Tofu Salad, which is arugula, black beans, extra-firm tofu, tomatoes, and a vinaigrette (I made my own quick balsamic vinaigrette by using 2 parts olive oil and 1 part balsamic vinegar). To keep it to 400 calories, Lose 8 suggests serving it with a 4-inch whole wheat pita. I had a slightly larger pita with mine.
Right before our hike, I was a little hungry and craving something sweet, so I whipped up the Lose 8 PB and Banana Smoothie for a snack. It just took a few seconds to blend and was perfect for me as I am a sucker for peanut butter, banana, and chocolate flavors together.
After our hour-long hike, we were hungry and ready to make something quick for dinner. Joe had some leftovers, and I had Organic Bistro's Alaskan Salmon Cake frozen meal. It only took 4 minutes to microwave and I was so impressed because it was one of those rare frozen meals that didn't taste like a frozen meal, if you know what I mean.
The salmon cake was moist and tender and it was served with a brown rice pilaf made with beans and carrots and an edamame and green bean mixture. After I ate this, I added the extra serving of shelled edamame that Lose 8 suggested to make this a 500 calorie meal.
For my treat today, I had some cinnamon-sugar toast after dinner. The warm, buttery toast with cinnamon and sugar is a comfort-food classic that makes a perfect, light treat.
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TOWN OF NEWBURGH — A handful of bidders put in offers for Dynegy's Roseton and Danskammer power plants, company executives said during a quarterly conference call Wednesday.
Dynegy is analyzing the bids, which were due by 5 p.m. Monday, executives said. The bids do not have a standard format, adding to the time it will take to review them.
One of the offers is scheduled to be selected at a private auction Nov. 15 at the Manhattan offices of Dynegy's bankruptcy attorney.
A Dynegy spokeswoman declined to provide additional information about the bids.
Roseton and Danskammer may have a value in the tens of millions in a straight sale without add-ons, said Matthew Cordaro, a member of the advisory board for Manhattan-based New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance.
Dynegy bought the plants in 2001 for $903 million.
To get a higher sum for the plants, Dynegy could consider including perks like a power-sale agreement in the deal, Cordaro said. In a power-sale agreement, a utility would promise to purchase a certain amount of power from the plants, he said.
"To just buy as-is, they won't fetch much of a price because they're old, not used that much and are subject to new environmental regulations that require renovations," he said.
Dynegy will have more stringent Environmental Protection Agency regulations to comply with starting in the summer of 2014. The EPA in August took final action on New York's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, which addresses Clean Air Act requirements and rules meant to limit haze coming from air pollution, according to a New York state Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman.
The EPA rules, incorporated in an air permit, apply to Danskammer, the county's No. 1 polluter in 2010.
The plant will be required to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and other pollutants over certain time periods, according to the DEC.
It's too early to tell how much the tighter rules will affect costs at the plant, said Dynegy spokeswoman Katy Sullivan.
But, Danskammer already requires $375 million in retrofits to comply with other DEC rules. Compliance costs for the new EPA rules are not included in that figure.
During Wednesday's conference call, executives also shed more light on the damage at Danskammer caused by Hurricane Sandy's storm surge. There was 6 to 7 feet of brackish water in the plant's basement, flooding switch-gear and pumps. Early estimates to repair the damage are about $3 million, according to executives. Insurance adjusters were at the site this week detailing their assessments.
Dynegy posted a loss of $41 million for the third quarter of 2012, compared with a loss of $129 million reported the same time period last year.
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That top tier consists of Golar Richie, Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley, Massachusetts state representative Martin Walsh (who has been endorsed by the Irish Voice) and at large Boston City Councillor John Connolly.
A constant in the polls is that Connolly is out in front and is the choice of approximately 16% of the vote. He was the other candidate to receive a Boston Globe endorsement. He announced his mayoral candidacy even before Mayor Menino decided he wouldn't seek an unprecedented sixth term in office. Connolly has stressed the importance of education and draws support from similarly concerned parents throughout the city. He is popular with longtime residents and newcomers alike. Most observers expect that he will progress to the final election.
A consistent trend in the polls is that Golar Richie and Conley are the outliers in the top tier; they're polling between 8% and 12%. To make the final, Golar Richie will be depending on a large turnout of African Americans and on women voters to seize the opportunity to select the first female mayor. Conley, the most well-funded candidate, will be hoping that his track record as a prosecutor and hard line on crime, as well as his many television ads, will sway voters to his side.
Walsh, whose standing at 12% has remained almost unchanged from the first poll to the most recent, will be depending on his huge cadre of 1,500+ campaign volunteers and unmatched ground game to get out the vote on Tuesday. He has a very effective new television ad that speaks not only to his base of long time Boston residents – in Dorchester and South Boston and throughout the city – and union and blue collar workers, but also to voters of colour.
If I had to bet on the outcome, I would say that John Connolly and Martin Walsh will be the two candidates selected by voters on Tuesday to contest the final election on November 5th. Yet there are many variables at work in a very different Boston. Two things I can say for certain. First is that all the candidates deserve a lot of credit for articulating their visions, for working so hard to engage residents of a city they clearly love and for breathing new life into Boston politics. Regardless of the outcome, I hope none of them go away. Second is that I have a very long night ahead here in Galway – one eye on Boston news websites, one eye on Twitter, one ear on the phone – on Tuesday. I look forward to it with bated breath.


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Beyond advertising campaigns, the collections encompass thousands of examples of packaging, catalogs, and other literature from many crafts and trades, from engineering to hat making. The collections also contain an eclectic array of advertising objects, such as wooden cigar-store Indians, neon signs, and political campaign ads.
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I.W. Harper Whiskey Token
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- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this advertising token during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
- Obverse: The legend reads: I. W. HARPER/ NELSON COUNTY/ KY.
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Transformers Audition Reflection - Updated
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
November 10, 2006
Read our exclusive on Bryan Cox's audition experience for the highly anticipated Steven Spielberg movie, "The Transformers".
Like all VO guys I get up in the morning and check the email as I have that first cup of coffee.
I noticed an email from an agent in Atlanta.
She told me that she had been working on getting this certain client for 6 months and had even sent him a watch as a special gift.
Anything to grease the wheels of Hollywood I guess.
Where was she going with this? The email ended with the words more to follow but get ready to jump on this.
A few days passed, then the email, she want me to audition for 3 parts for, get this Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.
This was for an movie that the two were working on set for release in 2007. It was called The Transformers.
I thought to myself, 'Wow Steven and Michael... this has got to be a mistake and what the heck is a transformer... is this a movie about an electrical device?'
It wasn't a mistake.
They sent me a script with 3 parts Ratchet, Iron Hide and Jazz.
There was a short description and picture of each character but nothing about how they should sound. The instructions went on to say that they wanted to hear 2 different voices for each part.
I was beside myself with excitement.
I got on the phone with the agent and asked if this was true. She assured me that it was.
Now with this info I got back on the phone calling all my friends and family telling them what had happened.
I sat down in front of the mic and started in on this amazing project.
Every syllable, in every voice had to be perfect. It took me about 4 hours to come up with 6 distinct voices. I was done and sent them in for the powers that be to sit and listen.
Now the waiting game.
I got an email saying 60 plus voices were in the running. My heart sank, but then another email saying I made the short list.
They are down to 15 guys.
I'm resolved to the fact, even if I don't get any of the parts, it's just nice to know that my little talent has been heard and sits on the shelf of Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg.
So I sit and wait... oh is that the phone? I gotta go.
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Parcel Deal Was Too Hot to Handle
A merger between two express-delivery giants might not sound like the sexiest of news stories. But the proposed tie-up between United Parcel Service and TNT Express that was declared dead Wednesday was one of the most closely watched deals of 2012, keeping countless investors riveted.
The €5.2 billion ($6.99 billion) deal was a roller-coaster ride not only for the hundreds of hedge funds that had bet on it securing regulatory clearance, but also for all the parties involved. As he sounded the official death knell on Wednesday, the European Union's competition chief Joaquín Almunia said even he had been taken aback at how negotiations had unraveled.
UPS had announced on Jan. 14 that EU regulators were planning to block the merger, even though the formal decision wasn't due until early February. That move came after an apparently very difficult meeting a few days earlier between UPS and EU regulators, about which the two sides have a very different narrative.
"I have to confess that I was a little bit surprised, because we still had time when [UPS] published this statement," Mr. Almunia told reporters in Brussels. "As on many different occasions … the final elements of a positive solution … are not found on the first day but as close as possible on the last day of the negotiations."
UPS insiders, however, say that Mr. Almunia's team had made clear they were preparing to block the deal. Had that not been the case, why else would they have thrown in the towel on a merger they had had in their sights for years? "We were told at the meeting that they were working on a prohibition," said one person at UPS.
The denouement is all the more intriguing as, prior to that crunch meeting at the EU's headquarters late on Jan. 11., things had appeared to be slowly coming together. UPS had revised its earlier package of concessions by offering to sell TNT assets in 12 European countries, and it had hoped to that DPD, a French-owned parcel firm – could buy those assets.
Much work remained for UPS to convince regulators that DPD could fill the market gap left by the TNT-UPS tie-up, which the commission feared would erode competition in this key sector. Yet even legal experts involved in the talks seemed quietly confident that the deal could eventually get the green light.
"But that meeting was very difficult. The EU wanted one more, important concession from UPS and UPS said no," said one person familiar with the negotiations, without elaborating. "So it's perhaps open to question just how badly UPS really wanted this."
UPS never made a secret of the fact that the deal had to be financially viable and that too many freebies would erode the business rationale for the merger. In the days running up to Jan. 11, some in the company had signaled they felt they were already being stretched to the limit. A demand for concessions from, say, another large European market could have proved a step too far. It's also clear that UPS ran out of time to properly seal the deal with DPD in a way that could have cut muster with the European Commission. And, some say, the firm may have been a touch too confident in its dealings with regulators and too fixated on trying to change the way they viewed this complex sector.
In the end, the collapse of the merger produces no obvious corporate winners, not even UPS's U.S. rival FedEx, which would have been the commission's preferred buyer but which had signaled it isn't interested in picking up the pieces. TNT's shares have taken a major battering since the deal collapsed and its prospects now look a little less certain. So it could be just a matter of time before the next merger is announced and the pass-the-parcel game starts all over again.


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When we left Shanghai it was a smoggy and gloomy day, but upon descent into Hong Kong, when the clouds broke we were greeted by lush green hills and the sea.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by Lindacg The hotel does not meet what I have come to expect from Starwood I was excited to experience this property, however, I was disappointed with my stay. Check-in was smooth and very pleasant as was the valet's extra effort to assist. I was "upgraded" to a larger room (I have no comparison so I cannot speak that the room was larger than others). The room was spacious, but not what I expected. The room/lighting is dark and there are no drawers for clothing - very odd. Maybe it is just me, but I did expect more from a downtown Chicago Hotel in the Starwood portfolio - I am sorry I used so many points! July 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sam01 Excellent hotel Excellent hotel and good food. Staff are friendly and welling to help. Very good improvement since my last visit. The office manager Erica took the time to check in pre arrival and during my visit which was a nice gesture July 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Neal62 I recommend staying here Typical funky W hotel. Good location. Good food, drink, comfortable rooms. Only complaint is the room doors are loud when closing. Loud enough to wake you up if a neighbor is in or out very early. July 15, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by VaGirl Great Hotel with Fantastic Staff Love the hotel and will definitely stay there again. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Always willing to go out of their way. My only negative was that the room lacked drawer space. I do not like living out of a suitcase. July 14, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rocknrunnr Night on the town Stayed downtown to attend a show at the Chicago Theatre. Easy access to the theatre district and bars and restaurants. July 14, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by SP127 Thanks! Thank you to all the staff @W for making this first trip to Chicago for me a great, adventurous, and memorable experience! July 14, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by NoThankYou14 Disappointed We stayed at the W Hotel last summer, and tho the bathroom area was a bit cramped, its price and location were good. This time, we couldn't open the closet to dress without pinning the other in the bathroom. No coffee pot in room: problematic; no coffee service ready in the lobby: frustrating. Not well maintained. Our keys, and several other patrons' keys, often didn't work in the elevator. No matter how many times the front desk "fixed" our keys. VERY frustrating. Then I belated saw the $63/day to park, a considerable hike over last year's high rate. We aren't staying there again. July 14, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Iggypop This hotel felt like home away from home. Excellent location in the heart of the financial district and very close to great restaurants. July 11, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by wrinkled No closet, no hangers No closet or hangers to hang up clothes? No iron or ironing board. This was wierd. But lots of room taken for display of high priced snacks and beverages. July 11, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by JedMac71 Beautiful, semi-functional space As usual this W (like most of them) is beautiful, chic, and cool. I love the look and feel of this place. However, it's still a hotel and when you are crammed into a tiny, badly designed area for over 20 minutes at check in AND check out, it detracts from the overall positive experience of being in this hotel. Great design is both beautiful and functional - as I've seen at other W hotels - so I am hoping on my next visit to this loc, the check in/out process will have been improved. July 9, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by kawaii112 Excellent Central location, friendly staff, nice hotel room, with modern style furnishing. Even the welcome mat in the hotel is changed at least twice a day (it said "Good morning" in the morning). Love it. Will stay again! July 8, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by AAJ20 Clean rooms! Your rooms are very clean, and so are your facilities. Your towels are first class!! The room design is very cool and ingenious. Fatima at the Front Desk was excellent! She is a keeper! There is also an excellent Bellman/Porter from Dominican Republic, tall and always with a smile (I wish I asked his name) July 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by LFij 1st visit to W City Center - Chicago, IL Staff (Rose) was exactly what you want when you check into a hotel. The location was perfect for our concert at Northerly Island and our Baseball game at Cellular Field. Apples and mini cupcakes were complimentary at the check in counter. Toiletries smelled wonderful. Bathrobe and towels were very cozy and soft. Only negative was the comfort of the mattress, but the positives out weighed that one negative. July 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by kk221114 green choice They asked if I wanted green choice - I said yes, but they still cleaned the room and I never received my 500 point bonus.. July 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by MTLD Hotel is great but parking is ridiculously expensive I was initially disappointed by the cost of parking at $49.99, but to add another $13 in tax is really unacceptable. July 6, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by AndrewBrooklyn Awesome upgrade This is really good hotel and if you are an SPG Platinum member it will be gr8 stay for you. I got an awesome upgrade and breakfast was delicios! July 4, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by svelotti Printing I think the hotel is pretty good and I travel about 100 days / year for business. However, I was quite surprised that when I went to print out a boarding pass in the business center I was asked to enter my credit card number. I needed to take three flights to get back so I needed three boarding passes. They wanted to charge me $3. I thought this was ridiculous. After charging me $29.99 for internet and the room being higher than average for chicago....I thought trying to extort 3 more dollars from me was pretty petty. Many hotels are now going to free internet and offering business amenities for free. I could understand if I needed to print a 50 page report, but all I needed was my boarding pass. Hotels of your stature should provide this as a service to its guests. The staff stated that I needed to pay for it........RIDICULOUS. I would not use your hotel again unless I had to because you are greedy and petty. July 3, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by OlivierHouston loud and poor service room was too noisy as heard all trains passing by.... needed to wait 25 minutes to get a coffee in lounge despite asking 3 times for it....! gave Iphone to charge battery and when got it back after 2 hours is had not been charged! July 1, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by lilheck Hotel was great! The hotel was great. Perfect location within walking distance to Millennium Park, Willis Tower, and bar/restaurants in the area. The room was a little small, even though we were warned beforehand. Unfortunately, we had an amenity sent to us but was never delivered. Both Front Desk and Manager both couldn't find it, even though it was already purchased which we didn't know about until after we left, which was frustrating. Besides that mishap everything was great! June 30, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by sdatl Solid W property, but rooms vary a lot As one of the older W properties, this was a refit of an older building, so expect the basic rooms to be rather small. I'd consider an upgrade if you have more than one person per room. Staff is very friendly and proactive and the front desk team was incredible. June 29, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Thirstytraveler Not for Business Tries to be too trendy. Rooms too small. No real upgrade offered to Gold members. No biz lounge like Westin River North. Will not go back unless the GM calls me directly and ensures a proper upgrade next time. June 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by FFFD Stylish, modern and functional I enjoyed my stay and found the room to have any amenity that I desired, very functional for the business traveler. The room was compact and very thought out. June 25, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by dlcmc Great view from our room! Loved the view from our room. Convenient to downtown. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by jjjuly18 This hotel has an excellent staff. We had a wedding in Chicago and a block of rooms for our guest at this hotel. The service was above excellent. The bell staff answered our needs within 5 minutes The front desk handled our guest with the most respect and we didn't have one error in our room block. I would recommend this hotel to anyone! June 24, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by PostBT Check your bill and be prepared for attitude if they made a mistake. At first the experience was great. We got there early so our room wasn't ready but the pre-checked us in and then called us when our room was ready. Everyone was friendly and helpful. The next morning was a different story. I reviewed my bill and there was a $63 charge for the mini-bar. I didn't even drink the free water so clearly there was a mistake. No big deal, it happens. I just figured I would get it taken care of at check-out. I was getting ready and the hairdryer starting acting funny. It would be fine then cut out, then be fine and then cut out. I called the desk and was told it would be 30-45 minutes before they could get me a new one. At that point my hair would be dry so I told then to forget it and just used the faulty one. When I was ready I went to see about the billing error. As I came up to the desk the women there was all friendly and smiles, until I told her about my issue. All of a sudden smiles were gone and I get this look from her. She asks if I'm sure I didn't take anything from the mini-bar. Really!!! I think I would remember $63 dollars worth of stuff. Again, I didn't even take the free water or use the shampoo, etc. She removed it from the bill and said "I have taken the items off." No updated bill, no thank you, no I'm sorry for the error, just another condescending look. June 23, 2014


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Pei Ketron is a teacher and photographer based in San Francisco who spent most of the last year living, working and shooting in New York City. You can find more of her work here: instagram.com/pketron
What first inspired you to start shooting in NYC and create an Instagram page?
I started using Instagram when it first came out, and I was living in San Francisco. I was already a photographer, and Instagram was the perfect place for me to share my iPhone images. Initially, I used it as a space to share random photos with friends, but it quickly evolved into another avenue through which I could share more creative and artistic images.
What keeps you shooting?
Shooting is what drives me to go out and explore and to see as much of the world as I can. I'll never stop shooting.
What's your best tip for someone who wants to capture the city on film?
Don't rush; take the time to line up your shots before you shoot because you can't always count on fixing things during post-processing. Considering how important lines are in shots of the city, this can be very important.
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I'm looking for some advice, examples or even recommendations of who might
be good at solving this particular problem for us.
In the context of a longish multi-page web form we have a need for the user
to tell us at a fairly granular level what their occupation is. the total
length of the list is long, more than 1,000 choices. The accuracy of the
answer is pretty important to our business as is our desire not to stop the
users flow through the application because of either the difficulty or
perceived intrusiveness of the question. I should add that most users don't
view the question as being necessary based on their understanding of what
they are filling out.
Currently we use an introductory question (labeled currently 'industry', but
in the past 'line of work' - the better version) to narrow down the list of
occupations that are presented to the individual. This approach may well be
the best solution to a difficult problem, but it brings a little emotional
and cognitive overhead with it. Regularly when we observe users they will
grumble that we are asking the same question twice, less so with the 'line
of work' label I believe.
Part of the problem with we have with this approach is that the choices in
the industry list are not very good. The selections for industry are
confusing and users don't always grasp that if their occupation is not
showing up as a choice the solution to the problem might be to choose a
different industry. The actual list has some regulatory constraints and a
fair amount of internal political baggage.
We are looking for a way to develop a new taxonomy that might make the
process more understandable to the user, while preserving the level of
detail the business requires. Card-sorting doesn't seem like a good tool
here since ultimately we need to know how individual users categorize their
own occupation, not how they classify a list of occupations with which they
have varying degrees of familiarity. Because of the regulatory constraints
we can't experiment with different versions of the list at any given time.
We've used surveys to test particular taxonomies in the past. Generally
surveys have proved a good way to rule things out, not develop something
that works well.
What thoughts do you all have on this? I really haven't found any examples
of folks who do something similar well. I'm interested in advice, or if you
know someone (or if you are someone) who could do a good job of putting a
new taxonomy together that would be good too. We may well have to bring in
the magic aura of expertise that only consultants possess in order to sell
any changes.
You can email me directly or reply to the list. Thanks in advance.
Paul Trumble
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho Marx
It seems like having some kind of auto-complete text field to narrow
down choices based on a keyword input by the user might be a good
part of the solution. For instance, someone could type in
"designer" and get back all titles that include
"designer"--interior designer, graphic designer, interaction
designer, etc. It would also be nice if the search could present
possible other matches if nothing was found on the initial keyword.
This would be in addition to a more structured presentation of
choices based on industry, etc.
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One person was hurt Saturday in an early-morning fire in Carthage.
Authorities with the Cincinnati Fire Department said the fire happened in the 6600 block of Vine Street about 3:35 a.m.
Investigators said the fire ignited in the basement of the house and was extinguished within about 10 minutes.
One victim was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life-threatening burns.
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Diving Back In
By Jeff Paterson
In the world of hockey, things change quickly -- shift by shift and game by game. So you can imagine the challenges Alain Vigneault faced at the start of this season climbing back behind a National Hockey League bench after a six year absence.
He kept his coaching skills sharp and remained in the game he loved by coaching in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and last season with the Canucks' American League affiliate in Manitoba. But rather than taking his teams into big league cities like New York and Los Angeles, Vigneault was riding buses to Moncton and Milwuakee, Rimouski and Rochester.
But judging by his first month on the job with the Vancouver Canucks, it appears the 45-year-old is a quick study. Vigneault has earned high praise from his bosses and his players, has been a hit with the media that covers the club and his team's 7-5-1 record through the end of October has earned a strong approval rating with the fans who voice their opinions on local sports talk shows.
While many of the faces and even a few of the places in the National Hockey League have changed while Vigneault patiently waited for another shot in the big leagues, fundamentally, the game itself has not changed that much. Oh sure, there's plenty of talk about the 'new NHL', but Vigneault says at the end of the day it's still a game played with a puck on the ice. And his job as the coach of the Vancouver Canucks is the same now as it was when he coached the Montreal Canadiens from 1997 to 2001.
"Hockey's hockey," he says, relaxing in his office at GM Place after practice. "I mean junior, the American League, the NHL, it doesn't matter -- coaches coach and players play and it's our job as coaches to give the team direction. We start off with a vision, put the plan together and give them the direction they need. Players will always follow direction when they think they're going to be successful by doing it. It's no different here than any other category I've worked in."
Vigneault has had a number of factors help him get up to speed on the NHL - many of them were reasons he was selected to replace Marc Crawford during the off-season. Vigneault was hired by Dave Nonis to coach the Canucks' top farm club in Manitoba in the summer of 2005, so there was a trust and respect in place. Vigneault attended the Canucks training camp in Whistler a year ago and had at least a working knowledge of the veterans he inherited when he took over in June. And as coach in Winnipeg last season, he had worked closely with a number of players now in Vancouver -- Kevin Bieksa, Alexandre Burrows and Josh Green - who spent time in the AHL last year.
But hard at work down on the farm and busy worrying about his own team, Vigneault admits he didn't see many Canuck games - or NHL games for that matter -- last year.
"Seven, eight, ten at the most," he recalls. "I could catch games a lot of times on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. On weekends, we were playing and the Canucks were playing, so I didn't see many games on weekends."
Among those helping Vigneault make the jump back to the big leagues is assistant coach Barry Smith, the lone holdover from the Marc Crawford regime. With an intimate knowledge of his own hockey team and a handle on players around the league, Smith has served as Vigneault's number one resource in terms of preparing the Canucks for their opponents.
"With Alain, where we probably give him more feedback is on players and the idiosyncrasies on opposing players because he's been out of the league," Smith says. "This guy or that guy, usually it's those guys other than the top players, sometimes it's information on the fifth and sixth defenceman and those types of things. That's where we really come into it on those guys that he hasn't seen before. To break teams down, that's easy to do. You just watch the DVD's and away you go."
The results speak for themselves and based on the first month of the season, it would appear that Alain Vigneault and his coaching staff of Barry Smith, Rick Bowness and Mike Kelly are doing what they have to in order to have their team prepared for games. And if Vigneault's having any troubles readjusting or adapting to life at the National Hockey League level, it has gone unnoticed by his players.
"It's new to him again, coming up and coaching different guys and against different guys, but I think he's handled it well," says captain Markus Naslund. "I don't know what he was like when he coached in Montreal, but I think he's working fine so far."
"Well he mispronounces some names, but other than that, he's been good," Trevor Linden says with a laugh. "The fact that he may not know every player as intimately as another coach, I don't think that's a big deal. A lot of coaching is making sure your team is prepared and that you're staying on task. He's done a good job with our group. He doesn't let us get too far off where we have to be and he's quick to put guys back where they should be."
Among the many changes for Alain Vigneault has been re-acquainting himself with National Hockey League officials. After six years, there's a new crop of guys wearing the stripes. But they're not totally unfamiliar to the coach who's in the process of trying to build a rapport with the men who call the games.
"Actually I remember a lot of them from before and some of the new ones worked games when I was coaching junior or even last year in the American Hockey League, so it's not that big a deal," he explains.
One of the biggest adjustments for Alain Vigneault as head coach of the Canucks has been the travel - and with 11 of his team's first 15 games away from home, he's been hit with a strong dose of the West Coast lifestyle. Gone are the good ol' days with the Habs of playing road games in places like Ottawa, Boston and New York and being able to sleep in your own bed that same night.
Starting in Detroit and carrying on to Columbus, Colorado and Minnesota to open the season gave Alain Vigneault a quick and harsh reminder that he wasn't in the eastern conference anymore.
"Columbus and Minnesota were just coming into the league when I left Montreal, I had never coached in those buildings before," he says. "And four games in six nights like that was tough."
"We talked in the summer about travel," says Smith of helping Vigneault get used to life on the road. "He was used to playing in the east. So we talked about things like 'This might be a good time to stay overnight here' or 'We found we were more successful and more rested if we stayed the night and flew back the next day', so those kinds of things were important."
And overall, Barry Smith says he's been impressed with just how quickly Alain Vigneault has adjusted in his return to the NHL.
"I think it was real seamless," he says. "There are some things that are going to change like systems and that but I thought it was an easy transition. There are always little things, but nothing that we were saying 'Oh my god, is this going to take for ever?' I thought it went really well that way."
And with seven wins in his first 12 games back behind a National Hockey League bench, Alain Vigneault would have to agree.
Jeff Paterson is a Team 1040 broadcaster and a regular contributor to the Georgia Straight. E-mail him at email@example.com


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7 Quick Ways to Recharge When You Have a BabyDevan McGuinness
When you have a baby — whether it's your first, third, or beyond — raising them takes a lot of work. In the early days when their sleep schedule is, well, not on schedule, and they depend on you for everything, it can be especially hard to remember that taking care of yourself not only feels good, but it matters for your mental and physical health.
I am the worst at taking time for myself — and I don't mean it in a good way at all. I used to think that as long as my kids had all they needed from me, I was doing okay, but as I've added more years to my mothering belt, I've realized just how much taking care of "me" matters.
If you take a few minutes each day, at the very least, to make sure you take some time for yourself — it will do a world of good. Finding time to quickly recharge not only has allowed me to focus some time on myself, but it has had some rewarding benefits. I feel happier, I feel more able to get through those long all-nighters, and I find myself having a more positive day.
If you're looking for some quick ways to recharge — because all we have as new moms is "quick" — here are some things I do for myself:
1. Shower
There is something about the warmth, the relaxing smell of your favorite body wash, and feeling clean that just makes you feel so much better. Even if all I have is 5 minutes, that quick rinse always feels like a giant reset button — and that's a good feeling. If you have a clingy baby like I do, you can bring your babe into the bathroom with you and keep him entertained on a swing or bouncy chair, or if you're taking a bath — bring him in and recharge both of you.
2. Dress up
My usual everyday outfit consists of yoga pants and a cotton T-shirt — nothing fancy. Wearing the same thing over and over, while it's good for not having to worry when the baby vomits or other stuff gets all over you, doesn't make me feel all that wonderful. I have noticed that on the days where I dress up — even if it's just jeans and a nice top or better yet a comfortable dress — I just have a better outlook. If you're feeling over-stressed, just take one day to pamper yourself in the morning. Do your hair and makeup and put on that outfit that makes you feel fabulous.
3. Schedule a date
When you have a baby, getting out of the house can sound like a chore that you just don't want to add to your already over-filled list. If it's been a while since you've been out on a date — whether that be with your significant other or a good friend — taking that time can help you feel refreshed. For me, I don't even need to go on the date to feel a recharge — just having a scheduled date to look forward to can give me a more positive outlook.
4. Read a book
I wish I had more time to read — like an actual book — because nothing is more relaxing than checking in with your favorite fictional character. It's a good way to unwind and relax, and that recharge you get from doing something that just make you happier can last just long enough to get you through the day with a little bit more of a smile.
Need a good book recommendation? Check out The Only 5 Novels to Read in 2014.
5. Take a nap
Twenty minutes — that's the only amount of time you need to feel recharged, or at least that's how it works for me. I don't get to take a nap everyday, but life would be a lot more stress-free if I could. If you get a chance to sleep when your baby is sleeping — take it! As a mom of four, I don't get to take advantage of that advice, and it's a great way to reboot for the rest of the day.
6. Get some fresh air
I am so excited spring is finally here because it makes the "fresh air" a lot more tolerable. Even if you can't get outside for a walk (which would pair with fresh air and exercise), just opening up the curtains to let some sunshine and vitamin D in and opening the window to get some fresh air and breeze can really wake up your happy.
7. Exercise
Getting those endorphines going can really help your body, your fatigue, and your mood. There are days where I am so grumpy and/or tired that I don't feel like doing anything, but trust me — this one is worth it. Once you're done with the quick workout, you'll feel like you can take on anything. Plus, it's just good for you all around.
Don't know which workout to try first? Check out The Anywhere Workout.
What are some ways you recharge? Share in the comments!
Photo credit: © Devan McGuinness
Devan is a freelance writer living in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and four kids. No, those aren't her kids real names — they're online pseudonyms. Read more from Devan on Babble and "like" Accustomed Chaos on Facebook!


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Armando Valdivia, who played two seasons for the defunct Buffalo Blizzard indoor pro soccer team in the late 1990s, died last Friday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was 41.
Buffalo soccer legend Rudy Pikuzinski, who played with Valdivia on the Blizzard from 1997-99, remembered the native Mexican as a creative midfielder and respectful teammate. Valdivia, who emigrated to Los Angeles at age 3, was living in Sacramento.
"He was a hell of a guy," said Pikuzinski, who coaches local youth soccer in Buffalo. "He was smallish in frame, but he had a big heart on and off the field. On the field, he reminded me of a water spider, always buzzing around like crazy."
The news of Valdivia's death struck Pikuzinski especially hard. His brother, Richie Pikuzinski, a local soccer coach and avid runner, died after a two-year battle with ALS in July of 2011.


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By: John Crane, swing trading guru
Figure # 6.17 - The June 9th low at $423.00 marked the beginning of a seventeen-day rally that ended at $444.20 on the June 23rd swing trade date. In Chapter 2, (see Figure # 2.19) I explained how the TR pattern and the (C) to (D) Reaction swing could be used to project the price move from (C) to the swing trade date at (E). However, what I didn't tell you was how a failed swing pattern on May 31st signaled a major change of trend before the (C) to (D) Reaction swing was formed.
August Gold created a low pivot at $419.20 on May 2 (A). Gold followed with a four-day correction before it gapped sharply lower and made a new 20-day contract low on May 31 at (B). The new contract low marked the end of a five-wave down trend.
1-Day one – May 31 - Breakout bar – After being closed for Memorial day, August Gold opened $4.90 lower. This put the futures market below the previous low of $419.20 at (A). Gold went on to hit a low price of $415.80 before regaining some of the lost ground and finally closed at $418.90. However, the close was still below the previous low at $419.20 (A).
2-Day two – June 1 – The trading session ended as an inside day with a close at $417.70, the second consecutive close below the previous pivot low.
3-Day three – June 2 - Gold began the day with a slightly higher open, but a flood of new buying caused the futures market to surge higher and break above the previous pivot high and close at $424.80. The close was well above the high of the Reaction swing and also above the 20-day SMA. The futures market timing had reversed and the trend shifted after the bearish swing pattern had failed to continue the downward trend.
Figure # 6.17 – August 2005 Gold
**THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD, THEREFORE, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER OR OVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT.NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES.Swing Trading, Market Timing, Swing Trading Strategies and Reversal Commentary ©2005-2009 reversaltracker.com All Rights Reserved.


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And I'll wander this world, wander this world all alone...
New York 2008
... I've never been part of the game. The life that I live is my own. All that I know is that I was born to wander this world all alone...Tweet
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It seems unusual for a prison governor to test positive for taking drugs but that is exactly what happened after one ate poppy seed bread.
Edmund Tullett, governor of HM Prison Brixton in south London, tested positive for the same opiates found in heroin after eating a slice of the loaf from the prison kitchen. He agreed to the test after several inmates in jail appealed against positive drug tests by blaming the poppy seed loaves.
The inmates insisted that they had not taken the Class A drug but did say that they had eaten the poppy seed bread. Mr


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All he has to do is say that they are steadily building their apps count to provide quality apps that customers enjoy.. Then take the top 100 apps that the other IOS and Androids list as the best selling and get them windows certified.. Sometimes it matters to provide what the customer wants...rather than what you think the customer wants....
Sentiment: Hold
Microsoft should be ashamed at their R&D new product program development team.. They should be like Cook and fire them and announce it to the media...People dont look at Microsoft as a standard bearer anymore...Whats the problem Head Shed ????
Sure is agonizing to see it drop continually weekly...
They need to come out with something that is easy to use, not confusing and not so daunting at first sight !!! As a shareholder i am injecting my 2 cents and I sincerely hope they use more common sense rather than technical logic. After all, those that are purchasing products are the average people that have jobs and need to be practical. Apple products garnered alot of audience because of their simplicity, and style and their Apple Store logistics.
He could also offer the new office suite free for one year with the purchase of all new Surface RT Tablets.
Sentiment: Buy
Additionally Microsoft should capitalize on their X-Box series.. Improve it and enhance it ...Also they should attend the CES and get some ideas and expand on them as it relates to the xbox phenom. It is obvious that their R&D and marketing depts are clueless !!!
That's like offering a free fahrt with a sheeite sandwich.
Ballmer will never admit that Windows 8 is D.O.A.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Well, mobile phones go to websites designed for mobile phones. That's why a connection to a website is called an app. And so ARM tablets mostly go to websites designed for mobile phones.
But a tablet with an Atom processor can go to any website but can also run desktop applications.
Here are some Atom tablets:
HP Elite Pad 900
Lenovo ThinkPad 2
Samsung ATIV 500T
The Samsung ATIV 500T has both WiFi and ethernet connection. The Lenovo ThinkPad 2 has WiFi and USB. The Elite Pad 900 has WiFi while USB is included with the "smart jacket". Then the Elite Pad 900 also offers a "productivity jacket".
Of course check the specs carefully before buying.
Only Intel and MS employees will ever buy those tablets!! LOL


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Restaurant Senso in Tallinn is spacious, but feels intimate. With a Mediterranean feel, the variety in the menu is as astonishing as the prices. The restaurant is perfect for business lunches or friends and family dinners.
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Restaurant Senso Chef de Cuisine Andres Rahula recommends
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Liivalaia 33 Tallinn
Tallinn, Estonia
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Sundays - Thursdays at 12.00 - 23.00
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Failed movie magic: Five films to avoid at theaters this week
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FRANKIE & ALICE -- Despite Halle Berry's star power, this soapy split-personality tale is stale and too obvious.
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